Videos of the assaults on Baul singers have gone viral in recent days Despite mounting criticism over the brutal attacks on Baul singers, Muhammad Yunus' government in Bangladesh has said it has ...

A concert of Bangladeshi rock musician James was cancelled after coming under attack from an Islamist mob. At least 15-20 ...

A group of ‘outsiders’ created chaos at Bangladeshi rock musician James’ scheduled concert at a local government school in ...

The incident took place around 120 kilometres south-west of Dhaka, where James was scheduled to perform as part of ...

James, also popularly known as Nagar Baul, was scheduled to perform at a cultural programme marking the 185th anniversary of ...

Rights campaigners and cultural activists marched on the streets in southwestern Bangladesh to deplore and demand justice over the latest Islamist attack on a mystic singer, which they called an ...

Bangladesh icon James concert called off after mob hurled bricks, stones at concert in Faridpur. On Friday, 26 December 2025, ...

Sanjay Baul is pondering whether he should leave Bangladesh and migrate to India like many other Hindus in the Muslim-majority South Asian nation. The 26-year-old from Gopalganj district in the ...

A concert by Bangladeshi rock singer James was cancelled after violence broke out at a school anniversary event, injuring several and drawing a strong reaction from Taslima Nasreen.

While radicals run riot, artists are hunted down like criminals in a nation where fundamentalism has crushed creativity.

Two Bangladeshi Baul (folk) singers—Rita Dewan and Shariat Sarker—face prosecution, under the Awami League-led government’s repressive Digital Security Act (DSA), for allegedly making “derogatory ...