Writers, academics and poets on Monday said that although people sacrificed their lives for Bengali language in the 1952 ...

'Academy', as many of us know, is a word that comes from the French word 'academie', evolving from Latin 'academia'—the ultimate ancestor of both being Greek 'akademeia'. Originally, it was a place ...

The omission of Bengali literature in the 2024 Sahitya Akademi Award has stirred up a controversy in West Bengal’s literary circles. This is the first time the prestigious award has excluded Bengali ...

Kolkata: The National Library of India (NLI) is set to celebrate the recent recognition of Bengali as a classical language, a historic moment for the language and its rich literary tradition. NLI, ...

This Australian scholar translated the iconic book Bangalir Itihas decades ago. The author catches up with him ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Saturday said Michael Madhusudan Dutt is a luminous name in the history of Bengali ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for digital publication of the books alongside the printed ones and their translation into different languages to reach the Bangla language, ...

On the eve of Poila Baisakh, Bengali New Year’s Day, the question of Bengali asmita hangs heavy in the air. Is it under siege? If so, from where? Is the eclectic, pluralist soul of Bengal’s culture ...