Martyrs die, and mourning - after a while - usually fades. Not with Sharif Osman Hadi in Bangladesh. Here's why.

Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has started hiring native Hindi and Bengali speakers. The aim stays clear. The company wants Grok ...

Journalists and media leaders in Bangladesh are demanding protection after recent attacks on two major newspapers.

When we look back, we see that most chronicles of 18th- and 19th-century Kolkata arose from colonial government reports, ...

What led the Bengali literary establishment to ignore one of the very best writers in their language when it came to awards?

Bengali is one of the sweetest of languages – and there’s a reason for that  I’ve often been struck by how sweet the Bengali language sounds, particularly when it sings its inimitable Rabindra Sangeet ...

Vidya has often spoken about her deep-rooted connection with Kolkata. Addressing the assumptions around her background, she once said in an old interview, “I don’t think there is a question of ...

Gopal Haldar asked if I was from Sylhet. No, the communist scholar explained politely, it wasn’t my telltale surname; the question — more of a statement really — was prompted by my unconscious ...

West Bengal chief minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee came down heavily on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accusing it of “oppressing and persecuting” Bengali-speaking people brutally in states ...

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday condemned what she called “the brutal oppression and persecution” of Bengali-speaking people in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states. West ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – As protests have engulfed Bangladesh and the minority communities, mainly Hindus, facing brutal attacks, actress Raima Sen said that this is not new for “Bengali Hindus” in the ...

The American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS) is delighted to announce the intensive, immersion-based Bangla language training program. This program offers participants an excellent opportunity ...