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Bengal’s own Panta Bhaat gets a direct entry on the five-star menus!

2023-06-02T16:33:39Z

6-year-old Barnali becomes India’s youngest black belt holder in Shotokan Karate

2023-06-02T10:29:06Z

Durgapur housewife wins Bronze in World Powerlifting contest

2023-06-01T16:38:50Z

J.B. Roy, the forgotten founder of Asia's first Ayurvedic college in Calcutta

2023-06-01T10:29:15Z

Why Tagore took refuge in Planchette sessions to connect with the dead

2023-05-31T16:33:35Z

Hooghly joins Malda and Murshidabad as big-time mango exporters in Bengal

2023-05-31T10:33:23Z

Death arrived silently, back when Rituporno lost his mother all of a sudden

2023-05-30T16:27:17Z

Public executions were once held in Kolkata's 'Fancy' Lane

2023-05-30T10:31:55Z

A hub of showbiz glamour, Kolkata's 'cinema para' once glittered gloriously

2023-05-29T16:30:45Z

Septuagenarian curd seller Sameer Bhattacharjee is an inspiration for all: GB Exclusive interview

2023-05-29T10:30:56Z

The unusual bond between Hemanta and Uttam, though bent but never broken!

2023-05-27T16:46:07Z

The nondescript Palashi, which once altered the history of India!

2023-05-27T09:57:35Z

The sour-sweet saga of ‘tok dal’ – a Bengal summer speciality!

2023-05-26T16:36:35Z

Bankura-based Kolay biscuits once competed with Parle-G!

2023-05-26T10:38:51Z

The 100-year-old D.M. Library was the first pan-Indian bookstore in Kolkata

2023-05-25T16:31:02Z

Tagore’s life-long romance with Motichur sandesh – a Chandannagar speciality

2023-05-25T10:24:00Z

When Tagore came to 'Music Director' Kazi Nazrul Islam's rescue!

2023-05-24T16:22:38Z

Bengali professor-researcher acclaimed as the best researcher in India as per D-Index

2023-05-24T10:32:04Z

Satyajit Ray viewed food as a way to cherish humanity through his movies

2023-05-23T16:40:28Z

Kitab Lovers in Kolkata: Load books in boxes and take them home!

2023-05-23T10:31:38Z

Born in the darkness of a moonless night, Raja Rammohan Roy spread his light throughout

2023-05-22T16:48:42Z

Would climate change wipe out Bengal tigers by 2070?

2023-05-22T10:33:21Z

Malda confectioners give a new twist to mango delicacies!

2023-05-20T16:43:56Z

Did Marxism give shape to Manik Bandopadhyay's writings?

2023-05-19T16:30:16Z

Ecosphere: an open air library by a 25-years-old!

2023-05-19T10:32:31Z

Kolkata, the home of museums nobody knows about

2023-05-18T16:10:07Z

British-era cannon pulled out from a busy pavement in Kolkata!

2023-05-18T10:33:25Z

Madur Mat Art of Bengal: A story of skill, creativity, and empowerment

2023-05-17T16:19:41Z

From biscuits to cakes, the journey of Britannia started in Kolkata 130 years ago

2023-05-17T10:26:27Z

Chhenar Kalia – the savoury Bengali cuisine that became a part of Mahabhog in Girish Bhaban

2023-05-16T16:23:53Z

Santiniketan might be soon included in the UNESCO World Heritage List

2023-05-16T10:26:26Z

Kushan period terracotta wheeled doll unearthed in Chandraketugarh

2023-05-15T16:47:06Z

How the legacy business of JK Masale spiced up the global markets

2023-05-15T10:42:10Z

Strange as it may seem, Bollywood diva Meena Kumari was related to the illustrious Tagore family!

2023-05-13T16:27:07Z

Garai Art Centre brings the therapeutic effect of art to Kolkata

2023-05-13T10:06:31Z

Padma luchi: From a 117-year-old ‘boubhaat’ menu card of Sovabazar Rajbari

2023-05-12T16:11:13Z

Jadavpur Vidyapith secures its place among top 10 schools in the country

2023-05-12T10:45:35Z

A three-domed structure over a platform - why is Kurumbera called a 'fort'?

2023-05-11T16:18:08Z

Bengal boy Debasmit Ghosh wins gold medal at International karate Championship in Dubai!

2023-05-11T10:39:50Z

Bengali geologist solves the Himalayan puzzle at last - when will the mountains stop rising?

2023-05-10T10:48:53Z

Back when Rabindranath Tagore bonded with the Nizam of Hyderabad over education

2023-05-09T16:25:37Z

When the 'non- Bengali' singers opened my eyes to the true essence of Tagore

2023-05-09T11:01:53Z

Did you know a Hooghly designer designed Queen Camilla’s gown at King's Coronation?

2023-05-08T16:37:01Z

United Missionary Girl’s High School: Almost 200-year legacy still going strong

2023-05-08T10:29:19Z

What should we keep in mind while purchasing pure ghee from the market!

2023-05-06T16:54:26Z

9-year-old Aarush from Kolkata honoured by NASA as India’s youngest ‘Citizen Scientist’

2023-05-06T10:40:56Z

MasterChef contestant Priyanka Kundu Biswas turns “Queen of Desserts” - An exclusive interview

2023-05-05T14:32:00Z

Sundarbans’ honey collectors get big-time help from the Forest Department

2023-05-05T08:20:22Z

Taking you through the Beadon Square – a tapestry of historical events

2023-05-04T16:37:04Z

Dipanwita Debnath translated Lepcha songs into Bangla and received Agnikanya Award: An exclusive GB chat

2023-05-04T10:25:19Z

Back when Frida Kahlo chose saree instead of her iconic Tehuana-style floor-length dresses!

2023-05-03T16:20:55Z

Ghostbusters coming to Calcutta High Court to probe haunting spirits

2023-05-03T10:33:26Z

A fishy love affair - Mache Bhate Bangali

2023-05-02T16:39:09Z

'Author' Satyajit Ray and his obsession with magic and the supernatural

2023-05-02T10:40:09Z

How Manna Dey’s immortal Coffee Houser Sei Addata was born

2023-05-01T16:28:29Z

Why do Bengal has a troubled relationship with May day?

2023-05-01T09:55:54Z

Thankamani Kutty - how a dance aspirant from Kerala made Bengal her home while becoming a national celebrity!

2023-04-29T16:29:23Z

The dancer at 82 has defied age and remained evergreen: Meet Purnima Ghosh

2023-04-29T08:46:36Z

Banak – Colour of Bengal’s Clay Art

2023-04-28T16:41:23Z

Tagore in Bollywood – How he influenced major movie songs

2023-04-28T08:44:28Z

Sri Krishna Hotel of Serampore reminds us of Indubalar Bhaater Hotel

2023-04-27T16:32:58Z

Can Music be used to fight climate change? World-famous activist Sukrit Sen engages in a tête-à-tête with GB

2023-04-27T08:09:02Z

From having Rs 100, to setting up a 200-crore business empire – Malay Debnath’s inspiring ‘rag to riches’ story

2023-04-26T16:28:49Z

Royal Bengal Tigers of Sundarbans: Casualties of our success and symbols of our failure – an exclusive interview with Joydip Kundu of SHER

2023-04-26T08:21:43Z

NASA’s Bengali scientist discovers Black Hole’s magnetic reversal

2023-04-25T08:07:04Z

Seed paper pens of Naihati - great alternatives to conventional plastic pens and aimed at promoting recycling

2023-04-24T17:03:30Z

Amulya Ghosh gave wings to women and broke the glass ceiling a century ago

2023-04-24T08:15:00Z

The first female star of Bengali cinema and the melody queen Kanan Devi was born on this day!

2023-04-22T16:02:36Z

Let's talk about two of West Bengal’s most favoured ecotourism destinations this Earth Day

2023-04-22T09:59:58Z

Dolly Roy, the first woman tea taster of India, has breathed her last

2023-04-21T16:55:25Z

What Bose proved 100 years ago, AI proves again – Plants produce sounds to stimuli

2023-04-21T08:58:13Z

Overviewing Zakaria Street - the Ramadaan food paradise

2023-04-20T17:24:58Z

Centurion statistician who worked from Calcutta gets highest International Prize in Statistics

2023-04-20T09:14:34Z

More than just a wedding ritual, ‘Gaye holud’ has a scientific explanation behind it!

2023-04-19T14:40:11Z

Exclusive: For this Pakistani, his love for Bengali has opened the world to him

2023-04-18T11:03:39Z

Cartoonist Narayan Debnath’s Nonte Fonte hits the Big Screen

2023-04-17T17:43:18Z

Bireswar Sen – the landscape artist who re-imagined the Himalayas in his miniature paintings

2023-04-17T10:38:31Z

Thailand’s Songkran, the spiritual cousin of Sankranti

2023-04-15T10:00:54Z

Phalsa on the rocks to your rescue this summer!

2023-04-14T16:34:52Z

Kolkata Metro creates history as the first underwater metro run in India

2023-04-14T09:05:51Z

Gajon - the rain-invoking rural folk festival belonging to the ancient Bengal

2023-04-13T17:33:28Z

Balaka Ghosh’s documentary on ‘Death in The City’ wins an international award: An exclusive GB chat with the filmmaker

2023-04-13T09:15:19Z

Bosco on Wheels: distributing free meals to the underprivileged

2023-04-12T17:01:28Z

Kala Bhavan students put up Garbage Art installation made from the waste of the Sonajhuri Haat

2023-04-12T09:38:43Z

You think you know what maya is? Come to Maya to find out!

2023-04-11T17:10:02Z

Raj Bhavan all set to open to the public for heritage tours

2023-04-11T09:45:47Z

The 'Miracle man of Homeopathy' behind the 104-years old Russa Pharmacy

2023-04-10T16:49:15Z

Will the Rajbaris of Khidderpore stand the test of time?

2023-04-10T09:17:17Z

The youngest ‘Magic Queen’ of Bengal, 9-year-old Mimi Haldar unlocks a world of fantasy

2023-04-08T17:23:52Z

British Kolkata’s drainage blueprint: Did it flood back then?

2023-04-08T10:18:28Z

Gardening is good for health. Yes, even a tiny plant on the window sill

2023-04-07T17:00:35Z

150-year celebration of Presidency University’s Chemistry Department : GB Exclusive with Head of Chemistry Department

2023-04-07T09:13:51Z

Kolkata's first advanced sports science lab in Ramakrishna Mission University

2023-04-06T17:16:04Z

Indigenous rice cultivation and seed preservation in the Sundarbans

2023-04-06T10:15:25Z

The woman who led one of the most successful textile businesses in West Bengal

2023-04-05T17:02:40Z

Nawab Bahadur Institution: Preserving a 200-year-old legacy of imparting education

2023-04-05T09:26:39Z

Satya Ranjan Dolui, the security guard who set up a library in a park with 12,000 books!

2023-04-04T17:25:24Z

German consulate pitches in to preserve Bengal’s cultural legacy

2023-04-04T10:23:06Z

Govt sponsored Somponno Café is the new address of Alipore

2023-04-03T16:30:37Z

What’s new in Kolkata this week?

2023-04-03T10:17:21Z

Kolkata’s Coffee Man – Whipping up art with coffee

2023-04-01T16:55:54Z

Did Rabindranath Tagore write Sri Lanka’s national anthem?

2023-04-01T09:50:27Z

Sonagachhi: Tracing the chequered history of one of the Asia’s largest sex districts

2023-03-31T16:28:19Z

Re-looking at the glory that was ‘Mankar Rangmahal’

2023-03-31T06:53:43Z

The retired teacher from Ausgram who teaches tribal students for just one rupee!

2023-03-30T17:45:56Z

Raising a toast to wild birds of Eco Park on Earth Hour Day

2023-03-30T09:43:00Z

Utpal Dutta - the actor who curated an inimitable style of his own

2023-03-29T17:22:26Z

Priyonath Mukhopadhyay, the sub-inspector who refused to give up

2023-03-29T09:55:27Z

Despite all odds, could COVID-19 stop ‘Being Gorgeous’ to flourish?

2023-03-28T17:48:59Z

Will the Kadi Barga houses of Old Kolkata survive an earthquake? Listen to experts

2023-03-28T10:16:37Z

Back when Pradip Bhattacharya's Raktakarabi made two convicts fall in love!

2023-03-27T17:47:50Z

A quick list of events taking place throughout Bengal this week

2023-03-27T10:01:01Z

Unique Coconut Fairs held in Bengal districts to encourage Coconut Farming

2023-03-25T16:36:48Z

Warner and Healey, the ‘saheb chor’ who gave the police sleepless nights

2023-03-25T10:19:32Z

The Making of the unsung fighter - Pritilata Waddedar

2023-03-24T17:25:17Z

Kolkata became witness to a musical evening by the children with Down syndrome

2023-03-24T11:41:51Z

Saheb chor: The ‘white thieves’ of Calcutta

2023-03-23T17:34:28Z

Kolkata addresses Parkinson’s Disease with international conference hosted by I-NK

2023-03-23T10:05:55Z

This World Water Day, let us take an oath of saving 100 litres of rainwater each!

2023-03-22T17:20:21Z

First ever Gour Malda Marathon chooses heritage protection as theme

2023-03-22T10:15:43Z

On World Poetry Day, a toast to the 'mother of lies'

2023-03-21T17:29:20Z

'Green Man' Mantu Hait - the Bengal lawyer behind the creation of an urban forest

2023-03-21T10:28:12Z

I see skies of blue, ‘pink blossoms’ too and I think to myself, what a wonderful world… – how spring arrives in New Town

2023-03-20T17:44:42Z

Discover the diverse events taking place this week in Kolkata

2023-03-20T11:58:14Z

Purna Das Baul, the man who took Bengal’s baul songs to the global stage

2023-03-18T17:37:54Z

Critically endangered Gyps vultures released in the Buxa Tiger Reserve

2023-03-18T09:56:12Z

Jute Queen of Kolkata Chaitali Das and her Rakshak Foundation revives the lost jute glory

2023-03-17T17:06:17Z

Why for Manohar Aich, gyms were more important than schools!

2023-03-17T11:07:39Z

Jamini Roy’s Kolkata residence turned into art gallery

2023-03-16T17:21:48Z

Kabir Suman on his birthday - Indrajit Sen recalls a four-day musical journey with him in Germany

2023-03-16T10:21:15Z

Is Times of Theatre the shot in the arm that Bengali theatre needs?

2023-03-15T16:49:05Z

Sanchari Das Mollick, the film editor from Kolkata makes all proud on the Oscar stage

2023-03-15T09:37:18Z

Bengal Seed Savers’ Meet pave the way for healthy living

2023-03-14T17:22:13Z

Parimal Ray, the one-man institution linking Kolkata and Calcutta

2023-03-14T09:52:30Z

Binodini Opera brings Noti Binodini alive on stage as Sudipta Chakraborty gives an exclusive interview with GB

2023-03-13T17:13:25Z

List of events this week happening in Kolkata

2023-03-13T12:24:49Z

Bengal’s ancient Mauryan site of Mahasthangarh, where History takes a nap

2023-03-11T16:57:58Z

Women’s Day Series --- Dahan: Questioning gender stereotyping

2023-03-11T10:31:39Z

R D Burman clinked glasses and spoons and thus made music!

2023-03-10T17:16:56Z

Women’s Day Series --- Subarnolata in pursuit of an identity

2023-03-10T10:16:14Z

When Rabindranath Tagore was named a conspirator in an anti-British trial!

2023-03-09T16:56:49Z

Women’s Day Series --- Sarat Chandra’s Abhaya defies traditional morality

2023-03-09T09:55:05Z

Tufanganj’s Singara Dida is an inspiration at the age of 80!

2023-03-08T17:11:20Z

Women’s Day Series --- Mrinal of Tagore’s Streer Patra defies the ‘happy marriage’ syndrome

2023-03-08T09:50:09Z

Letters written on Tagore’s Purabi by Victoria Ocampo

2023-03-07T16:45:15Z

Dol Utsav at Bishnupur kicks off with a touch of classical music

2023-03-07T10:10:47Z

Murshidabad’s Lalbagh property being claimed by Pakistan’s 1st President’s family!

2023-03-06T17:26:25Z

What a colourful week ahead!

2023-03-06T10:02:11Z

National Safety Day, a good day to stop blaming others and act for your own safety

2023-03-04T17:10:11Z

The Ghots of Bengal are a piece of Art

2023-03-04T10:53:06Z

Creator of Pandab Goenda, Shashtipada Chattopadhyay is no more

2023-03-03T16:48:32Z

State Forest Department recruits Gaja-Mitras to end Human Pachyderm Conflict

2023-03-03T10:00:01Z

Kolkata boy creates Guinness Records by building castles of cards

2023-03-02T08:13:13Z

Kolkata ladies gear up to the nine-yard saree sprint challenge

2023-03-01T16:52:51Z

State Government to launch ‘Apon Bangla’ cards for NRI Bengali investors

2023-03-01T10:41:50Z

Nakashipara becomes top ITI, role model for rest of India, says NITI Aayog

2023-02-28T17:39:00Z

The Calcutta trio who became enablers of the Raman Effect

2023-02-28T10:20:45Z

Tram Parade of Kolkata showcased century-old trams of the city

2023-02-27T17:07:21Z

List of events in Kolkata this week

2023-02-27T10:03:16Z

Shyam Bazar: What’s in a name?

2023-02-25T17:21:00Z

Visva Bharati all set to be world’s first Heritage varsity

2023-02-25T11:14:42Z

Howrah Station’s famous Boro Ghori turns 95!

2023-02-24T17:03:32Z

Did Delhi cancel 'Titumir' to delude the contribution of Muslims in India’s freedom struggle?

2023-02-24T10:27:26Z

Most of what Kolkatans know about trams is wrong!

2023-02-23T17:21:25Z

Raja Basanta Roy Road; preserving vignettes of a revolutionary past

2023-02-23T10:11:34Z

Brilliant actor Pahari Sanyal had a commendable mastery over Hindustani classical music!

2023-02-22T17:08:28Z

'Doomtullah' - the old Calcutta street with a Jewish connect

2023-02-22T10:35:27Z

'Monohara' - the Bengali mish-mash between 'rosogolla' and 'sandesh'

2023-02-21T17:12:13Z

The story behind the birth of a song that is an emotion for Bengalis worldwide

2023-02-21T10:54:09Z

Letter boxes of Kolkata - taking us back to the era of pen and paper

2023-02-20T17:43:00Z

Upcoming events in Kolkata this week

2023-02-20T10:22:41Z

Creator Sujan Dasgupta leaves 'Eken babu' in limbo

2023-02-18T17:09:51Z

Referred to as the 'Oxford of Bengal', Nabadwip offers much more than religious tourism

2023-02-18T10:12:57Z

New Haven of Animals, the new zoo at New Town

2023-02-17T17:30:17Z

Bengal’s century-old Chhot boat technique to be preserved in the British Museum

2023-02-17T10:21:26Z

Olympian Tulsidas Balaram, the once don of Maidan soccer is no more

2023-02-16T18:07:55Z

Life is Art, Live yours in Colour

2023-02-16T17:16:21Z

Dr Purnima Sinha, the first female physicist from C.U., who did her PhD way back in the 1950s

2023-02-16T10:11:39Z

‘MISHTI’ to save Sundarbans through planting and protecting Mangrove

2023-02-15T09:36:40Z

Immerse yourself in the culturally rich heritage of Bengal’s Theatre Village

2023-02-15T08:59:35Z

Will ‘Amrit Dharohar’ scheme of Union Budget help protect East Kolkata Wetlands?

2023-02-14T07:40:07Z

From the heart: Cops from Burtolla PS share the joy with 250 young friends

2023-02-14T07:27:11Z

100 years of radio in Kolkata, and we didn’t even notice!

2023-02-13T18:32:37Z

What's new this week?

2023-02-13T10:32:15Z

Barefoot Boys: How Coach Sailen Bose helped the soccer team defeat the British

2023-02-11T17:12:17Z

Kolkata artist explores Zen Buddhism and Nature to create solo magic

2023-02-11T08:47:36Z

Hayavadana: Exploring man’s existential crisis

2023-02-10T14:11:47Z

‘Boat Schools’ can be a solution to education in flood prone areas of Bengal

2023-02-10T08:53:10Z

Fuchkawala – the restaurant that started during Lockdown blues by two youngsters

2023-02-09T14:25:48Z

Unearthing Bharatpur Stupa: A treasure trove of historical and cultural artifacts

2023-02-09T10:22:05Z

Safer Internet Day is something we need to observe every day!

2023-02-08T14:55:48Z

Steamer service from Calcutta that transformed British Rangoon

2023-02-08T08:47:45Z

Benode Behari Mukherjee, the semi-blind world-famous artist from Santiniketan

2023-02-07T17:18:47Z

Mangala Kanti Ray who has preserved the obsolete Sarinda, gets Padma Shri

2023-02-07T11:19:22Z

Books from Thailand make their way to the Book Fair for the first time

2023-02-06T13:48:28Z

The British had dreamt of a metro tract in Kolkata way back in 1921!

2023-02-06T12:46:07Z

Events in Kolkata this week

2023-02-06T10:27:22Z

‘Biscuit Cups’ serving tea in Nadia – an answer to land pollution?

2023-02-04T17:52:46Z

Dried marigolds can be a cure for cancer!

2023-02-04T08:56:24Z

Zero-waste shop of Newtown shows the way to future innovative disposal of wastes

2023-02-03T17:57:20Z

How climate change is impacting century-old temples of Sundarbans

2023-02-03T10:10:50Z

Did you know Dwarkanath Tagore owned around 50 brothels in Calcutta?

2023-02-02T17:15:59Z

On World Wetlands Day, let us look at the wetlands of Kolkata

2023-02-02T08:16:27Z

West Bengal’s first Saraswati temple was established a century ago in Howrah

2023-02-01T12:23:29Z

Dr. Ratan Kar who saved the Jarawas from a measles epidemic, gets Padma Shri

2023-02-01T08:27:40Z

Bengal farmers preferring broccoli over cauliflower! Why this sudden green surge?

2023-01-31T16:34:46Z

Titas Sadhu, the girl from Chinsurah scripting history on the cricket field

2023-01-31T09:05:08Z

The teenager who literally died smiling

2023-01-30T16:11:06Z

2nd largest Book Fair of the world kicks off

2023-01-30T12:45:48Z

What’s happening in Kolkata this week?

2023-01-30T11:30:55Z

Terracotta Tales scripted in Burnt Clay

2023-01-28T17:31:09Z

Rabindranath Tagore's niece controlled their estate on horseback with a gun!

2023-01-28T11:48:44Z

French artist Annabel and husband Sourav restore old Kolkata buildings through art. Exclusive GB interview

2023-01-27T07:07:40Z

IAS officer Vivek Kumar once again wins hearts with tribute to Kolkata

2023-01-27T06:41:13Z

Finally, a Padma Vibhushan for one of India's greatest medical scientists, Dilip Mahalanabis

2023-01-26T12:19:27Z

Think you know all about our tricolour? Think again!

2023-01-26T10:13:52Z

On National Tourism Day, look at the vintage travel posters we found!

2023-01-25T17:57:59Z

Banabitan – the haven of nature conservation in the heart of Salt Lake

2023-01-25T09:12:09Z

Ganesh Janani dolls – a mix of divine splendour and artistic aplomb

2023-01-24T17:03:29Z

Swami Vivekananda influenced young Subhas Bose to fall in love with his motherland 

2023-01-24T11:20:31Z

Subhas vs Prof Oaten, an encounter that changed two lives

2023-01-23T13:11:00Z

A list of events happening in Kolkata this week

2023-01-23T10:32:30Z

Turning Point: Working for specially-abled people since 25 years

2023-01-21T18:11:52Z

Kunsang Chhopel: The Man who trains indigenous dogs in the Dooars

2023-01-21T08:07:58Z

Kantha coasters from The Bengal Store are a bridge between past and present

2023-01-20T18:11:44Z

Spence’s Hotel, the first ever hotel of Asia was in Kolkata!

2023-01-20T09:47:38Z

Bengal paintings on chariots were another form of fresco painting

2023-01-19T14:59:23Z

In the era of 'everything digitized', will Kolkata typists eventually vanish?

2023-01-19T11:15:23Z

Why Kolkata is deservedly a top global food destination

2023-01-18T16:51:03Z

Mrinal Mandal is turning Khawabgaon into a centre for original Dokra Art

2023-01-18T09:03:12Z

How a 15-year publishing hiatus almost cost Sarat Chandra his career

2023-01-17T13:06:06Z

MATER: The book that speaks saving India’s sons to save our daughters 

2023-01-17T09:56:58Z

What’s new this new year? A complete list of events happening in Kolkata this week

2023-01-16T17:15:36Z

Zoffany’s Last Supper adorns a Kolkata church

2023-01-16T11:50:24Z

On the eve of Makar Sankranti

2023-01-15T07:42:14Z

Tales and memories woven in the brick-red quilts - a Bengal staple

2023-01-14T10:58:32Z

Bengalis who contributed to the building of Alipore Zoo

2023-01-14T10:33:58Z

The saga of Bengal 'shiuli's, and their bittersweet relation with Nolen Gur

2023-01-13T13:35:48Z

Does keeping faith in Sundarban’s Bonbibi help wildlife conservation?

2023-01-13T11:04:22Z

How the British were mesmerised by Bengal’s ‘Palanquins’

2023-01-12T11:15:06Z

Swami Vivekananda on Practical Vedanta: ‘Different’ Understanding

2023-01-12T10:56:28Z

Raju Nepali - the North-East Indian hero, working as a anti-human trafficking activist

2023-01-11T08:00:13Z

A martyr at 19, the man who almost killed Charles Tegart

2023-01-11T06:52:11Z

From Phoolkopir shingara to Koraishutir kochuri - winter becomes a dining carnival in Kolkata

2023-01-10T17:33:07Z

Do we remember famous historian Sudhir Kumar Mitra’s anti-communal ideology?

2023-01-10T11:07:27Z

Modern Masterpieces: Pratham Pratishruti, Ashapurna Devi’s immortal warrior woman saga

2023-01-07T18:19:48Z

The Table On Which Bankim Chandra wrote his famous novels and poems

2023-01-07T10:53:49Z

Koustav Chatterjee becomes the 78th Grand Master. An exclusive GB interview

2023-01-06T17:21:03Z

Why ‘Shibpur Botanical Garden’ owes a huge debt to William Roxburgh

2023-01-06T10:20:42Z

Bori Monda: Bankura’s unique dessert vies for GI recognition

2023-01-05T12:16:55Z

Supreme Court of Calcutta’s judge John Hyde’s secret notes

2023-01-05T08:29:34Z

Genesis of Bengal's Phuchka village

2023-01-04T17:04:10Z

User-friendly Braille maps for visually impaired students brought by NATMO

2023-01-04T09:24:00Z

K. Ali Bakery: The century old heritage bakery of Mominpur

2023-01-03T17:17:15Z

James Augustus Hicky: The British of Calcutta who spoke against imperial rule

2023-01-03T09:06:53Z

Bengal’s rural housewives turn saxophone players

2023-01-02T17:35:57Z

Amrita Mukherjee’s book reveals the secret diary of Calcutta’s iconic lawyer

2023-01-02T10:48:23Z

100 years ago, someone thought of building an airport in Kolkata

2022-12-31T16:36:00Z

The Danes have left their architectural imprint on Serampore, the Hooghly township once known as ‘Frederiksnagar’

2022-12-31T10:49:37Z

Saras Mela: Melting pot of artisans

2022-12-30T17:23:48Z

Pele, the king of football is no more

2022-12-30T12:44:08Z

The only ‘Samovar’ Tea shop of Kolkata

2022-12-29T17:43:52Z

Royal retreats, the heritage palace hotels of West Bengal

2022-12-29T10:54:17Z

What does GEN Y think about the traditional art of Pithe Making?

2022-12-28T17:36:21Z

Kolkata Street Music Festival celebrates the genius of street musicians and street art

2022-12-28T10:54:12Z

West Bengal's 'flower village' Khirai, helping garner alternative employment for farmers

2022-12-27T19:34:46Z

Steamships of British Bengal: symbolizing the progress of man and his mastery of nature

2022-12-27T10:47:19Z

Manzilat Fatima – Keeping authentic Royal Awadhi cuisine alive in Kolkata

2022-12-26T17:17:58Z

A good role or stardom? KIFF asks the question

2022-12-24T17:53:51Z

Christmas Festival 2022 kicks off amid fanfare

2022-12-24T10:47:59Z

KIFF screens new docu honouring forgotten martyr of Murshidabad

2022-12-23T19:38:34Z

When two planets were engaged in a chat – why Tagore and Einstein never agreed?

2022-12-23T10:40:40Z

Alpana in a church for Christmas? Why not, if it is Kolkata?

2022-12-22T18:01:19Z

House Number 13 on Cornwallis Street - a rich treasure trove of historical events

2022-12-22T10:50:37Z

Attacked in Pakistan, welcomed in Kolkata, Joyland makes history

2022-12-21T17:30:21Z

Mahila Art Studio at 32 Cornwallis Street, Calcutta, tells the story of women empowerment

2022-12-21T10:40:28Z

The boy from Nadia who decides who is awarded the Nobel for Medicine

2022-12-20T18:17:08Z

Gobardanga’s train platform number 3 ½ evokes memories from the past

2022-12-20T10:55:45Z

Messi and Kolkata, a love affair that goes back over a decade

2022-12-19T16:53:33Z

Chakraberia – the Dihi that was older than Calcutta

2022-12-19T10:57:51Z

December in Bengal is called Poush, a season of folk festivals and art

2022-12-17T17:07:01Z

Old Kolkata bhistiwalas make big screen debut, thanks to filmmaker Farha Khatun

2022-12-17T11:36:33Z

International Kolkata Art Festival celebrates Abanindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary

2022-12-16T16:57:50Z

A stroll along Maidan - 'the lungs of Kolkata'

2022-12-16T11:31:57Z

Kolkata International Film Festival celebrates Bachchan’s 80th in style

2022-12-15T17:17:11Z

Remembering on her birth anniversary, Ma Sarada – goddess or a mere mother?

2022-12-15T11:05:02Z

How the Kolkata Film Festival went ‘international’

2022-12-14T17:38:40Z

Dakshin Kalikata Sevasram: Century-old home close to Netaji’s heart

2022-12-14T10:50:58Z

Bengal’s first-ever Santhali Book Fair in Jhargram turning heads

2022-12-13T16:55:22Z

Bengal’s mountaineers and their continued love affair with the peaks

2022-12-13T10:51:28Z

Dhamsa – a sneak peek into tribal life, while in Kolkata

2022-12-12T17:08:05Z

Bengal's health related initiatives become a boon for it's people

2022-12-12T10:53:20Z

Modern Masterpieces: Chheley Kaar! The National Award winner ahead of its times

2022-12-10T17:00:11Z

Himalayan Orange Tourism Festival celebrates its 5th year in Kolkata

2022-12-10T10:57:44Z

Will Joynagarer Moa become extinct soon due to a lack of raw materials?

2022-12-09T17:19:40Z

Gone with the Wind’s heartthrob Vivien Leigh was born in Darjeeling!

2022-12-09T11:00:00Z

Walking down Apur Sansar Park; talking to architect Saibal Kar

2022-12-08T16:57:26Z

A piece of Bengal in the core of Varanasi – Visiting the famous Bangali Tola

2022-12-08T11:21:39Z

Ballavpurer Roopkatha: Retelling a fairytale in celluloid

2022-12-07T17:12:41Z

Bengali scientists nail down antibiotic-resistant ‘Superbugs’

2022-12-07T10:55:26Z

Breakfast at Trincas after 62 years!

2022-12-06T17:05:37Z

Rehab crucial for Parkinson’s patients, says Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata

2022-12-06T10:48:03Z

In life and in death, how was Shri Aurobindo’s connect to his wife Mrinalini?

2022-12-05T18:26:43Z

Max Mueller Bhavan celebrates its 65th year

2022-12-05T10:59:38Z

Modern Masterpieces: Ganga, yet another ‘must watch’ that never got its due

2022-12-03T17:55:35Z

Khudiram’s love for revolvers as depicted by close aide Hemchandra Kanungo

2022-12-03T10:59:08Z

Parted Crafts: A must-visit exhibition on how Partition impacted Bengal’s handicrafts

2022-12-02T15:58:30Z

Darjeeling Hills set to be the new ‘Saffron’ cultivation hub

2022-12-02T10:55:55Z

When S.D. Burman was rejected because of his faulty pronunciation!

2022-12-01T17:48:25Z

First 3D Planetarium of India coming up in Howrah this December

2022-12-01T10:54:26Z

Can authorship be taught? Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob answers

2022-11-30T17:20:29Z

‘Nakshi Kantha’ – how Irene Begum pilots women empowerment

2022-11-30T11:22:43Z

Thakumar Jhuli – Bengal’s very own fairytales and the man behind them

2022-11-29T17:03:49Z

The Bengali scientist whose efforts pioneered India’s midday meal scheme

2022-11-28T17:37:30Z

Chugging along Kolkata’s oldest railway track!

2022-11-28T11:10:09Z

Park Street bookstore promoting environment-friendliness

2022-11-26T17:04:29Z

Water Hyacinth – a simple aquatic beauty with a complicated back-story

2022-11-26T11:10:04Z

Kolkata’s Pumpkin Shingaras invading the US snack market successfully

2022-11-25T17:08:35Z

What made Australia call Tagore the ‘Prophet’?

2022-11-25T10:51:15Z

Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob turns eight

2022-11-24T18:01:56Z

This winter, go places you have never been before

2022-11-24T11:14:55Z

Rare French photos of Calcutta on display at Indian Museum

2022-11-23T17:35:23Z

How was Kolkata’s famous Loreto House born?

