UNESCO recognises Feb 21 as International Mother Language Day, observed worldwide to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.

India, Feb. 21 -- On February 21, the world pauses to remember a truth written in blood and ink - that language is not merely ...

At the Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, people gather annually-- often barefoot--to lay flowers in remembrance. The ritual is solemn, emotional and deeply rooted in national tradition.

Members of Bangla Pokkho, a Bengali advocacy group, assembled at the Eastern Railway headquarters in Kolkata on Friday and ...

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 ...

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 event, held at the university’s Open Stage, was presided over by JnU unit Shuvosangho President Md Junayet Sheikh.

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 ...

Ask staff not to force passengers to speak in Hindi: Bengali advocacy group to Eastern Railway ...