As religious hardliners tighten their grip in Bangladesh, Baul singers face arrests, attacks and bans. It raises fears that ...

From colonial repression to present-day extremism, Bauls have survived centuries of persecution. Today, as radical forces ...

The current national situation does not reflect the July spirit, as people’s expectations are being broken and discriminatory ...

Digital archive and viralised wounds Imagine two situations. First, in a pala gaan or bichar gaan, a person utters a blasphemous phrase to refute it. Second, someone has written or said something ...

New Delhi: Cases of violence against religious minorities continue to rise in Bangladesh. In the latest incident, people demanding the release of Baul Sarkar were attacked. An Islamic group called ...

The arrest of 'baul' artist Abul Sarkar has sparked protests In a brazen display of radical Islam taking control under the Muhammad Yunus regime, 'baul' singers continue to come under attack in ...

Zakir Hossain, general secretary of Charon Cultural Centre, accused the government of providing tacit support to communal and anti-liberal forces ...

Several prominent members of Bangladesh’s civil society on Monday condemned the arrest of a ‘baul’ singer on charges of “hurting” public sentiment, as well as the subsequent attacks by Islamists on ...

Chief Adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government and head of the National Consensus Commission, Muhammad Yunus, holds up a copy of the July National Charter, after it was signed by leaders of ...

Sheikh Hasina, who is in exile in India, was convicted in absentia of crimes against humanity in connection with a bloody crackdown on protests last year. By Saif Hasnat and Anupreeta Das Saif Hasnat ...

Sheikh Hasina, the ousted Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of crimes against humanity for the violent suppression of student protests last year that ...

The BJP unit in Assam has slammed the Congress over a video of a district-level leader singing Amar Sonar Bangla, Bangladesh's national anthem, at a party event in Sribhumi district. The BJP has ...