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The ‘Songhs’ of Old Calcutta were not just mere entertainers, but also social commentators

2023-09-30T16:48:41Z

100 years of ‘Abol Tabol:’ still at pinnacles of popularity – GetBengal story

2023-09-29T16:37:08Z

Kolkata matchbox collector Srijan De Sarkar depicts history of matchboxes - GetBengal story

2023-09-28T16:39:27Z

Titas Sadhu: a pacer propeling India to Asian Games Gold - GetBengal story

2023-09-27T10:42:00Z

Merchants from faraway Greece once tried their luck in Kolkata - GetBengal story

2023-09-25T16:52:16Z

Dakshindihi evokes fond memories of Tagore family’s connection with Bangladesh - GetBengal story

2023-09-23T10:27:15Z

Sonagachhi Durga Puja: Breaking fetters of customs to soak in the Puja spirit - GetBengal story

2023-09-22T10:37:26Z

Dutta bari at Beadon Street continues with the art of crafting sky lanterns - GetBengal story

2023-09-21T10:33:19Z

The long-forgotten history of Kolkata's Metropolitan Building – GetBengal story

2023-09-20T11:07:03Z

First Land mapping of India started in Bengal by none other than Radhanath Sikdar - GetBengal story

2023-09-19T10:39:51Z

State government brings ‘Banglar Saree’ stores before Pujas for affordable sarees - GetBengal story

2023-09-16T17:00:36Z

State to satiate gourmets with Bengal Black goat meat before this pujas - GetBengal story

2023-09-15T16:49:38Z

Pick a grub while Pujo shopping! Gariahat’s historic eateries will entice your taste buds - GetBengal story

2023-09-14T16:44:09Z

Band of four Bengali scientists bestowed with Bhatnagar Prize 2022 – GetBengal story

2023-09-13T16:45:57Z

Suman Ghosh’s ‘The Scavenger of Dreams’ reaches Busan Int’l Film Fest; Exclusive interview with Sudipta Chakraborty - GetBengal story

2023-09-12T17:33:31Z

Street art of Patuli set to enkindle a vignette of Belfast - GetBengal story

2023-09-11T16:41:34Z

Unique Alpona Village of Bangladesh that is also the memorial site of Tebhaga movement leader Ila Mitra – GetBengal story

2023-09-09T17:38:14Z

West Bengal on a voyage towards an educated society – GetBengal story

2023-09-08T16:40:31Z

None in Bengali literature reinterpreted history so poetically as Sunil Gangopadhyay did - GetBengal story

2023-09-07T16:38:31Z

Plot No 5, and not Ogo Bodhu Sundori was Uttam Kumar’s last movie to release - GetBengal story

2023-09-06T16:37:19Z

Maya invites you to an adda with Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, a Bengali tycoon like no other - GetBengal story

2023-09-05T10:33:54Z

Manchas of 18th century Bengal hold key to architectural splendour -GetBengal story

2023-09-04T10:38:03Z

Sports Collector Sukanta Sensharma and his prized possessions- GetBengal story

2023-09-02T08:36:28Z

Trees growing from disposed ‘rakhis’ – a Gach Green Hands Social Welfare Trust initiative – GetBengal story

2023-08-29T17:38:33Z

The uniquely intricate Bengal Nakshi Pakha was popular in British India - GetBengal story

2023-08-28T17:33:10Z

Project PAW – saving canines to save humans – GetBengal story

2023-08-26T16:37:28Z

Fluid Moments- photographer Sankha Kar's tryst with the nuances of water - GetBengal story

2023-08-25T10:02:16Z

Tracing the life and times of Bengal’s pioneer entomologist who created a science legacy - GetBengal story

2023-08-24T09:33:55Z

Sea Explorers Institute, Kolkata gears up for India’s first river pentathlon - GetBengal story

2023-08-23T10:26:53Z

Bengal to lead mangrove forestation scheme nationwide to stall coastal erosion - GetBengal story

2023-08-22T10:36:53Z

The lost heritage of Chaplin Hall: India’s first single screen movie theatre - GetBengal story

2023-08-21T10:40:51Z

Bengali scientists unravel the great ambiguity of Quantum mechanics - GetBengal story

2023-08-19T10:28:52Z

Century-old Barrister Babur Bari being guarded by 4 women from landsharks - GetBengal story

2023-08-18T10:35:57Z

Jalangi river turns into a lotus colony, thanks to RPF worker Nishit Mondal - GetBengal story

2023-08-17T10:43:19Z

Swami Vivekananda himself tried all sorts of non-vegetarian foods, including beef! - GetBengal story

2023-08-16T10:29:18Z

Freedom from communalism - did Aurobindo Ghosh wish for an unified India? - GetBengal story

2023-08-15T10:03:10Z

Howrah Para swimmer scripts history by crossing English Channel two ways - GetBengal story

2023-08-14T10:52:52Z

Why protecting 'elephant corridors' is a growing essentiality - GetBengal story

2023-08-12T10:23:52Z

Bengali compulsory in every school of West Bengal, State declares - GetBengal story

2023-08-11T10:39:17Z

SKOCH Star of Governance Award 2022 conferred on WB Forest department - GetBengal story

2023-08-10T10:42:13Z

Dr. James Esdaile: the Father of Anaesthesia started work at Hooghly Hospital - GetBengal story

2023-08-09T10:35:16Z

UK-based women’s group set for a Saree Walkathon on National Handloom Day – GetBengal story

2023-08-07T16:16:55Z

Legendary Hollywood actor, Sir Laurence Olivier lauded the acting prowess of Bengali actress Gita Dey – GetBengal story

2023-08-05T10:27:55Z

An unschooled singer who had no classical training, Kishore Kumar was God’s gift to mankind - GetBengal story

2023-08-04T10:31:40Z

Das Gupta and Company, the oldest book shop opens a free library - GetBengal Exclusive interview

2023-08-03T10:28:40Z

Septuagenarian ‘Bird Watcher of Kuthibari’ protecting parrots from poachers

2023-08-02T10:25:12Z

Sutradhars of Notungram narrate tales from folklore and mythology through wood-carved dolls - GetBengal story

2023-08-01T10:24:28Z

Guerilla Gardening – returning to nature, what belongs to nature – GetBengal story

