'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 ...

Writers, academics and poets on Monday said that although people sacrificed their lives for Bengali language in the 1952 language movement, still they failed to establish it at every level of the ...

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 ...

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, ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today said Michael Madhusudan Dutt is a luminous name in the history of Bengali ...

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 ...