NEW YORK (AP) — Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani took his midnight oath of office on a centuries-old Quran, marking the first time a mayor of New York City uses Islam's holy text to be sworn in and ...

Zohran Mamdani on Thursday became the first New York City mayor to be sworn in using a Quran. The first Muslim and South Asian mayor of the United States’ biggest metropolis, Mamdani used his ...

Students have occupied the road in front of the Shikkha Bhaban in Dhaka to press for the issuance of the ordinance needed to establish proposed Dhaka Central University through the merger of seven ...

The third season of Coke Studio Bangla returned with a new song on Saturday following a year-long hiatus due to political unrest in Bangladesh. Titled Baaji, the romantic song is arranged and produced ...

The West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, has taken strong objection to a letter by the Delhi police describing Bangla, or Bengali, as a “Bangladeshi” language and called for strong protests on ...

The recalibration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rhetoric is intriguing; in Bihar, where he went first, and then in West Bengal on the second leg of his government-politics tour on July 18, though ...

The beginning of publishing newspapers in Bangla was not just a journey of providing news; it was the beginning of a social change. More than two centuries ago, when the educated population in the ...

The detention of Bengali-speaking migrant labourers in BJP-ruled states and their profiling as suspected Bangladeshis has ignited a fresh political firestorm in West Bengal, with the ruling TMC ...

A man who burned a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London has been found guilty of a religiously aggravated public order offence. Hamit Coskun, 50, shouted abusive comments about ...

Through the efforts of the cultural attaché of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Bangladesh, the book entitled "Outlines of Islamic Thoughts in the Quran", which is a collection of the speeches of the ...

Banglalink, the country’s leading innovative digital operator, has launched an array of exclusive offers and deals for its users and Orange Club members to enhance their Ramadan and Eid celebrations.

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