2023-07-31T10:32:05Z

On International Tiger Day, one man reaffirms his mission to save the king of the forest - GetBengal story

2023-07-29T10:32:44Z

Banabitan, conserving nature positively amid the bustling Salt Lake - GetBengal story

2023-07-28T10:27:55Z

Farmers of Belda opt for groundnut farming, make big profits - GetBengal story

2023-07-27T09:28:46Z

Ancient Bengal’s phenomenal role in spreading Buddhism in Tibet - GetBengal story

2023-07-26T10:35:32Z

The Forest Department of West Bengal to launch modern vet clinic for wild animals - GetBengal story

2023-07-25T10:28:00Z

State govt. plans pocket gardens of sandalwood trees across Kolkata

2023-07-24T10:35:56Z

In memoriam: Tribute to tragic Nawab Wajid Ali Shah on his bicentenary - GetBengal story

2023-07-22T10:19:31Z

Organic dairy farming and vegetable production: Purnima Mandal of Sundarbans shows the way

2023-07-21T10:07:20Z

Stanford University calls Anjali Burman of Raniganj, the student who created EmaChat - GetBengal story

2023-07-20T10:49:58Z

Banaphul adopted pseudonym to hide his creative work from his teachers - GetBengal story

2023-07-19T10:35:56Z

The magnificent snow-capped Tiger Hills declared to be a plastic free zone - GetBengal story

2023-07-18T10:31:00Z

Bijon Bhattacharya: the dreamer who believed in the power of performing arts - GetBengal story

2023-07-17T10:34:40Z

North Dinajpur farmer cultivates energy-rich ‘Breadfruit Tree’ – New dimension to cultivation - GetBengal story

2023-07-15T10:33:18Z

Ganapati Chakraborty: the Indian pioneer of professional magic was a Bengali - GetBengal story

2023-07-14T11:07:10Z

Huge response to KMC plastic bottles craft challenge - GetBengal story

2023-07-13T10:37:45Z

Five from Tamluk set record by biking to Everest Base Camp - GetBengal story

2023-07-12T10:30:52Z

“Dolphin Mitra” to be launched in Bengal to save Gangetic Dolphins – GetBengal story

2023-07-11T10:07:28Z

K.C. Nag, the Mathematics teacher who once was an inseparable part of Bengali school-level studies - GetBengal story

2023-07-10T10:28:44Z

‘Smart farmer’ successfully sets up piggery at Jhargram, thank to ‘Duare Sarkar’- GetBengal story

2023-07-08T09:44:05Z

India’s first female mechanical engineer who changed the face of the industry, was a Bengali - GetBengal story

2023-07-07T10:32:12Z

Did Uttam and Suchitra's platonic love bloomed on the sets? - GetBengal story

2023-07-06T14:18:39Z

Beat the Heat with some Taal Shansh Cocktails

2023-07-05T16:38:21Z

Artist’s deft brush strokes transform the Kala Bhavana roof into a lotus pond - An exclusive GetBengal Interview

2023-07-04T16:37:11Z

Hamiruddin Middya from Bankura village clenched the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2023 - an exclusive GetBengal interview

2023-07-03T16:29:51Z

The rich heritage of Calcutta High Court, going strong at 161 - GetBengal story

2023-07-01T16:37:41Z

Peter Cat on world map - ranks 17th among legendary restaurants globally - GetBengal story

2023-06-30T16:27:59Z

Kolkata sweet-shop 'Bhim Chandra Nag' sells Ashubhog in memory of Sir Asutosh Mukherjee - GetBengal story

2023-06-29T16:25:36Z

Ex-Kala Bhavana artist using recycled wastes to produce paper – a GetBengal Exclusive interview of Ruma Choudhury

2023-06-28T16:46:18Z

R.D. Burman's early years in Calcutta, becoming 'Pancham' from Tublu - GetBengal story

2023-06-27T16:51:02Z

Sal leaf utensils - a Bengal speciality!

2023-06-26T16:27:22Z

Lakshmiswar Singh: A forgotten craft teacher and Esperanto Expert of Santiniketan

2023-06-24T16:22:43Z

A Bengal-based online store that delivers the truest essence of rural Bangla!

2023-06-23T16:05:17Z

'The miracle cure for any ailment' Boroline has a swadeshi link!

2023-06-22T16:20:09Z

Steve Pathé Zoutenn: the musical sensation from Central African Republic who sings in Bangla!

2023-06-21T16:28:17Z

8 Kalimpong suburbs in the global race for ‘Best Tourist Village’ title

2023-06-20T19:29:55Z

Get to know about the biodiversity of West Bengal with just a click of a button!

2023-06-19T10:34:09Z

Hariprabha Takeda: First Indian Woman in Japan and her famous travelogue

2023-06-17T10:20:30Z

Medicinal Ayapana Herb Cultivation by Malda farmers brings loads of revenue

2023-06-16T10:32:22Z

20 green cracker units in Bengal get state govt clearance

2023-06-15T10:30:33Z

The first plastic surgeon in India hailed from the quaint town of Chinsurah, Hooghly!

2023-06-14T10:23:34Z

Chandannagar school boy invents ‘Spy’ shoes

2023-06-13T10:28:24Z

“Vintage Voyage” –the new gallery of Birla Industrial and Technological Museum

2023-06-12T10:24:51Z

Sarbamangala Temple in East Burdwan offers endless pilgrimage for the soul

2023-06-10T10:12:54Z

Burdwan welcomes a blue road made by discarded plastic!

2023-06-09T10:27:39Z

Bengal celebrates the "1st Buddhadeb Dasgupta Film & Poetry Festival” with pomp

2023-06-08T10:28:47Z

"Indigenous paddy cultivation can save generations from disease and death", pens Dr. Anupam Paul

2023-06-07T10:40:35Z

UAE Dates cultivated in Katwa successfully brings hope to farmers

2023-06-06T10:33:38Z

Mission LiFE - a celebration of conservation and protection of the environment

2023-06-05T10:26:47Z

The glorious days when Cycle was an integral part of the soul of Kolkata

2023-06-03T10:32:12Z

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

2023-06-02T10:29:06Z

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

2023-06-01T10:29:15Z

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

2023-05-31T10:33:23Z

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

2023-05-30T10:31:55Z

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

2023-05-29T10:30:56Z

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

2023-05-27T09:57:35Z

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

2023-05-26T10:38:51Z

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

2023-05-25T10:24:00Z

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

2023-05-24T10:32:04Z

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

2023-05-23T10:31:38Z

Would climate change wipe out Bengal tigers by 2070?