2022-11-23T10:34:31Z

Tagore tried to save Bengal’s Shellac Doll Art

2022-11-22T17:47:48Z

Peeping into the life of Bonophool, the master story-teller

2022-11-22T11:03:13Z

Kolkata hosts fashion event that takes ability beyond disabilities

2022-11-21T17:34:27Z

Two Kolkata women changing lives of the Dhapa rag-pickers

2022-11-21T11:04:58Z

Modern Masterpieces: Stree, the film that brought Uttam-Soumitra together after a decade

2022-11-19T17:21:48Z

Back when Rev. Lal Behari Dey’s novel won Darwin’s heart

2022-11-19T10:56:16Z

Women of Bankura and Jhargram show the way to Green bags

2022-11-18T17:33:24Z

Daruchitra – a long-forgotten wood engraving technique that was once staple to the Bengali culture

2022-11-18T11:05:44Z

Durga Puja art and its global possibilities, a discussion at Maya Art Space

2022-11-17T18:12:05Z

Bengal’s ‘Muluk Chalo’ stir was a harbinger of the trade union movement in India

2022-11-17T10:56:23Z

The origin of Biryani – how a Mughal delicacy invaded Bengal

2022-11-16T17:54:55Z

Girindramohini Dasi – the feminist poet who was Tagore’s contemporary

2022-11-16T11:11:55Z

Calcutta Club was formed by Indians to challenge the ‘European’ Bengal Club

2022-11-15T17:24:28Z

Soumitro Chatterjee lives on: Exclusive interview with his daughter

2022-11-15T12:17:16Z

On Children’s Day, a look at two men whose Bengali rhymes for children became proverbs

2022-11-14T17:06:56Z

Biresh Chandra Guha took India’s biochemistry research to new heights

2022-11-14T11:07:27Z

Kolkata to host very special ramp walk at fashion show that breaks all barriers

2022-11-12T16:52:02Z

Chand Paul Ghat, where British Judges and dignitaries landed

2022-11-12T07:26:13Z

Bengali scientists discover shark fossil in Jaisalmer

2022-11-11T17:09:33Z

Bengal’s Haringhata meat to satiate foodies at FIFA World Cup, Qatar

2022-11-11T11:39:41Z

Behala firm to equip Qatar FIFA World Cup power transformers

2022-11-10T14:44:55Z

Bengali geologist unearths world’s largest uncut emerald

2022-11-10T12:32:41Z

Jadavpur University scientists, part of ISRO’s Chandrayaan 3

2022-11-09T16:30:37Z

RCTC: Horse Racer’s Paradise of the world

2022-11-09T11:07:32Z

Rockstar in a Kanjeevaram, the enduring magic of Usha Uthup

2022-11-08T17:33:55Z

Feathered friends are approaching Bengal this winter; are you ready to watch?

2022-11-08T08:36:56Z

Kolkata’s Grand Hotel was born from the ashes of a burnt theatre hall!

2022-11-07T09:02:20Z

Modern Masterpieces: Madhumati, the film that nearly won Ritwik Ghatak a Filmfare award

2022-11-05T17:17:53Z

How a Bengali couple’s utmost care helped Rahul Sheikh become the Bengal team glory

2022-11-05T11:57:44Z

An artist, a thinker, a loner - remembering Ritwik Ghatak on his birthday

2022-11-04T16:41:45Z

Black, White, and South: The many faces of Calcutta

2022-11-04T10:41:30Z

Sri Aurobindo Pathamandir: a historical gem unknown by most

2022-11-03T17:32:48Z

Rani Rashmoni’s iconic Janbazar house finally acquires heritage status

2022-11-03T11:04:16Z

Incredible story of grit and courage: Football manager Rahul Sheikh creates history

2022-11-02T16:51:47Z

Railway coach at New Jalpaiguri gets an áppetizing’ makeover

2022-11-02T12:47:07Z

Howrah Bridge, linking the past and present

2022-11-01T17:37:44Z

Hawa, a Bangladeshi mystery-drama directed by Mejbaur Rahman

2022-11-01T10:56:15Z

Ongoing Bangladesh Film Festival attracts Kolkata’s cine buffs in hordes

2022-10-31T16:53:21Z

WB government’s Lakshmir Bhandar Scheme bags prestigious SKOCH Award

2022-10-31T10:52:56Z

Modern Masterpieces: 36 Chowringhee Lane, a debut worth remembering

2022-10-29T17:31:03Z

Tagore’s grandson Nitindranath and century old Visva-Bharati Publishing Division

2022-10-29T10:41:10Z

Mahal Restaurant: Carrying a century-old illustrious legacy

2022-10-28T17:27:21Z

Metamorphosis of Feluda: Did Ray wish to cast Amitabh Bachchan?

2022-10-28T11:14:07Z

Going on an authentic Parsi food trail in Kolkata

2022-10-27T16:51:18Z

Brikkho Foundation: Setting up Orphanage for Trees

2022-10-27T10:46:47Z

Alipore Museum – Where History Stands Still

2022-10-26T17:02:19Z

Want to try out Rabdigram’s Rabdi this winter?

2022-10-26T10:51:03Z

How a Christian donated land for the temple of Bhabatarini in Dakshineswar

2022-10-25T17:18:31Z

What’s selling this Diwali?

2022-10-25T10:44:57Z

Kali and Bengal’s legendary dacoits, an everlasting bond

2022-10-24T17:32:31Z

Are the Green Crackers really ‘Green’ this year?

2022-10-24T11:15:28Z

Unique art of Bengal: Diwali Dolls

2022-10-22T16:19:57Z

Architects Ayan Roy and Soumyadeep Das to design Bhutan's Paro Airport

2022-10-22T11:00:04Z

How did Nirmalendu Chowdhury popularise Bangla folk songs

2022-10-21T16:28:11Z

The first Solar Dome of India comes up at Kolkata’s Eco Park

2022-10-21T10:55:06Z

The man who first played Othello on the Bengali stage

2022-10-20T16:48:16Z

Celebrating Ayurveda Day

2022-10-20T10:35:38Z

Trincas Ming Room comes alive again

2022-10-19T16:55:11Z

Slice of Baghdad still lives on, at Kolkata’s Jewish Girls’ School

2022-10-19T11:25:09Z

Why did Visva Bharati Music Board give a fatwa against Debabrata Biswas

2022-10-18T17:15:48Z

Dilapidated Raipur Rajbari of Birbhum and illustrious Sinha family

2022-10-18T10:47:04Z

La’au, Kaninit, Nadakkavukaran, and other names that America has taught me

2022-10-17T17:28:34Z

Modern Masterpiece: Titas Ekti Nodir Naam, the story of a river and a man who loved it

2022-10-15T17:06:25Z

Dr Shantanu Bhowmik transforms plastic wastes into utility products

2022-10-15T10:45:49Z

Athlete Ila Mitra was tortured in jail instead of sprinting at 1940 Olympics

2022-10-14T17:09:56Z

Bijoy Singha, the prince of Bengal who was once the ruler of Sri Lanka

2022-10-13T16:40:49Z

Remembering poet Nishikanto Roychowdhury

2022-10-13T10:53:18Z

Did you know Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay was nominated for Nobel Prize?

2022-10-12T16:38:00Z

Patkheer: Deciphering lost recipes of Bengal

2022-10-11T17:14:05Z

Century old journey of Santiniketan’s Visva-Bharati Publishing Division

2022-10-11T10:55:00Z

When my North Kolkata upbringing met America’s sexual liberation

2022-10-10T16:48:04Z

King of Bengali Folk, Nirmalendu Chowdhury

2022-10-10T11:09:36Z

Is the traditional art of 'Lakshmi shara' vanishing?

2022-10-09T09:07:48Z

Modern Masterpieces: Basanta Bilap, creating magic out of everyday life

2022-10-08T09:57:54Z

The fascinating story of the beginning of motoring in Calcutta

2022-10-07T11:13:51Z

Raj Rajeshwari of Krishnanagar Rajbari

2022-10-06T10:19:29Z

Villagers continue Rash Behari Ghosh’s Durga Puja at Burdwan’s Torkona

2022-10-04T10:18:57Z

Did the first Durga Puja of Indian subcontinent start in Tahirpur?

2022-10-03T11:51:52Z

250-year-old Puja that moved back from Narail in Bangladesh

2022-10-02T17:38:53Z

Durga worshipped as Pateshwari Devi at Burdwan Rajbari

2022-10-01T11:12:23Z

Chopping of trees in Kolkata for pujo pandals and ad hoardings

2022-09-30T16:08:41Z

Festival of plays beckons theatre buffs to Academy of Fine Arts during Durga Puja

2022-09-30T11:22:19Z

Of ‘Bagans’ and ‘Bazaars’: Old Calcutta and its place names

2022-09-29T18:18:48Z

Nandotsav heralds Durga Puja at Baikunthapur Rajbari

2022-09-29T09:39:36Z

Celebrating Durga Puja at Netaji's house in Kodalia

2022-09-28T16:45:52Z

Sharbamangala – Kolkata artist’s artwork for ICU COVID patient creates miracle

2022-09-28T10:42:41Z

This Durga Puja, take your pets to Kolkata’s first pet-friendly pandal

2022-09-27T17:28:03Z

When the Goddess comes to the forests of Sonajhuri

2022-09-27T11:36:28Z

What good is an autobiography that doesn’t tell the whole truth?

2022-09-26T17:59:22Z

Durga Puja organizers at Girish Bhawan adopt new-age immersion technique

2022-09-26T10:29:52Z

Modern Masterpieces: Shriman Prithviraj, a shining gem that remains a treasure

2022-09-24T18:41:35Z

Shakespeare’s family members still lie in a Kolkata grave

2022-09-24T11:24:21Z

Why did the 18th century give birth to the modern Durga Puja?

2022-09-23T19:15:15Z

A Slice of Bengal in Europe

2022-09-23T10:54:45Z

Manna Dey and his love for kesar malai sherbet at Kapila Ashram

2022-09-22T17:25:03Z

How does Nature play an important role in Durga Puja

2022-09-22T11:56:33Z

Hon’ble CM to inaugurate Alipore Jail Museum

2022-09-21T16:02:18Z

350-year-old Sonar Durga idol of Purulia that leaves a bank vault with AK-47 rifles

2022-09-21T11:09:46Z

Century-old Parsi Dharamshala: A point of convergence for Kolkata foodies

2022-09-20T16:57:44Z

North Kolkata and B.K. Paul chemist shop

2022-09-20T10:55:24Z

Learning to speak ‘American’, and my first paper published

2022-09-19T16:55:08Z

Book launch: 'Park Street Theke Phire Dekha'

2022-09-19T10:59:25Z

Modern Masterpieces: Arogya Niketan, a legendary novel turned iconic film

2022-09-17T17:56:08Z

‘Bho Katta’— why do children these days no more shout these words?

2022-09-17T10:55:24Z

Bengal learnt kite flying from Wajid Ali Shah!

2022-09-16T17:27:11Z

Country's first disc had an Armenian singer from Kolkata

2022-09-16T10:59:19Z

Charting a safe income for Tiger Widows of Sundarbans

2022-09-15T16:53:07Z

Sarat Chandra, the author who created iconic women characters in Indian Literature

2022-09-15T10:48:08Z

Kolkata girl’s wildlife film on hoolock gibbons for BBC gets nominated at int’l forum

2022-09-14T11:03:20Z

The Darjeeling Mail was once run by bullocks

2022-09-13T17:32:41Z

Remembering silver screen’s Arati Bhattacharya

2022-09-13T10:29:27Z

When the twain met: Bibhutibhushan and Ray

2022-09-12T16:53:12Z

Six-year-old Arushi clenches gold at Int’l Science Olympiad

2022-09-12T11:12:49Z

Modern Masterpieces: Nimantran, a story of undying love and hard realities

2022-09-10T16:55:12Z

Bengal’s Debankita ranks 22nd in NEET 2022

2022-09-10T10:50:33Z

Himalaya’s daughter: How Bengal’s foremost mountaineer became involved with Durga Puja

2022-09-09T19:39:40Z

India’s first post office was at Khejuri in East Midnapore

2022-09-09T10:39:33Z

World’s first women’s liberation journal by Dwarkanath Ganguly, one who fought for women literacy

2022-09-08T16:59:55Z

The Flag Man of Howrah

2022-09-08T11:03:27Z

Bengalis and sweets go hand in hand

2022-09-07T17:42:08Z

Remembering Sunil Ganguly, the modern voice of Bengal

2022-09-07T08:56:48Z

From bioplastic to NASA, this Durgapur prodigy has been there, done that

2022-09-06T19:15:35Z

Kolkata Port Trust revives memory of Goalanda Ghat through steamer rides

2022-09-06T10:49:36Z

A miserable failure in Biology, and I was supposed to be a professor!

2022-09-05T17:09:16Z

If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one. A tribute to Mother Teresa

2022-09-05T11:19:32Z

Modern Masterpieces: Dhanni Meye, the comedy that runs deep

2022-09-03T18:27:56Z

Unreleased Uttam: The films that never made it

2022-09-03T11:40:36Z

Bengal’s age-old sal leaf utensils

2022-09-02T17:19:01Z

When the Goddess came to the streets of Kolkata

2022-09-02T11:54:37Z

World’s largest religious monument, larger than Angkor Wat coming up in Nadia

2022-09-01T17:12:47Z

Lost Palace of Siraj-ud-Daulah

2022-09-01T11:54:24Z

Bengal turns self-reliant in Rohu-Katla farming following the ‘Moyna Model’

2022-08-31T16:55:52Z

Kolkata and its first bus service

2022-08-31T11:28:38Z

Indigenous paddy varieties by the women farmers of Bengal

2022-08-30T16:26:29Z

Abhijit Sen, one of India’s leading agriculture economists passes away

2022-08-30T15:28:54Z

Radha Govinda Kar: Renaissance man of Betore

2022-08-30T09:32:06Z

Hemanta, Manna, and the battle between two super successful Bengalis

2022-08-29T17:38:36Z

Virginia Woolf and her Bengal connect

2022-08-29T11:42:44Z

On International Dog Day, let’s talk about undivided Bengal’s only purebred hound

2022-08-27T16:19:06Z

Photographers Manoveena and Devalena, the magical duo

2022-08-27T11:56:43Z

Bhanu Bandyopadhyay, the ageless wonder

2022-08-26T16:51:30Z

Children’s playhouse in the lap of nature in Laxmikantapur

2022-08-26T11:31:11Z

Tale of 'taal'

2022-08-25T17:13:56Z

Bankim Ghosh, the Boxing Champion who turned an actor

2022-08-25T11:09:53Z

Bapuji tiffin cakes rule the roost despite the vast repertoire of fancy cakes

2022-08-24T17:47:21Z

Howrah’s teenager makes it to India Book of Records with miniature art of scraps

2022-08-24T11:26:04Z

Bengali entrepreneur F.N. Gooptu’s venture, Jharna Fountain pen

2022-08-23T18:01:44Z

How America deals with PNPC…or not!

2022-08-23T11:27:39Z

Tribute to ‘Badru’ of Maidan

2022-08-22T16:53:53Z

Debabrata Biswas and his priceless voice

2022-08-22T11:21:00Z

Amar Kutir goes online for the first time, thanks to The Bengal Store

2022-08-20T18:03:48Z

Famous guitarist Denis Stern brings global music to Kolkata

2022-08-20T11:56:48Z

On World Photography Day, raising a toast to Bengal’s first women photographers

2022-08-19T17:30:38Z

On this Janmashtami, try out the Makhhan Samosa

2022-08-19T11:20:49Z

The earthy and robust taste of Bengal’s favourite Kochu

2022-08-18T16:55:50Z

Discovering Tagore for four annas was Gulzar's turning point

2022-08-18T11:04:16Z

Bengal's Tahrina Nasrin crosses the Strait of Gibraltar

2022-08-17T11:24:58Z

Would all colour fade from life forever?

2022-08-16T16:46:26Z

Buried Dutch cemetery of Chinsurah

2022-08-16T11:42:14Z

Have you seen these patriotic Bengali films yet?

2022-08-15T17:51:02Z

Letters to Remember: Celebrating Rishi Aurobindo’s 150th anniversary through his letters

2022-08-15T12:02:18Z

Salauddin and team from Bengal gets the tricolour flags ready for this Independence Day

2022-08-14T10:52:37Z

75 years after Independence, can we stop promoting the Pingali Venkayya myth?

2022-08-13T17:55:54Z

Motilal Seal, the man who made schools for Hindu girls and boy

2022-08-13T10:40:25Z

On World Elephant Day, a look at Bengal’s elephant corridors

2022-08-12T17:59:02Z

Durand Cup and Kolkata, a bond cemented by Mohammedan Sporting

2022-08-12T11:59:25Z

Tracing the metamorphosis of Sri Aurobindo: A documentary from Bengal

2022-08-11T17:34:37Z

Naya, a village where even a toddler knows how to hold a paintbrush

2022-08-11T11:20:49Z

How Alipore Zoo was born, and how it could have been born earlier!

2022-08-10T17:12:05Z

Bibha Chowdhury: A life spent in chasing cosmic rays

2022-08-10T11:25:03Z

Three years to a half-century, DD Bangla turns 47

2022-08-09T16:37:41Z

WB Government to preserve classic Bengali film negatives

2022-08-09T11:28:47Z

Death never conquered Tagore, he had seen too much of it

2022-08-08T16:56:43Z

Mericamaya Satkahan: Potato chips with rice, and other trials

2022-08-08T11:57:03Z

On Hiroshima Day, looking back at Japan’s assault on Calcutta

2022-08-06T16:49:40Z

Kolkata's South Point School is set to launch its own nano-satellite

2022-08-06T14:43:14Z

Squash player Saurav Ghosal creates a history @CWG 2022

2022-08-06T12:03:49Z

‘A feeling of great sorrow overwhelmed me as we made our way to the location’

2022-08-05T17:33:13Z

Can we still save our old buildings? If not, why not?

2022-08-05T11:21:28Z

North Kolkata and its Bangiya Sahitya Parishat

2022-08-04T17:56:10Z

Musical maestro Kishore Kumar was a prankster even in his school days

2022-08-04T11:24:12Z

The cyclone which became a trigger for the birth of a nation

2022-08-03T17:07:51Z

Lakshmi baskets of Bengal, sign of exquisite art

2022-08-03T11:19:34Z

Achinta Sheuli reminds us of Bengal’s ‘weighty’ past

2022-08-02T18:08:13Z

Unique heritage walks: Destination Serampore Radhaballav and Madanmohun temples

2022-08-02T11:40:45Z

Achinta Sheuli’s fairytale journey to Commonwealth gold

2022-08-01T17:11:35Z

Mericamaya Satkahan: Living in the USA…on $380 a month

2022-08-01T11:38:16Z

Emon Ekti Jhinuk Khunje Pelam Na…

2022-07-31T12:05:26Z

Journals that pay tribute to daily life in Kolkata

2022-07-30T16:43:08Z

Maya Art Space achieves a first, gathers three Bengal masters in one exhibition

2022-07-30T11:53:50Z

Animal names, and the games we play

2022-07-29T18:21:04Z

The lost tigers of Buxa could be coming home

2022-07-29T11:28:59Z

Captain Suresh Biswas, the Bengali who became a Brazilian

2022-07-28T18:18:20Z

How were Uttam and Suchitra on the sets?

2022-07-28T11:50:53Z

Moral policing to financial fraud, Bengal’s ‘pioneers’ who showed the way

2022-07-27T17:46:23Z

Dr Sushovan Banerjee who treated the poor for Re 1 is no more

2022-07-26T16:41:29Z

Novel 'Heritage Walk': Destination Serampore Henry Martin Pagoda

2022-07-26T11:41:58Z

The ‘what if’ factor in Uttam Kumar’s career still troubles us

2022-07-25T16:54:17Z

Mericamaya Satkahan: Friendless in a distant land

2022-07-25T11:21:46Z

Kalimpong school makes history, takes India to Swiss global Pipes and Drums Band Fest

2022-07-23T16:42:53Z

How Labhpur influenced the writing spirit of Tarashankar

2022-07-23T11:15:44Z

On India’s Flag Adoption Day, acknowledging the tricolour’s debt to Bengal

2022-07-22T17:28:58Z

GSI’s thrust to promote geo-tourism in India

2022-07-22T11:39:09Z

Nadia resident innovates Solar Bicycle

2022-07-21T11:29:38Z

Desmond Doig, the man captivated by Calcutta

2022-07-20T17:37:45Z

WB Government to set up Khadi outlets at temple premises

2022-07-20T11:41:37Z

The Dwijendralal we never knew

2022-07-19T17:37:11Z

Nabanita Ghosh, the musical girl from Uttarpara making waves in Denmark

2022-07-19T11:52:04Z

Bishnu Dey, ‘rebel’ poet and harbinger of modernism in Bengali verse

2022-07-18T16:47:21Z

The roaring lions in our Nation Emblem

2022-07-18T11:34:20Z

Krishnanagar clay Durga, a work of art and a piece of history

2022-07-16T16:44:05Z

Mehuli’s golden feat revives interest in Bengal’s rich rifle shooting tradition

2022-07-16T12:08:34Z

Oncologists of SSKM perform first ever double mastectomy technique

2022-07-15T17:17:28Z

100-year-old Deshbandhu Mistanna Bhandar downs shutters

2022-07-15T11:17:32Z

Bengal’s Mehuli Ghosh wins Shooting World Champs

2022-07-14T17:18:48Z

How Lakshmir Bhandar scheme helped Dipali Santra save her family from penury

2022-07-14T11:11:44Z

Hooghly student’s film gets nominated at National Science Film Festival

2022-07-13T16:56:37Z

Remembering Chhabi Biwas on his birth anniversary

2022-07-13T11:11:39Z

Science City Kolkata @25

2022-07-12T16:56:30Z

Raja's Farewell

2022-07-12T11:35:16Z

Bolpur’s Laxmi Janardan Temple demonstrates that an artist’s religion is known by his work

2022-07-11T16:54:01Z

Hidden tale of Metropolitan Building

2022-07-11T11:36:32Z

Centenary for some, obscurity for others, the story of Bengal’s newspapers

2022-07-09T17:50:40Z

The Ramcharit Manas manuscript that travelled from Mahisadal to Kolkata

2022-07-09T12:03:21Z

Tale of the Padma bridge in Bangladesh

2022-07-08T12:29:04Z

Olympics at 12, English Channel at 19: the legend of Arati Saha

2022-07-07T17:25:10Z

Swami Vivekananda made ‘foreigner’ Nivedita give speeches on Kali despite criticism

2022-07-07T11:40:28Z

Bhutanghat, a paradise on earth

2022-07-06T17:10:16Z

Bolpur Railway Station to get a world-class facelift

2022-07-06T11:41:36Z

Going strong at 160, the rich heritage of Calcutta High Court

2022-07-05T17:10:50Z

Bengal’s Sponge Wood Art and Malakar community

2022-07-05T11:58:28Z

The day when Swami Vivekananda left us

2022-07-04T17:50:09Z

Tarun Majumdar: The versatile genius we couldn’t find a label for

2022-07-04T11:58:43Z

End of an era as Chacha’s Hotel downs shutters

2022-07-02T16:58:17Z

Georgina Haque, the first female Bangladeshi drummer

2022-07-02T11:52:32Z

How the ancient road to ‘Jagannath Dham’ served Bengal’s pilgrims

2022-07-01T20:55:15Z

On World Doctor's day, let us all draw inspiration from Dr. R.P Sengupta, founder of Institute of Neuroscience, Kolkata

2022-07-01T15:29:15Z

Did you know Bhim Chandra Nag sells Ashubhog in memory of Sir Asutosh Mukherjee?

2022-06-30T16:46:02Z

What have we done beyond paying lip service to Michael Madhusudan Dutt?

2022-06-29T17:34:37Z

Tagore’s Gitanjali in Kurmali language

2022-06-29T11:51:40Z

Live in a large apartment complex? You could have your own Boimela!

2022-06-28T16:57:48Z

Bengal Mango Utsav, celebrating mango happiness

2022-06-28T11:29:49Z

When RD Burman had called Sivaji Chattopadhyay for 1942: A Love Story

2022-06-27T17:15:16Z

City hospital for reviving fountain pens to health

2022-06-27T12:05:36Z

North Dinajpur masks, the ongoing tradition

2022-06-25T17:41:51Z

‘Just Baked!’ Krishnadas Pal and his dreams

2022-06-25T11:30:21Z

A Monsoon Date at Dacres Lane

2022-06-24T17:46:38Z

How Tagore re-introduced Esraj, an Afghani musical instrument

2022-06-24T11:14:49Z

Culinary heritage award for Great Eastern Hotel bakery, city’s beloved cake shop

2022-06-23T17:57:51Z

Tamralipta port played a crucial role in spreading Buddhism

2022-06-23T11:09:37Z

Bengal's Gita Chandra, India’s first female paratrooper

2022-06-22T17:14:14Z

Tagore’s century old piano put to tune by Kolkata’s Braganza

2022-06-22T11:43:58Z

Remembering Bishnu Charan Ghosh who took yoga to the Western World

2022-06-21T16:47:20Z

Bob Dylan and Purna Das Baul, an immortal friendship

2022-06-21T11:12:26Z

Remembering Gour Kishore, the voice that knew no fear

2022-06-20T17:43:44Z

Marichjhapi Massacre, when they turned refugees in their own land!

2022-06-20T08:14:08Z

Art is funny, funny is art: Humor Ink at The Bengal Store

2022-06-18T19:26:21Z

Been to Kolkata's brand new Aircraft Museum yet?

2022-06-18T12:00:32Z

Grand ol’ Ambassador is to be back again

2022-06-17T17:08:22Z

Nimtita Palace of Jalsaghar fame finally gets heritage tag

2022-06-17T11:58:52Z

From school dropout to pride of Bengal, the saga of the man behind Samaritan Mission School

2022-06-16T17:50:15Z

Did you know the singer Hemanta Mukherjee was also a film producer?

2022-06-16T11:51:17Z

Kolkata becomes the first Indian city to get a ‘Biodiversity Register’

2022-06-15T16:59:10Z

Buddhadeb Dasgupta Memorial Trust remembers world renowned director

2022-06-15T11:24:16Z

Bata - the Czech company that taught many Kolkatans to wear shoes

2022-06-14T17:47:57Z

Kolkata teenager’s short film clinches Dadasaheb Phalke Festival Award

2022-06-14T11:18:38Z

K.C. Paul & Sons, making the seasons more special

2022-06-13T16:41:37Z

GPO, Kolkata's General Postal Museum

2022-06-11T17:34:11Z

Mind matters: How Bengali cinema treats mental health

2022-06-11T12:27:26Z

Buddhadeb Dasgupta, the man who made only the films he wanted to

2022-06-10T17:37:08Z

Defaced but not defeated

2022-06-10T11:41:58Z

Steve Banerjee, North America's best kept immigrant secret

2022-06-09T17:29:39Z

Nilima Ibrahim, a pioneer in women emancipation

2022-06-09T11:10:52Z

How Calcutta Police got its Detective Department

2022-06-08T17:04:45Z

Hippies still live in the lanes of Kolkata

2022-06-08T11:56:05Z

Two centuries of Strand Road, the road carved out of a river

2022-06-07T19:38:33Z

Murshidabad silk flags make their mark at Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee

2022-06-07T11:20:11Z

Matchmaking Mishti with Literature – Jugal’s unique ‘sweet’ fest

2022-06-06T17:01:22Z

Kolkata’s ‘Asli Hero’ Mohammad Tauseef Rahman

2022-06-06T11:19:20Z

Modern Masterpieces: Dadar Kirti, the rare film that is better than the book

2022-06-04T18:02:35Z

Remembering Ajoy Home, the Birdman of Bengal

2022-06-04T11:59:37Z

‘Widow cuisine’ of Bengal: Vegetarian delicacies born out of oppression

2022-06-03T17:21:58Z

In an era of vanishing single screens, little Radha Studio strikes back

2022-06-03T11:25:53Z

Poet Mirza Ghalib's love for Kolkata

2022-06-02T17:54:20Z

Did you know Nemai Ghosh was given a role to play in Sonar Kella?

2022-06-02T09:59:53Z

A tribal tale, folk paintings by Santhals in Bengal

2022-06-01T16:27:26Z

Shibpur's centuries-old Roxburgh House to be restored

2022-06-01T10:20:30Z

Motilal Seal, the richest Babu of Kolkata

2022-05-31T18:05:55Z

Mukti’s Kitchen conquers Brooklyn with Indian style health food

2022-05-31T12:10:33Z

Heritage Cycling Tour, first of its kind in Kolkata

2022-05-30T11:37:22Z

Celebrate and support the crafts of Bengal, enrich yourself and your home

2022-05-28T18:57:54Z

A stunning visual saga of Damodar, Bengal’s one-time river of sorrow

2022-05-28T14:53:19Z

On this day, Oliver Kahn bid farewell to football in Kolkata

2022-05-27T17:11:28Z

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, one of the greatest Indian statisticians

2022-05-27T11:09:33Z

Jugi Jatra: The fading folk theatre of Midnapore

2022-05-26T17:16:10Z

Have we forgotten the legacy of Girindrasekhar Bose?

2022-05-26T11:47:24Z

Bose of Nakamuraya: How Japan adopted Rashbehari Bose

2022-05-25T17:59:54Z

Siraj’s Murshidabad is the setting for debut novelist’s modern day thriller

2022-05-25T11:50:13Z

Nazrul Islam, harbinger of Hindu-Muslim harmony

2022-05-24T17:33:32Z

Husband wife duo empowering women in North Bengal

2022-05-24T11:36:48Z

‘To be’ or ‘Not to be’ in the classroom

2022-05-23T17:11:21Z

Taking care of your potted plants after a cyclone and rains

2022-05-23T11:49:14Z

We were speechless when we saw Jeetu: Anik Dutta on Aparajito

2022-05-21T18:15:48Z

Branded Dooars Tea set to be your next brew

2022-05-21T14:01:16Z

Power of Museums: A Special celebration at Indian Museum

2022-05-21T12:21:33Z

Satyajit Ray- The Man Who Knew Too Much: Barun Chanda’s ode to Ray

2022-05-20T16:57:19Z

Bengal’s women turned simple household items into work of art

2022-05-20T11:51:56Z

Kolkata's Aam Utsab 2022

2022-05-19T17:59:53Z

Dhan Gopal Mukerji: Trailblazer cosmopolitan Indian modernist author

2022-05-19T12:56:19Z

Special Ro-Ro Ferry to reduce pressure on Vidyasagar Setu

2022-05-18T16:49:41Z

Three international synthetic tennis courts launched in North Bengal

2022-05-17T17:18:58Z

Sufi Master was honoured with a gold medal by Tagore

2022-05-16T11:53:53Z

The Mrinal Sen moment that resulted in Amitabh Bachchan’s first ‘film work’

2022-05-14T17:07:21Z

Birders thrilled at reverse migration of birds at Rabindra Sarobar

2022-05-14T12:08:39Z

Indraneel Bandopadhyay tries to keep the tradition of Lathi Khela alive in Bengal

2022-05-13T17:29:43Z

Takipara, the Mukto Gram or Pearl Village of Hooghly

2022-05-13T11:21:24Z

Upendrakishore Raychaudhuri, the boy who refused a zamindari

2022-05-12T17:32:55Z

Unique Recycled Jungle Gym in the middle of Bankura’s Forest

2022-05-12T11:32:52Z

Samabhav, the film festival that travels with a message of men against violence

2022-05-11T16:50:04Z

Sunset Musings – where world poets meet Tagore

2022-05-11T12:06:33Z

Anik Dutta’s Aparajito is not just about Ray. A look at some of the other players

2022-05-10T17:41:50Z

Raghu Dakat – how he turned a disciple of singer Ramprasad

2022-05-10T11:43:28Z

Panchphoran Rui recipe from Jorasanko Thakurbari’s kitchen

2022-05-09T16:50:53Z

Raghu Dakat – why did a peasant’s son take up arms

2022-05-07T16:56:13Z

Swimmer Sayani Das becomes first Asian to conquer Molokai Channel

2022-05-06T11:58:55Z

Indian Railways picks Howrah station to sell heritage handicraft and food

2022-05-05T17:13:50Z

First female farmer of Murshidabad

2022-05-05T12:25:52Z

The winners at KIFF this year, an eclectic mix of surprises

2022-05-04T17:51:48Z

I made it into the classroom: Nemai Ghosh on Pratidwandi

2022-05-04T11:46:22Z

How Calcutta’s aristocrats helped Bengali theatre grow strong roots

2022-05-03T17:43:27Z

‘Hare re re re’ – noble and ignoble Dacoits of Bengal

2022-05-03T11:30:51Z

Why Sharmila Tagore gifted Nemai Ghosh a tele-lens on the sets of Aranyer Dinratri

2022-05-02T18:41:10Z

Firework in your stomach! Dalle Khursani from North Bengal

2022-05-02T11:25:21Z

IT engineer turned filmmaker lauds KIFF for focus on documentaries

2022-05-01T10:36:10Z

What is Parbha Chhau, and why I wanted to make a film on it

2022-05-01T09:55:42Z

Documentary on Aruna Vasudev at KIFF pays tribute to mother of Asian Cinema

2022-04-30T16:59:15Z

Jallianwala Bagh documentary an eye-opener at KIFF

2022-04-30T14:55:40Z

I hope one day we will have a KIFF market: director-producer Bauddhayan Mukherji

2022-04-30T11:46:24Z

Can’t dance? Says who? On World Dance Day, make dance part of your life

2022-04-29T18:31:10Z

Veteran journo Sovan Tarafder makes documentary debut at KIFF

2022-04-29T15:21:32Z

Capturing the pioneering spirit of Bengal’s preeminent theatre personality

2022-04-29T12:10:01Z

Maya Art Space offers you a chance to brush up your art appreciation

2022-04-28T17:24:33Z

Chander Pahar’s Diego Alvarez, a fictional character or a real-life?

2022-04-28T12:07:46Z

The 18th-century Russian who drove the birth of modern Bengali theatre

2022-04-27T17:12:01Z

Bangitola’s heritage Monda

2022-04-27T11:47:46Z

Special: 'The pandemic has changed the meaning of home for all of us'

2022-04-26T16:53:56Z

Delve into the conflicting worlds of body and mind with Titane at KIFF

2022-04-25T17:12:18Z

Modern Masterpieces: Sagina Mahato, the saga of a forgotten North Bengal hero

2022-04-23T17:06:41Z

BGBS 2022, the highest earning business summit in Bengal so far

2022-04-23T11:55:10Z

Finnish film Compartment No. 6 a must watch at KIFF

2022-04-22T17:46:27Z

A year without Sankha Ghosh

2022-04-22T11:44:29Z

Oscar 2022 contender A Hero to premiere at KIFF

2022-04-21T17:20:20Z

Old Danish Government House in Serampore ready for a fresh start

2022-04-21T12:09:00Z

After world premiere in Moscow, Adieu GODARD set for Indian premiere at KIFF

2022-04-20T17:43:54Z

Ancient monuments unearthed near the Sundarbans of Bangladesh

2022-04-20T10:55:39Z

Bengal Global Business Summit 2022 signals hope for recovery from global slump

2022-04-19T17:30:23Z

Indian Museum brings Rakhaldas Banerjee and his discoveries to public

2022-04-19T11:28:06Z

Protecting one building at a time, the story of a pioneering top cop

2022-04-18T21:05:55Z

Eastern India’s premier neurosciences institute turns 13

2022-04-18T16:19:05Z

Anjan Chakraborty – the bibliophile of Bijoygarh

2022-04-18T10:01:27Z

Kolkata People's Film Festival provokes thought, leaves memories

2022-04-16T17:24:51Z

Nandalal Bose, the master who illustrated the Indian Constitution

2022-04-16T11:20:37Z

A few Bengali calendar basics as we begin 1429

2022-04-15T11:36:10Z

Celebrate Poila Baisakh with specially curated menu at The Salt House

2022-04-14T17:44:27Z

‘He was one of the best actors in the world,’ Nemai Ghosh on Satyajit Ray

2022-04-14T11:50:10Z

Potoler Dolma, the Bengali summer delicacy that isn’t Bengali at all

2022-04-13T16:08:18Z

Riten Mozumdar – Polymath and Artist Designer who conquered the world

2022-04-13T11:34:41Z

Documenting Bengal’s water craft – exclusive interview with the 'Boatman of Bengal'

2022-04-12T18:15:05Z

KMC trying to save city’s water bodies, too little too late?

