Bangladeshi rights activists and civil society representatives called for an immediate halt on an alleged attempt by the Forest department to evict dozens of Christian tribal Khasi villagers through ...

At least from a linguistic, genetic, and cultural perspective, the Synteng form part of the larger Khasi group. The question of including them under the term Khasi, however, is also a political one.

More than 180 years after he arrived in the Khasi Hills, the legacy of Welsh missionary Rev Thomas Jones continues to be felt across the Khasi-Jaintia region. His greatest contribution—the ...

Ethnic Khasi people in northeast Bangladesh have lodged a police complaint against the management of a tea estate for allegedly destroying a betel leaf plantation, the mainstay of the community, with ...

For centuries, the Indigenous Khasi people in Bangladesh have been conserving natural forests to sustain their livelihoods. Changing weather is challenging their traditional betel leaf agroforestry, ...

A landmark cultural ceremony will take place on November 9 at Lum Sohpetbneng, one of the most sacred sites for the Khasi community, as the Seng Khasi Kmie (SKM) marks its 125th anniversary with the ...