2023-05-22T10:33:21Z

Did Marxism give shape to Manik Bandopadhyay's writings?

2023-05-19T16:30:16Z

Kolkata, the home of museums nobody knows about

2023-05-18T16:10:07Z

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

2023-05-17T16:19:41Z

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

2023-05-16T16:23:53Z

Kushan period terracotta wheeled doll unearthed in Chandraketugarh

2023-05-15T16:47:06Z

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

2023-05-13T16:27:07Z

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

2023-05-12T16:11:13Z

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

2023-05-11T16:18:08Z

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

2023-05-10T10:48:53Z

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

2023-05-09T11:01:53Z

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

2023-05-08T10:29:19Z

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

2023-05-06T10:40:56Z

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

2023-05-05T08:20:22Z

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

2023-05-04T10:25:19Z

Ghostbusters coming to Calcutta High Court to probe haunting spirits

2023-05-03T10:33:26Z

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

2023-05-02T10:40:09Z

Why do Bengal has a troubled relationship with May day?

2023-05-01T09:55:54Z

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

2023-04-29T08:46:36Z

Tagore in Bollywood – How he influenced major movie songs

2023-04-28T08:44:28Z

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

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

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

2023-04-24T17:03:30Z

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

2023-04-22T16:02:36Z

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

2023-04-21T16:55:25Z

Overviewing Zakaria Street - the Ramadaan food paradise

2023-04-20T17:24:58Z

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

2023-04-19T14:40:11Z

Cartoonist Narayan Debnath’s Nonte Fonte hits the Big Screen

2023-04-17T17:43:18Z

Thailand’s Songkran, the spiritual cousin of Sankranti

2023-04-15T10:00:54Z

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

2023-04-14T09:05:51Z

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

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

2023-04-12T09:38:43Z

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

2023-04-11T09:45:47Z

Will the Rajbaris of Khidderpore stand the test of time?

2023-04-10T09:17:17Z

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

2023-04-08T10:18:28Z

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

2023-04-07T09:13:51Z

Indigenous rice cultivation and seed preservation in the Sundarbans

2023-04-06T10:15:25Z

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

2023-04-05T09:26:39Z

German consulate pitches in to preserve Bengal’s cultural legacy

2023-04-04T10:23:06Z

What’s new in Kolkata this week?

2023-04-03T10:17:21Z

Did Rabindranath Tagore write Sri Lanka’s national anthem?

2023-04-01T09:50:27Z

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

2023-03-31T06:53:43Z

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

2023-03-30T09:43:00Z

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

2023-03-29T09:55:27Z

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

2023-03-28T10:16:37Z

A quick list of events taking place throughout Bengal this week

2023-03-27T10:01:01Z

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

2023-03-25T10:19:32Z

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

2023-03-24T11:41:51Z

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

2023-03-23T10:05:55Z

First ever Gour Malda Marathon chooses heritage protection as theme

2023-03-22T10:15:43Z

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

2023-03-21T10:28:12Z

Discover the diverse events taking place this week in Kolkata

2023-03-20T11:58:14Z

Critically endangered Gyps vultures released in the Buxa Tiger Reserve

2023-03-18T09:56:12Z

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

2023-03-17T11:07:39Z

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

2023-03-16T10:21:15Z

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

2023-03-15T09:37:18Z

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

2023-03-14T09:52:30Z

List of events this week happening in Kolkata

2023-03-13T12:24:49Z

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

2023-03-11T10:31:39Z

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

2023-03-10T10:16:14Z

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

2023-03-09T09:55:05Z

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

2023-03-08T09:50:09Z

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

2023-03-07T10:10:47Z

What a colourful week ahead!

2023-03-06T10:02:11Z

The Ghots of Bengal are a piece of Art

2023-03-04T10:53:06Z

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

2023-03-03T10:00:01Z

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

2023-03-01T16:52:51Z

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

2023-02-28T17:39:00Z

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

2023-02-27T17:07:21Z

Shyam Bazar: What’s in a name?

2023-02-25T17:21:00Z

Howrah Station’s famous Boro Ghori turns 95!

2023-02-24T17:03:32Z

Most of what Kolkatans know about trams is wrong!

2023-02-23T17:21:25Z

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

2023-02-22T17:08:28Z

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

2023-02-21T17:12:13Z

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

2023-02-20T17:43:00Z

Creator Sujan Dasgupta leaves 'Eken babu' in limbo

2023-02-18T17:09:51Z

New Haven of Animals, the new zoo at New Town

2023-02-17T17:30:17Z

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

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

2023-02-15T08:59:35Z

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

2023-02-14T07:27:11Z

What's new this week?

2023-02-13T10:32:15Z

Kolkata artist explores Zen Buddhism and Nature to create solo magic

2023-02-11T08:47:36Z

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

2023-02-10T08:53:10Z

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

2023-02-09T10:22:05Z

Steamer service from Calcutta that transformed British Rangoon

2023-02-08T08:47:45Z

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

2023-02-07T11:19:22Z

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

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

2023-02-03T17:57:20Z

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

2023-02-02T17:15:59Z

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

2023-02-01T12:23:29Z

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

2023-01-31T16:34:46Z

The teenager who literally died smiling

2023-01-30T16:11:06Z

What’s happening in Kolkata this week?

2023-01-30T11:30:55Z

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

2023-01-28T11:48:44Z

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

2023-01-27T06:41:13Z

Think you know all about our tricolour? Think again!