2022-04-12T11:16:44Z

Nundlal Guin, the architect who built some of Kolkata’s most famous landmarks

2022-04-11T18:31:59Z

Mahakaran Metro Station gets Heritage Gallery for Martyrs

2022-04-11T11:14:23Z

Stuck for Poila Baisakh gifting ideas? How about a box full of the essence of Bengal?

2022-04-09T18:02:47Z

Modern Masterpieces: The enduring relevance of Ganadevata

2022-04-09T12:55:32Z

From Roma to Suchitra Sen -- Tumultuous journey of a superstar

2022-04-08T17:23:50Z

Howrah’s Green Revolution with first-of-its kind Japan’s Miyawaki forests

2022-04-08T11:02:54Z

Darjeeling ‘First Flush’ sells at record price, all previous records broken

2022-04-07T16:53:30Z

Sukumar Sen, unsung hero of Indian democracy

2022-04-07T11:20:04Z

Suchitra Sen, the recluse with a reason

2022-04-06T16:51:37Z

Bagbazar, the ghat neighbourhood of Kolkata

2022-04-06T12:57:10Z

In memory of the man behind Bengal’s first world-class ad agency

2022-04-05T17:26:25Z

How poet D.L. Roy fought for the farmers of Kajlagarh

2022-04-05T11:26:40Z

Jadavpur’s Raja Das creates history by climbing Gojaburu with bare hands

2022-04-04T16:56:47Z

North Bengal’s Pinaki Narayan Maitra sets record in Korean martial arts

2022-04-04T11:26:41Z

Why social inclusion is critical for those with autism

2022-04-02T19:12:22Z

Uneasy ties: Student politics and cinema

2022-04-02T12:33:58Z

Join us on a tour of Shiuli – the first Parcel Café of India

2022-04-01T17:43:46Z

Why are we letting Bengal’s very own martial arts form die?

2022-04-01T11:15:42Z

Bengal receives “Most Pro-active States for implementing RCS Scheme” award

2022-03-31T17:28:13Z

Sushil Sen, the teenager who sparked a plot to kill a magistrate

2022-03-31T11:01:05Z

Saradindu Bandopadhyay brought in unusual murder weapons

2022-03-30T17:52:47Z

Walking down Professor Shonku Park in New Town

2022-03-30T09:38:40Z

Giant mural pays tribute to 100 years of Satyajit Ray

2022-03-29T17:27:29Z

How the Prince of Pala dynasty turned a Yogi

2022-03-29T11:25:32Z

What is hidden behind Maidan police station?

2022-03-28T16:47:16Z

When Love is Locked in first-ever Audit Firm of India – Lovelock Lewis & Old Calcutta

2022-03-28T11:49:37Z

At home in the world, revisiting the memoirs of Amartya Sen

2022-03-26T17:53:11Z

Terracotta art: The beauty of burnt clay

2022-03-26T12:55:11Z

One-man army on a cleaning drive, Prashanta Chandra of Midnapore is an inspiration!

2022-03-25T16:58:49Z

Saumyendranath Tagore, the Communist of the Tagore household

2022-03-25T11:19:38Z

Piyali Basak -- First Indian woman set to summit Mt. Everest without oxygen

2022-03-24T16:39:35Z

Subhas and Emilie, what the world never knew

2022-03-24T11:32:09Z

Basri Shah Mosque: The Oldest Mosque of Kolkata

2022-03-23T16:55:06Z

Tree Walk in the Victoria Memorial Grounds: Would you like to join?

2022-03-23T12:18:50Z

Down Syndrome Association Kolkata celebrated World Down Syndrome Day to raise awareness

2022-03-22T16:40:18Z

Ramnath Biswas, the man with a gypsy soul

2022-03-22T11:51:49Z

A music festival that celebrates forests, featuring the Rabha of Chilapata

2022-03-21T17:25:18Z

General public of Russia was warm towards Tagore despite Stalin’s sanctions on him

2022-03-21T11:23:45Z

‘Reunion films’ seem popular in Tollywood today. How do they fare?

2022-03-19T17:49:43Z

An online store trademarking the essence of Bengal through their products

2022-03-19T11:43:48Z

Purnadas Baul, Birbhum's gift to world music

2022-03-18T17:37:51Z

Did Russia behave like a fascist? Tagore’s letters reveal the nation’s history of violence

2022-03-17T17:05:10Z

Bengal’s Ghutiari Sharif – where faiths and belief meet beyond religious boundaries

2022-03-16T16:58:31Z

Asia’s first human dissection was by a Bengali doctor in colonial Calcutta

2022-03-16T11:42:19Z

Delectable Belgian waffle set to win Bengal’s gourmet hearts

2022-03-15T18:00:11Z

Empowering women alongside a Book fair: That happens only in Kolkata!

2022-03-14T16:39:59Z

The City of Joy etched in a box of nostalgic memories

2022-03-12T17:02:05Z

Journey of an incorrigible optimist

2022-03-12T11:10:06Z

World’s first female language martyr: Kamala Bhattacharya

2022-03-11T15:48:49Z

Coffee House played cupid to Ritwik Ghatak-Surama’s love story

2022-03-11T11:36:01Z

Erstwhile Kolkata’s top-notch publication house -- Gurudas Chattopadhyay & Sons

2022-03-10T15:32:18Z

Hunting for Shibram Chakraborty and Byomkesh Bakshi’s Mess Bari

2022-03-10T11:34:16Z

First book fair held in Bengal was not today’s Kolkata Book Fair

2022-03-09T16:52:45Z

Kamala Bhattacharya: World’s first female language martyr

2022-03-09T11:53:16Z

Six Bengali women, and the mountain they named Lalana

2022-03-08T16:43:02Z

The women directors who shaped Bengali cinema

2022-03-08T11:51:45Z

Walking into Kolkata’s iconic ‘mess-baris’ – first-hand account

2022-03-07T16:48:11Z

Tagore’s ‘Letters from Russia’ written almost a century ago reflects a confused nation

2022-03-07T11:04:48Z

Dolls that not only look great, but tell stories from Bengal’s past

2022-03-05T15:17:46Z

Young filmmaker speaks up for the voiceless of red-light Kolkata

2022-03-05T11:12:39Z

Learning at world’s own school - Prithibir Pathshala imparts unique skills

2022-03-04T15:05:59Z

Siliguri’s Raja selected as Bengal football team’s goalkeeper for Santosh Trophy

2022-03-04T11:30:36Z

Ray of hope in West Bengal on World Wildlife Day

2022-03-03T15:14:09Z

The peerless Tulsi Chakraborty, and the tears behind the laughter

2022-03-03T11:16:39Z

Colesworthey Grant: World's first animal crusader started work in Kolkata

2022-03-02T16:38:58Z

Chakum Chukum – how a Bengali couple made Kolkata’s Kathi Rolls a rage in Bengaluru

2022-03-02T11:12:59Z

Kolkata has the world’s oldest polo club, and polo cup. Did you know?

2022-03-01T15:16:02Z

How West Bengal’s Student Credit Card scheme can help you on your way

2022-03-01T11:16:29Z

Give in to Pareidolia at Maya Art Space

2022-02-28T15:07:34Z

Zeenat Rehana Islam’s book lends voice to Bengali girls’ struggles during pandemic

2022-02-28T11:00:00Z

Kolkata Book Fair 2022 will be live. What does this mean?

2022-02-27T11:36:00Z

What did author Leela Majumdar share in her Rannar Boi?

2022-02-26T18:19:19Z

A cookbook worthy of a Nobel Prize winner

2022-02-26T11:51:12Z

Big news for poultry farmers as Hooghly youth starts black soldier fly farming

2022-02-25T17:08:25Z

Metamorphosis of Bay leaf from a food condiment to bookmark!

2022-02-25T11:36:23Z

From humble scooter to transport tycoon: Success story of Ganesh Chandra Ghosh

2022-02-24T17:02:48Z

Subhankar Patra's 'Sunday Watch' team of obsessed bird watchers

2022-02-24T11:01:17Z

Meet Richa Ghosh, Bengal’s newest cricket sensation

2022-02-23T17:28:30Z

WB Govt turns weavers of Nadia self-reliant through modern power looms

2022-02-23T12:06:29Z

Innovative Palanquin Ambulances launched in North Bengal

2022-02-22T17:01:40Z

Books are big at The Bengal Store!

2022-02-21T21:45:20Z

A life dedicated to Lata Mangeshkar

2022-02-21T14:52:03Z

First Screening of ‘Maestro, A Portrait,’ a film on Buddhadeb Dasgupta

2022-02-21T11:21:21Z

A Street in Kolkata that got its name from Shimul Trees

2022-02-19T18:07:09Z

Tribal Bengal, a book like no other

2022-02-19T10:42:05Z

High quality affordable art, the theme at MAYA Art Space art fair

2022-02-18T17:11:53Z

Handicrafts from water hyacinth

2022-02-18T11:42:28Z

Surajit Sengupta, the ‘boy’ who floored PK Banerjee

2022-02-17T17:56:42Z

Jibanananda’s Dhanseri, a river in urgent need of rescue

2022-02-17T12:20:12Z

Meadow grass instead of tiara, basil leaves for veil: Lentil dumpling pair on their wedding pedestal

2022-02-16T12:22:42Z

Sandhya Mukherjee was a national treasure, we just didn’t know it

2022-02-15T22:37:42Z

The Real Rani – How Rani Rashmoni outwitted British East India Company

2022-02-15T17:58:38Z

Dwarakeshwari riverbank comes alive with 150-year-old Muri Festival

2022-02-15T12:16:06Z

Charkha offers not just livelihoods, but life lessons too

2022-02-14T17:37:11Z

Real Rani -- Rani Rashmoni merged philanthropy and business

2022-02-14T12:35:41Z

Are young Bengali filmmakers no longer interested in theatrical releases?

2022-02-12T16:36:07Z

Josinta Kamala: Lives in Tarai slum and educates local children

2022-02-11T17:51:29Z

Bengali director’s documentary selected at Oscars this year

2022-02-11T12:39:54Z

Kali Temple: The new abode of learning and venue of communal harmony

2022-02-10T17:59:09Z

The Real Rani -- Rani Rashmoni’s husband taught her how to run a business

2022-02-10T11:29:16Z

Graceful Trees of Dhakuria Lake – Exotic and Imported from other continents

2022-02-09T17:57:27Z

Banaphul -- The master storyteller

2022-02-09T11:26:19Z

The Real Rani -- Rani Rashmoni, one of the first female entrepreneurs of India

2022-02-08T17:54:22Z

Rare Trees of Dhakuria Lake – Lungs of South Kolkata

2022-02-08T11:30:59Z

Bangla Tappa, born from Banjara music popularized by Nidhu Babu

2022-02-07T17:48:30Z

State to confer heritage status to Ram Mohan’s ancestral home at Radhanagar

2022-02-07T11:56:51Z

Lata Mangeshkar’s passing should teach us the proper usage of the word ‘legend’

2022-02-06T16:33:31Z

Do your bit for sustainable fashion, check out our handicrafts range

2022-02-05T16:39:46Z

Ramdhanu – earliest children’s periodical in Bengali

2022-02-04T17:39:27Z

West Bengal Forest Department’s conservation drive of rare Batagur Baska Turtle

2022-02-04T11:34:58Z

Bengal Chamber award honours corporate giants of old Calcutta

2022-02-03T17:35:47Z

Commuters can access more metro trains from today, Kolkata Metro extends its service

2022-02-02T17:42:07Z

Meet the man who made Alipore Zoo famous worldwide

2022-02-02T11:49:11Z

The Englishman who started Durga Puja in Surul to succeed in business!

2022-02-01T17:19:23Z

Bengal’s farmers cultivate high-nutrition laden Dutch cauliflowers

2022-02-01T11:25:10Z

The man who ‘found’ Mohenjo Daro 100 years ago did many other things too

2022-01-31T17:56:43Z

Manisha Granthalaya, the bookstore which still sells Russian books

2022-01-31T12:03:09Z

Badal Roy, the global tabla maestro we forgot to remember

2022-01-29T16:46:25Z

The Bengal recipients who kept their Padma awards this year

2022-01-29T11:26:59Z

GB Exclusive interview with ace shooter Joydeep Karmakar

2022-01-28T17:33:24Z

The Sugarr & Spice: Bengali entrepreneur’s dream come true

2022-01-28T11:27:24Z

How did Netaji bring communal harmony in INA

2022-01-27T11:33:08Z

Benoy-Badal-Dinesh pack powerful punch with 8/12

2022-01-26T17:31:31Z

The Bengal contingent at the Constituent Assembly

2022-01-26T11:37:39Z

Calcutta University at 165, the home of many firsts

2022-01-25T17:50:00Z

How did Madhusudan Dutta defy Ram and make Meghnad the hero

2022-01-25T11:42:15Z

Kolkata’s ‘Sitting Room’ --- The Baithakkhana Bazar

2022-01-24T17:53:34Z

Sabyasachi Haldar’s 'Free Electron Wire' receives US patent

2022-01-24T12:01:13Z

My father, as I would like him to be remembered

2022-01-23T10:07:31Z

The winter delight of Bengal, jhola nolen gur

2022-01-22T17:50:45Z

Kalpanirjhar and its crusade for short films

2022-01-22T12:29:23Z

Reviving the fading glory of the Bengali cartoon

2022-01-21T18:16:12Z

What is topsy-turvy about Ultadanga?

2022-01-21T11:01:11Z

Tipu Sultan and Tollygunge – Where do the two T’s meet?

2022-01-20T18:36:36Z

Over three centuries after his death, Job Charnock still an enigma

2022-01-20T11:33:33Z

The man, the actor, and my Soumitra 'kaku'

2022-01-19T11:17:35Z

Kolkata to get brand new Solar Dome

2022-01-18T17:41:26Z

How come a bazar in Kolkata’s Chinatown was named after an Italian?

2022-01-18T11:38:28Z

Bengali, the first Indian language that Tintin spoke

2022-01-17T19:05:25Z

Swami Vivekananda as a Women Activist

2022-01-17T11:42:24Z

Spirituality through embroidery, a Kolkata designer’s lockdown journey

2022-01-15T18:13:21Z

How a zamindar family of Bengal pioneered Royal Tourism

2022-01-15T11:54:30Z

Tusu on Makar Sankranti is a vibrant tribal festival of Bengal

2022-01-14T17:28:01Z

Swami Vivekananda: The socialist who did not follow Marx

2022-01-14T11:06:48Z

Lakshminarayan Roychowdhury – Father of India’s Professional Photography

2022-01-13T17:14:28Z

Gangotri to Ganga Sagar Walk – Meet Sanjit Das who spreads awareness

2022-01-13T11:33:21Z

Swami Vivekananda could relegate Gods of his religion for greater cause of India

2022-01-12T18:53:38Z

Swami Vivekananda and his views on World Fashion

2022-01-12T11:13:38Z

State Government delivers nutritious meals for COVID families at your doorstep

2022-01-10T16:56:22Z

Presidency University, Kolkata’s eminent educational institution

2022-01-10T11:49:35Z

Ashapurna Devi – the voice of the faceless, nameless women

2022-01-08T11:00:00Z

How Lord Bentinck helped in Birth & Growth of Darjeeling

2022-01-07T17:27:17Z

‘Sarkarism’ – Neo-Socialism introduced by Benoy Sarkar during World War 1

2022-01-07T11:20:39Z

Only 14,000 new cases per day? Let’s aim higher, Kolkata!

2022-01-06T18:36:45Z

The bus route between Calcutta and England that crossed 150 borders!

2022-01-06T11:18:18Z

Sundarbans farmers turn to floating farms to counter cyclone crisis

2022-01-05T17:06:56Z

How are Mir Jafar and Lord Curzon associated with Kolkata’s National Library?

2022-01-05T11:35:33Z

Covid protocol in place, Kolkata welcomes 160 films from 42 nations

2022-01-04T18:41:37Z

Jashoda Mishtanna Bhandar: Tale of an iconic sweetmeat shop

2022-01-04T11:13:05Z

When Maratha Bargis could have taken Calcutta, but didn’t

2022-01-03T18:19:31Z

Eden Gardens: A gift of love for Kolkata by three British siblings

2022-01-03T10:00:00Z

Covid spike prompts restrictions in state

2022-01-02T21:05:44Z

Even 200 years ago, Calcutta partied all night on New Year’s Day

2022-01-01T11:26:34Z

The story of ‘Narasinghachandra Dawn & Co, Gun and Rifle Makers

2021-12-31T17:01:53Z

The Kali idol of Kalighat has a significance beyond religion

2021-12-31T11:41:20Z

Was the police headquarters of Kolkata really red?

2021-12-30T17:02:12Z

Zamor, the slave boy from Bengal played a major role in bringing down Bastille during French Revolution

2021-12-30T11:41:54Z

A new museum, the Mounted Police’s end-of-year gift to Kolkata

2021-12-29T18:57:05Z

Looking back at the first Poush Mela of Santiniketan

2021-12-29T09:23:06Z

Museum that reminds us of the truth of 71

2021-12-28T17:18:56Z

Looking back at first Poush Mela: Maharshi Debendranath’s vision

2021-12-28T11:20:48Z

Who was Jadu Babu and why a bazaar is named after him?

2021-12-27T17:30:18Z

Kolkata’s classic vintage car rallies – A passage through nostalgia

2021-12-27T12:16:39Z

Kidderpore girls punch their way to freedom and power

2021-12-25T14:33:49Z

Dawn of Christianity in North Bengal: Church that got its name even before being built

2021-12-25T13:21:18Z

Where can you see Kolkata’s tallest Christmas tree?

2021-12-24T15:32:26Z

Dawn of Christianity in North Bengal and influence of Tibetan craftsmen on churches

2021-12-24T11:34:44Z

Gobindaram, the nationalist who preceded Indian nationalism

2021-12-23T17:16:48Z

Dawn of Christianity in North Bengal and role of Canadian Jesuits

2021-12-23T11:33:14Z

A shola Christmas tree? Why not?

2021-12-22T19:44:04Z

Dawn of Christianity in North Bengal and Darjeeling

2021-12-22T11:29:51Z

Vanishing tribe of Kadma – Bengal’s own candy makers

2021-12-21T17:01:26Z

Dawn of Christianity in North Bengal and its historical churches

2021-12-21T11:26:26Z

Kolkata heralds winter with Christmas Festival on Park Street

2021-12-20T17:13:41Z

Sulekha relaunches iconic Bangalipi exercise copy

2021-12-20T11:53:15Z

Netaji in books and cinema: The good and the not so good

2021-12-18T17:19:29Z

Remembering Subinoy Roy: Doyen of Rabindrasangeet, on his birth centenary year

2021-12-18T11:34:45Z

Has the Bengal Tiger truly returned to Buxa Tiger Reserve?

2021-12-17T17:14:56Z

Scientist from Bengal, Anirban Das develops special boots for Siachen Jawans

2021-12-17T11:33:23Z

Newly re-launched Elephant Safari beckons trippers at Gorumara Sanctuary

2021-12-16T17:04:34Z

Ratna Chakraborty, the freedom fighter who cleaned toilets

2021-12-16T15:06:44Z

Kutchi Memon Community of Kolkata – a lost tribe

2021-12-16T10:41:58Z

Sundarban Dibas highlights the critical need for mangrove conservation

2021-12-15T16:47:01Z

How Bengal still tries to preserve its legacy of Fountain Pens

2021-12-15T11:28:44Z

Bengal introduces ‘salt-tolerant paddy’ for coastal areas – answer to Climate Change

2021-12-14T17:03:10Z

Kolkata’s Neena Gupta wins Ramanujan Prize

2021-12-14T11:15:14Z

India’s first Bengali literature festival turns seven

2021-12-13T18:41:39Z

Celebrating 'laughter maker' Shibram on his birthday

2021-12-13T15:20:59Z

GB Exclusive interview with National Award winning director Sagnik Chatterjee

2021-12-13T11:38:14Z

Netaji on film, has justice been done?

2021-12-11T17:00:13Z

Kolkata girl Srotoswini Sinha’s artwork makes it to UN’s climate change cards

2021-12-11T11:52:39Z

Bengal Famine of 1943, Britain’s worst human rights violation on Indian soil?

2021-12-10T14:29:14Z

Palsit railway station, where the iconic ‘Pather Panchali’ was shot

2021-12-10T11:58:12Z

How Hooghly shaped Bengal and its ties to the world

2021-12-09T17:19:23Z

Welcome to the World of Heritage Trees of Kolkata

2021-12-09T12:17:55Z

Did you know India’s 2nd Largest Church stands in Raigunj of Bengal?

2021-12-08T11:51:18Z

Shankar at 87, may the joy never fade

2021-12-07T14:56:44Z

Rare Bird, sighted 170 years ago, seen again in Darjeeling

2021-12-07T12:01:36Z

This winter, ‘Eat Like a Sindhi!’

2021-12-06T16:53:57Z

Ceramics : Through the Lens of Fine Art

2021-12-06T15:11:59Z

East Midnapore brings back native, lost fish varieties of Bengal

2021-12-06T11:52:37Z

Final destination for our Kolkata Walk

2021-12-04T18:30:42Z

Kalna Scientist Arindam Modak features in world’s top scientist list

2021-12-04T15:06:37Z

Joshy Joseph, the Malayali with a Kolkata trilogy

2021-12-04T12:08:42Z

Alipurduar’s scientist Souvik Basu gets call from NASA to probe sun particles

2021-12-03T11:25:36Z

‘Germany felt that Russia should invade India’

2021-12-02T17:18:04Z

The simple philanthropic life of Khan Jahan Ali

2021-12-02T15:21:53Z

Chugging tales of Bengal Railways: Was Bengal’s Agricultural Decline related to Railways?

2021-12-02T11:37:31Z

Bengali scientist Uttirna Mukherjee joins mission to save International Space Station (ISS)

2021-12-01T16:54:44Z

Try some piping hot soup this winter

2021-12-01T15:05:41Z

Complex heart surgery at NRS saves child, cost only Rs 2 under Shishu-Sathi scheme!

2021-12-01T11:26:10Z

New English translation pays homage to iconic Thakumar Jhuli

2021-11-30T17:27:07Z

Satyaprasad Gangopadhyay -- Rabindranath Tagore’s first publisher

2021-11-30T15:14:36Z

Hindu son of Siraj-ud-daullah: Is Satyajit Ray’s grandfather a descendant?

2021-11-30T11:33:03Z

Chugging tales of Bengal Railways: Eastern Bengal Railway and Chalan Beel

2021-11-29T17:05:57Z

Story of Dhaka University – The Museum of Bhasha Andolan

2021-11-29T11:42:23Z

Walk near the docks that made Calcutta

2021-11-27T18:54:51Z

Hindu son of Siraj-ud-daullah: Freedom fighter Grandson relocates to Shillong

2021-11-27T15:35:50Z

Why Bengali sportswomen are indebted to these men

2021-11-27T11:51:03Z

Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali, the crusader who changed South Bengal

2021-11-26T17:07:16Z

Order your pack of Mango Magic online from The Bengal Store

2021-11-26T15:35:15Z

New NATMO Monograph on Bengal’s Shaktipeeths to promote pilgrimage tourism

2021-11-26T12:30:12Z

Panioty, Kolkata’s marble drinking water fountain by the Greeks!

2021-11-25T19:08:24Z

Bengal’s most beloved graphic storyteller hits 96

2021-11-25T11:56:57Z

Kolkata Police rewarded for keeping city heritage safe

2021-11-24T17:01:36Z

Remembering Rabi Ghosh on his birth anniversary

2021-11-24T15:08:23Z

Chugging tales of Bengal Railways: Problems faced in track laying

2021-11-24T12:05:15Z

Ghosts of Garden Reach, where history speaks

2021-11-23T18:37:13Z

Bengal’s Shalimar laid foundation in 1941

2021-11-23T16:38:18Z

Hindu son of Siraj-ud-daullah: Gouripur Estate of Myemenshingha

2021-11-23T11:45:13Z

Chugging tales of Bengal Railways, the first track of British India

2021-11-22T16:46:32Z

Story of Dhaka University – Formed in aftermath of Bengal Partition of 1905

2021-11-22T12:20:59Z

Walk through Kolkata’s cities of the dead

2021-11-20T19:09:41Z

Hindu son of Siraj-ud-daullah: Jugalkishore, the dashing feudal lord

2021-11-20T12:10:20Z

Slavery, the dark secret from Calcutta’s past

2021-11-19T16:57:27Z

Will Kolpotoru, the famous paan shop of Kolkata, survive?

2021-11-19T12:05:49Z

How did Hemango Biswas pick his tunes

2021-11-18T17:07:58Z

Story of Dhaka University – The voice for the oppressed

2021-11-18T10:14:11Z

Dr. Sambhu Nath Dey: The saviour who chased Cholera

2021-11-17T16:51:41Z

Cholo Kheli – A noble KP initiative to touch upon a child’s life

2021-11-17T11:32:10Z

Our last bastion, Soumitra da

2021-11-16T18:25:46Z

Did you know a Muslim, Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali started the line of Pirali Brahmins?

2021-11-16T12:05:12Z

Hindu son of Siraj ud-daula, where are his descendants now?

2021-11-15T16:41:19Z

The Turk ruler of Bengal who learnt Sanskrit and worshipped Ganga

2021-11-15T11:24:13Z

Caught between two worlds, walking in Calcutta’s grey town

2021-11-13T11:58:00Z

Remembering singer Arati Mukherjee

2021-11-12T17:09:36Z

Amartya Sen’s nostalgia: Jagat Kutir, his home in Dhaka

2021-11-12T11:59:38Z

Sinhala and Bengal, a link that needs exploring

2021-11-11T17:06:51Z

How modern traffic system was developed in Calcutta during World War II

2021-11-11T11:49:41Z

'Pujor Gaan', and what happened to it

2021-11-10T16:31:11Z

North Bengal, the gift that keeps giving

2021-11-09T16:40:07Z

Alexander Castle -- Where Rabindranath Tagore was invited by Muktagachha zamindars

2021-11-09T09:39:18Z

Young Bengali entrepreneur mentioned by Ratan Tata leads the way with WTF

2021-11-08T16:38:43Z

West Bengal becomes a forerunner in discovery of new plants and animal species

2021-11-08T09:41:04Z

Back to ‘saheb para’, the heart of White Calcutta

2021-11-06T16:57:26Z

Rain gambling in 19th-century Kolkata: Babus betting on Rain!

2021-11-06T11:23:12Z

IAS officer Vivek Kumar's tribute to the city he loves

2021-11-05T17:24:12Z

Not just a freedom fighter, Chittaranjan Das was a poet too

2021-11-05T11:19:19Z

Ghatak's war between 'Man and Machine'

2021-11-04T18:09:03Z

Differently-abled Diya Maker of North Bengal: Man who brings Light to Lives

2021-11-03T16:31:54Z

From the home of a Nobel Laureate: In Amartya Sen’s own words

2021-11-03T14:37:49Z

First Miss India, Esther Abraham, came from Calcutta’s Jewish family

2021-11-03T11:23:54Z

GB celebrates the birthday of ‘Ruskin Bond of Bengal’

2021-11-02T16:45:33Z

India’s first Science Association set up by Mahendralal Sarkar in 19th century

2021-11-02T11:28:01Z

Rare eerie owl comes visiting Kolkata before Bhoot Chaturdashi!

2021-11-01T16:42:24Z

West Burdwan Teacher transforms village streets into classrooms

2021-11-01T11:56:48Z

From Kali to Jagannath to Star Theatre, a walk to remember

2021-10-30T16:45:48Z

Asit Sen, the centurion nobody remembered

2021-10-30T11:25:52Z

Durga Puja or art show? Maya Art Space hosts a to and fro

2021-10-29T16:13:03Z

Abol Tabol decoded: ‘Probasi’ translator reveals unknown facets of Sukumar Ray

2021-10-29T11:51:25Z

Dream pay package: The salaries that lured the British to Calcutta

2021-10-28T16:09:07Z

The lost world of Puja Barshikis

2021-10-28T11:32:16Z

Divinity on a clay plate

2021-10-27T16:57:06Z

The Melody, the shop that still repairs Uttam Kumar’s harmonium

2021-10-27T11:23:29Z

Pujor Bhog: Sign of plenty? Or memory of past pain?

2021-10-26T16:26:41Z

Durgapur Aatbari’s complex architecture saved many freedom fighters from arrest

2021-10-26T11:27:47Z

City of Shopkeepers: What kind of wealth did Calcutta offer to the British?

2021-10-25T16:36:07Z

Anil Chattopadhyay - the man who enlivened every character that he played

2021-10-25T11:53:27Z

Walking down College Street, home to temples of learning

2021-10-23T18:02:14Z

Azad Hind, the government that saw the future

2021-10-23T11:22:07Z

On a day when India crossed 1 billion COVID vaccination

2021-10-22T15:47:33Z

Remembering Jibanananda Das on his death anniversary

2021-10-22T12:00:01Z

Kabir Suman remembers Pannalal Ghosh --- The ‘Flute God’ of India

2021-10-21T16:29:59Z

Sonachari – the new Silk woven by Bengal’s rural weavers

2021-10-21T11:51:00Z

Why does Kojagori Lokhhi Puja remind many Bangaals of the aftermath of Bengal’s Partition?

2021-10-20T11:41:37Z

Duelling, or how the British in Calcutta killed each other

2021-10-19T16:22:02Z

'Golondaaj' is a new film based on the life of the 'Rockstar of Football’

2021-10-19T12:33:37Z

Giant Jilipis of Kenjakura

2021-10-18T16:01:39Z

‘Lightning Sculptor’ Gopeswar Pal surprised British media at Wembley Art exhibition

2021-10-18T11:48:59Z

Celebrating Durga, celebrating autumn

2021-10-10T11:11:46Z

New documentary pays tribute to the dhaak, the soul of Durga Puja

2021-10-09T15:14:17Z

PUJO READ: Uttam Kumar --- A Life in Cinema; Bloomsbury

2021-10-09T12:57:33Z

A 500-year-old Durga Puja along the Shali River of Bankura

2021-10-08T17:44:28Z

Baroyari pujas and the age-old custom of ‘Pujor chanda’

2021-10-08T11:24:18Z

More than a 300-year-old Chandannagar’s Mondal Bari Puja

2021-10-07T16:20:52Z

Hooghly artist creates history by drawing CM’s miniature on palm leaf

2021-10-07T11:45:07Z

The house that celebrates Durga Puja with patriotic songs

2021-10-06T17:03:18Z

Chittaranjan Das to Subhash Bose – illustrious Presidents of Baghbazar Sarbajanin

2021-10-06T15:38:44Z

Water ambulance service launched for residents of Sundarbans

2021-10-06T11:23:09Z

‘Galakata Gali’ and murderous robbers, crime in old Calcutta

2021-10-05T18:47:10Z

Three Kolkata Restaurants get Heritage plaque – Mocambo, Kwality & Trincas

2021-10-05T15:16:20Z

'Nostalgia'– Germany’s Bangla Band all set to sing Rabindrasangeet in German this Pujo

2021-10-05T11:32:52Z

On World Animal Day, a Kolkata hospital is asking for your help

2021-10-04T19:32:56Z

Non-vaccinated Dhakis face difficult future as puja pandals imposes restrictions in hiring

2021-10-04T15:11:19Z

Jute Durga Idol with a difference – made by orphans of Nimtouri Orphanage

2021-10-04T11:35:26Z

Lost in obscurity, Calcutta’s oldest surviving temples

2021-10-02T18:48:59Z

A century of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s magic

2021-10-02T15:44:58Z

Hemanta Sengupta: The man who became Gandhi’s bodyguard

2021-10-02T11:42:17Z

Healthy Bhaka Pitha of North Bengal is a Rajbanshi delicacy

2021-10-01T17:44:17Z

Jalpaiguri tops Bengal language list with a diversity of 98 dialects

2021-10-01T15:24:33Z

Dr Nilratan Sircar had taken up medicine to know cause of his mother’s death!

2021-10-01T11:32:05Z

Rich beyond belief: How the wealthy of Calcutta spent their fortunes

2021-09-30T17:53:47Z

Where did Sri Ramkrishna come to meet his Daayar Sagar?

2021-09-30T15:23:00Z

Why Tollywood should be grateful to an American

2021-09-30T11:39:41Z

Listen To Your Heart

2021-09-29T14:49:03Z

Bengali scientists shine bright in India’s highest Science Award – Bhatnagar Awards

2021-09-29T11:37:59Z

‘Tola, ‘Para’ and ‘Tala’: What Kolkata’s old place names tell us

2021-09-28T17:45:01Z

Did you know Behala is older than 330-year-old Kolkata?

2021-09-28T11:42:21Z

On World Tourism Day, the Bengali is travelling again!

2021-09-27T15:27:26Z

Rammohan Roy, a feminist ahead of his time

2021-09-27T11:14:16Z

Story of the vanishing rivers – Saraswati and Adi Ganga of Bengal

2021-09-26T11:20:26Z

Old Calcutta’s temple trail, a cultural odyssey

2021-09-25T18:30:25Z

Sarat Bose, the older brother who stayed in the background

2021-09-25T15:39:19Z

'Why do we only hear the dhaak during Durga Puja?'

2021-09-25T11:29:29Z

Kalimpong’s bustling markets offer phumbi, churpi and many lesser-known pickles too

2021-09-24T17:08:19Z

Will SD and RD's home truly become a museum?

2021-09-24T14:59:51Z

Bengal’s Alpona has its roots in Harappan Civilisation!

