DHAKA, Bangladesh — Schoolteacher Supriya Sarker is glad to celebrate Bangladesh's largest Hindu festival of Durga Puja but feels the festivities would be more jubilant without the fear and violence ...

The Hindu community on Sunday began the main Durga Puja festival across Bangladesh with officials deploying over two lakh personnel throughout the country to ensure security amid “minor incidents of ...

As the Hindu festival of Durga Puja approaches, Bangladesh's Hindu minority faces growing pressure from radical Islamic groups demanding a halt to public celebrations, idol worship, and immersions. A ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Dhaka, Sep 30 (IANS) Bangladesh police said on Tuesday that at least 49 untoward incidents have occurred at puja mandaps across the country this month, leading to lodging of 15 cases ...

Bangladesh government on Friday clarified the circumstances around the demolition of a Durga temple in Dhaka’s Khilkhet area which led to protests held by minority organisations. The government stated ...

Minority Hindus in Bangladesh have celebrated their largest annual religious festival, Durga Puja, in the shadow of fear stemming from rising communal attacks against them, community leaders say. “The ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Dhaka, Oct 2 (IANS) Sajeeb Wazed, son of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has alleged that the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government has fueled a resurgence of extremism ...

Artisans in Bangladesh's capital of Dhaka are busy making idols for the upcoming Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival for Hindus in Bangladesh and India. Hindus are a minority in Muslim-majority ...

Festival seasons are typically good for retailers, but this year many were cautious. Persisting inflation, weak consumer purchasing power, and economic uncertainty raised concerns that Durga Puja ...

The Sharadiya Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community, concluded on Thursday with the immersion of Goddess Durga's idols across the country, marked by deep devotion, vibrant ...

As the morning light spreads over the fields of Panchgaon in Moulvibazar's Rajnagar upazila, crowds gather before the centuries-old "Lal Durga" mandap—home to Bangladesh's only red-hued idol of ...