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Bengali

Filmmaker Raja Sen has died at the age of 71. Photo: Collected

National Award-winning Bengali filmmaker Raja Sen passes away at 70

Sen directed acclaimed films including Damu, Atmiyo Swajan and Laboratory, and made several award-winning documentaries.

Three women mountaineers at the top of Chulu Far East on Monday (15 December ). Photo: Courtesy

Three Bangladeshi women successfully summit Chulu Far East

Mamata Banerjee. File Photo: Collected

Delhi police call Bengali as ‘Bangladeshi language’, Banarjee, BJP reacts

Bangali cuisine, with all its varieties in colour, flavour, and texture, remains primarily a “rice-based” offering. Photo: Collected

What could make Bangali food truly global?

A sweet shop of Kolkata in West Bengal. Photo: Reuters

The Bengali and his mishti . . .

The supreme sacrifice of ‘Ekushey February’ led to the recognition of Bangla as an official language of Pakistan. Photo: Collected.

The Eternal Ekushey

Illustration: TBS

Ekushey . . . and those little important details

Ayub Khan and the Bengalis

Ayub Khan and the Bengalis

"A Grammar of the Bengal Language", written by English Orientalist and Philologist Nathaniel Brassey Halhed in 1778. Photo: Collected

The book that shaped Bengali language

Japanese speaks flawless Bangla, loves shorshe-ilish

Japanese speaks flawless Bangla, loves shorshe-ilish

Seminar on Bengali language, culture held in Japan

Seminar on Bengali language, culture held in Japan