2021-09-24T11:57:20Z

Class VI student of East Midnapore builds a ‘Lightning resistant Umbrella’ to save lives

2021-09-23T17:20:04Z

Kolkata Blue Plaque, a drive to make heritage part of daily life

2021-09-23T15:50:37Z

West Bengal has successfully increased Rhino population in the wild

2021-09-22T17:21:09Z

Saradindu Bandopadhyay - not just detective Byomkesh, but a master writer of historical novels

2021-09-22T15:32:28Z

Kolkata safest city for elderly too

2021-09-22T11:21:15Z

Youth from Canning makes a name with a first of its kind Coffee Documentary

2021-09-21T17:02:33Z

Bengal’s unique Sheherwali Cuisine – the Royal Vegetarian delight of Murshidabad

2021-09-21T14:32:46Z

Scientist from remote Sundarbans, Subhashish Natua honoured for COVID-19 vaccine research

2021-09-21T11:19:58Z

‘Batasha’ making art is on the verge of extinction due to lack of entrepreneurs

2021-09-20T15:09:06Z

Daily wage earner’s son from Bongaon becomes ‘Scorer’ at IPL: Meet Tanay Panti

2021-09-20T11:42:07Z

Poison Info Centre of RG Kar gets a prestigious place in WHO list

2021-09-18T17:41:57Z

Darjeeling Zoo breeding programmes help in preserving Red Pandas

2021-09-18T15:00:22Z

After Pather Panchali, there is Talnabami

2021-09-18T12:01:05Z

Kolkata is Safest Metro to live in as per National Crime Records Bureau data

2021-09-17T17:50:22Z

How did Wajid Ali Shah bring his favourite sport Kite Flying to Kolkata?

2021-09-17T15:22:26Z

Euro-style Vistadome trains usher in a big boost to North Bengal tourism

2021-09-17T11:58:37Z

Kolkata has the oldest Dhobi Khana of India

2021-09-16T16:58:54Z

Tea stall that perennially shares food with penniless nomads: Meet the Karmakars

2021-09-16T15:44:13Z

Shiksha Ratna for Canning’s Nitai Mali – the teacher who fights for tribal upliftment

2021-09-16T12:09:27Z

The drinking houses of old Calcutta, and a Bengali who dared step in

2021-09-15T17:46:24Z

Burdwan boy gets prestigious US scholarship for research on growing rice in harsh climate

2021-09-15T14:49:17Z

A Heritage Medical Shop that supplied medicines to Rabindranath Tagore on his death bed

2021-09-15T11:47:19Z

Kolkata breaks new ground, hosts India’s first solo AI art exhibition

2021-09-14T18:41:26Z

Tarashankar's iconic creation – Krishnendu-Rina Brown chemistry in Saptapadi

2021-09-14T14:49:31Z

The Swiss woman who wrote the first Bengali novel

2021-09-14T11:59:07Z

Minaret sculptors of Kanthalia in Murshidabad hold on to dying art

2021-09-13T17:29:17Z

Bengal to get 13,000 crore investments in IT: GB exclusive interview with IT Advisor

2021-09-13T14:48:08Z

‘Pandu Rajar Dhipi’ – Bengal’s Chalcolithic site could be as old as the Harappan civilization!

2021-09-13T11:56:12Z

Walking through the centre of Kolkata

2021-09-11T17:53:32Z

Malda district throws up Buddhist wonder – in Jagjivanpur

2021-09-11T15:33:19Z

Theatre Man Kedarnath Dasgupta bridged India & UK through Oriental productions

2021-09-11T10:37:58Z

Sukumar Ray and the magical world of Pagla Dashu

2021-09-10T16:59:35Z

‘Truck Art’ to be used to ‘Save Tigers’ of Sundarbans: Famous Pakistani Truck Artist joins

2021-09-10T15:00:01Z

World Suicide Prevention Day – Heal the world, Make it a better place

2021-09-10T11:42:13Z

Where do the ‘ghosts’ of Garstin Place come from?

2021-09-09T18:56:06Z

Beliaghata Gandhi Bhavan: Epicentre of fight against communalism

2021-09-09T14:57:19Z

Sculptor’s wonder: Creative ‘Bus House’ of Bolpur

2021-09-09T11:30:45Z

Niranjan Agar: ‘King of Egg Devils’ from colonial Kolkata

2021-09-08T17:13:23Z

GB Exclusive: Darjeeling Zoo set to be revamped on Prague Zoo model

2021-09-08T14:53:34Z

West Bengal is striding towards a literate society

2021-09-08T11:48:12Z

Nabadwip Cuisine boasts of Lal Doi, one of the best curds of India

2021-09-07T14:55:27Z

Olympia Sporting House -- Oldest Javelin shop of India still runs at Bowbazar

2021-09-07T11:49:01Z

Not just a theatre, but a way of life

2021-09-06T17:05:53Z

Gomira Mask Makers of Dinajpur – Skilled Wood Workers

2021-09-06T14:47:12Z

Lozenge Mashi of Maidan – Jamuna Das and her love for soccer

2021-09-06T11:50:28Z

Malda Teacher gets President’s Medal 2021 for innovative QR code books

2021-09-05T09:23:28Z

A walk down Sealdah and Bowbazar, among the oldest areas of Kolkata

2021-09-04T18:38:48Z

Will single-screen halls become a slice of nostalgia?

2021-09-04T15:46:24Z

Saptapadi, not just a romantic masterpiece, but a message against hatred

2021-09-03T16:37:37Z

Armenian Street: Tale of a Kolkata Street that preceded British by centuries

2021-09-03T14:53:43Z

Can Bengal grow chemical-free paddy?

2021-09-03T11:31:09Z

Our Lady Queen of the Missions, 75 years of service

2021-09-02T17:24:01Z

Mujtaba Ali’s ‘Deshe Bideshe’ describes life in Kabul as never seen before

2021-09-02T15:24:56Z

Bengal's Folk Rice: Conserving a Neglected Treasure

2021-09-02T09:54:29Z

Kolkata girl offers first peek into Indus Valley language mystery

2021-09-01T17:48:41Z

National Handicraft Award for women mat makers of Medinipur

2021-09-01T16:26:47Z

Gumghar Lane & Hospital – Where People were Quarantined in British Kolkata

2021-09-01T11:55:14Z

Go see a Kolkata ‘mess bari’ before it vanishes

2021-08-31T17:18:32Z

A Stanford graduate had launched Margo soap a century ago as part of Swadeshi

2021-08-31T14:53:19Z

Rituparno Ghosh special, Part I: 'His bottom line was, I want it done’

2021-08-31T11:41:51Z

How did Bengal’s only classical music gharana originate?

2021-08-30T17:07:24Z

Buddhadeb Guha takes with him a nearly extinct world

2021-08-30T15:20:17Z

Bankim Chandra described a different face of ‘Krishna’ in Krishnacharitra

2021-08-30T11:14:25Z

Walking around the ‘native’ palaces of Kolkata

2021-08-28T19:32:24Z

Seven Bengali films make it to Melbourne 2021

2021-08-28T15:56:59Z

What makes Pather Panchali a timeless chart topper?

2021-08-27T18:38:34Z

Bankura, a wildlife paradise apart from everything else

2021-08-27T15:55:30Z

Sib Chandra Nundy: The Telegraph Man of India

2021-08-27T11:46:04Z

Nona Ilish, the Ilish that we never talk about

2021-08-26T15:06:57Z

Two boys from Darjeeling put Bengal on the Racing Map of India

2021-08-26T11:48:21Z

After almost 80 years, perhaps Netaji can finally rest in peace

2021-08-25T18:36:55Z

Transgenders and Gay feature in Kalighat Patachitra for the first time

2021-08-25T15:10:19Z

‘Detectives of Supernatural,’ a Ghostbuster team joins hands with Kolkata Police

2021-08-25T11:51:03Z

Kolkata Partition Museum prepares for virtual avatar

2021-08-24T17:01:10Z

Parimal Kanji – Kolkata’s green crusader and his cycling expedition across India

2021-08-24T15:19:05Z

Plot No 5 was Uttam Kumar’s Last Movie. Not Ogo Bodhu Sundori

2021-08-24T11:57:37Z

As theatres reopen, here’s looking at two very different Bengali releases

2021-08-23T17:26:10Z

Best kept secret of Nawabi Bengal – Kohitoor

2021-08-23T14:33:19Z

Was Topsia named after local fish Topshe?

2021-08-23T11:32:01Z

From kebabs to fruits, walking through the bazaars of old Kolkata

2021-08-21T18:34:09Z

As Jhulan starts tomorrow, GB takes you to Jhulan Bari of Kolkata

2021-08-21T15:47:34Z

Bankura craftsman gets National Award for exclusive Conch Shell carving

2021-08-21T11:32:11Z

In Kolkata’s 331st year, a look at its oldest road

2021-08-20T19:09:09Z

RYDE – ‘All Day Same Fare’ App Cab launched in Kolkata

2021-08-20T15:21:56Z

Gold Mask for Durga Idol to spread Pandemic awareness

2021-08-20T11:18:06Z

Glowing brightly in the rich history of the delectable world of Sandesh: Girish & Nakur

2021-08-19T15:10:21Z

As Kabul falls to Taliban, Afghans of Calcutta pray for their nation

2021-08-19T11:55:07Z

Hauntings and history blend at Writers’ Building

2021-08-18T18:20:58Z

Cultivation of superior quality Prawn with low Glycemic Index starts in West Bengal

2021-08-18T15:28:20Z

For the first time in the history of Durga Puja, women priestesses will conduct pujo

2021-08-18T11:59:56Z

Taki, the land of zamindars, has a diverse cultural legacy

2021-08-17T17:12:33Z

Why could Bagha Jatin not be the father of our nation?

2021-08-17T14:54:41Z

‘Colours of Kolkata’ the new graffiti revolution launched by WBTC

2021-08-17T11:49:43Z

Bengali scientist invents unique biodegradable plastic that can even be eaten!

2021-08-16T16:53:58Z

Only Kolkata lines up for Books

2021-08-16T15:13:16Z

Ramakrishna Paramhansa – Man beyond Religion

2021-08-16T11:23:31Z

The Prophet of Indian Nationalism

2021-08-15T15:03:00Z

Bagha Jatin, the freedom fighter who sought to capture Fort William

2021-08-15T11:28:44Z

The ghats of Kolkata, a walk like no other

2021-08-14T17:19:45Z

‘I hope never to make a film like this again’

2021-08-14T15:25:36Z

Evolution of the Bengali chorchori

2021-08-13T17:20:49Z

Coochbehar, the land of kings

2021-08-13T14:56:47Z

Is Chowringhee older than Kolkata?

2021-08-13T11:34:17Z

Tree plantation drive for a greener Maidan

2021-08-12T17:10:06Z

Bengal’s MR Bangur given India’s Best District Hospital tag by Niti Aayog

2021-08-12T14:45:04Z

Bengal starts Tree Ambulance service

2021-08-12T11:24:40Z

Season’s tallest Durga idol sets sail for USA

2021-08-11T16:57:51Z

First robotic kidney transplant of Eastern India performed in Kolkata

2021-08-11T14:48:07Z

West Bengal kick starts CNG buses to reduce fare during diesel price rise

2021-08-11T11:34:01Z

Four decades after death, India’s IVF baby pioneer gets state recognition

2021-08-10T16:57:45Z

West Bengal Government executes massive Mangrove Plantation in Sundarbans

2021-08-10T14:51:36Z

‘Shashi Kapoor Room’ opens to guests at Kolkata’s iconic Fairlawn Hotel

2021-08-10T11:28:02Z

Should Bengal’s Sarbhaja and Sarpuria join the GI tags club?

2021-08-09T17:24:55Z

Foundation Day of Doordarshan Kolkata

2021-08-09T11:52:41Z

The day Rabindranath became immortal

2021-08-07T14:59:04Z

Kolkata gives Zoological Survey its first woman director

2021-08-07T11:58:36Z

A city book shop selling books by kilos

2021-08-06T17:39:20Z

West Bengal Government recieves multiple SKOCH Awards

2021-08-06T15:11:57Z

Remembering Kolkata's 'Japani' bombs on Hiroshima Day

2021-08-06T12:09:56Z

Chandannagar Jagaddhatri Puja committees receive vaccine boost

2021-08-05T17:07:16Z

Anshuman Thakur’s ‘Tree School’ of Murshidabad

2021-08-05T15:21:47Z

‘Burdwan stew’ and ‘loll shraub’, what the sahibs of old Calcutta ate and drank

2021-08-04T17:03:18Z

Sromona Chakraborty on her ‘Bapi’ Kishore Kumar

2021-08-04T15:36:28Z

‘Telebhaja’ for Re 1, Ghugni for Rs 2

2021-08-04T11:28:23Z

Documentary with strong Bengal connect wins Golden Eye at Cannes

2021-08-03T15:07:31Z

Naren Hansda – Pied Piper of Purulia

2021-08-03T11:34:52Z

Dodo’r Dushtumir Class -- Virtual exploration outing for kids in Kolkata

2021-08-02T17:11:17Z

‘Once Upon A Time in Calcutta’ gets selected at Venice Film Festival

2021-08-02T15:01:17Z

Graduate from Kolkata Medical College tops AIIMS entrance Exam

2021-08-02T11:47:35Z

On the waterfront: a walk along the Hooghly

2021-07-31T17:43:24Z

Global recognition for Hrid Majharey, and our take on Shakespeare

2021-07-31T15:32:20Z

India’s map makers to make special maps to aid disaster response in Bengal, Sikkim

2021-07-31T12:01:30Z

‘Germany only helped India as much as it suited them’

2021-07-30T16:57:29Z

West Bengal Tourism Department and France join hands for Chandannagar revival

2021-07-30T15:14:52Z

Nazrul’s century-old ‘Bidrohi’ remains the voice of protest against injustice

2021-07-30T11:29:07Z

Celebrating Coochbehar on Mohun Bagan Day! Why, though?

2021-07-29T19:08:31Z

International Tiger Day, and one man’s quest to photograph the beautiful beast

2021-07-29T15:47:40Z

Bengal’s ‘Arjun’ Atanu Das defeats 4-time Olympic medalist at Tokyo Olympics

2021-07-29T11:55:42Z

Dukoribala Devi, first female revolutionary from Bengal to be booked under the Arms Act

2021-07-28T17:25:54Z

World War I, immortalised by Bengal’s soldiers

2021-07-28T15:20:47Z

Bring ‘Nature’ within your home and conserve it in your way

2021-07-28T11:19:33Z

Ilish recipes from Narayanganj and Barishal

2021-07-27T17:21:08Z

Tables turned: how an Indian bought the East India Company

2021-07-27T15:04:18Z

Girl students exceed boys in West Bengal

2021-07-27T12:14:30Z

Calcutta Police and the BOSE connect

2021-07-26T16:30:54Z

Kolkata’s first linguistic interpreter recruited by East India Company was a Dhobi!

2021-07-26T14:52:51Z

Umashankar Mandal- the 'Mangrove Man' of Sundarbans

2021-07-26T12:16:27Z

Remembering the doctor who created India's first and world's second test tube baby

2021-07-25T11:26:25Z

Walk on for a perfect balance of religion and commerce

2021-07-24T17:43:48Z

A spectacular comeback for Bengal's Sutirtha Mukherjee

2021-07-24T16:35:03Z

Looking back at Goutam Ghose's iconic movie 'Paar'

2021-07-24T15:28:27Z

City’s beloved Prachi cinema beats pandemic blues with a new look

2021-07-23T15:46:37Z

The British war memorial in Kolkata built by melting enemy cannons!

2021-07-23T11:46:31Z

The story of Bengal's all-time favourite snack

2021-07-22T15:18:29Z

Can India please stop disrespecting its flag with a fake image?

2021-07-22T11:28:23Z

How a rural housewife ‘Alpona Mistri of Satkhira’ is helping preserve indigenous crop seeds

2021-07-21T15:19:11Z

The tales of Nakhoda Masjid

2021-07-21T11:46:09Z

Mirik, the magic is just beginning

2021-07-20T17:03:23Z

I was deeply impressed with Karan Johar: Tota Roychoudhury

2021-07-19T15:20:19Z

Kolkata street where Rabindranath wrote Nirjhare Swapnobhanga

2021-07-19T11:25:30Z

The places of worship in old Calcutta, and what we learn from them

2021-07-17T17:48:06Z

State launches low-cost IAS study centre to boost aspirants from Bengal

2021-07-17T14:56:54Z

Plagiarized by Spielberg, Ray’s ‘The Alien’ failed to land in Bengal!

2021-07-17T11:40:12Z

Negative RTPCR or double vaccination must for tourists in WB

2021-07-16T15:30:18Z

Potata vs All-Rounder- the new brand war on Bengal’s Snack turf

2021-07-16T11:23:03Z

Entrepreneur brings British Land Rovers home to Darjeeling

2021-07-15T18:45:53Z

Where boats do not sail, but weave a thousand stories

2021-07-15T15:57:25Z

Bengal’s Sulekha Ink and a story of resilience

2021-07-15T11:48:53Z

Environmental award for Kolkata CP Soumen Mitra

2021-07-14T17:49:42Z

Subrata Mitra, the pioneer behind Ray, finally gets his due

2021-07-14T14:45:21Z

West Bengal generates environmental awareness by adopting endangered species as State Symbols

2021-07-14T11:50:13Z

Esplanade, the beating heart of old Calcutta

2021-07-13T18:43:22Z

Rath Yatra, a global festival

2021-07-12T18:30:51Z

Americans and racial divide on the streets of 1942 Calcutta

2021-07-12T15:38:12Z

Tagore too had a biographer- Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay

2021-07-12T11:45:21Z

Chamurchi, home of the musical cave

2021-07-10T17:58:56Z

WHY ARE BENGALI ACTORS RUSHING TO BOLLYWOOD?

2021-07-10T15:57:40Z

Hilsa is not just for taste, but also for health benefits!

2021-07-10T11:50:24Z

Rath Yatra or not, Lord Jagannath of Mahesh is a miracle

2021-07-09T17:42:03Z

Posto’s journey from Chinese opium farms to Bengal’s kitchens

2021-07-09T15:19:31Z

Is Kolkata’s Yellow Taxi losing the battle with the App Cabs?

2021-07-09T11:34:20Z

Why we remember Franz Kafka on Safe Drive Save Life Day

2021-07-08T17:16:33Z

Modhu Bose, the man who brought ‘Parallel Cinema’ to India

2021-07-08T15:26:40Z

The ‘Maharaja’ of Indian cricket – Sourav Ganguly

2021-07-08T11:52:44Z

Swami Vivekananda’s love for Khichuri and his special recipe

2021-07-07T18:30:23Z

The quiet passing of Bengal’s double Olympic gold medallist

2021-07-07T16:29:05Z

Legends Never Die! Dilip Kumar’s love for Bengal and his presence in Bengali movies

2021-07-07T11:52:54Z

Hon’ble CM launches drive to place Bengal on global tourism map

2021-07-06T17:47:23Z

WHO concurs potency of Bengal’s sesame seeds in fighting Covid-19

2021-07-06T15:16:48Z

Kolkata’s Arushi Pant receives this year’s prestigious Diana Award

2021-07-06T11:11:41Z

Alipore, the posh Kolkata locality named after a ‘traitor’

2021-07-05T18:54:52Z

Kolkata Police initiates digital devices for the underprivileged pupils

2021-07-05T15:20:54Z

Village Kirtaniya from Mangalkot takes Bengal’s Sreekhol online to overseas students

2021-07-05T11:15:53Z

Kurseong in the rains, an experience not to be missed

2021-07-03T17:19:27Z

Dokra handicraft, a thing of ancient beauty

2021-07-03T15:51:07Z

Octogenarian village chef Pushparani Sarkar turns Youtube Sensation

2021-07-03T11:08:48Z

Remembering the mystic music of Bhaba Pagla

2021-07-02T17:54:41Z

From Jhargram to Tokyo Olympics! Pranati Nayak, India’s lone gymnast from Bengal

2021-07-02T15:18:23Z

Outstanding International Award for SSKM’s Dr. Sujoy Ghosh

2021-07-02T11:52:48Z

Why is a doctor who dies of Covid not a martyr?

2021-07-01T18:19:12Z

State launches student credit card, following Mamata’s election promise

2021-07-01T15:29:55Z

Bengal launches new mobile app to control Dengue and Malaria

2021-07-01T11:29:00Z

Take Bengal’s Mango Tourism trail to see how much you don’t know

2021-06-30T17:41:12Z

The many good things about pure ghee

2021-06-30T15:24:11Z

The 'essence' of purity and tradition

2021-06-30T11:14:00Z

Michael Madhusudan, the genius who lost his way

2021-06-29T18:09:46Z

Jhandi, a perfect weekend getaway in the rains

2021-06-29T15:44:24Z

“It’s late in God’s house, but it’s not dark’ proves Malda’s violinist Bhagaban Mali

2021-06-29T12:10:08Z

From Tublu to Pancham, the Calcutta years of R.D. Burman

2021-06-28T17:51:01Z

West Bengal Government launches Lakshmi Bhandar scheme to help poor families during pandemic

2021-06-28T15:28:56Z

From Baans to Bottle Taranga, Somnath Bandopadhyay creates musical instruments

2021-06-28T11:39:02Z

A little bit of BBD Bag, a whole lot of Calcutta

2021-06-26T18:25:04Z

Mithun at 71, the man behind the politics

2021-06-26T15:31:34Z

Rare ghost fungus spotted in Bengal

2021-06-26T11:58:22Z

Organisers, priests, idol makers to get vaccines before Pujas in Howrah

2021-06-25T17:49:11Z

Wooden tram of Kolkata, gets its place at the Heritage Transport Museum in Delhi

2021-06-25T15:21:21Z

When Satyajit Ray breaches the domain of Netflix!

2021-06-25T11:49:29Z

Bengal and its ITIs top India’s skill development charts

2021-06-24T15:59:00Z

Kakali Ghosh, the messiah policewoman from Baruipur

2021-06-24T11:31:48Z

A lifetime in 11 years, the Netaji-Emilie saga

2021-06-23T17:33:39Z

KMC starts first COVID safe home for children in Kolkata

2021-06-23T15:23:16Z

‘Duare Vaccine’ in remote Alipurduar villages

2021-06-23T11:20:49Z

West Bengal Government to recruit 32,000 teachers this year

2021-06-22T12:01:52Z

Jagannath Sadak, the ancient path to divinity

2021-06-21T17:40:34Z

Chandannagar Assembly Constituency shows the way with 'Duare Vaccine'

2021-06-21T11:57:28Z

Enjoy the lockdown with your very own customised Kolkata Walk

2021-06-19T18:31:14Z

'Nilkantha Pakhir Khonje' and the circle of life

2021-06-19T16:23:34Z

The Greco-Roman lion taps are still found on the streets of Kolkata

2021-06-19T11:25:59Z

Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan Sporting, joint creators of Durand history

2021-06-18T19:27:13Z

CM launches second phase of ‘Krishak Bandhu’, to benefit 60 lakh farmers

2021-06-18T15:20:49Z

Famous Field Recordist Deben Bhattacharya who made Music on desert roads

2021-06-18T11:15:24Z

Baranti, the dream eco-tourism destination

2021-06-17T17:56:09Z

Dhrupad maestro Bahadur Khan popularized the Bishnupur Gharana

2021-06-17T15:10:31Z

Should Mt. Everest be named Sikdar Parvat after Radhanath Sikdar?

2021-06-17T11:51:18Z

'Mera Har Din Keo Karpin!' How a Bengali brand survived more than a century in this market

2021-06-16T17:41:48Z

Calcutta Police trumped Scotland Yard with world's first fingerprint bureau

2021-06-16T15:14:01Z

First rail link between Bengal and Sikkim promises boost for tourism

2021-06-15T18:08:42Z

Bengal shows caste and gender equality by choosing Adivasi women in State Cabinet

2021-06-15T15:16:31Z

Did Tagore compose Jana Gana Mana in praise of King George V?

2021-06-15T11:31:40Z

Are we appreciating the way our children have coped with Covid?

2021-06-14T18:17:32Z

Barrackpore, the ancient town the British 'adopted'

2021-06-13T11:07:13Z

Who is a prostitute, asks Pramita Bhowmik’s short film

2021-06-12T16:34:38Z

Dr. Ramendra Lal Mukherjee invents pocket ventilator as a safe alternative to arrest Black Fungus cases

2021-06-12T15:15:18Z

Soccer sensation Subho Pal from Salkia signed by FC Bayern Munich U-19 team

2021-06-12T11:25:52Z

Trinamool Congress, a baptism by youth

2021-06-11T17:25:38Z

Remember the Rum Ball of Jalajog? Or was it Flurys?

2021-06-11T14:47:33Z

Darjeeling on foot, an experience not to be missed

2021-06-10T17:29:24Z

Basak’s Poor Pharmacy – Colonial Kolkata’s first charitable pharmacy

2021-06-10T11:32:54Z

When Tagore fell victim to ‘fake news’

2021-06-09T17:54:22Z

Mrityunjay Ghosh & Sons- for the connoisseurs of Kochuri in Kolkata

2021-06-09T15:20:13Z

West Bengal Government drafts a 120-crore plan to save the East Kolkata Wetlands

2021-06-09T11:52:27Z

The man who gave India its first map, and named Meghalaya

2021-06-08T16:55:33Z

Kolkata boy Rishav Ghosh receives prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award

2021-06-08T14:19:29Z

Abdul Ahad –Rabindrasangeet exponent who directed even Pankaj Mallick and Hemanta Mukherjee

2021-06-08T11:50:05Z

State tourism department begins India’s first vaccination drive for industry professionals

2021-06-07T15:12:42Z

This monsoon, put Hilsa Tourism on the map!

2021-06-05T18:49:38Z

Turn your terrace into a herb garden, the Coochbehar way

2021-06-05T17:30:42Z

Subhajit Mukherjee leads “Mission Green”- India’s mango seed plantation drive

2021-06-05T11:42:27Z

Sundarbans ecosystem restoration on World Environment Day

2021-06-05T10:59:43Z

As Bengal’s Covid figures markedly improve, will life crawl back to normal?

2021-06-04T17:52:52Z

How Bengal’s famous mangoes find their way into sweets

2021-06-04T12:33:24Z

Meet Ujjal Pal-- the man from Siuri who cycled to the top of Chander Pahar

2021-06-03T17:36:03Z

Kolkata and its romantic cycle days

2021-06-03T11:25:58Z

June, the month of the ‘Black Hole tragedy’

2021-06-02T17:52:18Z

Mojilpur clay dolls, endangered examples of an ancient Bengali craft

2021-06-02T15:34:21Z

How Rabindranath Tagore comes to our rescue in these trying times of bereavements

2021-06-02T11:25:19Z

How a transport strike changed Calcutta’s traffic for good

2021-06-01T18:41:20Z

Succulent Sandesh and 200-year-old heritage ‘Makhan Lal Sandesh’

2021-06-01T15:15:18Z

Chhota Bristol or Shaw Brothers – Kolkata’s oldest bar and how it still holds on since 1800s

2021-06-01T11:28:45Z

‘TNG Sir’, the Narayan Ganguly we know so little about

2021-05-31T17:42:00Z

Qualifying in 73 Mathematics Olympiads, Kharagpur’s Archisman Nandy sets record

2021-05-31T15:16:56Z

Rammohan remembered: Sati and Antarjali Jatra

2021-05-29T17:35:52Z

The man who made Mount Everest famous

2021-05-29T12:59:23Z

Messiah of the poor-- Meet Dr. Swapan Roy of Siliguri

2021-05-29T10:46:13Z

The British beautified Kolkata with shady avenues. How?

2021-05-28T14:55:00Z

Kolkata startup develops mobile app to monitor oxygen saturation and pulse rate

2021-05-28T11:21:02Z

Rabi babu and Subhas, a bond that endured

2021-05-27T17:44:22Z

Bengali scientist creates long-lasting disinfectant to ward off COVID-19

2021-05-27T14:57:28Z

Mahalis of Birbhum – the tribe that weaves bamboo wonders

2021-05-27T10:15:39Z

Chitre monastery, the place to be on Buddha Purnima

2021-05-26T17:27:03Z

Bengal’s ‘Machher Jhol’ travels all the way to Masterchef Australia

2021-05-26T08:39:11Z

Kolkata boy Pubarun Basu wins Youth Photographer of the Year 2021 at the Sony World Photography Award

2021-05-26T08:18:05Z

Rash Behari Bose made Bengal’s Murgir Jhol famous in Tokyo

2021-05-25T18:22:18Z

Amphan, Yaas prove how global warming is changing cyclones

2021-05-25T18:07:21Z

Love never dies! Nazrul's famous love letter to his lady love on his birth anniversary

2021-05-25T15:09:52Z

What did democracy mean to Ramkinkar Baij?

2021-05-25T11:05:01Z

Bengal was once upon a time ruled by African Kings!

2021-05-24T18:03:49Z

Kolkata Police Hospital now a Covid hospital, general public welcome

2021-05-24T15:33:33Z

RKM teacher and scientist Swapan Ghosh invents plastic degrading microbes

2021-05-22T15:25:02Z

The Manik who never made it big on the big screen

2021-05-21T17:23:52Z

L.Madeira, a 200-year-old mortuary of Kolkata

2021-05-21T11:48:45Z

'Khoka’ then and now, Kolkata’s notorious Pagla Murder Case

2021-05-20T17:45:32Z

Andrew Yule and his love for Bengal’s Golden Fibre

2021-05-20T15:21:39Z

How a century-old pandemic boosted India’s fight for freedom

2021-05-19T17:05:18Z

Why was Sambhu Mitra a living legend of Bengali Theatre?

2021-05-19T11:10:19Z

Fani, Amphan, Taukte, now Yaas? How cyclones are named

2021-05-18T18:10:02Z

Meet Dr. Swapan Jana, JU alumnus and Director, R&D, Serum Institute

2021-05-18T15:34:51Z

Gifted Artist Anirban Mishra’s colourful world of Pens and Ink

2021-05-18T11:19:37Z

Raw honey from the Sundarbans, and the story behind it

2021-05-17T17:25:56Z

Sangay Sherpa puts Darjeeling’s adventure sports on global map

2021-05-17T15:10:38Z

Bengal's famous sweet from the Sultanate era

2021-05-15T18:41:52Z

Is blood really thicker than water?

2021-05-15T16:09:25Z

West Bengal tightens lockdown guidelines, extended to May 30

2021-05-15T13:22:30Z

Uttarpara archive celebrates 99 years of Mrinal Sen with unique tribute

2021-05-15T11:17:51Z

The Mrinal Sen films we can no longer watch

2021-05-14T17:01:46Z

Meet home chefs who are cooking free meals for COVID patients

2021-05-14T11:40:43Z

Can the Bengali diet boost your immunity?

2021-05-13T17:44:08Z

India's first railway station was named after a Bengali woman

2021-05-13T15:05:53Z

Ray-Uttam’s 'Nayak' celebrates 55th anniversary this May

2021-05-13T11:13:50Z

Mr U. Ray, Bengal’s gift to the world of printing

2021-05-12T15:33:25Z

Kanyashree student Digantika Bose’s COVID-19 mask wins global recognition

2021-05-12T11:46:13Z

How Tagore was ‘stamped’ on the world

2021-05-11T17:58:15Z

Cliff Richard was once a resident of Howrah

2021-05-11T15:19:51Z

From St Xavier’s to Tollywood, Bengal shows rare community Covid relief

2021-05-11T10:38:37Z

Mamata retains portfolios in new cabinet, major changes in education, food & supplies

2021-05-10T16:43:00Z

Youth of Bengal have risen to fight COVID as die-hard volunteers!

2021-05-10T15:06:26Z

West Bengal Integrated COVID Management System (WBICMS) comes as a boon

2021-05-10T10:21:14Z

Notir Puja: Rabindranath Tagore’s Only Film Nears Century

2021-05-09T11:12:37Z

Enter the world of MAli, the cartoonist by passion

2021-05-08T18:18:51Z

Iconic bakery Kookie Jar shuts down factory due to COVID-19

2021-05-08T15:09:31Z

Covid black market is a reflection of the blackness within us

2021-05-07T18:16:01Z

How is Bengal's Jackfruit good for you?

2021-05-07T15:05:03Z

Indumadhab Mallick revolutionized the kitchen with the invention of ‘Icmic Cooker’

2021-05-07T11:27:49Z

Grow your own urban garden, feel happier for it

2021-05-06T18:33:24Z

Siliguri physician uses Ayurveda to treat Covid-19, to great effect

2021-05-06T15:49:49Z

Kolkata’s iconic Mohan’s Books and Magazines downs shutters

2021-05-06T11:06:05Z

Struck by Amphan, a 200-year-old church weathervane gets expert help

2021-05-05T18:28:26Z

Mamata announces new Covid measures, suspends local trains

2021-05-05T15:35:22Z

The house in Kolkata where Nawab Wajid Ali was deported

2021-05-05T14:58:21Z

Sanguvalley of Kolkata – a distant call of Chittagong

2021-05-05T11:22:25Z

New Indian digital player Dialoguein presents global Bengali lit fest

2021-05-04T17:56:42Z

19th Century Woodcut Print Kali Poster by Benimadhab Bhattacharya

2021-05-04T15:19:58Z

Bengali immunologist gets top honour in USA for original research

2021-05-04T11:05:49Z

Chitrakar infuses modern social atrocities in Patachitra

2021-05-03T18:23:45Z

Harry Hobbs, the English chronicler who fell in love with Calcutta

2021-05-03T14:57:50Z

Scientist Dr. Prabuddha Kundu and team develop triple-antigen oral COVID vaccine

2021-05-03T11:17:35Z

Satyajit Ray, hunger, and Pather Panchali

2021-05-02T11:23:15Z

Tea garden bungalows of North Bengal come alive in new book

2021-05-01T17:02:50Z

Kolkata Physicist makes path breaking Solar Particle Detector to detect Sun’s Corona

2021-04-30T14:58:50Z

Highest ever net surplus in a decade at Kolkata Port Trust

2021-04-30T11:19:46Z

Beautiful Bankiput, the treasure nobody knows about

2021-04-29T18:09:25Z

Bengal leads India’s Sustainable Energy plans for 2022

2021-04-29T14:54:34Z

Gombhira, one of Bengal’s richest folk art forms

2021-04-28T17:38:29Z

IIT Kharagpur’s COVIRAP test kit to give reports in 45 minutes

2021-04-28T10:46:17Z

Icche Gaon, the mountain paradise in Kalimpong

2021-04-27T17:27:16Z

The antiseptic cream with a swadeshi link

2021-04-27T15:18:22Z

Kolkata Police creates green corridor for transportation of oxygen

2021-04-27T11:18:35Z

A teenager and her ‘library’ are changing lives in a small village

2021-04-26T18:24:54Z

Chinatown’s oldest shop builds a culinary bridge

2021-04-26T12:23:03Z

Jhargram Rajbari retains all its past glory

2021-04-24T18:13:33Z

Tangra Blues, the first ‘Bengali rap’ film

2021-04-24T16:07:27Z

Far away from the Maidan, the ‘IFA Shield’ comes alive in Harrow

2021-04-24T12:18:39Z

A meeting with living legend and one of Netaji’s lieutenants

2021-04-23T18:28:01Z

How books have always turned out to be our favourite companions

2021-04-23T14:58:34Z

The engineer who runs Kolpotoru Paan shop

2021-04-23T11:14:21Z

His passing has orphaned us

2021-04-22T15:46:44Z

Pathra, the temple town of Paschim Medinipur

2021-04-21T19:33:47Z

Shankha Ghosh, the quiet revolutionary

2021-04-21T16:09:08Z

Daniell’s canvas picturing elephants on Chowringhee

2021-04-21T10:52:08Z

Childhood memory of triple talaq drives National Award-winner Farha

2021-04-20T14:17:26Z

127 years ago, the Bengali entrepreneur who had implemented business across spectrum!

