Bengaluru has a sizeable Bengali population, so it is natural that there are many restaurants serving the State’s cuisine. Concentrated in a few pockets, these restaurants dish out authentic flavours ...

In the collective memory of eastern India, particularly West Bengal, the phrase "Joy Bangla" evokes both political history and an unusual medical association. Popularised during the Bangladesh ...

Nazimuddin Mondal (34) recalls that he was slapped before being asked to sing the national anthem. “At the police station they told me to sing it and then checked my phone to see if there were any ...

The controversy over a police officer’s letter to the Banga Bhawan in Delhi, calling Bengali a ‘Bangladeshi language’, has bowled into a full-fledged political fracas. “Translation of documents ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Maker’s drop the first music video, Melar Gaan, by the newest Bangla Band on the block – Hooligaanism. The band is helmed by popular names Subhadeep Guha, Anirban Bhattacharya, Debraj Bhattacharya, ...

The broadcast of Gaan Bangla, a private music-focused television channel in Bangladesh, has been suspended. The channel went off-air abruptly at around 12pm on Wednesday. It has been reported that the ...

A case has been filed over the alleged illegal takeover of 'Gaan Bangla', the country’s only music-based private television channel, against its Managing Director Kaushik Hossain Taposh, his wife and ...

Bangladesh emerged as a secular nation-state in 1971, one of the few Muslim-majority countries to do so. However, the country is currently undergoing a profound ideological transformation.

In the age of digital content consumption, the need for reliable YouTube to MP3 converters has skyrocketed. Whether you're looking to enjoy your favorite songs offline or create a playlist from your ...

That Srijit Mukherjee experimented to bring alive the matinee idol on the big screen earlier this year with Oti Uttam goes to show the enduring legacy of yesteryear Bengali legends, besides, of course ...