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 ...

Apparently, Bengali (or Bangla) is the seventh spoken language in the world by population. By some statistics, its position is sixth, and even fifth in another! I am not elated by this because the ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday asserted that no one should try to play with or insult the Bengali language, asking whether there can be an India without West Bengal. Banerjee ...

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 ...

Kulsum Chowdhury (left) and her daughter Sophia Chowdhury from Melbourne spoke to SBS Bangla about the challenges of staying connected to the Bangla language and culture while living abroad. Their ...

Bangla Academy, established to promote and foster the Bengali language, literature and culture celebrated its 69th founding anniversary with elaborate programmes at the academy premises amid much ...

South Korean YouTuber Lee Jun-hak fell in love with Bengali culture and language when he arrived in India in 2016 for his university studies. While pursuing a degree majoring in Hindi, Lee picked up ...

Marking the 69th founding anniversary of Bangla Academy, Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has said that Bangla Academy is entitled to work independently with the government's support, ...