2021-04-19T17:53:32Z

The Lucknow that Wajid Ali Shah built, in Kolkata

2021-04-19T11:18:31Z

Gauhar Jaan of Calcutta- The first to record Hindustani classical music on Gramophone in India

2021-04-19T10:18:37Z

Why is Bishnupur not a UNESCO World Heritage site yet?

2021-04-18T14:30:12Z

Spend a perfect weekend at Diamond Harbour

2021-04-17T20:02:44Z

DTDC – Bengali entrepreneur’s dreams on pan-India and global wings

2021-04-17T15:05:02Z

India through its festivals, known and unknown

2021-04-17T11:42:22Z

Chilligola Rosogollas – the chilli infused sweet has attained cult status

2021-04-16T17:05:08Z

Prof Suman Chakraborty from Bengal gets prestigious Science Award

2021-04-16T14:47:30Z

First Indian ‘Man of Letters’ of USA was a Bengali

2021-04-16T11:25:22Z

Domestic tourism and the travel-crazy Bengali

2021-04-15T18:39:03Z

Reviving the Bengali kirtan, the music of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

2021-04-15T14:23:23Z

Nabo Barsho politics, and culture

2021-04-15T11:20:24Z

This Poila Baisakh, take a trip back to Sky Room and Blue Fox

2021-04-14T17:49:10Z

Jharna Basak -- the Bengali actress who ruled Pakistan’s silver screen

2021-04-14T14:50:28Z

Ali Akbar Khan and his musical journey

2021-04-14T11:28:28Z

Mama Bhagne, the natural wonder of Birbhum

2021-04-13T17:07:33Z

Kumartuli Turnaround – Season’s 1st Durga Idol sets sail to Sydney

2021-04-13T16:36:31Z

Scientific Poll Rigging – how the Left Front brought a revolutionary trick

2021-04-13T13:51:27Z

House where ‘Ramakrishna Kathamrita’ was scripted

2021-04-13T11:24:28Z

Remembering Ashutosh Mukherjee

2021-04-12T16:47:43Z

Jalpaiguri engineer set to turn Bengal into freshwater pearl culture hub

2021-04-12T14:48:10Z

Rashbehari Constituency

2021-04-12T11:32:28Z

The house that Sarat Chandra built

2021-04-10T18:22:58Z

Are Bengali OTT shows competitive at all?

2021-04-10T16:58:47Z

Blessings from the king of elections

2021-04-10T15:19:34Z

Bengal tops India’s Small Savings with Rs 90,000 crore

2021-04-10T11:44:21Z

Chalsa, queen of the Dooars

2021-04-09T17:47:59Z

Behala Purba – Will ‘Star’ power snatch Sovan Chatterjee’s ‘no-man’s land?’

2021-04-09T14:57:17Z

A Library in an old fridge: It can only happen in Kolkata, The City of Learning

2021-04-09T12:09:12Z

World's 'Biggest Egg Chicken Roll' in Kolkata

2021-04-08T19:15:48Z

Kiriti Roy, created by Dr. Nihar Ranjan Gupta

2021-04-08T17:00:58Z

Contribution of millionaire Kolkata Cobblers towards a better India

2021-04-08T11:27:30Z

On World Health Day, a look back at some of medicine’s greatest triumphs

2021-04-07T19:53:29Z

City restaurant hosts lunch in honour of Zomato delivery executives, netizens delighted

2021-04-07T16:21:00Z

Why are people pretending as though Covid has vanished?

2021-04-06T18:54:05Z

Where have Tangra’s Chinese Tanneries gone?

2021-04-06T14:38:36Z

National Medical College scripts history with first snake venom oral antidote

2021-04-05T17:45:32Z

Bengal’s Centenarian takes Covid-19 shot, inspires all to take the jab

2021-04-05T15:17:06Z

Surya Sen Street – As defiant as its namesake Masterda!

2021-04-05T11:31:59Z

Junput and Udaipur, Bengal’s hidden seaside jewels

2021-04-03T17:27:56Z

‘Amit Shah runs the BJP, but can we say Mr Modi doesn’t run it?’

2021-04-03T16:00:27Z

CU ranks 3rd in Academic Ranking of World Universities

2021-04-03T14:52:38Z

On Autism Awareness Day, a range of products crafted by some special people

2021-04-02T17:34:15Z

Poll Slogan T-Shirts usher in a new political culture in Bengal

2021-04-02T15:27:02Z

Confluence of Minds – Tagore, Bose & Mahalanobis

2021-04-02T11:12:34Z

Top 10 summer destinations of West Bengal - Part II

2021-04-01T17:19:53Z

‘Double engine’: Has Modi forgotten how his own party was born?

2021-04-01T14:47:03Z

How about a mouthwatering ‘Vote Sandesh’ on your palate?

2021-04-01T11:13:07Z

Hall and Anderson - The first departmental store of the 'City of Joy'

2021-03-31T16:43:18Z

Straight from the Nawab's kitchen-- Biriyani with Aloo

2021-03-31T13:32:08Z

‘Nehru was noncommittal when I asked for Indian citizenship’

2021-03-31T09:50:22Z

Top 10 summer destinations in West Bengal - Part I

2021-03-30T15:53:43Z

The world famous ivory carving craftsmen of Bengal, patronized by the Nawabs

2021-03-30T10:34:38Z

Beat the heat with the cool Gondhoraj Ghol

2021-03-29T17:10:37Z

"Rifle is the source of all Power in the world," said Utpal Dutta

2021-03-29T14:25:39Z

Woven tales of a Baluchari Saree

2021-03-29T10:43:39Z

National Award for Gumnami reflects a distinct pattern

2021-03-27T17:00:34Z

Govt eco-resort near Sandakphu set to open doors to guests

2021-03-27T14:42:05Z

Basanta Utsav travels indoors

2021-03-27T12:06:59Z

Switching sides, the flavour of West Bengal 2021

2021-03-26T16:56:29Z

Tracing the 'Bangali gaddis' of Burra Bazar

2021-03-26T15:27:09Z

Bangladesh at 50, defined by ‘Bengaliness’

2021-03-26T12:24:44Z

Herbal Abeer makers of Shantipur

2021-03-25T17:31:20Z

Jagajibanpur, Malda’s best kept secret

2021-03-25T15:12:32Z

Let’s go behind the Corinthian pillars of Metropolitan Building

2021-03-25T11:49:33Z

West Bengal 2021: ‘Bharat Mata’ vs. ‘son of the soil’

2021-03-24T17:17:58Z

A slice of Gondhoraj wonder this summer

2021-03-24T14:50:58Z

How the Leftists are influenced by Bollywood

2021-03-24T11:50:14Z

Make a trip to Coochbehar Palace, a dream built in brick

2021-03-23T17:00:48Z

Teenage bride beheaded for adultery in 19th-century Kolkata

2021-03-23T15:34:03Z

Fake news propaganda is negatively impacting communities and causing disruption

2021-03-23T11:58:04Z

The temple in Kolkata that survived an earthquake and cyclone

2021-03-22T16:54:50Z

Masterda- Remembering him on his birthday

2021-03-22T15:03:43Z

KP Chaudhuri, who with just $8 in his pocket went on to buy a hospital in USA

2021-03-22T11:54:43Z

On International Day of Forests, here’s looking at Baikunthapur and its treasures

2021-03-21T11:40:21Z

Memories of Shutki - The Dried-Salted Fish

2021-03-20T17:03:01Z

For the People

2021-03-20T11:35:13Z

All the goodness of fresh fruits in our mixed fruit jam

2021-03-19T15:09:49Z

Despite tight fiscal deficit, Bengal government's non-stop implementation of social schemes

2021-03-19T11:57:44Z

Meet Kolkata’s home chefs, a growing tribe

2021-03-18T18:58:53Z

Why we need to remember Annadashankar Ray

2021-03-18T11:09:58Z

Why Bengal is a haven for heritage tourism

2021-03-17T16:59:11Z

The first biopic on Mujibur Rahman was made in Kolkata

2021-03-17T11:16:36Z

Haridhan Mukherjee – The ‘Mama’ of Bengali cinema who fought poverty since age of 11

2021-03-16T17:04:49Z

West Bengal's Hasimara Airbase to house IAF Rafale squadron

2021-03-16T14:49:03Z

West Bengal records one of the highest COVID-19 vaccine beneficiaries

2021-03-16T11:27:29Z

Tea tourism, a growing industry in itself

2021-03-15T18:33:40Z

Jogesh Dutta and his silent, universal art

2021-03-15T14:52:36Z

Tulsi Chakraborty: The actor who ruled the Bengali cinema with pure comedy and talent

2021-03-15T11:23:09Z

The Kolkata film festival nobody knows about

2021-03-13T17:05:31Z

En route to the burning ground?

2021-03-13T14:23:31Z

Women Entrepreneurs in Bengal’s MSME

2021-03-13T11:28:59Z

Bengali author Sankar receives Sahitya Akademi Award

2021-03-12T17:08:46Z

Why the Bishnupur Museum in Bankura is a must visit

2021-03-11T16:54:54Z

Sonamukhi’s Sohini in US-Biden administration

2021-03-11T14:43:27Z

Did Victoria Ocampo turn Rabindranath Tagore into a painter?

2021-03-11T11:24:50Z

Vote Songs of Dada Thakur

2021-03-10T17:21:30Z

Kalyani - the town that carries Bidhan Roy’s scars of unrequited love

2021-03-10T16:08:04Z

Limericks and good old Graffiti are still a part of poll campaigns

2021-03-10T12:51:07Z

Gajoldoba, a tourism hotspot in the making

2021-03-09T19:37:47Z

Bengal’s Jabakusum Hair Oil - First Asian brand advertised in The Bengal Gazette

2021-03-09T15:08:50Z

Kolkata tops six global megacities for fastest adoption of E-buses, beating London

2021-03-09T11:48:53Z

One woman against a mighty establishment, the Mamata Banerjee saga

2021-03-08T17:16:51Z

Post COVID, Dalhousie street-food vendors get hygiene training

2021-03-08T14:16:43Z

On Women’s Day, here’s a woman who speaks for men’s rights

2021-03-08T12:01:18Z

The broken rhythm of the Brigade

2021-03-07T13:43:25Z

Sittong, Bengal’s orange and quinine county

2021-03-06T17:02:42Z

Should Green activism be included in mainstream politics?

2021-03-06T11:41:57Z

Hastings, the neighbourhood that sums up Kolkata’s colonial past

2021-03-05T16:44:45Z

West Bengal outshines others in MSME employment generation as per Central Govt. data

2021-03-05T14:52:58Z

Beef and Bread-eating youths of Cornwallis Street

2021-03-04T16:28:49Z

Chitpur Bridge — The Bridge that protected Kolkata from Maratha Bargis

2021-03-04T14:58:23Z

CM’s E-Scooter ride sends out a strong message

2021-03-04T11:28:57Z

How Swami Vivekananda’s meeting with Jamsetji Tata changed India’s scientific vision

2021-03-03T17:06:29Z

On World Wildlife Day, make a pledge to save the Sundarbans

2021-03-03T15:38:27Z

Romancing Bengal’s ‘Loitta’ across India

2021-03-03T12:56:53Z

Palash Ghosh – One of the last Bandel Cheese makers churning the historic delicacy

2021-03-02T16:45:12Z

Sridhar Acharya, the forgotten Bengali mathematician

2021-03-02T15:37:29Z

Gramophone Records, a big hit at Guddu Bhai’s seven decades old shop

2021-03-02T12:08:46Z

Akashvani to be relaunched

2021-03-01T17:18:15Z

Madaris of Kolkata – the gypsy street magicians

2021-03-01T14:16:02Z

Victoria Ocampo sold her necklace to pay for Tagore’s stay in Argentina

2021-03-01T11:24:00Z

The Brigade wave

2021-02-28T10:10:30Z

Mahishasura Mardini and the multi-layered world of Ranjan Ghosh

2021-02-27T17:11:46Z

The Brigade wave

2021-02-27T11:23:57Z

When children become weapons for parents

2021-02-26T14:36:39Z

‘Those shouting loudest about ‘Women’s Lib’ are ones who don’t follow it to the spirit’

2021-02-26T11:30:30Z

The ancient charm of Tamluk

2021-02-25T19:49:00Z

Uttam Kumar-Soumitra: The War that never was

2021-02-25T16:25:49Z

St. James’ student scripts a ‘waste-cloth’ recycle revolution

2021-02-25T10:59:54Z

Chandannagore’s Alo Hub

2021-02-24T16:52:33Z

Red Road – Where Fighter Planes Landed Once Upon A Time

2021-02-24T14:55:36Z

Baba Bhootnath’s tea stall at Nimtala Ghat

2021-02-24T11:11:15Z

Eco Park in New Town hosts workshop on its resident birds

2021-02-23T17:40:56Z

The Jagat Seth House, once Bengal's central bank

2021-02-23T15:20:29Z

Buenos Aires Travelogue – by Rabindranath Tagore

2021-02-23T11:58:01Z

Thai-turned Bong, Sirattiya Bora converts ‘Lockdown’ into a successful food venture

2021-02-22T17:06:39Z

Amidst all the gloom, Kolkata’s iconic Metro Cinema opens in a new avatar

2021-02-22T14:16:10Z

The language movement that led to freedom

2021-02-21T13:32:43Z

Delivering the essence of Bengal, The Bengal Store crosses a milestone

2021-02-20T17:32:59Z

Buxa National Park, where nature and history live together

2021-02-20T15:27:46Z

‘Pad Crusaders’ who lead Menstrual campaigns in Rural Bengal

2021-02-19T14:44:08Z

Isa Guha: First Asian in the England cricket team

2021-02-19T11:14:43Z

Paschim Medinipur, the birthplace of heroes

2021-02-18T17:18:29Z

The British hangover of Kolkata's elite clubs

2021-02-18T13:53:50Z

Biswajit Chatterjee: The evergreen tinsel star of all seasons

2021-02-18T11:14:12Z

Just roll it up!

2021-02-17T16:30:03Z

Adman O.C. Ganguly – The ‘Trendsetter’ Indian ad-guru of the 1940’

2021-02-17T14:32:41Z

As tourism grows, Lamahatta says no to plastic

2021-02-16T17:13:59Z

Why did Devi Saraswati find her place on gramophone records?

2021-02-16T09:33:47Z

State Government launches Cruise along the Ganges

2021-02-15T17:15:33Z

Hilsa tales: the good, the bad and the ugly

2021-02-15T14:34:09Z

Netaji sent written messages in bread slices through his attendant

2021-02-15T11:44:59Z

Rabindranath Tagore’s First Love – Annapurna

2021-02-14T09:41:08Z

From father to son, Bangla cinema is in safe hands of the Jalans

2021-02-13T17:19:54Z

The Power of Radio

2021-02-13T14:46:07Z

Suhasini Biswas’ Gitanjali Diary – The Anne Frank of Bengal

2021-02-13T08:58:22Z

Celebrating Gorumara, Bengal’s natural wonder

2021-02-12T18:06:46Z

Bengal Lamp: First to manufacture electric bulbs in India

2021-02-12T13:32:20Z

‘To reach a port we must set sail,’ Sonali Banerjee

2021-02-12T11:14:45Z

‘It was the most dangerous time in my father’s life’

2021-02-11T18:42:42Z

‘Art college students aren’t even told about a career in production design’

2021-02-11T15:46:24Z

Netaji@125: Viewing India’s Subhas through the eyes of his daughter

2021-02-10T17:13:30Z

JOLOSHREE -- The Restaurant Boat in Chandannagar

2021-02-10T14:06:13Z

Robin Ghosh: Musician who gave the biggest hits in Pakistani movie industry

2021-02-10T11:40:07Z

India’s Largest Buddha Statue is in the making in Kolkata

2021-02-09T16:46:12Z

State Tourism Department launches Bengal Himalayan Carnival

2021-02-09T15:01:27Z

Kolkata has turned many penniless dreamers into successful entrepreneurs

2021-02-09T11:25:18Z

‘Dada would say, a hungry stomach is perfect for creativity’

2021-02-08T17:04:25Z

The famous Nabagopal Mitra’s gymnasium where Swami Vivekananda practiced martial arts

2021-02-08T09:28:49Z

Did you know that Amrutanjan, the iconic pain balm, was founded in British Calcutta

2021-02-05T14:24:30Z

Why did Satyen Bose not get the Nobel Prize despite his pathbreaking research?

2021-02-04T13:55:31Z

Dr Asima Mukhopadhyay, famous onco-researcher, helps to set up cancer units in rural areas

2021-02-04T11:26:34Z

The Temple that brought a religious movement in Bengal – Sadharon Brahmo Samaj

2021-02-03T17:16:31Z

Protecting poet Hiralal Sen – British conspiracy to bring sedition charges against Tagore

2021-02-03T14:48:36Z

19th century Bengali hero who introduced Bicycles to Indians

2021-02-03T10:48:43Z

Susunia Hill, Bankura’s ancient attraction

2021-02-02T17:47:09Z

The old world charm still thrives in Uttarpara’s century-old Lucy Babu’r restaurant

2021-02-02T15:34:16Z

Our politicians lie to us, because we don’t care

2021-02-02T13:04:32Z

Why do Bengalis believe in planchettes?

2021-02-01T17:23:51Z

Bhorai Kirtan – The dying music of Burdwan

2021-02-01T14:35:54Z

The first Weaving School of Kolkata at Cornwallis Street

2021-02-01T11:56:51Z

By visiting the Sundarbans, you contribute to their preservation

2021-01-30T16:58:38Z

It is the British soil that formed Strand Road

2021-01-30T15:24:56Z

Why has Bengal’s Mukherjee family maintained the Jallianwala Bagh tomb for 101 years?

2021-01-30T12:05:42Z

Artists from Bengal still rule at Christie’s Sale

2021-01-29T17:13:45Z

A flavour of Barishal-- Gulab Pati Sandesh

2021-01-29T14:51:25Z

The iconic Coffee House and its predecessors

2021-01-29T11:57:12Z

On your next trip to Darjeeling, watch out for film crews!

2021-01-28T18:14:48Z

Jaldapara has almost prevented rhino poaching. How?

2021-01-28T14:43:57Z

World’s 2nd city to enact anti-air pollution legislation in 1863

2021-01-28T11:13:43Z

Bengal’s traditional craft of making asanas can be traced to 7th century AD

2021-01-27T16:51:08Z

Post Office hidden in the narrow lanes of North Kolkata, Archana

2021-01-27T14:48:38Z

Economist Jayati Ghosh appointed by the United Nations to a high-level advisory board

2021-01-27T12:07:15Z

Speech of the first Bengali Christian member of the Constituent Assembly

2021-01-26T17:49:37Z

Comic King Narayan Debnath has been awarded Padmashri

2021-01-26T14:26:29Z

National Voters’ Day, and how India votes

2021-01-25T17:49:07Z

On National Tourism Day, Bengal is confident of a better year

2021-01-25T15:39:35Z

Sumona Guha: The Bengali-American woman in Joe Biden’s administration

2021-01-25T12:09:56Z

Education saw a sea change: The pandemic era witnessed a surge in e-learning

2021-01-24T15:19:18Z

Kanyashree Yoddha: The young women souls of Murshidabad

2021-01-24T11:47:42Z

Malda, the ancient pride of of Bengal

2021-01-23T18:11:25Z

The larger than life aura, Netaji’s enduring legacy

2021-01-23T15:49:23Z

How is Sir Ross’ Kolkata doing?

2021-01-22T16:48:43Z

Treasure trove of our food heritage

2021-01-22T15:04:30Z

The Mecca of Journalism lies in neglect

2021-01-22T12:07:55Z

Kolkata Partition Museum, a dream awaiting realisation

2021-01-21T17:51:03Z

Visit Bishnupur not just for its temples, but for the Heemputul

2021-01-21T16:03:09Z

When Brooke’s Swan Cars cruised through the crowded streets of Kolkata

2021-01-21T09:57:32Z

How have start-ups fared during the age of COVID 19?

2021-01-20T17:12:31Z

A magical cruise through the Sunderbans

2021-01-19T17:28:29Z

Shout Out to our Real Heroes

2021-01-19T07:03:32Z

The ‘Shehnai’ family of Kolkata who played at the Buckingham palace

2021-01-18T17:07:12Z

Bengal Soap Factory— Pioneering entrepreneurship in Bengal in early 1900s

2021-01-18T10:08:29Z

Love story that took Santiniketan by surprise

2021-01-18T09:43:08Z

Kagey, the village with a view

2021-01-17T09:53:53Z

Bibhuti Bhushan’s legacy under threat, family seeks help

2021-01-16T16:41:08Z

Bengal’s mass immunisation success may aid Covid-19 vaccination

2021-01-16T11:42:07Z

Covid-19 vaccine drive in Bengal

2021-01-15T17:38:55Z

Are Bengalis 'Army Shy?'

2021-01-15T14:54:58Z

Remembering Chuni Goswami on his birthday

2021-01-15T12:20:44Z

Hetampur – the cultural heritage site of Birbhum

2021-01-14T16:28:28Z

Cornwallis Street’s legendary shop: Kar-Mahalanobis

2021-01-14T14:13:09Z

Decorated war hero of the Indo-China War 1962

2021-01-14T11:45:21Z

Is the OTT boom passing Bengal by?

2021-01-13T19:47:19Z

Sangeet Sarani --- Renaming the Kolkata Street where R.D. Burman was born

2021-01-13T15:06:03Z

Jagadananda Roy: The Forgotten Science Guru of Santiniketan

2021-01-13T11:46:14Z

Shankarpur, the still hidden jewel

2021-01-12T16:49:13Z

Caged youths still remember how to fly

2021-01-12T15:48:18Z

Six decades after its birth, Bengal’s mini-Tibet shines bright

2021-01-11T18:05:27Z

Better safe than Sorry: Sensitizing citizens on Road Safety

2021-01-11T12:01:51Z

The art form called ‘nolen gur’, delivered to your doorstep

2021-01-10T09:05:19Z

Will 2021 be a year of hope?

2021-01-09T17:27:50Z

Tributes to Ray, Soumitra, Ravi Shankar mark Kolkata Film Festival

2021-01-09T12:24:00Z

The House where Sandesh Magazine was born

2021-01-08T17:43:38Z

Kolkata’s ‘Boi Para’ looks to online sales on road to recovery

2021-01-08T15:13:44Z

It takes two to Tango – When British traditions met the native culture

2021-01-08T11:55:08Z

Bishnupur Music Festival gears up for another edition

2021-01-07T17:45:59Z

Painting that had the idea of Bharat Mata

2021-01-07T14:24:21Z

Empowering lives through education- Taranjit Singh

2021-01-07T11:51:47Z

Why are so many of us in COVID denial?

2021-01-06T18:03:11Z

Karnasuvarna: The first capital of independent Bengal was in Murshidabad

2021-01-06T14:30:00Z

Abala Barrack: A house that epitomizes Bengal’s glorious past

2021-01-06T12:00:04Z

Roll Kaku of Kolkata

2021-01-05T16:59:53Z

Across all its properties, the WBTDCL scripted a success story in the latter half of 2020

2021-01-05T15:33:01Z

Deviprasad Roychowdhury: The Maverick Sculptor of the Twentieth century

2021-01-05T11:42:13Z

Harsh Neotia- Leader with diverse business interests

2021-01-04T17:59:22Z

ABTA completes 100 years

2021-01-04T15:29:10Z

Low notes: How 2021 will treat our music industry

2021-01-04T12:42:12Z

Madoor of Sabang conquers Europe

2021-01-02T17:22:04Z

Sans Souci Theatre of British Calcutta staged Shakespeare’s plays

2021-01-02T11:44:17Z

Will the new year revive Kolkata’s beloved Cricket League?

2021-01-01T17:16:41Z

“A good librarian has a task cut out for him”

2021-01-01T14:31:39Z

Take a tram ride, spread Covid awareness

2021-01-01T12:23:19Z

The Sweeter the Better- Mom’s Bakery

2020-12-31T16:33:14Z

Look Back: Goddess of Love, Venus, found her way as Goddess Lakshmi in Bengali households!

2020-12-31T14:44:40Z

How Kolkata’s ‘new township’ is an old American township!

2020-12-30T17:44:54Z

Rabindranath Tagore’s love for a Library of Books

2020-12-30T14:56:02Z

Look Back: Poetry over a tea-cup; the picturesque Dam Dim Tea Tour

2020-12-30T11:20:34Z

LOOK BACK: Zamindars of 19th century Bengal, played Cricket with ‘Gora Sahibs’ as a weapon of supremacy

2020-12-29T16:28:48Z

LOOK BACK: Date with Death- Bengali millionaire Steve Banerjee and his doomed American dream

2020-12-29T14:22:54Z

Lamahatta, the ‘accidental’ tourist destination

2020-12-29T12:13:24Z

LOOK BACK: Sabai Grass turns into exquisite art in the hands of Bengal’s tribal women and travels abroad

2020-12-28T16:59:03Z

The Sweeter the Better- Foodscapes

2020-12-28T14:22:25Z

The oldest port of India, Kolkata Port

2020-12-28T11:57:21Z

Manoj Guha, the man who put Bengal on the world badminton map

2020-12-26T15:34:09Z

In the lap of nature- Chhota Mangwa

2020-12-26T11:19:28Z

On Christmas Day, a glimpse of Bengal's old churches

2020-12-25T18:42:39Z

Tagore, the Naturalist

2020-12-25T13:54:28Z

Transformation of Old Trams

2020-12-25T11:26:23Z

Natural Oasis of Bengal, Marble Lake of Ayodhya Hills

2020-12-24T19:24:20Z

Cancer survivor and cricket icon Arun Lal gives a shocking account on pappad making!

2020-12-24T14:38:57Z

Tagore’s Man-Nature Interface

2020-12-23T08:07:10Z

Bengal paved the way for the first Peasant Revolution in India

2020-12-23T07:49:39Z

‘Bonga Hathi’, a touch of Bishnupur in your home

2020-12-22T17:08:47Z

Kolkata was once called 'Black Town'

2020-12-22T15:37:32Z

Kolkata Christmas Festival gets underway

2020-12-22T13:07:05Z

A final farewell to the doyen of Bengal's folk culture

2020-12-21T18:23:11Z

The Sweeter the Better- Boma Asian Bakery

2020-12-21T15:00:07Z

The story of Christmas, myth and reality

2020-12-21T11:55:51Z

A trip to Bagora, a trip to paradise

2020-12-19T15:47:27Z

‘Duare Sarkar’ crosses 1 cr registration in 15 days

2020-12-19T11:51:45Z

Journey of Bengal's Jatra, a quintessential part of Bengal's culture

2020-12-18T17:11:49Z

Tagore's profound spiritualism

2020-12-18T14:36:29Z

Covid or not, Kolkata will get its Christmas Carnival

2020-12-18T12:40:22Z

Kolkata Police Museum, a mirror of the city’s growth

2020-12-17T17:25:23Z

Slice of Turkey in Kolkata- Baklava Box

2020-12-17T15:04:22Z

The colonial Park Street Restaurants

2020-12-17T11:27:54Z

The taste of Bengal’s home-made sweets

2020-12-16T17:15:09Z

Tagore and his boundless curiosity

2020-12-16T14:42:12Z

On Vijay Diwas, remembering the man who gave Bangla its identity

2020-12-16T12:06:19Z

Kolkata kicks off the winter with season’s first tourism fair

2020-12-15T17:32:14Z

First to record the height of Mt. Everest

2020-12-15T15:05:19Z

Winter is incomplete without the Nolen Gur and Pithe

2020-12-14T17:58:53Z

Child and Infant Mortality rate reduced in Bengal

2020-12-14T14:12:06Z

Maradona of Kolkata Maidan

2020-12-14T11:31:20Z

Success story: Bangladesh’s textile exports, second only to China

2020-12-13T11:34:48Z

Bengali scientists get highest Infosys Awards

2020-12-11T17:18:18Z

Tagore's love for ink and paper

2020-12-11T14:49:56Z

“Passion is more important than Price,” says Subrata Chakraborty

2020-12-11T12:02:19Z

The ‘fair’ season begins in Bengal

2020-12-10T19:49:40Z

Everybody is born free and equal

2020-12-10T17:19:13Z

The Bengali in Joe Biden’s cabinet

2020-12-10T15:14:35Z

From Palms to Pots

2020-12-09T17:27:40Z

The Nobel Prize news that came via Telegram

2020-12-09T14:20:43Z

From Haider to Padmaavat, Subrata Chakraborty has created magic

2020-12-09T12:02:08Z

Business conference on the Hooghly, anyone?

2020-12-08T16:53:18Z

India makes a ‘bee-line’ for pure Bengal Honey

2020-12-08T15:06:04Z

Somebody else’s war: Indian soldiers in World War I

2020-12-07T23:15:16Z

Asit Haldar - Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London

2020-12-07T15:02:21Z

Bengal sets a path breaking example in Plasma Therapy research

2020-12-07T12:01:03Z

Save a tree, it’s the only way you can stay alive

2020-12-05T16:17:26Z

When Your Food Turns Junk - 3

2020-12-05T15:05:11Z

The Santipur Local - Part 2

2020-12-05T11:58:12Z

Among the 100 most influential persons in the UK-India relationship

2020-12-04T14:15:50Z

God Particle Boson excited Tagore

2020-12-04T11:33:51Z

Kolkata Police now takes Tejaswini online

2020-12-04T08:37:45Z

Sisamara, the birder’s paradise of North Bengal

2020-12-03T16:43:20Z

Tribute to Soumitra Chatterjee

2020-12-03T16:16:51Z

Khudiram Bose, a name that still defines martyrdom

2020-12-03T15:04:22Z

Joynagarer Moa-the brand that defines a town

2020-12-02T16:50:11Z

Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Window to Science’

2020-12-02T14:35:10Z

When Tagore shows you the way

2020-12-02T11:25:29Z

Where in Bengal peacocks reign? Visit our very own Mayur Mahal

2020-12-01T16:47:47Z

New book of short stories boosts Bengal-Australia ties

2020-12-01T15:30:56Z

Duare Sarkar

2020-12-01T13:40:29Z

The Santipur Local

2020-12-01T10:46:52Z

First Car in India

2020-11-30T17:31:05Z

Animal rights redefined in colonial Bengal

2020-11-30T14:27:12Z

First ever Woman Chairperson of SAIL

2020-11-30T11:47:16Z

Tajpur- Bengal in a new light

2020-11-29T17:01:54Z

The citizen heritage keepers of Kolkata

2020-11-28T18:59:19Z

When tigers roamed the streets of Kolkata

2020-11-28T11:31:01Z

How can trees trust the inventor of the axe?

2020-11-27T17:14:20Z

Vision Beyond Education

2020-11-27T14:36:00Z

I have never seen anyone like Maradona in my lifetime

2020-11-27T13:16:31Z

The Metro Bandhan First ever Metro-Bank tie up in Kolkata!

2020-11-27T10:58:28Z

Bandel Cheese from Bengal

2020-11-26T16:49:56Z

Organic Paddy Seeds of Bengal across India

2020-11-26T14:34:10Z

My encounter with Diego, the divine

2020-11-26T12:13:02Z

Small Budget Big Film

2020-11-25T17:01:06Z

Where the Mind is without Fear

2020-11-25T13:51:34Z

First Indian footballer to play in Europe

2020-11-25T11:44:41Z

Hospitality and folk culture, Bengal’s perfect recipe for tourists

2020-11-24T18:20:23Z

Bengal Home Industries seeks to revive glory days

2020-11-24T15:40:14Z

Jagaddhatri Puja in times of Covid

2020-11-23T16:43:53Z

Vaccination during colonial time

2020-11-23T14:55:00Z

The 19th century French Connection

2020-11-23T12:03:29Z

The morabba of Siuri was introduced by Portuguese

2020-11-21T15:55:40Z

The Soumitrada I knew

2020-11-21T14:55:37Z

He held three automobiles with his bare hands

2020-11-20T16:07:53Z

A meeting on the 'Bridge'

2020-11-20T14:44:43Z

As Darjeeling is set to host tourists again, let us look back at a few lost attractions

2020-11-19T17:34:34Z

West Bengal’s only fossil park, a storehouse of its natural heritage

2020-11-19T17:11:33Z

Apu to Feluda- A legend never dies

2020-11-19T14:37:14Z

Tackling the stubble burning menace

2020-11-18T16:38:32Z

Gadiara, where the rivers meet

2020-11-17T17:11:32Z

Why actor Soumitra was Ray’s muse

2020-11-17T12:24:43Z

Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards 2020

2020-11-16T16:33:21Z

Soumitra and Nasiruddin in new film to address ‘intolerance’

2020-11-16T14:22:19Z

A picture says a thousand words

2020-11-16T12:19:40Z

Farewell, Feluda

2020-11-15T12:32:57Z

Goddess Kali and the Bengal school of art

2020-11-14T14:24:45Z

The Police Pathshala in Santiniketan

2020-11-14T11:47:55Z

Young Reader’s Tram Car

2020-11-14T08:46:25Z

Meet the North Bengal tribe which considers female foeticide a great sin

2020-11-13T17:01:15Z

Exploring the forests of Kankrajhore

2020-11-13T14:51:24Z

Inclusiveness reflected in Festivals of Bengal

2020-11-13T11:48:46Z

Naxalbari, students today, and Communism in Covid times

2020-11-12T17:00:31Z

Purity first: Bangladesh's attempts to rediscover Nazrul

2020-11-12T14:26:51Z

Kolkata’s Heritage Ambassador Taxi now on Sydney Streets!