2023-01-26T10:13:52Z

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

2023-01-24T17:03:29Z

Subhas vs Prof Oaten, an encounter that changed two lives

2023-01-23T13:11:00Z

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

2023-01-21T18:11:52Z

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

2023-01-20T18:11:44Z

Bengal paintings on chariots were another form of fresco painting

2023-01-19T14:59:23Z

Why Kolkata is deservedly a top global food destination

2023-01-18T16:51:03Z

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

2023-01-17T13:06:06Z

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

2023-01-16T17:15:36Z

On the eve of Makar Sankranti

2023-01-15T07:42:14Z

Bengalis who contributed to the building of Alipore Zoo

2023-01-14T10:33:58Z

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

2023-01-13T11:04:22Z

Swami Vivekananda on Practical Vedanta: ‘Different’ Understanding

2023-01-12T10:56:28Z

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

2023-01-11T06:52:11Z

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

2023-01-10T11:07:27Z

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

2023-01-06T17:21:03Z

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

2023-01-05T12:16:55Z

Genesis of Bengal's Phuchka village

2023-01-04T17:04:10Z

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

2023-01-03T17:17:15Z

Bengal’s rural housewives turn saxophone players

2023-01-02T17:35:57Z

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

2022-12-31T16:36:00Z

Saras Mela: Melting pot of artisans

2022-12-30T17:23:48Z

The only ‘Samovar’ Tea shop of Kolkata

2022-12-29T17:43:52Z

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

2022-12-28T17:36:21Z

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

2022-12-27T19:34:46Z

Manzilat Fatima – Keeping authentic Royal Awadhi cuisine alive in Kolkata

2022-12-26T17:17:58Z

Christmas Festival 2022 kicks off amid fanfare

2022-12-24T10:47:59Z

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

2022-12-23T10:40:40Z

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

2022-12-22T10:50:37Z

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

2022-12-21T10:40:28Z

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

2022-12-20T10:55:45Z

Chakraberia – the Dihi that was older than Calcutta

2022-12-19T10:57:51Z

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

2022-12-17T11:36:33Z

A stroll along Maidan - 'the lungs of Kolkata'

2022-12-16T11:31:57Z

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

2022-12-15T11:05:02Z

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

2022-12-14T10:50:58Z

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

2022-12-13T10:51:28Z

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

2022-12-12T10:53:20Z

Himalayan Orange Tourism Festival celebrates its 5th year in Kolkata

2022-12-10T10:57:44Z

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

2022-12-09T11:00:00Z

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

2022-12-08T11:21:39Z

Bengali scientists nail down antibiotic-resistant ‘Superbugs’

2022-12-07T10:55:26Z

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

2022-12-06T10:48:03Z

Max Mueller Bhavan celebrates its 65th year

2022-12-05T10:59:38Z

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

2022-12-03T10:59:08Z

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

2022-12-02T10:55:55Z

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

2022-12-01T10:54:26Z

‘Nakshi Kantha’ – how Irene Begum pilots women empowerment

2022-11-30T11:22:43Z

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

2022-11-28T17:37:30Z

Park Street bookstore promoting environment-friendliness

2022-11-26T17:04:29Z

Kolkata’s Pumpkin Shingaras invading the US snack market successfully

2022-11-25T17:08:35Z

Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob turns eight

2022-11-24T18:01:56Z

Rare French photos of Calcutta on display at Indian Museum

2022-11-23T17:35:23Z

Tagore tried to save Bengal’s Shellac Doll Art

2022-11-22T17:47:48Z

Kolkata hosts fashion event that takes ability beyond disabilities

2022-11-21T17:34:27Z

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

2022-11-19T17:21:48Z

Women of Bankura and Jhargram show the way to Green bags

2022-11-18T17:33:24Z

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

2022-11-17T18:12:05Z

The origin of Biryani – how a Mughal delicacy invaded Bengal

2022-11-16T17:54:55Z

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

2022-11-15T17:24:28Z

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

2022-11-14T17:06:56Z

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

2022-11-12T16:52:02Z

Bengali scientists discover shark fossil in Jaisalmer

2022-11-11T17:09:33Z

Behala firm to equip Qatar FIFA World Cup power transformers

2022-11-10T14:44:55Z

Jadavpur University scientists, part of ISRO’s Chandrayaan 3

2022-11-09T16:30:37Z

Rockstar in a Kanjeevaram, the enduring magic of Usha Uthup

2022-11-08T17:33:55Z

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

2022-11-07T09:02:20Z

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

2022-11-05T11:57:44Z

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

2022-11-04T10:41:30Z

Rani Rashmoni’s iconic Janbazar house finally acquires heritage status

2022-11-03T11:04:16Z

Railway coach at New Jalpaiguri gets an áppetizing’ makeover

2022-11-02T12:47:07Z

Hawa, a Bangladeshi mystery-drama directed by Mejbaur Rahman

2022-11-01T10:56:15Z

WB government’s Lakshmir Bhandar Scheme bags prestigious SKOCH Award

2022-10-31T10:52:56Z

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

2022-10-29T10:41:10Z

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

2022-10-28T11:14:07Z

Brikkho Foundation: Setting up Orphanage for Trees

2022-10-27T10:46:47Z

Want to try out Rabdigram’s Rabdi this winter?

2022-10-26T10:51:03Z

What’s selling this Diwali?

2022-10-25T10:44:57Z

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

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

2022-10-21T10:55:06Z

Celebrating Ayurveda Day

2022-10-20T10:35:38Z

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

2022-10-18T17:15:48Z

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

2022-10-17T17:28:34Z

Dr Shantanu Bhowmik transforms plastic wastes into utility products

2022-10-15T10:45:49Z

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

2022-10-13T16:40:49Z

Did you know Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay was nominated for Nobel Prize?

