Durga Puja is an elaborate affair, especially in Bangladesh and West Bengal. Spread across the days of the festivities, food remains an integral part of the celebrations.

The Bangladesh interim government has requested the Hindu community to pause Durga Puja music during azaan and namaz, ... In 2023, there were 33,431 pandals. The number is, ...

Durga Puja is celebrated as a national holiday in Bangladesh, where it is known as Bijoya Dashami. The festival is celebrated with great pomp and grandeur, with pandals (temporary temples) erected ...

Ranadash Dasgupta, the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council’s general secretary, told VOA, “In the last 15 days, idols of Durga Puja have been damaged in 19 Puja [ritual prayer ...

Officials said Bangladesh in 2023 had allowed 79 companies to export a total of 4,000 tonnes to India, coinciding with the Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of Hindu Bengalis.

The Hindu community in Bangladesh has been forced to change the venues of Durga Puja festival at some places due to repeated obstruction by the radical groups. Durga Puja is set to be celebrated ...

Durga Puja, one of the biggest annual Hindu festivals, starts on 9 October and idol-makers across Bangladesh have been working round the clock.

Amid concerns of possible unrest during Durga puja, Bangladesh’s interim government on Sunday warned potential troublemakers, pledging tough action against those disrupting communal harmony or ...

In 2023, Bangladesh's commerce permitted 79 companies to export 50 tonnes of hilsa each, making it around 4000 tonnes, to India, on the occasion of Durga Puja. Durga puja will be celebrated from ...

In 2019, Bangladesh had allowed 500 tonnes of Hilsa to be exported to India as a Durga Puja 'gift'. In 2023, around 3,950 tonnes of hilsa had been sent to India for the festival, reported The ...