Apparently, Bengali (or Bangla) is the seventh spoken language in the world by population. By some statistics, its position is sixth, and even fifth in another! I am not elated by this because the ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday (July 20, 2026) announced that starting from September 1, the State Government will give priority to the Bengali language in all official ...

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 ...

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 ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced that the state government will make Bengali, the state's mother tongue, mandatory for all state government work from September 1. Hindi ...