A still from ‘Aajo Ardhangini’ (L); a still from ‘Bonolata Sen’ (R) KOLKATA: Jaya Ahsaan’s “Aajo Ardhangini” (AA) marks a significant moment in cross-border cinema, serving as a major collaboration featuring a Bangladeshi star following the July 2024 uprising. While eased visa norms have allowed artistic movement between Kolkata and Dhaka to resume, the nature…
A still from ‘Aajo Ardhangini’ (L); a still from ‘Bonolata Sen’ (R) KOLKATA: Jaya Ahsaan’s “Aajo Ardhangini” (AA) marks a significant moment in cross-border cinema, serving as a major collaboration featuring a Bangladeshi star following the July 2024 uprising.While eased visa norms have allowed artistic movement between Kolkata and Dhaka to resume, the nature of…
Bangladesh on Tuesday said it would “welcome” the return of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, insisting that she must face justice following her death sentence handed down by a special tribunal. The remarks come amid reports that Hasina could return to Bangladesh by the end of this year. The 78-year-old Awami League leader, who fled…
Mangaluru: City police commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy CH said eight persons were found at one construction site and three at another during verification drives. Police are collecting their documents and will send a report to the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), seeking orders for their detention and deportation, the commissioner said.Police will also register a…
Artists pay homage to freedom fighter and Assam’s cultural icon Bishnu Prasad Rabha in Sonitpur on Saturday Guwahati: Assam observed Rabha Diwas on Saturday to commemorate the death anniversary of warrior artist, freedom fighter and cultural icon Bishnu Prasad Rabha.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma attended the state-level celebrations and award ceremony at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra here,…
DHAKA : Chants of “Joy Bangla”, a slogan of the 1971 Liberation War closely associated with Awami League, echoed in central Dhaka, as thousands gathered to pay their final respects to party veteran Tofail Ahmed on Monday, despite a ban on the Sheikh Hasina-led outfit. Tofail, an eight-time MP, former minister and one of the…
Mumbai: Weeks after Asha Bhosle passed away April 12, India lost another stalwart singer Suman Kalyanpur at age 89 on Sunday. Her voice bore such striking similarity to that of melody queen Lata Mangeshkar that common listeners sometimes mistook one for the other.Born Suman Hemmady on January 28, 1937, in Dhaka (undivided India), she went…