2020-11-12T11:30:48Z

The perfect Tibetan monastery in the heart of Kolkata

2020-11-11T18:01:02Z

Silent Revolution in Primary Education

2020-11-11T14:39:27Z

When marriage and job promises are used as baits

2020-11-10T14:42:42Z

The Power of the 90 Million

2020-11-10T11:30:14Z

Fishing Cat- Bengal’s state animal

2020-11-09T17:34:32Z

How is Manna Dey’s Coffee House doing?

2020-11-09T15:32:18Z

Kolkata gets its first F3 car racing team

2020-11-09T13:57:18Z

Kolkata’s Pice Hotels

2020-11-07T16:28:40Z

Swami Vivekananda believed Gautam Buddha was reborn as Christ

2020-11-07T15:59:34Z

Story of the vanishing Bhistis in Kolkata

2020-11-07T12:57:25Z

Harmonium’ by Dwarkin created a revolution in Bengal’s musical journey

2020-11-06T15:49:38Z

The legacy of Radu Babu Chayer Dokan in Kolkata

2020-11-06T15:16:39Z

Hogg Saheber Bazaar and a racist mind set

2020-11-06T12:53:52Z

High Court orders a Silent Diwali

2020-11-05T19:38:10Z

Is Ektara also played in Rajasthan and Sind?

2020-11-05T16:57:45Z

Tyre Park- a unique art installation venture

2020-11-05T15:22:04Z

Rishyap, from where you have the best Himalayan view

2020-11-04T20:03:13Z

Stay fit in the pre-Diwali week with these healthy recipes

2020-11-04T15:59:47Z

The building which stores dead letters

2020-11-04T13:59:21Z

Bishnupur Gharana travelled to Murshidabad

2020-11-03T15:59:08Z

The Doon was founded by Satish Ranjan Das

2020-11-02T17:36:33Z

A fierce historic battle was fought on Dalhousie Square

2020-11-02T14:46:22Z

Sino-Japanese horses are great but Ramkinkar’s horses are incomparable

2020-11-02T11:24:27Z

Earliest sketches of Kolkata by British landscape artists

2020-10-31T15:32:35Z

Landmark 19th century Calcutta High Court case of an ‘Unchaste Widow’ and her rights

2020-10-31T10:17:10Z

Guptipara’s Gupo Sandesh is Bengal’s first branded sweet

2020-10-30T15:25:04Z

‘Hindutva’ was propagated in Bengal in 19th century as a replica of Bharat Mata

2020-10-29T15:21:18Z

How was Bengal’s favourite ‘Posto’ born as ‘left-over’ of British’s opium trade

2020-10-29T12:59:40Z

Lepchajagat, the land of golden silence

2020-10-28T19:35:19Z

Joransanko Thakurbari’s ‘Glutton Club’ where voting happened on basis of best dishes!

2020-10-28T16:40:33Z

Shantarakshita, Bengali Prince-turned-monk spread Buddhism even before Atish Dipankar

2020-10-28T11:29:52Z

Bengal school-girl’s virus-killing mask wins National Award

2020-10-27T17:40:34Z

Why Bengal celebrated highly patriarchal ritual of Sindoor Khela after Dashami?

2020-10-27T15:47:44Z

500-year-old Durga Puja that starts on Vijaya Dashami in Raigunj!

2020-10-27T11:42:26Z

Bengalis of Toronto GTA group celebrate Durga Puja through innovative livestreaming

2020-10-25T18:47:03Z

From 3-day cultural program to ‘Durga & Dhaki’ campaign, Australia’s Pujo go Virtual

2020-10-25T12:15:10Z

Connect with a Kolkata you’ve never seen before

2020-10-23T14:00:01Z

350-year-old Durga Puja of Arambagh that starts with Namaaz path

2020-10-21T17:05:30Z

Every inch of Kolkata’s ITC Royal Bengal is an ode to Bengal’s splendour

2020-10-21T15:27:23Z

Susanta Paul, famous installation artiste juggling themes in 3 major pujas of Kolkata

2020-10-21T12:16:22Z

No procession while Durga idols leave Kumartuli this year for the pandals

2020-10-20T17:14:49Z

Maa Durga’s bhog cooked and offered by Muslims in 350-year-old Murshidabad pujo

2020-10-20T16:13:45Z

Did you know Tata Steel supplied the steel that made Howrah Bridge!

2020-10-20T11:18:06Z

Famous Chhanamukhi of Brahmanberia that transcended borders as Chhanar Murki

2020-10-19T17:04:02Z

All Durga Puja pandals will be containment zones – historic judgement by Calcutta High Court

2020-10-19T16:15:10Z

The artiste who put Bengal's kantha stitch in Obama's living room

2020-10-19T13:16:56Z

Meet 9-year-old Ayush Nandi of Bagbazar, who made an exceptional Durga with paper

2020-10-19T09:38:36Z

Durga Puja is not just fun, it sustains a huge unorganized sector – Listen to Saumik & Piyali

2020-10-18T17:10:58Z

Famous Installation artist Asim Paul creates ‘natural’ barricades to keep the crowds away

2020-10-18T15:29:20Z

Double Death: When Lalbazar's source network brought a vengeful housewife to justice

2020-10-18T11:23:25Z

The boy from Kutch who hated working indoors

2020-10-17T16:59:01Z

Bengal’s entrepreneurship idol R.N Mookerjee whose company built Victoria Memorial

2020-10-17T16:41:30Z

Gouri Prasanna Majumdar, the golden man of Bengali ‘movie song’ nostalgia

2020-10-17T13:33:42Z

AGOMONI – Corporatization of Kolkata’s theme Durga Pujas

2020-10-17T08:53:11Z

Artist Debasis Barui stuck to social distancing installation at Barisha Sarbajanin Durgotsav

2020-10-16T17:34:57Z

With Kishore Bhimani and Pradip Ghosh, Kolkata loses two more gems

2020-10-16T15:56:27Z

On World Food Day, a look at World’s Food Programme that got Nobel Peace Prize 2020

2020-10-16T11:43:49Z

World’s first vegetarian soap ad with Rabindranath Tagore as model raised furor like Tanishq ad!

2020-10-15T17:17:06Z

First Puja Special Train that ran in 1927 between Goalanda Ghat station and Sealdah!

2020-10-15T16:03:31Z

Siliguri’s Female Farmers script history in organic paddy and Kadaknath poultry farming

2020-10-15T13:39:42Z

AGOMONI -- How Street Installation Art became part and parcel of Modern Durga Puja

2020-10-15T08:40:07Z

Goecha La trek -- an inch closer to Mt. Kanchenjunga

2020-10-14T17:20:58Z

Post lockdown, tourism in Bengal tells a story of hope

2020-10-14T16:24:37Z

Samaj Sebi Sangha celebrates Diamond Jubilee by helping 75 Amphan ravaged families

2020-10-14T15:38:43Z

Kolkata’s Hindu School is a shrine of modern education since 19th century!

2020-10-14T11:46:43Z

Sovabazar Rajbari is out of bounds this Durga Puja, so let’s go on a virtual Andarmahal tour!

2020-10-13T17:45:36Z

Kolkata’s iconic Double-Decker buses launched today! Brings Nostalgia back!

2020-10-13T17:09:26Z

Saraswati Sarkar, weaver of Nadia receives President’s Medal for her exquisite Jamdani

2020-10-13T15:24:40Z

Father of Bengali sci-fi fiction Jagadananda Roy wrote in 1892, even before H.G. Wells

2020-10-13T11:39:33Z

Nobel 2020 winner Roger Penrose’s theory based on Scientist Amal Raychaudhuri’s equation!

2020-10-12T17:00:09Z

India’s largest floating Solar Power Plant to be set up in Bengal

2020-10-12T14:11:07Z

Armenians of Kolkata – community brought to Bengal by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb!

2020-10-12T12:23:39Z

Sridhar Das, light wizard of Chandannagar, who floated ‘Mayurpankhi Lights’ on the Thames!

2020-10-10T15:52:34Z

Let’s awake as a society to mental health issues!

2020-10-10T11:41:39Z

AGOMONI – Durga Puja is about ‘Inclusiveness.’ Artisans of every caste has a task

2020-10-10T08:52:28Z

Enjoy a peaceful Puja at Murshidabad, away from the big city

2020-10-09T18:26:22Z

Nanking Restaurant – first Chinese Restaurant of India started in Kolkata in 1925!

2020-10-09T13:45:50Z

First Muslim feminist Begam Roquiah’s Sakhawat Memorial stands for women empowerment

2020-10-09T11:20:03Z

Sulunga, where Durga Puja ushered in a revolution

2020-10-08T17:01:13Z

Roop Sanatan’s Roshokodombo still a favourite sweet of Bengal was first made in 1861

2020-10-08T15:23:32Z

Agomoni -- Bengal’s Pata Durga reflects amalgamation of all religions

2020-10-08T09:27:20Z

We speak of Terracotta temples, but not of Terracotta mosques of Bengal! Hidden treasure

2020-10-07T16:45:38Z

Celebrating 300-year-old Goswami Barir pujo of Serampore and its Danish influence

2020-10-07T15:15:57Z

Music department of Don Bosco Kolkata, creates a global musical bond through unique show

2020-10-07T11:38:09Z

You now have a sweet reason to visit Santiniketan

2020-10-06T19:23:55Z

Robot Maria to manage crowds during Durga Puja in Kolkata

2020-10-06T16:28:06Z

K.C. Nag – the favourite Mathematics teacher who helped tide over Maths phobia

2020-10-06T14:59:40Z

State Govt directives for low key Durga Puja amid Covid-19 pandemic

2020-10-06T11:33:58Z

Century-old Tea Advertisement at the historical H.C. Dey tea stall of Dumdum

2020-10-05T17:48:10Z

Bengal’s Muslin in European courts! The Queen Fabric that awed all

2020-10-05T14:42:47Z

Swami Vivekananda was at Hathras a century ago where he met trusted disciple Sharat

2020-10-05T11:52:49Z

Serial horror, Bengal's Chainman killer

2020-10-04T11:24:51Z

Spend the Pujas at Bakkhali, without missing out on anjali and bhog

2020-10-03T19:20:44Z

Sonali Mistry – the only lady two-wheeler mechanic of Kolkata

2020-10-03T15:28:34Z

Kolkata’s teacher puts Bengal on international beauty pageant map as Mrs Universe

2020-10-03T11:22:35Z

AGOMONI – Why Durga’s Chalchitra of Rani Rashmoni’s zamindar house was unique?

2020-10-03T09:22:24Z

A group of citizens fight to retain and revive Kolkata's beloved trams

2020-10-02T17:56:21Z

Anyone up for Nizam’s kathi roll, that served Babus and British even before independence?

2020-10-02T16:19:51Z

Pyari Charan Sircar wrote First English Book of Reading for native Indian children

2020-10-02T13:58:10Z

On International Day of Non-violence, remembering ideas of Mahatma

2020-10-02T08:59:36Z

Durga Puja conducted tours by the Department of Tourism

2020-10-01T17:13:40Z

Wrestler Gobor Goho defeated world champions but British refused him ‘John Bull Belt’

2020-10-01T13:40:33Z

Fragile Bengali snacks crafted with designs of an alpona – dying art of Goyna Bori

2020-09-30T16:59:16Z

Kolkata’s Clive Street – The Wall Street of the East

2020-09-30T15:39:00Z

On World Rivers Day, in search of the missing Saraswati River of Bengal. Did it exist?

2020-09-30T11:53:29Z

Kolkata in world’s top 100 ‘Science Cities’ in international ‘Nature’ index Survey

2020-09-30T08:39:06Z

Destination Jhargram, seat of Bengal's 'Rajput Malla' kings

2020-09-29T19:44:26Z

19th century Bengali Sufi poetry book discovered in Australian deserts! Who took it there?

2020-09-29T16:55:12Z

Oldest surviving auction house of India, Kolkata’s Russell Exchange!

2020-09-29T10:59:51Z

“I have a dream--” Rupa Chowdhury’s lone battle, first woman Swiggy girl and Ola driver

2020-09-28T16:51:18Z

Lord Curzon was floored by Burdwan’s Sitabhog! Was it a sweet that Sita loved?

2020-09-28T14:04:04Z

When the Greeks came to try their luck in Kolkata! Where can you still find them?

2020-09-28T11:49:42Z

Six Bengali scientists win India’s Highest Science Award, Bhatnagar Puroshkar this year!

2020-09-28T08:46:53Z

On World Tourism Day, go local with pride

2020-09-27T16:52:34Z

When a cigarette butt helped nail a murderer

2020-09-27T11:38:02Z

Sonajhurir Haat, Santiniketan, reopens its golden doors

2020-09-26T18:39:14Z

Vidyasagar not just wrote Borno Parichay but several books on widow remarriage!

2020-09-26T11:47:06Z

Dr Sekhar Basu, leading nuclear scientist of India is no more!

2020-09-26T09:13:45Z

The women of Bhangor and their unique Durga Puja

2020-09-25T18:49:50Z

Kolkata’s first three storied building, why was it called Writers’ Building?

2020-09-25T15:37:58Z

Radhaballabhi --- Bengal’s delicacy made for Radha’s paramour

2020-09-25T12:19:28Z

First Tram Library of India launched in Kolkata yesterday!

2020-09-25T09:14:47Z

Pragyasundari Devi turned Jorasanko Thakurbari kitchen to a centre of liberal feminism

2020-09-24T16:25:15Z

Did you know Bengali is the official language of a faraway African country?

2020-09-24T12:52:46Z

Durga’s ornaments came from Germany by post! Daaker Saaj redefined!

2020-09-24T08:28:32Z

A fruit from Mexico is changing lives in Bengal

2020-09-23T18:32:29Z

Hilsa oil’s Omega 3 fatty acids help reduce COVID impact! International Journal report

2020-09-23T16:57:00Z

Sarada Ranjan Ray was called W.G. Grace of India for popularizing Cricket

2020-09-23T13:59:09Z

Not just the deaf, everyone should learn the ‘Sign Language.’ Why?

2020-09-23T11:42:56Z

Film tourism in Bengal follows the shooting trail to iconic locations

2020-09-22T19:39:26Z

Bengal’s first newspaper Bengal Gazetti and Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya, the middle-class entrepreneur

2020-09-22T16:09:24Z

Kidderpore Tram Depot -- The oldest operational Tram Depot of Asia

2020-09-22T13:59:30Z

When statues speak! Bengal’s statues amalgamate colonial power and local supremacy

2020-09-21T17:12:56Z

‘Afghanistan is my watan, but Kolkata is my mulk’ – stateless Kabuliwalas of Bengal

2020-09-21T14:21:24Z

St. John Diocesan lost ‘college status’ for its student, freedom fighter Bina Das!

2020-09-21T10:46:45Z

Bengal's Pathasathi motels make your road trip even better

2020-09-20T08:57:09Z

Mahabharat and Mangal kabya trace the entry of mutton in Bengali kitchens!

2020-09-19T15:22:51Z

Suchitra Mitra – one who surrendered to Rabindranath Tagore and his songs!

2020-09-19T12:11:18Z

AGOMONI! Bangla Chaler Thakur to Chhobiana -- Changing face of Devi Durga idols

2020-09-19T08:40:45Z

Meet Prof Sumi Biswas, co-founder of SpyBiotech, that helps COVID vaccine rapid generation

2020-09-18T17:14:39Z

IIT couple of Siliguri starts ‘Library on Wheels’ for children who have no access to online classes

2020-09-18T15:57:11Z

Sharbari Dutta, the woman who made Indian menswear fashionable

2020-09-18T13:35:29Z

This Puja, rediscover Bengal

2020-09-17T18:01:53Z

New ‘Mesh’, developed by Dr Shantanu Sengupta and his team to ‘trap’ Covid-19

2020-09-17T15:29:48Z

Celebrating birth anniversary of one of India’s first modern painters – Gagan Thakur

2020-09-17T12:00:34Z

AGOMONI! Invoking the Goddess of Clay! How Kumartuli turned her abode

2020-09-17T08:17:59Z

From Gas Lights to Electricity – How Kolkata, the first British Indian city was illuminated!

2020-09-16T14:29:33Z

Mathematician from 14th century Bengal, who was no less than human computer Shakuntala Devi

2020-09-16T11:34:25Z

Majestic Murshidabad, the capital that the British destroyed

2020-09-15T19:10:04Z

375-year-old zamindar bari of Amadpur and its bonedi barir Durga Puja

2020-09-15T15:21:35Z

Author who created ‘Fearless Women’ in Indian literature

2020-09-15T09:18:30Z

Wish to view ‘The Sleeping Buddha’ of Bengal? Be at Tumling

2020-09-14T16:36:07Z

Which was Kolkata’s First Road? And which was the first road with a footpath?

2020-09-14T09:34:56Z

As Digha reopens for tourists, a road trip is in order

2020-09-13T19:09:08Z

Light Makers of Chandannagar and legendary Sridhar Das. How illumination art changed

2020-09-12T16:27:56Z

Bengal’s Rani Bhavashankari, called Raibaghini by Akbar was no less than Rani Lakshmibai!

2020-09-12T11:30:40Z

Today is the day when Swami Vivekananda gave his historic speech at Chicago

2020-09-11T19:43:57Z

Celebrating Tutu-Bhutu, and the genius of Dhiren Bal

2020-09-11T19:10:24Z

Dr Kanak Saha and his team discovers one of the earliest galaxies in extreme ultraviolet light

2020-09-11T17:44:43Z

Majestic lighting of Paris’ Eiffel Tower was done by Tapas Sen, the wizard of illumination

2020-09-11T15:35:56Z

Barwari Durga Puja first started in Bengal to uphold Swadeshi sentiments with Netaji at the helm

2020-09-11T11:50:21Z

In North Bengal's forests, Aranya waits to welcome you

2020-09-10T13:57:46Z

Don Bosco Liluah – set up in 1937 under the ideology of a Saint from Italy!

2020-09-10T11:01:35Z

Wooden owls and dolls of Burdwan’s Natungram – Bengal’s craftsmen at their best

2020-09-09T16:32:34Z

Did you know Warren Hastings founded Digha and called it ‘Brighton of the East!’

2020-09-09T13:36:16Z

Priyaranjan Sarkar – Bengal’s flag collector, picks thrown away Indian flags from streets

2020-09-09T11:31:58Z

Weavers of Phulia create record by depicting entire Ramayan on one Taant Saree

2020-09-08T17:15:14Z

From ‘Rosuner Payesh’ to ‘Ilisher Ullash’, lost recipes find a new address

2020-09-08T16:22:51Z

Bongaon’s Kumudini High School celebrates centenary uniquely by bringing ex-students online daily

2020-09-08T13:48:57Z

Maithon, a rare combination of technology and natural beauty

2020-09-07T22:58:33Z

When world discusses vaccines, here is Bengal Immunity that pioneered first Serum & vaccine shots

2020-09-07T22:52:24Z

Sunil Gangopadhyay - None in Bengali literature reinterpreted history so poetically as he did!

2020-09-07T22:08:17Z

Terracotta water bottles, your healthy lifestyle option

2020-09-06T06:13:19Z

Dum Dum’s Sujoy Ghosh wins gold medal at International Yoga Olympic! He has made Bengal Proud

2020-09-06T03:47:43Z

Misha Ghosal, messiah of Alipurduar’s Toto tribal girls, gets National Award for teachers

2020-09-06T00:57:56Z

From Vogue’s cover page to welcoming Hollywood star Ava Gardner, Cooch Behar oozes royalty

2020-09-05T06:21:27Z

Rituparno Ghosh special, Part 2: 'Ritu was never the interfering kind'

2020-09-05T02:19:06Z

Tagore wanted to break walls – then why walls coming up in Visva Bharati? Ashramites question

2020-09-05T00:02:16Z

India’s badminton stars are awarded, but Jadurberia’s famous shuttlecock makers live in poverty

2020-09-04T04:01:33Z

Birbhum’s Mirati will no more have Pranab Mukherjee during Durga Puja this year

2020-09-04T00:06:09Z

Uttam Kumar was very close to his mother Chapala Devi but what made them distant?

2020-09-03T21:31:38Z

Sandakphu, a magical trek among the Himalayas

2020-09-03T06:36:53Z

Quenching the thirsty soul and dancing in the Rains

2020-09-03T05:48:24Z

Do fusion recipes like Ilish Biriyani kill flavour of the queen of fishes, Hilsa?

2020-09-03T00:09:51Z

Kolkata’s Hare School, the oldest Western-styled school of Asia still stands tall

2020-09-02T21:52:30Z

Pranab Mukherjee is no more

2020-09-01T06:30:51Z

Vishnu on a playing card, the 'Dashabataar tash' of Bishnupur

2020-09-01T05:37:03Z

Nabadwip, the ‘Oxford of Bengal,’ gave birth to one of ancient India’s first school ‘Navya Naya’

2020-08-31T23:47:58Z

Brindaban Chanda, the one-man army fighting for a dying art

2020-08-30T04:24:03Z

Paresh Lal Roy - Father of Indian Boxing, was 1914 Bantamweight champion of England

2020-08-30T01:15:47Z

Bengal gets big-time investment! Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio invests Rs 1,000 crore

2020-08-29T06:08:09Z

Sabai Grass turns into exquisite art in the hands of Bengal’s tribal women and travels abroad

2020-08-29T03:11:20Z

Century-old Mecha Sandesh of Beliatore still survives the test of time

2020-08-29T01:01:58Z

Prakriti Bhavan, a little gem of a museum

2020-08-28T07:16:41Z

Adventurous journey of globetrotter ‘Shingara’ from Central Asia to Bengal

2020-08-27T23:59:41Z

Zamindars of 19th century Bengal, played Cricket with ‘Gora Sahibs’ as a weapon of supremacy

2020-08-27T21:17:18Z

Virtual tour to live stream animals twice a day from

2020-08-27T04:01:22Z

Bengali architect Vidyadhar Bhattacharya who built Jaipur, India’s first planned city

2020-08-27T00:40:59Z

Dulal er Taal Misri – Bengali entrepreneur’s sweet taste of success

2020-08-26T21:13:32Z

St. Andrew’s Church, Darjeeling's history cast in stone

2020-08-26T05:31:39Z

ITC Royal Bengal adds green feather to its cap

2020-08-26T04:49:29Z

Who were the Ghatwals of Bengal’s Amodpur? They saved us from Bargi attacks!

2020-08-26T03:36:59Z

Bengali scientist Anindya Bagchi makes a breakthrough in treating deadly pancreatic cancer

2020-08-26T00:13:20Z

Bamabodhini Patrika of 19thcentury Bengal gave women of the Andarmahal a space to write

2020-08-25T21:50:36Z

Is Basusree shutting down? The movie hall that screened premiere of Pather Panchali!

2020-08-25T05:05:12Z

Wooden polo balls of Deulpur were once exported to UK, US and Australia

2020-08-25T02:24:18Z

Manasi Mridha, Kolkata’s first pink cab driver was abandoned by her dad for being a daughter

2020-08-25T00:40:36Z

First professional female photographer of Bangladesh, Sayeeda Khanum, who broke the male bastion

2020-08-24T22:00:44Z

Tote bags, a perfect blend of beauty and utility

2020-08-23T10:00:23Z

Lost in divine lunacy, the Bauls of Santiniketan

2020-08-23T07:30:22Z

Online concerts: Here to stay?

2020-08-23T04:17:31Z

First neo-realistic movie of India was Nemai Ghosh’s Chhinnamool

2020-08-23T00:48:19Z

India’s first Broadcasting Company was here in Kolkata where Ghosts of Garstin Place rule

2020-08-22T05:10:19Z

Kolkata’s hand-pulled rickshaws survived since 1800s and came as a rescue during COVID-19

2020-08-22T04:05:40Z

State-owned Tantuja goes online to support weavers of Bengal

2020-08-22T00:48:14Z

The state government has brought several measures to look after the Senior Citizens

2020-08-21T21:37:31Z

Murshidabad’s Kherur Mosque, a vision in terracotta

2020-08-21T05:25:34Z

Bengal’s favourite Phuchka was introduced by the Magadha dynasty or by Draupadi?

2020-08-21T03:34:35Z

American wood duck land up in Bengal

2020-08-20T21:49:27Z

The man who wrote down Bengal's first ghost stories, in English!

2020-08-20T07:19:18Z

Moichhara, Bengal's very own fertility ritual

2020-08-20T03:58:14Z

From Bhuvan Shome to Maganlal Meghraj, Utpal Dutt was a gem on- screen as he was on-stage

2020-08-20T00:46:05Z

Two women of Kolkata rescue abandoned COVID infected persons from roads!

2020-08-19T21:14:36Z

Walking among the clouds at Delo

2020-08-19T07:26:34Z

KP constable Arup Mukherjee called ‘Shobor Pita’ for supporting Purulia’s Shobor children

2020-08-19T05:22:39Z

In pandemic times, the lonely viewer

2020-08-19T04:12:51Z

P.C. Mukherjee, the Bengali archaeologist who discovered Kapilavastu defeating British counterparts

2020-08-19T00:17:45Z

Boat Makers of Balagarh --- holding on to 500-year-old craft of hand building ‘engineered’ boats

2020-08-18T06:20:29Z

The first female serial killer of Bengal, Troilokya Devi, seven years before Jack the Ripper

2020-08-18T01:05:21Z

When Feluda’s Sidhu Jyatha Harindranath Chattopadhyay turned lyricist of Non-Cooperation Movement

2020-08-17T21:14:16Z

Kolkata in a box, filled with that special brand of magic

2020-08-16T06:07:41Z

Sukanta Bhattacharya, whose poetry was born from irrevocable trauma of war & famine

2020-08-16T02:46:14Z

Let’s be self-reliant, let’s be independent where it is much needed!

2020-08-15T21:34:22Z

How a rugby trophy was named after the City of Joy

2020-08-15T04:56:09Z

Trailblazer Nilima Ghosh was first female Indian athlete to compete at Olympics

2020-08-15T03:49:41Z

Rupa Banerjee, the exceptional Table Tennis player of India who none remembers!

2020-08-15T00:35:53Z

The fascinating birds of Kulik Bird Sanctuary

2020-08-14T07:47:31Z

Rabindranath Tagore discovered Arum Jilipi while collecting menu cards from the world over

2020-08-14T04:17:14Z

‘Dive & Duck’ – not Cricket, but Duck Catching Competition, a heritage sport of Bengal

2020-08-14T01:09:50Z

Nadia’s Narayan Majumdar who set up a Dairy Empire and cycled miles to collect milk

2020-08-13T21:35:17Z

The amazing natural heritage of Jaldapara

2020-08-13T06:00:04Z

Daughters of Bengal always had right on father’s property by Dayabhaga law unlike rest of India!

2020-08-13T05:53:14Z

Harbingers of change in Bengal on Int’l Youth Day

2020-08-13T02:44:51Z

Kolkata’s Raunak and Neha topped India’s Civil Service Exam this year!

2020-08-13T00:16:47Z

Human-Pachyderm conflict is well tackled in Bengal leading to increase in elephant herds

2020-08-12T21:54:39Z

Bakkhali is a destination like no other

2020-08-12T05:18:05Z

Gupi Gayen Bagha Bayen would be incomplete without Jahar Roy’s epic portrayal of mantri moshai

2020-08-11T21:37:53Z

Mukutmanipur, the charm never fades

2020-08-11T08:15:13Z

The earliest Bengali prose in print, with a touch of Portugal

2020-08-11T06:20:56Z

Bengalis who fought in World War I and the first ‘only Bengali’ British regiment

2020-08-10T23:37:14Z

Three Universities from Bengal top best ‘University’ list of India

2020-08-10T21:33:09Z

The ‘mask’ with a difference --- Chhau Mask makers of Charida

2020-08-10T04:00:44Z

Paying homage to the soil

2020-08-09T06:50:49Z

Premjit Lall – the star who ruled India’s tennis circuit in the ’70s, yet died a lonely man

2020-08-09T01:03:12Z

NKDA to hold training camps for Cyclist Enthusiasts of New Town

2020-08-08T21:33:26Z

Jalbhora Taalshash – the sweet made to dupe a son-in-law!

2020-08-08T03:01:37Z

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp as dawn has come – Rabindranath Tagore

2020-08-08T00:33:06Z

Creator of ‘Katum Kutum’ miniature series, Abanindranath took art to new heights!

2020-08-07T21:31:07Z

West Bengal launches tele-education helpline for school students

2020-08-07T06:56:31Z

Celebrating Tagore, and the legacy we have inherited

2020-08-07T04:18:57Z

COVID Care Network of Kolkata turns messiah to hundreds of COVID infected

2020-08-07T01:03:23Z

P.N. Bose was first Indian geologist who found India’s vast iron-ore deposits

2020-08-06T21:15:11Z

Biotechnologist from Kolkata part of NASA’s Mars Mission

2020-08-06T00:15:39Z

Gita De – versatile actress who was lauded even by Laurence Olivier

2020-08-05T21:17:53Z

The unspoilt beauty of the Ayodhya Hills

2020-08-05T04:22:39Z

Bengal Chemical launches new hand sanitizer on Prafulla Chandra Ray’s birthday

2020-08-05T02:43:35Z

Birendra Krishna Bhadra – creator of ‘Timeless Mahalaya’

2020-08-05T00:01:25Z

Unique afforestation drive – Sundarbans’ women get paid to nurture saplings

2020-08-04T00:20:39Z

‘Rakhi’- thebond used by Rabindranath Tagore to bridge communal divide

2020-08-03T21:28:13Z

Bengal seeks to improve the homestay experience

2020-08-03T05:13:53Z

Bengal CMO wins highest Skoch Award for unique E-Samadhan portal

2020-08-02T21:34:55Z

‘Lota’ and ‘Macha’: Bengal’s football legacy

2020-08-02T07:38:27Z

Unique craft of Bengal – Nakshi Pakha that was popularized during British India

2020-08-02T04:59:20Z

Childless by choice, a growing movement

2020-08-02T01:02:49Z

‘Super-teacher’ of photography – Tirtha Dasgupta

2020-08-01T21:40:47Z

25 years ago on 31st July, India’s first mobile call was made from Kolkata

2020-08-01T06:20:02Z

Giant century-old Baobab tree replanted successfully at Botanical Gardens

2020-08-01T04:38:26Z

City IT pro, Ambarish Ganguly chosen as NASA Citizen Scientist

2020-07-31T21:48:45Z

Once upon a time Kolkata had twin windmills in the 18th century!

2020-07-31T05:42:00Z

‘Monsoon Wedding’ of Lightning and Clouds

2020-07-31T02:36:59Z

Today is the day in 1911, when Mohun Bagan lifted IFA shield crushing English pride

2020-07-30T05:21:49Z

Even after Amphan, tiger population in Sundarbans is on the rise! What’s the secret?

2020-07-30T02:27:37Z

Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar – the man who stood by India’s women, centuries ago

2020-07-29T22:07:45Z

New COVID call centres in Kolkata with patients who battled and won the fight!

2020-07-29T02:42:49Z

Bengal welcomes you back

2020-07-28T07:06:56Z

North Kolkata’s Biswakosh Lane and tale of Bengal’s first Encyclopaedia

2020-07-28T05:14:59Z

Bengali scientists of IIT Kgp develop portable low-cost COVID test kits

2020-07-28T02:13:10Z

Armenia’s love affair with Kolkata steeped in centuries’- old history

2020-07-27T21:47:51Z

Lt Kanad Bhattacharya – the Bengali who fought from the front at Kargil War

2020-07-26T23:32:21Z

‘Mask Up Kolkata’ --Kolkata Police starts unique campaign to fight Covid

2020-07-26T05:02:11Z

Nakshi pithe- where art and delicacy meet in Bengal

2020-07-26T02:08:35Z

Century-old Nadia school with major contribution in Bangladesh Freedom Movement

2020-07-25T21:49:59Z

‘Safe Home’ Covid-19 treatment in West Bengal

2020-07-25T05:06:17Z

‘I will go to the top.. the top.. the top’ and that’s what Uttam Kumar did!

2020-07-24T22:12:59Z

How a mass exodus from Kolkata’s ‘Hindu College’ was stopped 200 years ago!

2020-07-24T02:46:54Z

Neora Valley Trek

2020-07-23T07:23:08Z

Dr Sushovan Banerjee who treats poor for Re 1 gets his name in the Guinness Book

2020-07-23T05:50:03Z

College Street Coffee House – Then & Now

2020-07-23T01:03:22Z

Majestic Himalayan villages of North Bengal open to tourists

2020-07-22T21:50:46Z

Idea from Kolkata goes Global

2020-07-22T07:27:18Z

Meet Barun ‘Bicky’ Chakraborty, CU graduate who built largest Swedish Hotel Chain

2020-07-22T02:47:47Z

Watershed moment for Bengal Politics-July21

2020-07-21T21:00:24Z

Dr Senjuti Saha, first Bengali microbiologist to be appointed in WHO board

2020-07-21T05:07:13Z

Journey of a maestro never ends – that’s what Mohan Singh’s life proves

2020-07-21T02:36:19Z

Exotic and endangered animal babies born during pandemic in Bengal’s zoos

2020-07-20T22:23:17Z

Did you know the founder of Sreeleathers was a freedom fighter in Surya Sen’s team?

2020-07-19T06:32:22Z

Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee leads mass COVID-19 awareness campaign in rural Bengal

2020-07-19T02:36:08Z

Class X student of Bengal launches ‘Drishti App’ on google to counter Chinese video app

2020-07-18T02:29:23Z

Bijon Bhattacharya: He who brought a slice of life on stage

2020-07-17T22:07:31Z

Librarian Tushar Mandal of Malda serves book-lovers through innovative PDF reading

2020-07-17T05:41:04Z

Three students from Bengal help in Mangrove Conservation in a unique way

2020-07-17T02:39:14Z

Bengal imports 8 Cobas machines to test a lakh COVID-19 samples a day

2020-07-16T22:24:59Z

KMC brings ‘Mist Cannon Machine’ to sanitize Kolkata Streets

2020-07-16T05:36:08Z

Sumantra Chatterjee-- First Indian Neuroscientist to get prestigious EMBO honour

2020-07-16T02:21:53Z

Bengal celebrates Youth Skill Day with unique Yuvasree project and Employment Bank

2020-07-15T22:52:48Z

Durgapur teacher becomes first person to be India’s COVID 19 vaccine trial volunteer

2020-07-15T06:30:35Z

Abheek Arjun Dutta sells his popular stories online to help Amphan victims

2020-07-15T02:40:00Z

Mohan Singh regrets that his talented son hardly got an audience when alive

2020-07-14T05:26:02Z

Visva Bharati University gets 2nd campus at Tagore’s Nainital retreat

2020-07-14T02:36:20Z

CM Mamata Banerjee first Indian woman leader called at Oxford Union Debate

2020-07-13T22:23:45Z

Picturesque mountain hamlet of North Bengal

2020-07-12T06:14:59Z

Meet Kolkata’s ‘Mask Man’ who sells masks at wedding venues to create awareness

2020-07-12T02:30:01Z

Iconic 1973 play Marich Sangbad released as a film

2020-07-11T05:57:36Z

CAN COVID-19 VACCINE BE AVAILABLE BY AUGUST 15?

