Kolkata: The Left Front on Thursday announced a fortnight-long "Bangla Bachao Jatra" (Save Bengal Rally) to stop "vote chori" and protect the "rights of the voter", beginning on Nov 29. The rally will ...

Bangla cinema is currently evolving, with constant experiments rejuvenating it, according to acclaimed filmmaker Goutam Ghose. In an interview with The Daily Star during his recent visit to Dhaka, for ...

Popular singer Anusheh Anadil from the band Bangla started the journey of Jatra to represent and promote folk culture and local Bangladeshi traditions. From its onset, Jatra became synonymous with ...

Charu Shilpi Sammelan Parishad prepares for Pahela Baishakh celebrations at Fine Arts Institute in Chittagong yesterday. Pahela Baishakh, the Bangla new year, is tomorrow. Photo: Star This year the ...

A very old Bengali tradition is theatre, which can also be called "jatra pala" in Bangla. Out of all the places in Dhaka city -- this is what attracts people the most. Shilpakala Academy often has ...

Mongol Shovajatra Source: Wikimedia Nimoy CC BY-SA 2.5 Independent news and stories connecting you to life in Australia and Bangla-speaking Australians. Ease into the English language and Australian ...