The partition of British India in 1947 posed significant challenges to the state-building process in both India and Pakistan, including in Bengal, which faced the complexities of being divided between ...

On Feb 21, a TV channel aired a drama where the protagonist takes a very vocal stand against what is deemed the distortion of the Bangla language. He is seen working at a media house where most people ...

The Trinamul Congress released its election manifesto a few days back with a ten-point promise if the party came back to ...

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, ...

Kolkata: Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the granting of classical language status to Bengali, in a meeting chaired by PM Narendra Modi. Similar status was given to Assamese, Marathi, Pali and ...