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  Bangladesh turmoil: 'Hasina threw me out to please Islamists,' exiled author Tasleema Nasreen's barb

  India | August 06, 2024 12:54 IST

  Naslima Nasreen, an exiled Bangladeshi author, has taken a sharp dig at ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Haseena, drawing parallels to her situation when she left the country in 1994.

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  Fearing controversy, New York Bengali Book Fair disallows Taslima Nasreen to address symposium

  World | July 18, 2023 19:50 IST

  Taslima, presently in United States, visited the New York Bengali Book Fair on Saturday and was soon surrounded by hundreds of Bengali book lovers, who took her autographs and posed with her for selfies.

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  '...Prophet Muhammad would be shocked to see madness of Muslim...': Author Taslima Nasreen

  India | June 11, 2022 20:05 IST

  Taslima Nasreen's remarks have come after violent protests had erupted in several states in India post Friday prayers against suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma over her controversial remarks against the Prophet.

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  'I am very much alive': Taslima Nasreen's fury after Facebook declares her dead, again

  India | February 11, 2022 17:22 IST

  The social media giant displayed a message on "Remembering Taslima Nasreen". Facebook's message read, 'We hope people who love Taslima will find comfort in visiting her profile to remember and celebrate her life.'

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  'Nothing to do with Priyanka-Nick': Taslima Nasreen clarifies her tweets criticizing surrogacy

  Celebrities | January 24, 2022 18:25 IST

  Priyanka Chopra, who married pop star Nick Jonas in 2018, recently took to Instagram to announce the birth of their newborn baby. The couple hasn't revealed the name or the gender of their child. However, Priyanka's cousin Meera Chopra said in an interview that the couple has become proud parents to a baby girl.

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  Taslima Nasreen alleges her Facebook account banned for 7 days

  World | November 01, 2021 10:48 IST

  On March 16 this year, Nasreen had alleged that Facebook has barred her for using the platform for 24 hours.

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  Growing anti-Hindu mindset in Bangladesh alarming: Taslima Nasreen

  India | October 19, 2021 13:46 IST

  Bangladesh has been witnessing attacks on the Hindu minority community, vandalisation of temples and Durga puja marquees. Communal tension has been brewing over an alleged incident of blasphemy at a Durga Puja venue in Comilla last week that triggered clashes in many districts. 

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  Moeen Ali's father reacts to Taslima Nasreen's 'vile poisonous' ISIS tweet

  Cricket | April 07, 2021 11:14 IST

  Bangladesh-born writer Taslima Nasreen stirred a major controversy on social media on Tuesday when she remarked that English cricketer Moeen Ali would have joined terrorist outfit Syria if he wasn't a cricketer.

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  Don’t think you’re okay: Archer criticises Taslima Nasreen after controversial tweet on Moeen Ali

  Cricket | April 06, 2021 22:07 IST

  Nasreen later deleted her tweet and defended her post saying that she was only being sarcastic. 

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  CAA should not shut doors on free-thinker Muslims: Taslima Nasreen

  India | January 17, 2020 20:13 IST

  While terming the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) "very good" and "generous", Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen on Friday said that the law should make an exception for Muslim "free-thinkers, feminists, and secularists" from the neighbouring countries.

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  Taslima Nasreen gets one-year residence permit

  World | July 21, 2019 12:00 IST

  Controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen's residence permit has been extended for one year by the Union Home Ministry, officials said on Sunday.

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  ​Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen donates her body to AIIMS for scientific research

  India | May 23, 2018 19:10 IST

  Taslima is living in exile since she left Bangladesh in a cloak of secrecy in 1994 in the wake of threats to her by fundamentalist groups of her country.

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  Jinnah was never respected in Bangladesh, says Taslima Nasreen amid portrait row in AMU

  World | May 08, 2018 10:03 IST

  Taking to Twitter, she wrote that Jinnah was not respected among the academic circles of Bangladesh as he had declared Urdu as the state language of East Pakistan, a region where the majority of people are Bengalis.

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  “Loved it”: Taslima Nasreen on Kangana’s Aap Ki Adalat episode

  Bollywood | September 05, 2017 12:36 IST

  Kangana's revelations were so shocking that it invited reactions from Aditya Pancholi, Karan Johar and Hrithik's ex-wife Sussane Khan.

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  Taslima Nasreen robbed of her money by ATM card cloner in Brazil

  India | May 19, 2017 14:27 IST

  Noted Bengali writer Taslima Nasreen, presently on a visit to Brazil, has been robbed of most of her money in bank account after she used an ATM in Copacabana.

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  Muslim Personal Law Board should be abolished for the sake of Muslims, says Taslima Nasreen

  India | May 06, 2017 7:24 IST

  Terming AIMPLB an exclusive organisation of Sunni fundamentalists, Taslima Nasreen has advocated its abolition in the interest of the Muslim community itself.

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  'Uniform Civil Code urgently needed to empower people,' says Taslima Nasreen

  India | January 23, 2017 17:37 IST

  Taslima Nasreen today batted for a Uniform Civil Code, saying that the measure was "urgently" needed to empower people with their rights.

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  Politicians seek to satisfy Muslim fundamentalists for votes: Taslima Nasreen

  India | January 23, 2017 7:07 IST

  Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen said she had hoped that the situation in West Bengal would improve for her to return after Mamata Banerjee took over as the chief minister in 2011 but she found

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  Taslima Nasreen seeks Centre's help, as Delhi landlords refuse to rent her a flat

  India | January 10, 2017 16:35 IST

  Noted Bengali writer Taslima Nasreen has said that she was finding it difficult to rent a flat in south Delhi as most of the landlords are unwilling because of security concerns. Writing a column

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  Islam no more a religion of peace: Taslima Nasreen

  India | July 04, 2016 11:01 IST

  New Delhi: In the wake of the Dhaka terror attack which claimed lives of 20 innocent foreigners, noted Bangladeshi Author Taslima Nasreen said that Islam is no longer a religion of peace. In a series