2020-07-11T03:17:34Z

Sourindro Mohan Tagore of Pathuriaghata was the Father of Fusion Music & fusion instruments!

2020-07-10T22:13:03Z

Was it the British who named Kolkata’s favourite Mughlai paratha?

2020-07-10T05:59:27Z

Bengal’s Haldia Petrochemicals makes the biggest overseas acquisition of the year!

2020-07-10T02:46:16Z

PK De Sarkar, the Bengali who taught India how to master the language of England

2020-07-09T22:18:02Z

Saurav Ganguly-The undisputed leader of Indian Cricket

2020-07-09T05:12:59Z

COVID-19 Plasma Bank coming up in Kolkata!

2020-07-09T02:25:38Z

Darjeeling in Monsoon

2020-07-08T07:49:41Z

Where have all the snake charmers of Bengal gone? Do you hear their flutes anymore?

2020-07-07T22:38:02Z

Students of La Martiniere raise funds to feed abandoned horses

2020-07-07T05:40:31Z

Griffon vultures of Rajabhatkhawa return with a flock of rare vultures from Pakistan and Nepal!

2020-07-07T02:28:38Z

Deep impact of Rabindrasangeet on a non-Bengali singer

2020-07-06T22:24:17Z

A day before Guru Purnima, let us take a virtual tour of Mogalmari in Bengal

2020-07-05T03:35:38Z

JU students make lethal masks that will kill COVID-19 virus! Soon to come to market!

2020-07-05T02:20:56Z

‘I shall not live to be 40 years old’—How did Swami Vivekananda know when he would die?

2020-07-04T22:06:41Z

Meet Chandra Sekhar Kundu, the ‘Foodman’ of Sundarbans

2020-07-04T02:44:12Z

Dr Partha Pratim of Dooars has been fighting superstitions and teaching Science to Adivasis

2020-07-03T21:58:12Z

“Korola-Chingri” - a must try for all fish lovers

2020-07-03T06:16:45Z

‘Made in Bengal’— how Shabar women turned self-reliant by cultivating Amrapali on barren land

2020-07-03T02:42:56Z

Tarafeni – The Picturesque Barrage of Belpahari

2020-07-02T22:27:29Z

When the Biswa Bangla flag flew atop Mt Kilimanjaro

2020-07-02T05:19:35Z

Water bus service between Chandernagar and Kolkata flagged off this morning

2020-07-02T02:09:20Z

Happy Doctors’ Day – Doctors of Calcutta Medical College save a 94-year COVID patient

2020-07-01T22:06:01Z

Make Sweet Cherries Go Viral

2020-07-01T05:58:12Z

Gaganendranath gave a rainy touch to Rabindranath Tagore’s Jibonsmriti

2020-07-01T05:46:32Z

Monsoon Getaways close to Kolkata that are ready to accept tourists post COVID-19

2020-07-01T05:12:25Z

Influencers in Rabindrasangeet exponent Mohan Singh’s life

2020-06-29T22:23:28Z

Call of the wild --- The Ghagra Falls of Belpahari

2020-06-28T06:03:44Z

Five Bengali youths generate business buzz with ‘Drivers for Me’ app

2020-06-28T01:49:17Z

Make greetings go viral

2020-06-27T07:50:34Z

Treeman’s journey to Kibo Hut despite the challenges

2020-06-27T05:06:26Z

Bankim Chandra’s Devi Chaudhurani still alive in a Jalpaiguri Temple

2020-06-27T02:10:04Z

Eminent author and journalist Nimai Bhattacharya’s death will leave a deep void

2020-06-26T22:22:28Z

LET BIRD’S CALL GO VIRAL

2020-06-26T08:24:28Z

Dr Ajoy Mistry turns a boat into his chamber to treat Amphan victims in remote areas!

2020-06-26T05:34:52Z

Chilki Garh – the mystery gem of Jhargram

2020-06-25T22:27:31Z

Let Nature Go viral

2020-06-25T06:16:54Z

‘Three Musketeers’ employ 200 jobless tailors for mask & PPE units in Diamond Harbour

2020-06-25T05:02:11Z

Setting foot on Amphaan-ravaged Kakima’s Pathsala in Kultali

2020-06-25T01:10:35Z

‘Hakuna Matata’ --- yet the Treeman faced several worries enroute Kibo Hut

2020-06-24T21:41:22Z

Story of an almost unheard Rath Yatra

2020-06-24T08:05:12Z

Make Nataraj Go Viral

2020-06-24T06:22:44Z

Head to Bengal’s Hilsa hotspots this monsoon

2020-06-24T02:46:32Z

Make Solitude Go Viral

2020-06-23T07:48:02Z

ISKCON virtual Rathayatra to reach more than 25,000 homes!

2020-06-23T04:48:26Z

First ever linguistic movement for Bangla, started in Manbhum, leading to formation of Purulia

2020-06-23T02:35:46Z

Singer Mohan Singh feels we must celebrate music as a whole and not box it into categories

2020-06-22T22:27:17Z

Deepest annular solar eclipse of the century can be seen today!

2020-06-21T19:52:36Z

Amartya Sen to be awarded the 2020 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade

2020-06-21T05:03:55Z

How did the Chinese land up in Kolkata and Bengal?

2020-06-21T02:16:17Z

Romancing in the beaches this monsoon

2020-06-20T22:45:41Z

Make Kolkata Go Viral

2020-06-20T05:38:44Z

Treeman Diaries: Cycling to the top of ‘Chander Pahar’

2020-06-20T02:24:16Z

Director Kamaleshwar Mukherjee dons the doctor’s coat to treat poor patients of Sundarbans

2020-06-19T21:16:10Z

Make New Horizons of Hope Go Viral

2020-06-19T05:49:04Z

Bengal’s khichuri and romancing Kolkata’s monsoon

2020-06-19T05:08:23Z

Kolkata’s E-buses get international recognition from International Energy Agency, Paris

2020-06-19T03:37:31Z

Asima’s Pathshala for Amphan hit school children of Kultali

2020-06-18T05:49:50Z

Treeman’s Diary: ‘Green Wheels’ reaches 500 schools across the globe with ‘Plant a Tree’ mission

2020-06-18T01:49:26Z

Girindrasekhar Basu, first Psychoanalyst of South Asia, who challenged Freud through letters

2020-06-17T21:58:37Z

Make Black-out Poetry Go viral

2020-06-17T09:44:29Z

Hooghly’s poor tribal girl Chandmani Hembrom is an extraordinary musical talent

2020-06-17T05:23:58Z

In search of a forgotten zamindari --- Parbatipur near Bolpur is a historical delight

2020-06-17T02:24:47Z

Let Origami Go Viral

2020-06-16T06:32:37Z

Jalpaiguri’s Maxima Toppo uses street plays to create Corona awareness for tea garden workers

2020-06-16T05:15:48Z

Respect the Elderly --- Will their place be only on the roads or old age homes?

2020-06-16T01:55:50Z

How Rabindrasangeet and Santidev Ghosh influenced Mohan Singh

2020-06-15T22:17:55Z

MANGO MANIA! Two historical mango recipes from Bengal

2020-06-14T05:04:56Z

Howrah College girl spends her Kanyashree stipend to feed 70 starving families

2020-06-14T02:00:07Z

Raigunj teacher creates social distancing awareness in markets with Corona Scissors

2020-06-13T22:20:14Z

Make Peace Go Viral

2020-06-13T06:30:03Z

The dying art of exquisite stone carving of Susunia in Bankura

2020-06-13T05:44:45Z

Treeman watches a heavenly sunset from Horombo Hut

2020-06-13T01:57:48Z

Dawns of Bankura, had the largest spice shop ‘Dayaram Pasari’ in Burrabazar

2020-06-12T21:42:51Z

Make Vision Go Viral

2020-06-12T08:01:46Z

Salute! Birbhum’s small-farmer Maniruddin sells all his produce to feed poor villagers

2020-06-12T05:21:01Z

Kolkata’s famous sweet shop brings ‘Immunity Sandesh’ laden with herbs

2020-06-12T02:25:07Z

Make Faith Go Viral

2020-06-11T10:15:28Z

Artificial nests set on trees in Howrah to help nestling birds post cyclone

2020-06-11T04:40:31Z

KUDOS! Students of Asansol Engineering college invent ‘touchless switches’

2020-06-11T01:57:27Z

The Treeman’s Diary --- Reaching atop Mt Kilimanjaro on a cycle

2020-06-10T21:22:51Z

Make Happiness Go Viral

2020-06-10T07:10:45Z

Kolkata creates milestone: Critical COVID patient recovers after Ecmo support!

2020-06-10T05:18:43Z

Bengal’s Dhaniakhali saree and dhoti are going global

2020-06-10T02:16:58Z

Villagers of Birbhum still craft Bengal’s indigenous toy ‘Taalpatar Sepai’

2020-06-09T20:48:19Z

Make Compassion Go Viral

2020-06-09T05:41:36Z

COVID-19 puts a brake on 624-year-old Mahesh Rathayatra

2020-06-09T05:04:00Z

Why Bay of Bengal is hotbed of world’s worst tropical cyclones?

2020-06-09T03:05:13Z

Rabindrasangeet stalwart Mohar di made a mess while cooking khichuri!

2020-06-08T21:40:21Z

Make Performance Art go Viral

2020-06-07T06:06:03Z

First graphic novel series on Mahabharata based on 'Critical edition'

2020-06-07T05:36:34Z

Beauty of Kolkata’s Gulmohar Avenue during Lockdown

2020-06-07T02:32:47Z

Supriya’s ‘Lockdown Kitchen’ serves free meals to families of patients

2020-06-06T22:00:05Z

Make art go viral

2020-06-06T07:54:36Z

Losing Bengal’s indigenous fishes & medicinal herbs due to hybridization

2020-06-06T05:01:36Z

The Treeman’s Diary --- Ujjwal Pal on his cycle beyond Mt Kilimanjaro

2020-06-06T02:36:54Z

KMC and Forest Department launches ‘Kolkata Re-greening’ project

2020-06-05T21:45:54Z

Let Love For Dogs Go Viral

2020-06-05T05:28:58Z

We don’t kill elephants! Bengal uses innovative elephant management system

2020-06-05T05:07:27Z

Director Basu Chatterjee is no more – the man who brought middle-class on celluloid

2020-06-05T02:54:48Z

Dhuturdaha – haven for anglers and fish lovers

2020-06-05T02:34:56Z

Tree Savers of Maidan! Children of a Rugby Team save damaged trees

2020-06-04T22:12:11Z

MAKE OCCULT ART GO VIRAL

2020-06-04T07:35:58Z

Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to be headed by Krishnendu Majumdar

2020-06-04T04:54:14Z

Tagore’s miraculous Panchatikta Panchan to cure students during Spanish Flu pandemic

2020-06-04T02:47:11Z

Let Art go viral

2020-06-03T06:48:13Z

Aatpur – Bengal’s village where Swami Vivekananda took Sanyas

2020-06-03T05:07:24Z

Farmer’s daughter from Bengal, dances her way to America’s Got Talent show!

2020-06-03T02:10:01Z

State helps Sundarbans’ farmers grow salt-resistant paddy post Amphaan

2020-06-02T21:45:11Z

Let art go viral

2020-06-02T05:24:31Z

As Sundarbans lies ravaged post Cyclone Amphan, GB traces history of this land

2020-06-02T05:01:45Z

Showering in the rain of melody – Mohan Singh and wife Suchismita

2020-06-02T02:04:53Z

67th Everest Day celebrated at Darjeeling’s Himalayan Mountaineering Institute

2020-06-01T22:01:42Z

Make Endurance Go Viral

2020-06-01T08:22:25Z

Will smokers be more impacted by COVID-19? On ‘No Tobacco Day’ a GB report

2020-05-31T23:40:21Z

Let Hope Go Viral

2020-05-31T06:04:13Z

Do not throw away fruit seeds. Plant them and let the greens return to Kolkata

2020-05-31T05:15:13Z

Ramkeli – the Vaishnava heartland of Bengal famous for devotional fair

2020-05-30T21:44:09Z

Make Renewals Go Viral

2020-05-30T06:20:03Z

Calling Bell directed by Shamik Basu of Raigunj to feature in London Film Fest

2020-05-30T05:04:12Z

Finally Tollywood rises to help Amphaan victims of Bengal

2020-05-30T02:48:11Z

How a Siliguri couple is helping poor tea garden workers during Lockdown

2020-05-29T21:38:07Z

Cook up some Panta Bhaat with a dash of lime and onions this summer

2020-05-29T05:02:19Z

Bengal was once a seat of ancient Ayurveda which is now believed to boost the immunity against COVID 19

2020-05-29T02:38:37Z

In 1928 Tagore started ‘Vriksha Ropon,’ he knew only nature can save us!

2020-05-28T22:21:12Z

Make child art go viral

2020-05-28T05:45:15Z

Devrali Dara – a dreamy escape on Bengal-Sikkim border

2020-05-28T05:19:53Z

Cyclone Amphan could not damage an inch of century old Tala tank!

2020-05-28T01:10:46Z

Did you know Satyajit Ray discovered Indir Thakrun in the Sonagachhi lanes?

2020-05-27T21:55:55Z

Make focus go viral

2020-05-27T06:59:48Z

Remember what Tagore wrote about Locusts in Sahaj Path?

2020-05-27T05:06:46Z

Calcutta Medical College sets record by releasing 60 recovered Corona patients in a day

2020-05-27T02:06:35Z

Century-old Corona Typewriter lies in Quarantine at Darjeeling

2020-05-26T04:56:24Z

Eid Mubarak! Fascinating history of Royal’s biriyani of Kolkata

2020-05-26T02:11:28Z

Jorepokhri --- the Lake District of North Bengal

2020-05-24T05:04:19Z

Robots will check Corona patients in Kolkata hospital

2020-05-24T02:25:45Z

270-year-old Great Banyan Tree of Botanical Gardens ravaged by Amfaan

2020-05-23T19:05:52Z

Mangolicious tales from Bengal – Kohitoor to Saranga, rare mango breeds of Murshidabad

2020-05-23T05:09:46Z

Stand by the children of Bengal

2020-05-23T04:31:54Z

Corona Patachitra – How Bengal is using art to spread awareness on COVID-19

2020-05-23T02:05:51Z

Solar-powered refrigerated vans deliver daily supplies to Kolkata’s elderly population

2020-05-22T22:30:22Z

Let clean roads go viral

2020-05-21T06:00:14Z

Algarah – the gateway to the Silk Route still holds on to Lepcha traditions

2020-05-20T22:20:58Z

Birbhum’s Gunutia on Mayurakshi was India’s first sericulture hub more than a century ago

2020-05-20T19:13:58Z

Haludar – the forgotten ‘animal painter’ from Bengal 200 years ago!

2020-05-20T18:58:17Z

Make Madhubani Go Viral

2020-05-20T07:52:13Z

Cyclone Amphan threatens to hit; Look at historical cyclones ravaging Bengal

2020-05-20T05:04:25Z

Mohan Singh remembers his guru Ashesh Bandopadhyay, a stalwart of Bishnupur Gharana

2020-05-20T02:16:49Z

Make art go viral

2020-05-19T06:34:55Z

Bridging the gap between Bankura and Spain

2020-05-19T05:12:04Z

Why singer Mohan Singh never had a big fan following?

2020-05-19T02:00:32Z

Saving a museum! When Bengal rose to save Gurusaday Museum

2020-05-18T22:41:23Z

Make 19-Word stories go viral

2020-05-18T06:37:58Z

Let shadow play go viral

2020-05-17T05:53:36Z

Jogen Chowdhury- Life and times

2020-05-17T05:37:46Z

Road Not Taken – The Green Seclusion of Joypur Forest

2020-05-17T02:05:53Z

TATA Sons signs MoU to bring ‘Feluda Corona Test kit’ by end May for mass testing

2020-05-16T21:59:54Z

Let devotion go viral

2020-05-16T05:11:45Z

Lockdown and family – We are in it together, we shall overcome

2020-05-16T04:53:18Z

‘Story of Teesta died long ago,’ and now Debesh Roy who brought Teesta alive dies

2020-05-16T00:19:32Z

Bengal’s Kshirode Chakraborty made India self-reliant a century ago

2020-05-15T22:07:47Z

Let Turmeric Tea go viral

2020-05-15T05:53:07Z

Will the dying Santhali form of puppetry, Chadar Badar, survive?

2020-05-15T04:56:48Z

Mrinal Sen --- Director who brought a ‘new wave’ in Indian Cinema

2020-05-14T22:22:39Z

Let reflection go viral

2020-05-14T07:39:29Z

Belda’s Suman Manna sets record by creating ICC World Cup’s smallest replica

2020-05-14T05:24:38Z

Why Bengal’s Dalit poet Kalyani Thakur uses the surname ‘Charal’

2020-05-14T02:31:08Z

Bengal makes the cheapest Corona Test Kit; WHO asks for the kits

2020-05-13T21:31:34Z

Make peace go viral

2020-05-13T05:19:08Z

Tashigaon – Lepchakha trek, a route worth a try

2020-05-13T05:07:15Z

Mohan Singh is not just a Rabindrasangeet exponent, he is a classical expert

2020-05-12T22:22:54Z

Let Traditional food of Bengal go viral

2020-05-12T07:51:23Z

Israel names street after Tagore; GB traces Jewish connect of Rabindranath

2020-05-12T05:22:01Z

Singer Mohan Singh’s son Bikram is still alive, despite his early death

2020-05-12T02:50:19Z

Teacher from Bengal to become first COVID 19 vaccine volunteer in India?

2020-05-11T22:29:06Z

LET CHILD ART GO VIRAL

2020-05-11T07:26:03Z

On Mother’s Day, freedom fighter Dinesh Gupta’s last letter to his mother

2020-05-11T02:27:58Z

U Ray & Sons - Upendrakisor was not just a storyteller, he was a scientific genius!

2020-05-11T00:40:02Z

MAKE MARINE LIFE GO VIRAL

2020-05-10T07:07:12Z

Wrapped in peace – Kalimpong’s Katherine Memorial Chapel is a Heritage site

2020-05-10T05:06:19Z

GB brings a virtual tour of Zakaria Street during ‘Lockdown Ramzan’

2020-05-10T02:12:41Z

Good News! Burdwan University will start new Corona Testing laboratory

2020-05-09T22:06:32Z

LET STRONG SPINES GO VIRAL

2020-05-09T06:20:13Z

Bengal’s ‘Shatraj Ke Khiladi’ – Chess Master Moheschunder Bannerjee

2020-05-09T05:18:46Z

The poet who wrote and designed his own wedding card – Tagore at his best!

2020-05-09T04:52:43Z

Relationship that forever remained undefined – Tagore’s Bijoya, Victoria Ocampo

2020-05-08T22:21:30Z

Let SPONTANEOUS CREATIVITY Go Viral

2020-05-08T07:53:14Z

Belur Math opens gates for COVID warriors -- doctors and nurses

2020-05-08T02:18:33Z

Lord Buddha had deeply impacted Rabindranath Tagore

2020-05-07T22:37:50Z

Let Bengal Art Go Viral

2020-05-07T08:38:26Z

MR Bangur turns 1st state-run hospital to start ‘virtual visiting hours!’

2020-05-07T05:02:34Z

Sutapa Sikdar takes art of letter writing to a different height after Irrfan’s death

2020-05-06T22:30:53Z

Let Happiness Go Viral

2020-05-06T07:54:40Z

Garh Panchkot – still stands as a witness to Maratha Bargi attacks

2020-05-06T04:52:54Z

Bikram Singh Khangura was a rebel poet and carefree soul

2020-05-06T02:26:00Z

Jadavpur University students design a device to differentiate Corona cough from ordinary cough

2020-05-05T20:31:44Z

Let leaf art go viral

2020-05-05T06:59:33Z

Partition and Bengal famine taught Bengali women ‘Lockdown’ cooking decades ago

2020-05-05T05:31:50Z

Singer Mohan Singh’s son --- Bikram, the dreamer

2020-05-05T01:56:59Z

After 30 years endangered Gangetic Dolphins return to Hooghly amidst Lockdown!

2020-05-04T22:26:27Z

Let Doodling Go Viral

2020-05-04T06:23:03Z

Let Indian advertising go viral

2020-05-03T06:12:09Z

Picturesque Trek to Gumba Dara, the new jewel of North Bengal

2020-05-03T05:03:38Z

On his birth anniversary, not the director – but calligrapher Satyajit Ray

2020-05-03T02:11:20Z

How Satyajit Ray turned Pather Panchali into a cult movie?

2020-05-02T22:51:30Z

LET KITES GO VIRAL

2020-05-02T06:33:48Z

Folk singers of rural Bengal spreading COVID-19 awareness through songs

2020-05-02T05:55:29Z

Kolkata goes creative during Lockdown with first ever ‘Isolation’ movie

2020-05-02T04:45:03Z

How Prafulla Chandra Ray discovered Corona-like ‘Burdwan fever’ of 1860s

2020-05-02T01:19:09Z

On his birthday, tracing how Manna Dey started singing for Uttam Kumar

2020-05-01T22:41:08Z

Soccer king of Maidan --- Chuni Goswami no more

2020-05-01T07:12:47Z

LET UNITY GO VIRAL

2020-05-01T05:47:42Z

For art enthusiasts, Lepcha Museum of Kalimpong is a must visit

2020-05-01T04:52:15Z

Kalyani’s scientists discover mutant Indian COVID strain that transmits faster

2020-05-01T01:52:20Z

Work from Tree! Bankura’s teacher shows the way to rural India

2020-04-30T22:25:43Z

LET CLEANLINESS GO VIRAL

2020-04-30T07:05:27Z

How Bengal’s ‘Gramin’ Banks rise to Lockdown to help tribals

2020-04-30T04:39:58Z

‘Bengali women are Special’ : Actor Irrfan Khan is no more!

2020-04-30T01:26:46Z

Chris Hemsworth of Netflix sensation movie ‘Extraction’ speaks Bangla!

2020-04-29T22:25:47Z

LET ART GO VIRAL

2020-04-29T06:08:58Z

Wasef Manzil – Enjoy the grandeur of Bengal’s Nawab era

2020-04-29T05:03:14Z

Centre gives nod to Bengal student’s Virus Destroying Mask to prevent Corona

2020-04-29T04:41:20Z

Eminent singer Santidev Ghosh called some voices ‘uncultured!’ Why?

2020-04-29T01:33:54Z

Caregiving in times of COVID-19. How stressful is it?

2020-04-28T22:58:03Z

LET OXYGEN GO VIRAL

2020-04-28T05:43:21Z

Bengali scientist Chandra Dutta in Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine team!

2020-04-28T05:02:11Z

Singer Mohan Singh’s beloved son Bikram, a talented musician died young

2020-04-27T22:36:37Z

JU students rise to the cause of COVID-19 crisis. How?

2020-04-26T06:10:11Z

Corona virus shape used to spread hope beauty kindness love

2020-04-26T00:15:51Z

Divine tourism circuit of Bengal – Jairambati and Kamarpukur

2020-04-25T22:16:12Z

West Bengal starts ‘Pool Test’ to track asymptomatic COVID-19 patients

2020-04-25T04:59:26Z

NIT Durgapur students build ‘Pranesh,’ an economic ventilator for COVID-19 patients

2020-04-25T02:56:53Z

Prof Ena Ray Banerjee says diverse gene pool of Indians can help fight COVID-19 better

2020-04-24T20:17:53Z

This summer do not miss the rare Poppy Seed Fritters of Bankura

2020-04-24T05:33:54Z

BREAKING! Well-known theatre personality Usha Ganguly is no more!

2020-04-24T01:32:26Z

Satyajit Ray, the man who brought out the best of Bengal’s rural life on screen

2020-04-23T22:08:45Z

Modern day Dr Agnishwar! Doctor carries pregnant mom and delivers baby during Lockdown!

2020-04-23T05:53:24Z

Free Sunday vegetable markets during Lockdown

2020-04-23T05:03:33Z

‘Yes, I heal, Yes I breathe’ – Mother Nature’s open letter to Humans

2020-04-23T00:50:27Z

Coronation Bridge – an architectural wonder by Bengali engineers

2020-04-22T04:59:52Z

Mohan Singh’s favourite ‘Mohar Di’ Kanika Bandopadhyay

2020-04-22T02:25:55Z

Tribute to Abhay Mitra, the master juggler of Joy Baba Felunath

2020-04-21T22:32:55Z

West Bengal Tourism to be the first to welcome guests

2020-04-21T08:46:56Z

Did you know Ramkinkar Baij was a dramatist and not just a famous sculptor?

2020-04-21T02:32:45Z

Dr Niladri Konar of London not just won over Corona, but dedicated his life treating patients

2020-04-20T22:48:14Z

The famous Sundial of Hooghly Imambara came from Big Ben’s makers of London

2020-04-19T05:05:52Z

Bengal – Land of Free Thinkers, where Derozio formed Young Bengal

2020-04-19T02:26:50Z

On World Heritage Day, romancing the historical ghats of Kolkata

2020-04-18T22:15:10Z

Have you ever wondered where the policemen on the streets are getting food from?

2020-04-18T04:50:00Z

Even after Lockdown, do visit your local Kirana stores! They were your saviours

2020-04-18T01:28:21Z

Alipore Zoo invents new technique to lure animals for Corona tests

2020-04-17T22:26:08Z

Excerpts from exclusive interview of Nemai Ghosh taken 4 years ago

2020-04-17T05:46:45Z

Samsing – the land of verdant tea gardens and colourful butterflies

2020-04-17T02:31:31Z

Reclining Arjuna by Nandalal Bose in public eye for the first time

2020-04-16T22:44:33Z

Real Heroes of Bengal – Policemen donating blood daily

2020-04-16T02:41:57Z

Cab driver Md Saidul hands over Baruipur hospital he built to treat Corona patients

2020-04-15T22:42:30Z

Did you know famous actor Balraj Sahani taught in Santiniketan?

2020-04-15T02:32:06Z

Silence of the Hawkers – Kolkata’s Chaitra Sale is now just a memory!

2020-04-14T22:53:06Z

On 101st anniversary of Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Tagore’s letter giving up Knighthood

2020-04-14T05:10:10Z

Did you know Kolkata had a thriving Opera culture once upon a time?

2020-04-13T21:30:00Z

Posters and criticism against PURBA PASHCHIM

2020-04-12T06:01:13Z

Jamini Roy - man with a vision far ahead of his times

2020-04-12T03:23:58Z

Kolkata’s nearby Bibhutibhushan Abhayaranya --- ideal weekend getaway

2020-04-11T18:30:00Z

PURBA PASCHIM-First Indo Bangla Television series

2020-04-11T05:36:26Z

Returning from Corona hit France: Overwhelmed by Indian govt’s response

2020-04-11T01:47:36Z

Unprecedented Good Friday in Kolkata! Livestreaming of special prayers

2020-04-10T22:33:13Z

Where does a child stand in our society?

2020-04-10T05:43:26Z

Get lost with feathered friends at the swamps of Gajoldoba

2020-04-10T02:03:11Z

Mungpoo in Darjeeling might play a role to fight Corona

2020-04-09T22:48:08Z

Government now turns to Bengal Chemicals for COVID-19 drug Hydroxychloroquinine

2020-04-09T03:12:07Z

Team including Bengali scientists to launch ‘Modified’ BCG vaccine to fight COVID-19

2020-04-09T02:18:19Z

Devi Chaudhurani--Bengal’s very own Bandit Queen

2020-04-09T00:31:05Z

Miss England Bengali girl Bhasha Mukherjee dons her doctor cap amid Corona menace

2020-04-08T22:32:10Z

Did you know Pt Ravi Shankar sang a Bengali Film song?

2020-04-08T04:44:08Z

When Ustad Amir Khan cooked ‘Bageshree Kanara’ for eminent singer Mohan Singh

2020-04-07T21:53:08Z

Bengali scientists develop a coating to contain infectivity of Corona virus

2020-04-07T05:40:30Z

Eminent singer Mohan Singh shares his love story and how he picked up Bengali

2020-04-06T21:48:31Z

Two Bengali scientists of CSIR device low cost rapid testing Corona kit!

2020-04-05T05:43:16Z

How Bengal’s tribal villages are quarantining migrants

2020-04-05T02:26:50Z

Bindu – the last village on Indo-Bhutan border

2020-04-04T21:41:09Z

Try this begun-puri as suggested by Leela Majumdar

2020-04-04T06:12:14Z

How did the students feel on the outbreak of Corona?

2020-04-04T01:49:49Z

Bengal Rum and Australia’s flourishing trade with Calcutta in 18th century

2020-04-03T21:51:30Z

New app helping city’s specially-abled children to cope with Corona menace

2020-04-03T05:59:54Z

On World Autism Day, here is story of a Kolkata café run only by autistic children

2020-04-03T04:15:43Z

Visit the ruins of Dacoit Ratnakar at Gopiballavpur

2020-04-03T01:31:17Z

Darjeeling’s Himalayan Mountaineering Institute offers prizes for Lockdown followers

2020-04-02T22:30:00Z

Life in the US without toilet paper

2020-04-02T08:04:47Z

How West Bengal is efficiently handling migrant labourer movements during Lockdown

2020-04-02T05:30:00Z

Yes, Hon’ble Chief Minister, you have really inspired us all to donate!

2020-04-01T22:30:00Z

By the river Reshi in Rishikhola, sit down and enjoy!

2020-04-01T04:38:26Z

Mohan Singh Khangura recalls lessons with his teacher Nemai Chand Boral

2020-04-01T01:38:15Z

All local sweet shops will remain open in Bengal from tomorrow

2020-03-31T21:57:23Z

How Bengal’s Hotel & Hospitality Sector opens doors for quarantine facilities

2020-03-31T06:02:38Z

State Fisheries Department to supply fresh fish to all localities during Lockdown

2020-03-31T01:43:21Z

EXCLUSIVE: Up Close and Personal with Nemai Ghosh

2020-03-30T01:08:55Z

Homecoming for Kolkata’s birds during Corona Lockdown

2020-03-29T06:29:42Z

Spending days in a devastated Italy

2020-03-29T06:00:07Z

Udaipur Beach --- virgin stretch of untamed waves and sand dunes

2020-03-29T01:03:41Z

Do not make your children feel left out

2020-03-28T22:19:54Z

“Be careful what you wish for, because you might just get it!”

2020-03-28T05:45:43Z

Darjeeling’s iconic Glenary’s continue to bake bread for charitable organisation

2020-03-28T05:06:23Z

Quarantine centre at Ffort Raichak! Business tycoon Harsh Neotia gives his resort

2020-03-28T00:34:05Z

Ancient Jain temples submerged by Panchet Dam in Purulia

2020-03-27T22:33:36Z

India declares 1.7 lakh crore finance package to help poor during Lockdown

2020-03-27T07:33:47Z

Germany has not faced such a crisis since World War II

2020-03-27T07:01:43Z

How students of Kolkata are coping with the Corona Lockdown

2020-03-27T02:30:17Z

Enjoy a weekend at more than two-centuries old Danish Tavern

2020-03-27T01:25:12Z

CM Mamata Banerjee thanks all ‘Corona Warriors’ through a touching note

2020-03-26T21:45:45Z

Corona has shown that we are all equal

2020-03-26T06:57:28Z

Kolkata Corporation uses disinfectant jet-spray to sanitize streets

2020-03-26T04:33:01Z

GB EXCLUSIVE: A Bengali scientist talks to GB from Italy

2020-03-26T02:03:01Z

BREAKING! ‘Ray’s photographer’ Nemai Ghosh is no more!

2020-03-26T00:50:32Z

Eden Gardens offered as a quarantine centre by Sourav Ganguly

2020-03-25T22:25:33Z

How students should cope with the Corona lockdown

2020-03-25T07:26:19Z

Kagey near Kalimpong is like a page out of a fairytale!

2020-03-25T05:10:11Z

Calcutta Medical College taken over – to turn into Corona speciality one-stop hospital

2020-03-25T02:38:32Z

CM Mamata Banerjee prepares rural Bengal in advance to fight Corona

2020-03-25T00:45:46Z

How a Paris-returned student on home quarantine is being shunned by the Kolkata community

2020-03-24T21:33:25Z

How Mohan Singh Khangura landed in Santiniketan from Punjab

2020-03-24T05:44:07Z

CM Mamata Banerjee converts a whole stadium to Quarantine centre!

2020-03-24T02:37:34Z

How Munich stopped itself from turning into another Italy!

2020-03-23T22:57:54Z

Breaking: West Bengal Lockdown due to Corona scare from tomorrow 5pm

2020-03-23T05:44:41Z

Dance with the waves, sing with the sea at Henry’s Island

2020-03-22T05:51:01Z

What did Tagore write after his dear son died in a cholera epidemic?

2020-03-22T04:52:43Z

Chief Minister of Bengal acts tough over Corona violations

2020-03-21T22:56:27Z

India’s super soccer star, our favourite PK Banerjee is no more!

2020-03-21T02:47:23Z

Himadri Shankar Dey --- Lone crusader launches heritage museum

2020-03-20T22:15:37Z

How Murshidabad’s new gem Bari Kothi is unlocking the heritage tourism potential

2020-03-20T05:20:20Z

How Pradeep Bhattacharya took the power of theatre to prisons

2020-03-20T02:45:28Z

Bengali scientist from IIT invent ‘Infection-Free’ fabric amid Corona scare!

2020-03-19T22:07:29Z

Lalmohan – the star of North Bengal, the sweet that Manna Dey and Kishore Kumar loved

2020-03-19T04:19:49Z

Chittoprasad Bhattacharya, whose sketches on Bengal famine spoke a thousand words!

2020-03-18T21:16:40Z

Monchasha – Rural retreat to a rustic life

2020-03-18T06:17:10Z

Bengal was the seat of ceramic industry and porcelain dolls during British era

2020-03-17T05:44:43Z

Kolkata’s iconic double decker bus all set to stage a comeback

2020-03-17T04:58:27Z

Will Swami Vivekananda’s Plague Epidemic manifesto help us fight Corona fear?