2022-10-12T16:38:00Z

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

2022-10-11T10:55:00Z

King of Bengali Folk, Nirmalendu Chowdhury

2022-10-10T11:09:36Z

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

2022-10-08T09:57:54Z

Raj Rajeshwari of Krishnanagar Rajbari

2022-10-06T10:19:29Z

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

2022-10-03T11:51:52Z

Durga worshipped as Pateshwari Devi at Burdwan Rajbari

2022-10-01T11:12:23Z

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

2022-09-30T11:22:19Z

Nandotsav heralds Durga Puja at Baikunthapur Rajbari

2022-09-29T09:39:36Z

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

2022-09-28T10:42:41Z

When the Goddess comes to the forests of Sonajhuri

2022-09-27T11:36:28Z

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

2022-09-26T10:29:52Z

Shakespeare’s family members still lie in a Kolkata grave

2022-09-24T11:24:21Z

A Slice of Bengal in Europe

2022-09-23T10:54:45Z

How does Nature play an important role in Durga Puja

2022-09-22T11:56:33Z

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

2022-09-21T11:09:46Z

North Kolkata and B.K. Paul chemist shop

2022-09-20T10:55:24Z

Book launch: 'Park Street Theke Phire Dekha'

2022-09-19T10:59:25Z

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

2022-09-17T10:55:24Z

Charting a safe income for Tiger Widows of Sundarbans

2022-09-15T16:53:07Z

The Darjeeling Mail was once run by bullocks

2022-09-13T17:32:41Z

When the twain met: Bibhutibhushan and Ray

2022-09-12T16:53:12Z

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

2022-09-10T16:55:12Z

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

2022-09-09T19:39:40Z

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

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

2022-09-06T19:15:35Z

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

2022-09-05T17:09:16Z

Modern Masterpieces: Dhanni Meye, the comedy that runs deep

2022-09-03T18:27:56Z

When the Goddess came to the streets of Kolkata

2022-09-02T11:54:37Z

Lost Palace of Siraj-ud-Daulah

2022-09-01T11:54:24Z

Kolkata and its first bus service

2022-08-31T11:28:38Z

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

2022-08-30T15:28:54Z

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

2022-08-29T17:38:36Z

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

2022-08-27T16:19:06Z

Bhanu Bandyopadhyay, the ageless wonder

2022-08-26T16:51:30Z

Bankim Ghosh, the Boxing Champion who turned an actor

2022-08-25T11:09:53Z

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

2022-08-24T11:26:04Z

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

Famous guitarist Denis Stern brings global music to Kolkata

2022-08-20T11:56:48Z

The earthy and robust taste of Bengal’s favourite Kochu

2022-08-18T16:55:50Z

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

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

2022-08-14T10:52:37Z

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

2022-08-13T10:40:25Z

Tracing the metamorphosis of Sri Aurobindo: A documentary from Bengal

2022-08-11T17:34:37Z

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

2022-08-10T17:12:05Z

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

2022-08-09T16:37:41Z

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

2022-08-08T16:56:43Z

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

2022-08-06T16:49:40Z

Squash player Saurav Ghosal creates a history @CWG 2022

2022-08-06T12:03:49Z

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

2022-08-05T11:21:28Z

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

2022-08-03T17:07:51Z

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

2022-08-02T18:08:13Z

Achinta Sheuli’s fairytale journey to Commonwealth gold

2022-08-01T17:11:35Z

Emon Ekti Jhinuk Khunje Pelam Na…

2022-07-31T12:05:26Z

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

2022-07-30T11:53:50Z

The lost tigers of Buxa could be coming home

2022-07-29T11:28:59Z

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

2022-07-27T17:46:23Z

Novel 'Heritage Walk': Destination Serampore Henry Martin Pagoda

2022-07-26T11:41:58Z

Mericamaya Satkahan: Friendless in a distant land

2022-07-25T11:21:46Z

How Labhpur influenced the writing spirit of Tarashankar

2022-07-23T11:15:44Z

GSI’s thrust to promote geo-tourism in India

2022-07-22T11:39:09Z

Desmond Doig, the man captivated by Calcutta

2022-07-20T17:37:45Z

The Dwijendralal we never knew

2022-07-19T17:37:11Z

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

2022-07-18T16:47:21Z

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

2022-07-16T16:44:05Z

Oncologists of SSKM perform first ever double mastectomy technique

2022-07-15T17:17:28Z

Bengal’s Mehuli Ghosh wins Shooting World Champs

2022-07-14T17:18:48Z

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

2022-07-13T16:56:37Z

Science City Kolkata @25

2022-07-12T16:56:30Z

Raja's Farewell

2022-07-12T11:35:16Z

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

2022-07-09T17:50:40Z

Tale of the Padma bridge in Bangladesh

2022-07-08T12:29:04Z

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

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

2022-07-04T11:58:43Z

Georgina Haque, the first female Bangladeshi drummer

2022-07-02T11:52:32Z

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

2022-06-29T17:34:37Z

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

2022-06-28T16:57:48Z

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

2022-06-27T17:15:16Z

North Dinajpur masks, the ongoing tradition

2022-06-25T17:41:51Z

A Monsoon Date at Dacres Lane

2022-06-24T17:46:38Z

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

2022-06-23T17:57:51Z

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

2022-06-22T17:14:14Z

Remembering Bishnu Charan Ghosh who took yoga to the Western World

2022-06-21T16:47:20Z

Remembering Gour Kishore, the voice that knew no fear

2022-06-20T17:43:44Z

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

2022-06-18T19:26:21Z

Grand ol’ Ambassador is to be back again

2022-06-17T17:08:22Z

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

2022-06-16T17:50:15Z

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

2022-06-15T16:59:10Z

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

2022-06-14T17:47:57Z

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

2022-06-13T16:41:37Z

Mind matters: How Bengali cinema treats mental health

2022-06-11T12:27:26Z

Defaced but not defeated

2022-06-10T11:41:58Z

Nilima Ibrahim, a pioneer in women emancipation

2022-06-09T11:10:52Z

Hippies still live in the lanes of Kolkata

2022-06-08T11:56:05Z

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

2022-06-07T11:20:11Z

Kolkata’s ‘Asli Hero’ Mohammad Tauseef Rahman

2022-06-06T11:19:20Z

Remembering Ajoy Home, the Birdman of Bengal

2022-06-04T11:59:37Z

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

2022-06-03T11:25:53Z

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

2022-06-02T09:59:53Z

Shibpur's centuries-old Roxburgh House to be restored

2022-06-01T10:20:30Z

Mukti’s Kitchen conquers Brooklyn with Indian style health food

2022-05-31T12:10:33Z

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

2022-05-28T18:57:54Z

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

2022-05-27T17:11:28Z

Jugi Jatra: The fading folk theatre of Midnapore

