I am compelled to ask what being a Bangali even means today: What shapes our ethnic identity?

Bangladesh is likely to export hilsa to India during this year's Durga Puja festival as well.

The Inspector General of Police yesterday directed law enforcers to monitor social networking sites so that none can spread rumours to disturb the communal harmony centering the upcoming Durga Puja, using Facebook and other social networking sites.

Two people, including a woman, sustained bullet injuries after a gang of local criminals opened fire in Chittagong city's Nandankanun during Durga Puja celebrations early yesterday.

The five-day-long Durga Puja, the greatest of the Hindu festivals, ends with the solemn immersion of Goddess Durga idols in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country.

Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, begins today with enthusiasm and much religious fervour across the country.

We are unnerved by the news from Satkhira where six idols of a Hindu temple have been desecrated by miscreants only hours before the start of the Durga Puja.

Artisans are busy in Chittagong city making idols for the Durga puja festival around the clock.