West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to give Bengali the status of a classical language as it has 'qualified' the criteria set by ...

Whenever readers think of Akhteruzzaman Elias (1943-1997), his novels and short stories immediately come to mind. He wrote only two novels—Khoabnama (1996), centred on the Tebhaga Movement, and ...

The writing of history in the Bengali language by a Bengali began around 225 years ago with the publication of Raja Pratapaditya Charitra in 1801. The book was printed by the Serampore Mission Press, ...