Durga Puja will be celebrated from October 9 to 13, a period during which authorities are bracing for possible unrest. "If anyone disrupts or harasses people at worship halls, we will not spare them.

At a protest in Dhaka, Advocate Gobind Chandra Pramanik, former president of the Hindu Alliance, said, “The area has mosques, ...

Amid a surge of violence and discrimination against Hindus in Bangladesh, fundamentalists are now protesting the upcoming celebration of Durga Puja. Videos circulating on social media show radical ...

Bangladesh’s current interim leader, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, has faced serious challenges in maintaining law and order since he took over in August, and Durga Puja was seen as an acid ...

Durga Puja, one of the biggest annual Hindu festivals, starts on 9 October and idol-makers across Bangladesh have been working round the clock.

Bangladesh said the idol of the makeshift Mandap was immersed in the Balu River, in due reverence, with the participation of ...

The demolition of a Durga temple in Dhaka by Bangladesh Railway has ignited protests from the local Hindu community. The loss ...

In Netrakona district too, Durga Puja is in the air. Gyanesh Chandra Sarkar, president of the Netrakona District Puja Celebration Parishad, said that 526 pandals have been set up for the celebrations ...

Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, began on Wednesday at temples and makeshift mandaps across Bangladesh with religious fervour and festivity. The celebrations started ...

The interim govt of Bangladesh has "urged" the Hindu community to halt their Durga puja-related activities, specially playing any musical instrument five minutes before azaan and during namaaz ...

It is also marked in neighboring countries Bangladesh and Nepal, where it is known as Dashain. ... The five-day 'Durga Puja' festival commemorates the slaying of the demon king Mahishasur by the ...

Bangladesh's current interim leader, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, has faced serious challenges in maintaining law and order since he took over in August, and Durga Puja was seen as an acid test ...