2022-05-26T17:16:10Z

Bose of Nakamuraya: How Japan adopted Rashbehari Bose

2022-05-25T17:59:54Z

Nazrul Islam, harbinger of Hindu-Muslim harmony

2022-05-24T17:33:32Z

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

2022-05-23T17:11:21Z

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

2022-05-21T18:15:48Z

Power of Museums: A Special celebration at Indian Museum

2022-05-21T12:21:33Z

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

Three international synthetic tennis courts launched in North Bengal

2022-05-17T17:18:58Z

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

2022-05-14T17:07:21Z

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

2022-05-13T17:29:43Z

Upendrakishore Raychaudhuri, the boy who refused a zamindari

2022-05-12T17:32:55Z

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

2022-05-11T16:50:04Z

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

2022-05-10T17:41:50Z

Panchphoran Rui recipe from Jorasanko Thakurbari’s kitchen

2022-05-09T16:50:53Z

Swimmer Sayani Das becomes first Asian to conquer Molokai Channel

2022-05-06T11:58:55Z

First female farmer of Murshidabad

2022-05-05T12:25:52Z

I made it into the classroom: Nemai Ghosh on Pratidwandi

2022-05-04T11:46:22Z

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

2022-05-03T11:30:51Z

Firework in your stomach! Dalle Khursani from North Bengal

2022-05-02T11:25:21Z

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

2022-05-01T09:55:42Z

Jallianwala Bagh documentary an eye-opener at KIFF

2022-04-30T14:55:40Z

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

2022-04-29T18:31:10Z

Capturing the pioneering spirit of Bengal’s preeminent theatre personality

2022-04-29T12:10:01Z

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

2022-04-28T12:07:46Z

Bangitola’s heritage Monda

2022-04-27T11:47:46Z

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

2022-04-25T17:12:18Z

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

2022-04-23T11:55:10Z

A year without Sankha Ghosh

2022-04-22T11:44:29Z

Old Danish Government House in Serampore ready for a fresh start

2022-04-21T12:09:00Z

Ancient monuments unearthed near the Sundarbans of Bangladesh

2022-04-20T10:55:39Z

Indian Museum brings Rakhaldas Banerjee and his discoveries to public

2022-04-19T11:28:06Z

Eastern India’s premier neurosciences institute turns 13

2022-04-18T16:19:05Z

Kolkata People's Film Festival provokes thought, leaves memories

2022-04-16T17:24:51Z

A few Bengali calendar basics as we begin 1429

2022-04-15T11:36:10Z

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

2022-04-14T11:50:10Z

Riten Mozumdar – Polymath and Artist Designer who conquered the world

2022-04-13T11:34:41Z

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

2022-04-12T11:16:44Z

Mahakaran Metro Station gets Heritage Gallery for Martyrs

2022-04-11T11:14:23Z

Modern Masterpieces: The enduring relevance of Ganadevata

2022-04-09T12:55:32Z

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

2022-04-07T16:53:30Z

Suchitra Sen, the recluse with a reason

2022-04-06T16:51:37Z

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

2022-04-05T17:26:25Z

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

2022-04-04T11:26:41Z

Uneasy ties: Student politics and cinema

2022-04-02T12:33:58Z

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

2022-03-31T17:28:13Z

Saradindu Bandopadhyay brought in unusual murder weapons

2022-03-30T17:52:47Z

Giant mural pays tribute to 100 years of Satyajit Ray

2022-03-29T17:27:29Z

What is hidden behind Maidan police station?

2022-03-28T16:47:16Z

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

2022-03-26T17:53:11Z

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

2022-03-25T16:58:49Z

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

2022-03-24T16:39:35Z

Basri Shah Mosque: The Oldest Mosque of Kolkata

2022-03-23T16:55:06Z

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

2022-03-22T16:40:18Z

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

2022-03-21T17:25:18Z

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

2022-03-19T17:49:43Z

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

2022-03-17T17:05:10Z

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

2022-03-16T11:42:19Z

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

2022-03-14T16:39:59Z

Journey of an incorrigible optimist

2022-03-12T11:10:06Z

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

2022-03-11T11:36:01Z

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

2022-03-09T16:52:45Z

Six Bengali women, and the mountain they named Lalana

2022-03-08T16:43:02Z

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

2022-03-07T16:48:11Z

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

2022-03-05T15:17:46Z

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

2022-03-04T15:05:59Z

Ray of hope in West Bengal on World Wildlife Day

2022-03-03T15:14:09Z

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

2022-03-02T16:38:58Z

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

2022-03-01T15:16:02Z

Give in to Pareidolia at Maya Art Space

2022-02-28T15:07:34Z

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

2022-02-27T11:36:00Z

A cookbook worthy of a Nobel Prize winner

2022-02-26T11:51:12Z

Metamorphosis of Bay leaf from a food condiment to bookmark!

2022-02-25T11:36:23Z

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

2022-02-24T11:01:17Z

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

2022-02-23T12:06:29Z

Books are big at The Bengal Store!

2022-02-21T21:45:20Z

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

2022-02-21T11:21:21Z

Tribal Bengal, a book like no other

2022-02-19T10:42:05Z

Handicrafts from water hyacinth

2022-02-18T11:42:28Z

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

2022-02-17T12:20:12Z

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

2022-02-15T22:37:42Z

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

2022-02-15T12:16:06Z

Real Rani -- Rani Rashmoni merged philanthropy and business

2022-02-14T12:35:41Z

Josinta Kamala: Lives in Tarai slum and educates local children

2022-02-11T17:51:29Z

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

2022-02-10T17:59:09Z

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

2022-02-09T17:57:27Z

Rare Trees of Dhakuria Lake – Lungs of South Kolkata

2022-02-08T11:30:59Z

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

2022-02-07T11:56:51Z

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

2022-02-05T16:39:46Z

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

2022-02-04T11:34:58Z

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

2022-02-02T17:42:07Z

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

2022-02-01T17:19:23Z

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

2022-01-31T17:56:43Z

Badal Roy, the global tabla maestro we forgot to remember

2022-01-29T16:46:25Z

GB Exclusive interview with ace shooter Joydeep Karmakar

2022-01-28T17:33:24Z

How did Netaji bring communal harmony in INA

2022-01-27T11:33:08Z

The Bengal contingent at the Constituent Assembly

2022-01-26T11:37:39Z

How did Madhusudan Dutta defy Ram and make Meghnad the hero

2022-01-25T11:42:15Z

My father, as I would like him to be remembered

2022-01-23T10:07:31Z

Kalpanirjhar and its crusade for short films

2022-01-22T12:29:23Z

What is topsy-turvy about Ultadanga?

