Everyone swears by the fact that Bengali is the sweetest language. But then, there’s also a world beyond “Jol khabe?”, “Ami je tomar... chhin chhin chhin”, “Ami tomake bhalo bashi” and “Korbo, lorbo ...

Kolkata: Stressing on unity in diversity, CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that commonly used words by people enrich a language. Banerjee, while attending an event on International Mother Language ...

A month-long campaign, "Nikhoj Shobder Khoje", to encourage the young generation to reconnect with those Bangla words that have been missing from the language for a long time, was launched at Bishwo ...

Did you know ‘Da-Ri’, which means ‘beard’ in Bengali is the word for ‘legs’ in Korean? And ‘Mo-Ja’, which is the word for ‘socks’ in Bengali, means a ‘hat’ or ‘cap’ in Korean? After enthralling her ...

A lot of translations are being done in Bangladesh, from English into Bangla and Bangla into English; much of the latter by native Bangla speakers. While native Bangla speakers may have had 12 years ...

KOLKATA: Have words like 'sir', 'chair', 'table' and 'football' become part of the Bengali language? Strange as it may sound, members of the West Bengal Assembly thought it appropriate to debate the ...