Taslima Nasreen
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Taslima Nasreen, exiled Bangladeshi writer, returns to Kolkata after 19 years
India | Jul 31, 2026, 02:48 PM ISTExiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen returned to Kolkata for the first time in nearly two decades after being forced to leave the city in 2007. Her visit, ahead of an event against fundamentalism, has reignited political debate in West Bengal.
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What Taslima Nasrin's return to Kolkata means and why has it fired up a political row in Bengal?
West Bengal | Jul 15, 2026, 04:46 PM ISTTaslima Nasreen’s return to Kolkata after nearly two decades has sparked a political clash in West Bengal. While the BJP has strongly welcomed her upcoming appearance, citing free speech, TMC leaders have voiced strong opposition.
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Bangladesh turmoil: 'Hasina threw me out to please Islamists,' exiled author Tasleema Nasreen's barb
India | Aug 06, 2024, 12:54 PM ISTNaslima 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 | Jul 18, 2023, 07:50 PM ISTTaslima, 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 | Jun 11, 2022, 08:05 PM ISTTaslima 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 | Feb 11, 2022, 05:22 PM ISTThe 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 | Jan 24, 2022, 06:25 PM ISTPriyanka 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 | Nov 01, 2021, 10:48 AM ISTOn 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 | Oct 19, 2021, 01:46 PM ISTBangladesh 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 | Apr 07, 2021, 11:14 AM ISTBangladesh-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 | Apr 06, 2021, 10:07 PM ISTNasreen 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 | Jan 17, 2020, 08:13 PM ISTWhile 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 | Jul 21, 2019, 12:00 PM ISTControversial 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, 07:10 PM ISTTaslima 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 AM ISTTaking 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 | Sep 05, 2017, 12:36 PM ISTKangana'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, 02:27 PM ISTNoted 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, 07:24 AM ISTTerming 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 | Jan 23, 2017, 05:37 PM ISTTaslima 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 | Jan 23, 2017, 07:07 AM ISTExiled 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