The highly anticipated seven-day Jatra Festival begins today at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, celebrating the rich tradition of Jatra Pala, a folk theatre form deeply woven into Bengal's cultural ...

Veteran jatra artiste, director and writer Milon Kanti Dey, a towering figure in Bangladesh’s folk theatre, died on Saturday (February 7) at his residence in Kalishahar, Patiya upazila of Chattogram.

The God-conscious being looks upon all alike, like the wind, which blows equally upon the king and the poor beggar. As the Guru Granth Sahib is considered the Eternal Guru, Sikhs believe it should be ...

For Nepalis, the new year begins quietly, with an evening dinner, a night spent waiting for the first sunrise of another year with loved ones. In the Kathmandu Valley, the new year arrives differently ...

The Punjab Cabinet on Saturday approved stringent amendments to an Act on sacrilege, proposing enhanced penalties, including life imprisonment, to deter incidents of ‘beadbi’ and uphold the sanctity ...

In a significant legislative move timed with the auspicious occasion of Baisakhi, the Punjab Government Monday tabled the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Bill, 2026, in the ...

The Mahalaxmi Jatra in Kathmandu Valley started on Akshaya Tritiya day of Baisakh month and continues for three days culminating today in several localities as Banepa Nala and Panauti of Nepal. It is ...

Partly cloudy with probable rain. Chance of precipitation 70%. Low temperature around 50F. Dew point will be around 51F with an average humidity of 89%. Winds will be 4 mph from the SW. Mostly cloudy ...

The nation remembers Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar on his birth anniversary on April 14 every year, honouring a towering figure whose life and work transformed India’s social, political and ...