2022-01-21T11:01:11Z

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

2022-01-20T11:33:33Z

Kolkata to get brand new Solar Dome

2022-01-18T17:41:26Z

Bengali, the first Indian language that Tintin spoke

2022-01-17T19:05:25Z

Spirituality through embroidery, a Kolkata designer’s lockdown journey

2022-01-15T18:13:21Z

Tusu on Makar Sankranti is a vibrant tribal festival of Bengal

2022-01-14T17:28:01Z

Lakshminarayan Roychowdhury – Father of India’s Professional Photography

2022-01-13T17:14:28Z

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

2022-01-12T18:53:38Z

State Government delivers nutritious meals for COVID families at your doorstep

2022-01-10T16:56:22Z

Ashapurna Devi – the voice of the faceless, nameless women

2022-01-08T11:00:00Z

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

2022-01-07T11:20:39Z

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

2022-01-06T11:18:18Z

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

2022-01-05T11:35:33Z

Jashoda Mishtanna Bhandar: Tale of an iconic sweetmeat shop

2022-01-04T11:13:05Z

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

2022-01-03T10:00:00Z

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

2022-01-01T11:26:34Z

The Kali idol of Kalighat has a significance beyond religion

2021-12-31T11:41:20Z

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

2021-12-30T11:41:54Z

Looking back at the first Poush Mela of Santiniketan

2021-12-29T09:23:06Z

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

2021-12-28T11:20:48Z

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

2021-12-27T12:16:39Z

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

2021-12-25T13:21:18Z

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

2021-12-24T11:34:44Z

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

Dawn of Christianity in North Bengal and its historical churches

2021-12-21T11:26:26Z

Sulekha relaunches iconic Bangalipi exercise copy

2021-12-20T11:53:15Z

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

2021-12-18T11:34:45Z

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

2021-12-17T11:33:23Z

Ratna Chakraborty, the freedom fighter who cleaned toilets

2021-12-16T15:06:44Z

Sundarban Dibas highlights the critical need for mangrove conservation

2021-12-15T16:47:01Z

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

2021-12-14T17:03:10Z

India’s first Bengali literature festival turns seven

2021-12-13T18:41:39Z

GB Exclusive interview with National Award winning director Sagnik Chatterjee

2021-12-13T11:38:14Z

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

2021-12-11T11:52:39Z

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

2021-12-10T11:58:12Z

Welcome to the World of Heritage Trees of Kolkata

2021-12-09T12:17:55Z

Shankar at 87, may the joy never fade

2021-12-07T14:56:44Z

This winter, ‘Eat Like a Sindhi!’

2021-12-06T16:53:57Z

East Midnapore brings back native, lost fish varieties of Bengal

2021-12-06T11:52:37Z

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

2021-12-04T15:06:37Z

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

2021-12-03T11:25:36Z

The simple philanthropic life of Khan Jahan Ali

2021-12-02T15:21:53Z

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

2021-12-01T16:54:44Z

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

2021-12-01T11:26:10Z

Satyaprasad Gangopadhyay -- Rabindranath Tagore’s first publisher

2021-11-30T15:14:36Z

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

2021-11-29T17:05:57Z

Walk near the docks that made Calcutta

2021-11-27T18:54:51Z

Why Bengali sportswomen are indebted to these men

2021-11-27T11:51:03Z

Order your pack of Mango Magic online from The Bengal Store

2021-11-26T15:35:15Z

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

2021-11-25T19:08:24Z

Kolkata Police rewarded for keeping city heritage safe

2021-11-24T17:01:36Z

Chugging tales of Bengal Railways: Problems faced in track laying

2021-11-24T12:05:15Z

Bengal’s Shalimar laid foundation in 1941

2021-11-23T16:38:18Z

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

2021-11-22T16:46:32Z

Walk through Kolkata’s cities of the dead

2021-11-20T19:09:41Z

Slavery, the dark secret from Calcutta’s past

2021-11-19T16:57:27Z

How did Hemango Biswas pick his tunes

2021-11-18T17:07:58Z

Dr. Sambhu Nath Dey: The saviour who chased Cholera

2021-11-17T16:51:41Z

Our last bastion, Soumitra da

2021-11-16T18:25:46Z

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

2021-11-15T16:41:19Z

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

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

2021-11-11T11:49:41Z

North Bengal, the gift that keeps giving

2021-11-09T16:40:07Z

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

2021-11-08T16:38:43Z

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

2021-11-06T16:57:26Z

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

2021-11-05T17:24:12Z

Ghatak's war between 'Man and Machine'

2021-11-04T18:09:03Z

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

2021-11-03T14:37:49Z

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

2021-11-02T11:28:01Z

West Burdwan Teacher transforms village streets into classrooms

2021-11-01T11:56:48Z

Asit Sen, the centurion nobody remembered

2021-10-30T11:25:52Z

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

2021-10-29T11:51:25Z

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

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

2021-10-26T11:27:47Z

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

2021-10-25T11:53:27Z

Azad Hind, the government that saw the future

2021-10-23T11:22:07Z

Remembering Jibanananda Das on his death anniversary

2021-10-22T12:00:01Z

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

2021-10-21T11:51:00Z

Duelling, or how the British in Calcutta killed each other

2021-10-19T16:22:02Z

Giant Jilipis of Kenjakura

2021-10-18T16:01:39Z

Celebrating Durga, celebrating autumn

2021-10-10T11:11:46Z

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

2021-10-09T12:57:33Z

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

2021-10-08T11:24:18Z

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

2021-10-07T11:45:07Z

Chittaranjan Das to Subhash Bose – illustrious Presidents of Baghbazar Sarbajanin

