Bengali and four other languages have been conferred the status of classical language, the Indian government announced tonight. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet presided by Prime ...

"Where else would you be able to enjoy classics and recent flicks for Tk 50, which would usually cost Tk 300-500 in cinemas?" asked Maliha Tasnim, a Master's student at Dhaka University, whom I met ...

Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee, who will next be seen in the Rajkummar Rao-starrer Maalik, recently found himself caught in a controversy after his comments at an event went viral. The actor reportedly ...

The Bangladesh national book fair, held every year in February to honor the demonstrators killed in the Bengali language movement of the mid-20th century, promotes a spirit and desire to uphold the ...

என் தாய்மொழியை நினைத்து பெருமைக் கொள்கிறேன். Linguistic politics has been a central theme of Indian democracy. The Visalandhra movement and the demise of veteran freedom fighter ...

In April 2017, a network of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-affiliated organisations exhibited an unprecedented strength across West Bengal on the occasion of Ram Navami, a hitherto-marginal ...

More members of the film and music fraternity in Bengal joined the chorus against Delhi Police over a purported letter that referred to Bengali as “Bangladeshi national language”, questioning whether ...

In a consent decree quickly reached after a lawsuit last month, the city of Hamtramck has agreed to provide Bengali-language ballots and other assistance for the city's Bangladeshi-American voters.

Kolkata: Tollywood has joined politicians across party lines who have come in support of CM Mamata Banerjee, who criticised Delhi Police on Sunday over a notice issued to Banga Bhawan in the national ...