2020-03-16T21:41:30Z

Baguran Jalpai – the new virgin beach destination of Bengal

2020-03-15T05:33:18Z

Bengali scientist Arinjay Banerjee part of Canadian team that makes Corona breakthrough!

2020-03-15T04:34:36Z

Rani Putul of Bengal was made to praise Queen Victoria of England!

2020-03-14T05:11:30Z

The heritage almost century-old Kolkata tea shop Balwant’s Dhaba

2020-03-14T03:05:50Z

Bank of Calcutta, oldest bank of Asia never failed!

2020-03-13T21:20:58Z

Silence of the graves – Khosh Baag maintained by Siraj’s Begum once upon a time

2020-03-13T05:04:34Z

How did the British tackle 1918 Flu Pandemic of Kolkata. Shall we do same with Corona?

2020-03-13T04:22:40Z

Samaresh Basu – the most prolific author of Bengal who was surrounded by controversies

2020-03-13T01:48:43Z

Veteran actor Santu Mukherjee is no more!

2020-03-12T21:22:36Z

Even Shiv-Parvati litho-art of Bengal got a British aristocratic touch!

2020-03-12T05:35:38Z

I-League for the green and maroon brigade

2020-03-12T00:32:13Z

Enjoy a slice of a breath-taking sunrise at Tiffin Dara, Rishop

2020-03-11T05:52:45Z

Pratima Barua who kept alive the folk music of Rajbangshis in Assam

2020-03-11T02:26:47Z

Kolkata’s last bioscopewallah Md Salim to retire as smartphones take over his projector

2020-03-10T21:06:44Z

Mayapur is not just about Rathayatra, it is also about Dol

2020-03-09T23:12:45Z

Durga Mohan Das, the feminist who married off his widowed stepmother

2020-03-09T04:34:34Z

Incredible tale of a Murshidabad girl who reigns Tokyo’s yoga world today!

2020-03-08T22:47:33Z

Dasghara – the Victorian village of Bengal that has terracotta temples

2020-03-08T04:09:38Z

Satyajit Ray made a bride of Jorasanko Thakurbari sing for his movie

2020-03-07T21:13:59Z

Bengal’s answer to Barbie dolls – Heemputul of Bishnupur

2020-03-07T05:38:02Z

Vulgar display of ‘neo-feminism’ at Rabindra Bharati University! Are we losing the core ideology?

2020-03-07T04:52:45Z

Asia’s first zoo at Barrackpore was even older to London Zoo! Surprised?

2020-03-06T20:57:24Z

Nimak Haram Deori – the gate that scripted end of Bengal’s last Nawab

2020-03-06T05:38:58Z

‘Calcutta’ bidding technique at one of the leading horseracing events of the world!

2020-03-06T04:11:48Z

In search of roots --- how Partition uprooted Bengalis

2020-03-05T21:12:15Z

The ‘sweet pirates’ who taught Bengal how to make sweets

2020-03-05T05:28:28Z

Passing by Borun Babu’s hearth and home

2020-03-05T03:02:12Z

Bengal’s Shora Painting --- bridging Hindu-Muslim divide

2020-03-04T20:57:05Z

Chandraketugarh – Bengal’s Harappa? How is it being preserved?

2020-03-04T05:26:07Z

Kolkata was the first city in Asia to get the electric tram!

2020-03-04T04:55:40Z

Where have all the Buxa Tigers gone?

2020-03-04T04:05:42Z

Gear up for a unique cultural pageantry in Santiniketan where world ideologies converge!

2020-03-03T05:28:17Z

Dawaipani, the new hill paradise near Tiger Hill

2020-03-01T03:46:37Z

‘Vedanta brain and Islam body’ --- Swami Vivekananda preached unique religious harmony

2020-03-01T02:41:00Z

Kadambini Ganguly, first female doctor from Bengal who fought patriarchy

2020-02-29T21:14:59Z

Meeting Baul Karmakar --- The Terracota Warrior of Bankura

2020-02-29T05:40:20Z

Subho Thakur, the rebel of Jorasanko who created Pansy & Piko

2020-02-28T20:47:09Z

Chitre – the tonic for your tired soul

2020-02-28T05:45:49Z

When Rabindranath Tagore donned the hat of a film director!

2020-02-28T04:32:07Z

How Rabindranath Tagore stopped communal divide through Raksha Bandhan!

2020-02-28T02:30:50Z

When London swayed to Bengal’s Spring celebrations

2020-02-27T20:58:05Z

Victoria Park of Dhaka was witness to first war of Indian independence

2020-02-27T05:52:17Z

Relive revolutionary Bengal in the 100-year-old ‘Young Bengal Hotel’

2020-02-27T03:27:04Z

British Jhalmuri man Angus Denoon in the city of joy!

2020-02-26T05:58:17Z

Where Eagles Dare – a trip to Eagle’s Crag, highest point of Kurseong

2020-02-26T03:20:41Z

Is Sri Ramakrishna’s belief that ‘all religions are same’ relevant in India today?

2020-02-25T20:58:40Z

‘Can the Subaltern Speak?’ -- golden question by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

2020-02-25T05:11:25Z

Cancer survivor and cricket icon Arun Lal gives shocking account on pappad making!

2020-02-25T01:49:18Z

Emerald Bower is a witness to Bengalis who had accepted British crown!

2020-02-24T20:53:18Z

Caught in Indrajaal – the glamour of P.C. Sorcar, Maharajah of Magicians

2020-02-24T02:34:14Z

Vignettes of erstwhile Kolkata from Hutom Pyanchar Naksha

2020-02-23T23:04:45Z

Enjoy a quiet summer on the banks of Reli river in Bidyang

2020-02-23T02:26:23Z

Krishna Bose is no more! Bengal loses an erudite academician and ex-parliamentarian

2020-02-23T01:10:54Z

Samarendra Kumar Mitra – the man who built India’s first computer!

2020-02-22T20:47:29Z

Have you heard of a Terracotta Palace! Be at Gour’s Lottan Bai Manzil

2020-02-22T05:11:31Z

Actress Sabitri Chatterjee overcame pangs of partition and poverty

2020-02-22T04:37:13Z

Bengal’s endangered tribal languages --- are they being revived?

2020-02-21T20:56:46Z

Documentary tracing Presidency University’s rich in-house museum

2020-02-21T05:29:40Z

Kolkata Police’s all women ‘Winners’ win big time against criminals

2020-02-21T04:02:45Z

Ghoti-Gorom call – the Pied Piper of Bengal

2020-02-20T05:19:07Z

Walk along the misty trail to Kalimpong’s Kagyu Thek Chen Ling Monastery

2020-02-20T03:14:38Z

William Makepeace Thackeray, author of Vanity Fair had a Calcutta connection!

2020-02-19T20:16:41Z

If you are a foodie Bengali, you must know Rammohan Roy could eat a full goat at a time!

2020-02-19T05:32:16Z

Dadar Kirti goes silent, actor Tapas Pal is no more!

2020-02-18T21:03:54Z

The grand dilapidated Nimtita Palace where Satyajit Ray shot Jalshaghar

2020-02-18T05:27:13Z

Chugging along the oldest railway track of Kolkata! Where? Behala!

2020-02-17T20:46:50Z

Meghnad Saha – the scientist with a vision was also a political activist

2020-02-16T22:48:10Z

Be at Motijheel – The Lake of Pearls

2020-02-16T04:55:02Z

BREAKING! Buxa Tiger Reserve guide Netraprasad is hero of J.K Rowling’s new book!

2020-02-16T03:59:46Z

Peeping into the prismatic world of bureaucrat Atri Bhattacharya’s photographs

2020-02-16T01:59:30Z

Falling in love with Kolkata over and over again!

2020-02-14T20:31:41Z

Hanseshwari Temple of Bansberia reflects Russian architecture!

2020-02-14T05:15:51Z

Famous Doll series of Bikash Bhattacharjee is a silent witness to Bengal’s Naxal movement

2020-02-14T03:07:14Z

Lone rice crusader Debal Deb is reviving lost varieties of Bengal paddy

2020-02-13T21:26:30Z

Kashiprasad Ghosh - unsung ‘English’ poet and author of colonial Bengal

2020-02-13T02:25:59Z

Ode to Padatik poet Subhash Mukhopadhyay on his birth anniversary

2020-02-12T21:13:31Z

Sukanya Run--- A first of its kind marathon in Kolkata

2020-02-12T05:58:07Z

Try out a group picnic at Barbotey - The Rock Garden of Ghum

2020-02-11T22:17:25Z

Devika Rani, the Greta Garbo of Indian cinema was from the Tagore family

2020-02-11T05:58:31Z

GB Exclusive interview with Russian author Anna Goncharova

2020-02-11T05:00:36Z

First ever Sensory Park in Kolkata for children with special needs

2020-02-11T03:45:04Z

Goddess of Love, Venus, found her way as Goddess Lakshmi in Bengali households!

2020-02-10T21:16:59Z

Utpal Dutt used theatre as a voice of dissent against political parties

2020-02-09T23:18:35Z

The ‘Blue Lagoon’ of Bengal --- Mousuni Island

2020-02-09T05:51:29Z

Sunayani Devi – forgotten first modern woman artist of Bengal School of Art

2020-02-09T02:24:08Z

BITM to showcase German machine used to record Rabindranath Tagore’s voice

2020-02-08T20:53:41Z

Kolkata to host unique Women Writers’ Festival this weekend

2020-02-08T04:56:05Z

Kolkata gets India’s first underwater metro! To be operational from 2022!

2020-02-08T00:00:44Z

Save ancestral houses of Ritwik, Satyajit and Mrinal in Bangladesh!

2020-02-07T21:00:00Z

Doladanga – the new tribal paradise of Bengal

2020-02-07T03:50:03Z

Miss Shefali, Kolkata’s first cabaret dancer is no more!

2020-02-07T00:11:30Z

Uttarpara Library, the first public library of India still has 300-year-old Buddhist manuscript!

2020-02-06T05:07:56Z

Kolkata’s Hemen & Co served musical maestros from Baba Allauddin Khan to the Beatles!

2020-02-06T01:30:50Z

Blood tests at just Rs 10! IIT scientist Suman Chakraborty and team invents path-breaking kit!

2020-02-05T20:53:45Z

The Bengal Store touches ‘body and soul’ with their chemical free personal care segment

2020-02-04T21:03:27Z

Virgin Gurdum --- an escapade for honeymooners and trekkers

2020-02-04T04:30:20Z

Why did Lord Bentinck praise Rani Rashmoni?

2020-02-04T00:11:50Z

Dada’s Dadagiri as ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ at the Tokyo Olympics 2020

2020-02-03T21:41:08Z

Giving a voice to the voiceless --- superb tales from the animal kingdom

2020-02-02T04:42:15Z

Head for a fairy-tale romance in the Land of Castles, Dhanyakuria

2020-02-02T02:22:40Z

This book fair, celebrate the connect between Tagore and Russian poet Pushkin

2020-02-01T20:59:34Z

Canning’s Champa fights poverty to win 3rd position in Asia Karate Champs!

2020-02-01T01:44:08Z

Live like a Maharaja at Kalimpong’s ‘Dinajpur House’

2020-01-31T03:28:12Z

Chandannagar Bidhansabha Utsav starts on 3rd Feb to celebrate the town’s vibrant legacy

2020-01-31T01:57:30Z

Bengali fashion designer Sabyasachi picked up by famous Swedish retailer Hennes and Mauritz

2020-01-30T21:36:08Z

Messiah of the poor – two doctors from Bengal get Padmashree Awards

2020-01-30T04:43:37Z

Kolkata Book Fair brings back Russian Literature to Kolkata this year!

2020-01-29T05:42:50Z

Burdwan’s Shamima Khatoon chosen by ‘Nature’ journal for int’l science conference

2020-01-29T03:08:40Z

Eureka! Meaning of Chinese Piccaso’s paintings deciphered at last

2020-01-28T21:23:17Z

Far from the madding crowds, the Lepcha village of Charkhole is the new hotspot

2020-01-28T05:07:30Z

Utpal Dutta – the doyen of Bengali Theatre comes in a new light in this series

2020-01-28T03:52:10Z

Salute to Headmaster Kazi Masoom Akhtar for standing up against fundamentalism

2020-01-28T01:10:30Z

How a Marwari business in the 1890s protected modesty of Kolkata’s women!

2020-01-27T21:29:29Z

When did Pondicherry join the Indian Republic?

2020-01-27T02:58:15Z

Stimulate creative thoughts at the MAYA Art Fair

2020-01-26T05:22:24Z

Discover a mini Bishnupur in the heart of Burdwan

2020-01-26T02:46:12Z

Did you know Bengal’s patachitra and kantha influenced Picasso and Chagall?

2020-01-25T02:29:29Z

Netaji’s historical meet with world leaders frozen in time in this rare video

2020-01-23T21:31:51Z

Golden era of Gour inscribed on Boro Sona Masjid

2020-01-23T04:57:00Z

Kolkata International Children’s Film Festival set to nurture young minds

2020-01-23T02:31:02Z

What secret lies behind the ornate façade of Medicine House on B.K. Pal Avenue?

2020-01-22T20:35:14Z

Dal Madal cannon and the saga of Bengal’s illustrious ironsmiths

2020-01-22T05:18:13Z

Cultural capital of India, Kolkata, rediscovered at Art Villa Gallery

2020-01-22T02:59:15Z

Meet the Time-Keepers of Kolkata

2020-01-21T02:27:54Z

Why did Rabindranath Tagore draw a portrait of fascist Mussolini!

2020-01-20T21:02:56Z

Arun Lal- Cricketer and Cancer survivor speaks on healthy living amid nature

2020-01-18T18:10:00Z

Why is a moon’s crater named after illustrious Bengali scientist Sisir Kumar Mitra?

2020-01-18T18:00:00Z

Journey of Muslin from Bengal to Milan!

2020-01-18T05:25:03Z

Manisha Pailan, the real-life story of an acid attack survivor

2020-01-18T02:42:03Z

Indubala Devi – the singing sensation of 1915 Calcutta!

2020-01-17T21:39:39Z

Colours and charm of Gangasagar Mela behind the lens

2020-01-17T05:25:26Z

Bengal’s Masland Madur – weaving dreams on a natural fibre

2020-01-17T05:10:04Z

Lyricist composer Ranjan Prasad traces the renaissance of contemporary Bengali songs

2020-01-17T03:20:15Z

Nilratan Sircar – the doctor who was born poor and who died poor

2020-01-16T21:17:03Z

The Bengali shop that supplied the first ever survey equipment to IIT

2020-01-16T06:15:58Z

Happy Birthday – Legendary soccer player Chuni Goswami

2020-01-16T06:09:06Z

This Poush Sankranti try a lost pithe of Bengal

2020-01-16T04:13:30Z

Kolkata Street Art Festival

2020-01-15T05:53:15Z

Bankura’s Bikna crafts a metal tale that has evolved in recent times

2020-01-15T02:21:48Z

Mahasweta Devi was more a socialist than a communist!

2020-01-14T21:55:25Z

107 delegates from 37 countries joined Destination 2020

2020-01-14T06:27:17Z

When an obscure stone plaque speaks of a heart-wrenching shipwreck in 1887 Calcutta

2020-01-14T01:05:48Z

Nabaneeta Dev Sen: The feisty feminist and subtle humourist

2020-01-13T21:09:35Z

I still seek for my freedom in this Free Land

2020-01-12T19:15:00Z

Migratory bird count at Santragachhi Jheel at 5-year high!

2020-01-12T05:15:59Z

Air Ambulance to be used in Gangasagar this year

2020-01-12T04:38:47Z

JU’s Debarshi Chanda among top 10 in this year’s CAT merit list; Secures 100 percentile!

2020-01-12T00:56:19Z

Cookme --- Bengal’s 150-year-old spice brand that still goes strong on purity quotient

2020-01-11T22:00:00Z

Goalondo Fowl Curry - Pritha Sen reviving a lost cuisine

2020-01-11T04:20:45Z

How cluster farmers of Bankura are reviving lost varieties of Bengal paddy

2020-01-11T01:05:07Z

Kolkata scientist who helped Dr Subhas Mukhopadhyay to create India’s first test-tube baby

2020-01-10T21:30:00Z

Celebrate Bengal’s only classical music gharana at Bishnupur Music Festival

2020-01-10T06:00:51Z

Century-old Gousia Library of Chitpur frozen in time

2020-01-10T02:50:33Z

Mountain biking at 7000 ft in Darjeeling

2020-01-09T21:30:00Z

Evolution of alpana in Santiniketan was a venture into a secular aesthetic world

2020-01-09T05:40:43Z

Poetry over a tea-cup – the picturesque Dam Dim Tea Tour

2020-01-09T03:25:36Z

Destination East 2020 to attract more international tourists to Bengal

2020-01-09T00:49:03Z

Connect to silence of the hills at Kalimpong’s Tharpa Choling Monastery

2020-01-04T06:02:12Z

Will Kolkata be soccer star Ronaldinho’s next port of call in 2020?

2020-01-04T05:17:24Z

Get a cleaner Kolkata this new year! How?

2020-01-03T23:24:57Z

Parampara -- 155th annual exhibition of Government Art College

2020-01-03T21:47:00Z

Murshidabad’s Sagardighi paves the way for apple plantation in Bengal

2020-01-03T20:46:15Z

Do not miss Pora Maatir Haat celebrating Rarh Bengal at its best!

2020-01-03T02:15:21Z

Turn-around story of India’s first Ink Business! Bengal’s Sulekha Ink and a story of resilience

2020-01-03T01:22:29Z

Rajabazar Science College scientist part of Chandrayaan II

2020-01-02T20:40:53Z

How Gour Mohan Dutta set up century-old ‘Boroline’ brand that still withstands foreign onslaught

2020-01-02T20:35:29Z

Best Panoramic View of Teesta from Munsong!

2020-01-02T05:09:07Z

Happy Birthday to great scientist Jagadish Bose who was denied Nobel Prize for being an Indian

2020-01-02T05:03:44Z

BREAKING! Bengali officially declared the second language of London!

2020-01-02T01:11:09Z

BREAKING! 14 iconic eateries of Kolkata to get heritage tag including Mocambo & Paramount

2020-01-02T00:17:52Z

Jadavpur University 1st in QS World University Ranking 2020

2020-01-01T20:54:27Z

BREAKING! Muslim professor appointed by Ramkrishna Mission to teach Sanskrit

2020-01-01T00:44:15Z

KUDOS! Bengali scientist leads cancer breakthrough with low-cost detection kit

2020-01-01T00:35:47Z

Charles Dickens’ son still lies in an obscure grave in Kolkata! 

2020-01-01T00:24:41Z

Sonar Kella’s Mandar Bose died in poverty and pain

2020-01-01T00:13:35Z

All women Pink Cabs to be launched in Kolkata

2020-01-01T00:05:58Z

Soumya Das of Nadia makes India proud by winning Mr Universe 2019!

2019-12-31T21:09:40Z

Today SSKM Hospital created history with first heart transplant

2019-12-31T20:22:31Z

IT professional from Bengal cracks Indus Valley script!

2019-12-31T20:15:56Z

BREAKING! Two Bengali scientists record new magnetic explosion on Sun

2019-12-31T04:32:28Z

Bengal’s tryst with Mihidana – history of Burdwan’s famous sweets

2019-12-31T03:25:41Z

Good News! Kolkata soon to get 80 E-toilets!

2019-12-31T00:23:26Z

Where do you get the season’s best phoolkopir shingara in Kolkata?

2019-12-30T00:18:01Z

Gorosthaney Shabdhan! Talking to the graves at the oldest non-church cemetery of the world

2019-12-29T04:23:25Z

Meet the graduate farmer sisters of Habra – Deepa and Samapti Mondal

2019-12-29T03:14:27Z

Intellectuals and locals of Bangladesh form human chain to save Ritwik Ghatak’s Rajshahi house

2019-12-28T21:38:24Z

Jaan Bari of Kolkata --- Hot seat of ancient tantric rites

2019-12-28T04:55:55Z

India’s only mangrove zoo to come up at Jharkhali

2019-12-28T03:09:09Z

Enjoy scientific feats in the backdrop of the Himalayas at Kalimpong Science Centre

2019-12-28T00:45:49Z

Suvendu Chattopadhyay – The doctor who stole our hearts as an intelligent, handsome actor

2019-12-27T19:35:30Z

Century old Kolkata tram gets a single car chic look this Christmas

2019-12-26T21:29:17Z

Get to see a partial Solar Eclipse today in Kolkata

2019-12-26T20:15:39Z

On Christmas Eve attend a special mass at the first Roman Catholic Church of Kolkata

2019-12-26T01:55:54Z

Have a sumptuous Turkey Meal as Christmas Lunch

2019-12-25T18:28:33Z

Join the Bow Fest at Bow Barracks this Christmas!

2019-12-25T18:19:46Z

Anglo Indian jockeys of Race Course. Where are they now? 

2019-12-25T03:50:07Z

Taste a slice of vintage Kolkata at Mocambo this Christmas Eve!

2019-12-25T03:36:31Z

Kolkata’s British charm relived on an Anglo-Indian palate

2019-12-24T20:54:12Z

Poush Mela starts today at Tagore’s land

2019-12-24T20:38:20Z

Bengali-Bihari association of Karmatar preserves Vidyasagar’s house and turns it into a museum

2019-12-24T05:07:54Z

Swami Vivekananda’s homecoming from Chicago and the Bawalis of Budge Budge

2019-12-23T22:23:20Z

This Christmas travel to Chinsurah and discover Bengal’s Dutch connect

2019-12-23T20:28:07Z

Meet the Saldanhas --- Goan Bakers of Kolkata

2019-12-22T23:10:18Z

This Christmas participate in a special prayer mass at The Bandel Basilica of Holy Rosary

2019-12-22T05:13:51Z

South Asia’s oldest dental college of Kolkata celebrates 100 years

2019-12-21T05:43:42Z

First Indian to fly was from Kolkata --- Ramchandra Chatterjee

2019-12-21T03:58:01Z

Kolkata girl from London University launches innovative TB awareness through putul naach!

2019-12-21T02:46:17Z

Australia’s billion-dollar wool industry survived on Bengal’s sheep and ewes!

2019-12-20T23:25:31Z

KUDOS! Bengali scientist from IIT Kharagpur invents Cancer Vision Goggles

2019-12-20T20:51:40Z

Breaking! Sahitya Akademi for Bengali professor and writer Chinmoy Guha

2019-12-20T03:17:56Z

On Ma Sarada Janma Jayanti, remembering one of the greatest feminist Sara Devi

2019-12-19T22:12:28Z

Meet Dr Santosh Kumar Biswas of Murshidabad – doctor who also holds a broom 

2019-12-19T22:04:01Z

Soccer’s greatest fan Pannalal Chatterjee, who witnessed Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ passes away!

2019-12-18T21:20:50Z

K.C. Paul, the man who tried to prove Galileo wrong! Was he mad or a man of conviction?

2019-12-18T20:28:25Z

9th Kolkata Christmas Carnival starts at Allen Park with huge fanfare

2019-12-18T06:03:19Z

Bengal produced many brave soldiers. How Lt Kanad Bhattacharya was martyred at Kargil 

2019-12-18T04:45:00Z

To die for --- Kapilda’s Ghugni Chaat at Girish Park

2019-12-17T20:50:20Z

How far will Dhritiman Chatterjee do justice to Professor Shonku’s role?

2019-12-17T20:28:03Z

One of the oldest fairs of Kolkata -- Behala’s 227-year-old Chandi Mela

2019-12-17T20:18:00Z

Husband-wife from Bengal venture on their bike spreading Tiger Awareness

2019-12-17T05:00:02Z

BREAKING! Ramakrishna Mission College wins highest NAAC grade

2019-12-17T02:16:47Z

My Date with Barunbabur Bandhu

2019-12-17T00:00:13Z

Do you remember sexy and sensuous actress Mithu Mukherjee who vanished at her peak!

2019-12-16T21:20:56Z

Shimurali’s heritage sweet ‘Kaalakand’ made from buffalo milk

2019-12-15T20:16:20Z

As India fights over NRC and CAB, here’s an inspiring tale from Bengal!

2019-12-15T19:57:13Z

Do you yearn to hear a quilt-maker’s music this winter on Kolkata’s streets?

2019-12-15T05:13:16Z

Saswata Chatterjee back as Bob Biswas this January

2019-12-15T02:33:56Z

River, sea and lighthouse – welcome to serene Junput

2019-12-15T00:30:14Z

Did you know St Xavier’s College was established twice?

2019-12-14T21:30:35Z

State government’s MSME clusters generate employment even during economic downturn

2019-12-14T04:37:19Z

BREAKING! Presidency College alumni brings back Pramod-da’s canteen on College Street

2019-12-14T04:21:29Z

World’s 2nd largest coal mine Deocha Pachami in Birbhum goes for operation nod in 7 days!

2019-12-14T02:29:03Z

Greek Orthodox Church of Kolkata still bears testimony to the city’s Greek connect

2019-12-14T00:03:10Z

Abhijit Banerjee wore a dhoti while receiving Nobel Prize! How dhoti carries Bengal’s pride

2019-12-13T04:12:34Z

Land of Tamang tribe, Darjeeling’s Tamang Gaon still retains a liberated virgin landscape 

2019-12-13T00:37:08Z

BREAKING! West Bengal bags 2,750 cr investment on first day of Bengal Business Conclave

2019-12-12T21:33:16Z

CONGRATS! Three architect students from Bengal win international Moonception challenge

2019-12-12T21:10:53Z

Nostalgic drive down Harish Mukherjee Road named after a British India journalist

2019-12-12T03:55:54Z

Bengal Business Conclave starts at Bengal’s revamped sea town of Digha

2019-12-12T03:02:17Z

Australia’s Bengal connect! How a Bengali poetry book landed in 19th- century Australian mosque

2019-12-11T23:47:51Z

This Christmas if you are heading to St John’s Church do not miss famous Last Supper Painting

2019-12-11T03:29:10Z

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: Human rights violation at Nandigram lead to international furor

2019-12-11T03:05:46Z

Abhijit Banerjee will receive Nobel Prize this afternoon at Stockholm

2019-12-11T00:24:00Z

How Google & Alphabet Inc CEO Sundar Pichai found his lady love in Bengal 

2019-12-10T20:58:14Z

Baghajatin started a revolutionary storm over a class of Paramount sherbet!

2019-12-10T05:17:29Z

Netaji’s kin to ask Japanese PM for DNA analysis of ashes on his India visit this month!

2019-12-10T04:27:26Z

KUDOS! State government launches Banglar Shiksha app with data on 1.5 crore students

2019-12-10T02:26:36Z

Aamir Khan’s Kolkata calling, Shoot on Howrah Bridge!

2019-12-10T00:25:30Z

Forgotten Hero swimmer Mihir Sen, only man to swim oceans of 5 continents in a year

2019-12-09T20:19:58Z

This winter savour Bengal’s date palm jaggery through famous Joynagar Moa

2019-12-08T21:28:48Z

110-year-old Dilkhusha Cabin got prestigious Heritage Eatery Tag yesterday!

2019-12-08T20:08:12Z

Did you know Kolkata produced the first professional female photographer of India?

2019-12-08T05:17:23Z

Curtains finally come down on Roxy Cinema Hall by High Court Order

2019-12-08T04:36:57Z

Enjoy a gurgling Mal River at Bengal’s Toonbari

2019-12-08T01:06:44Z

Did you know Kolkata has a Chinese Kalibari where noodles are offered as prasad?

2019-12-07T05:29:36Z

She was ‘evil or scheming’ mother onscreen, yet Gita Dey was caring and loving in real life 

2019-12-07T04:25:00Z

Does ‘Hyderabad Rape’ police encounter remind us of how Naxals were killed in Bengal?

2019-12-07T00:25:26Z

Even Hindu rulers destroyed Buddhist stupas and built temples on them!

2019-12-06T21:25:52Z

Arjun, a platform destitute at Sealdah Station fights poverty and studies in train compartments

2019-12-06T04:39:46Z

Escape Kolkata’s pollution and be at Chhibo over a weekend getaway

2019-12-06T01:00:06Z

Bengal’s own Agatha Christie Prabhavati Devi and her female detective Krishna!

2019-12-05T20:30:00Z

State Government’s new social scheme Jaago, aims at women empowerment

2019-12-05T05:47:20Z

Ram and Sita were siblings? Linguist Suniti Kumar Chattopadhyay proved through evidence

2019-12-05T03:30:00Z

BREAKING! Bengali officially declared the second language of London!

2019-12-04T20:42:34Z

Neil Basu, son of Bengali doctor from Kolkata headed recent London Bridge terror operations

2019-12-03T20:42:38Z

State government medical colleges bring online test report facility

2019-12-03T06:10:01Z

How Pintu Mahato fought poverty and Maoist threat to become a rising soccer star!

2019-12-03T03:43:48Z

Sudden spurt of Mangroves in Botanical Gardens has concerned scientists

2019-12-03T03:31:46Z

Jadavpur University 1st in QS World University Ranking 2020

2019-12-02T21:11:00Z

State government to give low-cost flats to the poor in Bengal

2019-12-01T23:49:52Z

Breakthrough in Cancer Therapy: Bengal’s scientists discover anti-carcinogenic snail extract

2019-12-01T22:00:18Z

GB Exclusive: Muslim Sanskrit Prof Ramzan Ali of Belur Vidyamandir says why Sanskrit is a jewel!

2019-12-01T04:05:55Z

BREAKING! 200-year-old chest found in Sanskrit College with Vidyasagar’s documents

2019-11-30T21:29:29Z

Good news for Bengali medium students! Give JEE (Main) in Bengali

2019-11-29T23:08:42Z

Trace Kolkata through Ink and Paper drawings of 76-year-old engineer Sandip Chatterjee

2019-11-29T22:08:04Z

BREAKING! NRS Hospital to start free-of-cost IVF clinic in memory of Dr Subhash Mukhopadhyay!

2019-11-29T20:54:35Z

This winter enjoy some lost Pithe recipes of Bengal

2019-11-29T05:36:26Z

CONGRATS! Suman Das from Siliguri wins prestigious World Title in Bodybuilding 

2019-11-29T01:03:08Z

Kolkata gets new museum at Town Hall

2019-11-28T21:10:39Z

Why Ronald Ross’ Bengali partner Kishori Mohan not get Nobel Prize?

2019-11-28T04:26:53Z

Royal Gallery at Victoria Memorial opens after 25 years!

2019-11-28T00:36:51Z

Calling all lovebirds! Be at Peshoke’s Lover’s Meet

2019-11-27T05:51:32Z

Revisiting refugees of Marichjhapi as Bengal gives land rights to 12k refugees

2019-11-27T04:28:17Z

Young entrepreneur Gourav Bhattacharjee takes Silco, Bengal’s own Sports Brand to new heights!

2019-11-26T21:29:03Z

First Reader-Writer Bank for Blind in Kolkata set up by visually challenged Sayantan 

2019-11-26T04:45:46Z

Promising Bengal diver’s mother drives mini-bus to fund her sports career

2019-11-26T02:58:04Z

Did you know 150 years ago, Kolkata hosted Royal Polo Matches?

2019-11-26T00:24:11Z

On Heritage Week, GB brings the story of how Deb Sahitya Kutir building was saved! 

2019-11-25T00:37:00Z

‘Human Computer’ Shakuntala Devi wrote India’s first book on homosexuality!

2019-11-24T20:50:18Z

Bengal’s food love in moving images! Watch out GB Ahaare Bangla Video

2019-11-24T06:28:03Z

First look of Avijatrik, the newly-made monochrome last leg of Apur Sansar

2019-11-24T04:29:30Z

Meet Santashree Chaudhuri who is turning poetry into films for the first time in Bengal

2019-11-24T02:44:00Z

Sharadendu Mukherjee, ex-Indian team cricketer speaks to GB on today’s historic test match!

2019-11-23T04:24:04Z

Pratima Devi, unsung talent of Tagore household brought to limelight by Sujoy Prasad Chatterjee

2019-11-23T01:17:28Z

BREAKING! Ancient Jain temple found under Kangsabari River in Purulia!

2019-11-23T00:56:59Z

History today at Eden Gardens – HIV kids to bring in cricket players

2019-11-22T21:13:18Z

Almost century-old Barua’s Cakes of Bow Barracks! Try out this Christmas

2019-11-22T05:27:06Z

When Russian Poets Pushkin, Akhmatova and Tolstoy met over an ICCR adda

2019-11-22T02:26:50Z

Kolkata’s one-stop Silver Shop --- New Market’s iconic Chamba Lama

2019-11-22T01:00:48Z

100 years of Duckback -- Surendra Mohan Bose who dared to challenge British monopoly!

2019-11-21T20:59:26Z

GOOD NEWS! Kazakhstan looks for $5 Billion trade target with Bengal

2019-11-21T04:41:13Z

STONEMAN, Urban Legend of Calcutta! Revisiting the city’s sensational Crime Stories!

2019-11-20T20:30:00Z

‘Men, fight for your rights!’ Men’s rights activist Nandini Bhattacharjee on Int’l Men’s Rights Day

2019-11-20T08:04:57Z

After 43 years, Sarat Chandra Chatterji’s Datta is being remade

2019-11-20T01:55:03Z

120 years of Kolkata’s Electric Trams celebrated with special cover release

2019-11-19T20:51:40Z

Big boost for Kolkata’s logistics infrastructure! World Bank to pump in $300 million 

2019-11-19T02:34:16Z

Aparna Sen’s Ghware Baire Aaj is just an armchair political statement

2019-11-19T01:21:52Z

Wow! Darjeeling’s Green and White Tea get GI tag

2019-11-19T00:52:02Z

CONGRATS! Bandhan Bank’s Chandra Shekhar Ghosh gets ‘Banker of the Year’ Award

2019-11-18T20:48:15Z

Centre’s NCRB records show Bengal fared best with 90% drop in women & child trafficking 

2019-11-18T02:36:44Z

Pujo Shilpo -- MAYA Art Space hosts famous installation artists today

2019-11-18T00:13:18Z

Sanjay Sen, a Bengali Engineer is contesting British elections!

2019-11-17T21:14:24Z

200-year-journey of Agri-Horticultural Society and how it introduced winter veggies to India!

2019-11-17T05:23:57Z

INSPIRATION! Nripen Chowdhury started running marathons at 65!

2019-11-17T04:50:16Z

Kolkata Comes up with its first Zero Waste Shop

2019-11-17T03:22:47Z

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