The body is an excellent tree: Parvathy Baul sings the ancient Bengali mystic Buddhist songs of the Charyapada

Parvathy Baul aims to reclaim Baul music's historical roots in the Buddhist Sahajiya tradition through performances of ...
The New Indian Express

Mob sets Bengali houses in Odisha's in Malkangiri on fire over woman’s ‘murder’

MALKANGIRI: Armed miscreants set houses and properties belonging to members of the Bengali community on fire in MV-26 under Mariwada panchayat limits on Sunday, following the murder of a 55-year-old ...
The Daily Dot

“That’s integration, not invasion”: Bengali sign at Whitechapel station sparks a complaint on X. Locals clapped back instantly

A London commuter discovered something "new" at Whitechapel Station this week, even though it had been in place since 2022. Featured Video London officials added Bengali signs at the Tube station back ...
indulgexpress

5 Bengali hits songs by Zubeen Garg

This soulful number remains one of Zubeen’s most loved Bengali songs. The song is from the 2008 movie Chirodini Tumi Je Amar and is still played widely. This song went on to become one of the most ...
NDTV

Why Every Bengali Meal Starts With Bitter Food Before Anything Else

Bengali meals traditionally begin with a bitter dish to stimulate digestion and palate. Ayurveda values bitterness for balancing doshas and aiding liver detoxification. Popular bitter dishes include ...
The New Indian Express

'Can there be Bharat without Bangla?': Mamata warns against insulting Bengali language

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 ...
The Hindu

Using ‘Bangladeshi for Bangla’ an insult to Bengali culture: Trinamool

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 ...
The Economist

“Bangla Teslas” give Musk a run for his money

TIMES ARE tough for Tesla. Lately sales of the firm’s pricey electric vehicles (EVs) have fallen around the world. Yet in Bangladeshi cities, a humbler namesake is flourishing. Battery-powered ...
Outlookindia

How Bengali Literature Perceives Maratha Heroism

In a nearly-empty Kolkata theatre, watching a mortal man performing all sorts of miracles on the big screen—from flying over enemy defence lines while riding on his horse and breaking a lion’s jaws ...
The Daily Star

Gaan Bangla’s TV broadcast stopped

The broadcast of Gaan Bangla Television has been suspended. Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited has decided to halt the broadcast due to unpaid satellite fees. Shah Ahmedul Kabir, the General Manager ...
Dhaka Tribune

Why did Gaan Bangla suddenly go off-air?

The broadcast of Gaan Bangla, a private music-focused television channel in Bangladesh, has been suspended. The channel went off-air abruptly at around 12pm on Wednesday. It has been reported that the ...
bdnews24

Taposh, wife among 5 sued over 'illegal takeover' of Gaan Bangla

A case has been filed over the alleged illegal takeover of 'Gaan Bangla', the country’s only music-based private television channel, against its Managing Director Kaushik Hossain Taposh, his wife and ...