New Delhi: Bangladesh has been witnessing a wave of arrests, attacks, and intimidation against Baul singers—the historic wandering mystic minstrels from rural West Bengal and Bangladesh. The latest to ...

Sanjay Baul is pondering whether he should leave Bangladesh and migrate to India like many other Hindus in the Muslim-majority South Asian nation. The 26-year-old from Gopalganj district in the ...

Rights campaigners and cultural activists marched on the streets in southwestern Bangladesh to deplore and demand justice over the latest Islamist attack on a mystic singer, which they called an ...

Baul music -- the wandering, mystical sound of Bengal’s soil -- has long belonged to akhras, village courtyards and spiritual gatherings. Now, it is travelling somewhere unexpected: into the laptops ...

Brahmanbaria‑2 MP Barrister Rumeen Farhana has said any obstruction to shrine‑based cultural practices in her constituency will not be tolerated. She made the remarks on Thursday night while ...

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.

From Dhaka’s bustling streets to global Spotify charts, Bangla music is having a moment in 2026. Fusing folk roots, pop hooks, and cross-border collaborations, artists are redefining South Asian sound ...