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 ...

Every year the Amar Ekushey Book Fair honours those who became martyrs on February 21, 1952 in the Language Movement by showcasing the depth of the Bangla language and literature, serving as an emblem ...

The West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, has taken strong objection to a letter by the Delhi police describing Bangla, or Bengali, as a “Bangladeshi” language and called for strong protests on ...

Bangla is what we native Bangalees call the language. And so that is what it should be known as. Just like Hindi, Urdu, or Tamil. So why not use the word Bangla globally, instead of "Bengali?" After ...

A senior Bangladesh minister on Tuesday exhorted the United Nations to formally adopt Bangla as one of its official languages, on the day when the country celebrated the Language Martyrs Day to ...

Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced on Monday that Bengali will become mandatory for all official work in the ...

Suvendu Adhikari announced that the state government would increase the use of Hindi in its correspondence with the Centre.

The government has taken extensive measures to modernize the use of the Bangla language in the digital sphere. As part of a string of initiatives to facilitate the use of Bangla on digital platforms ...

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Kunal Ghosh on Monday raised critical administrative questions regarding the West Bengal government's decision to make the Bengali language mandatory for all official ...

West Bengal to mandate Bengali for all official communications starting September 1, 2026, as announced by CM Suvendu ...