An emotional Brazil began paying its final respects Monday to football legend Pele with a wake at the stadium where he first took the world's breath away with his dazzling skill.

She wrote with vitality, a realness that seemed somewhat dangerous on paper. 

Today marks the 25th death anniversary of the Qawwali legend.

With the death of Ahmed Sofa on July 28, 2001, Bangladesh (or modern Bengal in historical perspective) lost not simply one of its most original thinkers; it also marked the passing of an age.

Once you hear a voice like that, you know there’s a story behind all this.

The quiet man of the Rolling Stones passed away August 24, 2021.

Thousands of Brazilians who had been expecting to spend Wednesday night cheering their beloved Chapecoense football team in its hour of glory were instead gathering at the home stadium to mourn dead players.

Thousands of grieving fans in green and white filled the Chapecoense stadium in remote southern Brazil on Tuesday, singing their team's praises and chanting one by one the names of players who lost their lives in a plane crash a day earlier.

Brazil football great Ronaldinho has shown his musical talents by unveiling a music video that pays tribute to the world's Paralympic athletes.

President Barack Obama pays tribute to the "silent cry" of the 140,000 victims of the atomic bomb dropped 71 years ago on Hiroshima, and called on the world to abandon "the logic of fear" that encourages the stockpiling of nuclear weapons.

The nation yesterday mourned the death of 74 people, including 57 army officers, killed during the BDR carnage on February 25-26 in 2009.

If there was anyone we considered immortal, it was Lemmy.

US President Barack Obama rallied a new generation of Americans in a forceful speech in Selma, Alabama on the 50th anniversary

Body of slain writer and blogger Avijit Roy has been handed over to Dhaka Medical College for medical research after people pay last tributes to him at Dhaka University