Seventy-one years have passed since our forefathers paid a high price to preserve the integrity of our mother tongue. 1953, which marked the first anniversary of the language movement, was a pivotal ...

"Every time I hear my mother tongue, Bangla, it feels like home, even when home is far away," writes Steinbach's Itrat Anwar. "That's why everyone should celebrate their own mother language, no matter ...

Bangla Bhasha Prachar O Prasar Samiti launches NBSE prescribed Class 10 Bengali textbook ‘Sahitya Parikrama’ in Dimapur.

Among the power centres of Bangladesh, the status of Bangla is a little better at general universities. Bangla is used more in general universities than elsewhere and its status, too, is higher, if ...

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 the occasion of Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day, the Sabujbagh Thana unit of Bashundhara Shuvosangho ...

At the Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, people gather annually-- often barefoot--to lay flowers in remembrance. The ritual is solemn, ...

In this strange and isolating year, reacquainting myself with Sylheti gave me a new understanding of my family I never understood the Bengali girls at my London school who were proudly monolingual. “I ...

Morning sunlight on the misty valleys turned the forested slopes into a tapestry of gold. On a hilltop, a lone figure emerged, descending a snake-like trail in the distance. The figure hoisted his ...

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 ...