A folk festival, Sahajiya Utsav 2024, recently honored the late Bengali poet and environmentalist Arun Kumar Chakraborty. The ...

During the Pala and Sena periods, the Bengali language was not formally practiced . Sanskrit dominated as the official and literary language, relegating Bengali to oral use among the common people .

Yashodhara Ray Chaudhuri (born 1965) is a poet residing in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. She produced collections of Bengali poetry. She studied philosophy at Presidency College, Kolkata, and was ...

This year, to observe 16 December, we have curated a list of four diverse yet fascinating poetry books for you to immerse ...

Renowned poet Helal Hafiz died in the capital Dhaka on Friday. He was 76. Helal Hafiz was declared dead after he was taken to ...

In all the hype over literature on the Punjab Partition, Bangla’s articulation of loss — especially its poetry — hasn’t got enough national attention. It has been incorrectly argued that ...

The organisers said that almost 20 poets and writers from Bangladesh wanted to attend the literary festival at Visva-Bharati ...

The poet was brought dead at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) around 2:30pm, the hospital’s Director Brigadier General Nazrul Islam Khan says ...

Director duo Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy's film Bohurupi has become the third highest-grossing Bengali film of all ...