2021-10-06T15:38:44Z

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

2021-10-05T18:47:10Z

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

2021-10-05T11:32:52Z

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

2021-10-04T15:11:19Z

Lost in obscurity, Calcutta’s oldest surviving temples

2021-10-02T18:48:59Z

Hemanta Sengupta: The man who became Gandhi’s bodyguard

2021-10-02T11:42:17Z

Jalpaiguri tops Bengal language list with a diversity of 98 dialects

2021-10-01T15:24:33Z

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

2021-09-30T17:53:47Z

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

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

2021-09-28T11:42:21Z

Rammohan Roy, a feminist ahead of his time

2021-09-27T11:14:16Z

Old Calcutta’s temple trail, a cultural odyssey

2021-09-25T18:30:25Z

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

2021-09-25T11:29:29Z

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

2021-09-24T14:59:51Z

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

2021-09-23T17:20:04Z

West Bengal has successfully increased Rhino population in the wild

2021-09-22T17:21:09Z

Kolkata safest city for elderly too

2021-09-22T11:21:15Z

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

2021-09-21T14:32:46Z

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

2021-09-20T15:09:06Z

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

2021-09-18T17:41:57Z

After Pather Panchali, there is Talnabami

2021-09-18T12:01:05Z

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

2021-09-17T15:22:26Z

Kolkata has the oldest Dhobi Khana of India

2021-09-16T16:58:54Z

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

2021-09-16T12:09:27Z

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

2021-09-15T14:49:17Z

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

2021-09-14T18:41:26Z

The Swiss woman who wrote the first Bengali novel

2021-09-14T11:59:07Z

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

2021-09-13T14:48:08Z

Walking through the centre of Kolkata

2021-09-11T17:53:32Z

Theatre Man Kedarnath Dasgupta bridged India & UK through Oriental productions

2021-09-11T10:37:58Z

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

2021-09-10T15:00:01Z

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

2021-09-09T18:56:06Z

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

2021-09-09T11:30:45Z

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

2021-09-08T14:53:34Z

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

2021-09-07T11:49:01Z

Gomira Mask Makers of Dinajpur – Skilled Wood Workers

2021-09-06T14:47:12Z

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

2021-09-05T09:23:28Z

Will single-screen halls become a slice of nostalgia?

2021-09-04T15:46:24Z

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

2021-09-03T14:53:43Z

Our Lady Queen of the Missions, 75 years of service

2021-09-02T17:24:01Z

Bengal's Folk Rice: Conserving a Neglected Treasure

2021-09-02T09:54:29Z

National Handicraft Award for women mat makers of Medinipur

2021-09-01T16:26:47Z

Go see a Kolkata ‘mess bari’ before it vanishes

2021-08-31T17:18:32Z

How did Bengal’s only classical music gharana originate?

2021-08-30T17:07:24Z

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

2021-08-30T11:14:25Z

Seven Bengali films make it to Melbourne 2021

2021-08-28T15:56:59Z

Sib Chandra Nundy: The Telegraph Man of India

2021-08-27T11:46:04Z

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

2021-08-26T11:48:21Z

Transgenders and Gay feature in Kalighat Patachitra for the first time

2021-08-25T15:10:19Z

Kolkata Partition Museum prepares for virtual avatar

2021-08-24T17:01:10Z

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

2021-08-23T17:26:10Z

Was Topsia named after local fish Topshe?

2021-08-23T11:32:01Z

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

2021-08-21T15:47:34Z

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

2021-08-20T19:09:09Z

Gold Mask for Durga Idol to spread Pandemic awareness

2021-08-20T11:18:06Z

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

2021-08-19T11:55:07Z

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

2021-08-18T15:28:20Z

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

2021-08-17T17:12:33Z

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

2021-08-17T11:49:43Z

Only Kolkata lines up for Books

2021-08-16T15:13:16Z

The Prophet of Indian Nationalism

2021-08-15T15:03:00Z

The ghats of Kolkata, a walk like no other

2021-08-14T17:19:45Z

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

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

2021-08-12T14:45:04Z

Season’s tallest Durga idol sets sail for USA

2021-08-11T16:57:51Z

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

2021-08-11T11:34:01Z

West Bengal Government executes massive Mangrove Plantation in Sundarbans

2021-08-10T14:51:36Z

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

2021-08-09T17:24:55Z

The day Rabindranath became immortal

2021-08-07T14:59:04Z

A city book shop selling books by kilos

2021-08-06T17:39:20Z

Remembering Kolkata's 'Japani' bombs on Hiroshima Day

2021-08-06T12:09:56Z

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

2021-08-04T17:03:18Z

‘Telebhaja’ for Re 1, Ghugni for Rs 2

2021-08-04T11:28:23Z

Naren Hansda – Pied Piper of Purulia

2021-08-03T11:34:52Z

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

2021-08-02T15:01:17Z

On the waterfront: a walk along the Hooghly

2021-07-31T17:43:24Z

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

2021-07-31T12:01:30Z

West Bengal Tourism Department and France join hands for Chandannagar revival

2021-07-30T15:14:52Z

Celebrating Coochbehar on Mohun Bagan Day! Why, though?

2021-07-29T19:08:31Z

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

2021-07-28T17:25:54Z

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

2021-07-28T11:19:33Z

Tables turned: how an Indian bought the East India Company

2021-07-27T15:04:18Z

Calcutta Police and the BOSE connect

2021-07-26T16:30:54Z

Umashankar Mandal- the 'Mangrove Man' of Sundarbans

2021-07-26T12:16:27Z

Walk on for a perfect balance of religion and commerce

2021-07-24T17:43:48Z

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

2021-07-24T15:28:27Z

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

2021-07-23T11:46:31Z

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

2021-07-22T11:28:23Z

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

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

2021-07-17T17:48:06Z

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

2021-07-17T11:40:12Z

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

2021-07-16T11:23:03Z

Where boats do not sail, but weave a thousand stories

2021-07-15T15:57:25Z

Environmental award for Kolkata CP Soumen Mitra

2021-07-14T17:49:42Z

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

2021-07-14T11:50:13Z

Rath Yatra, a global festival

2021-07-12T18:30:51Z

Tagore too had a biographer- Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay

2021-07-12T11:45:21Z

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

2021-07-10T11:50:24Z

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

2021-07-09T15:19:31Z

Why we remember Franz Kafka on Safe Drive Save Life Day

2021-07-08T17:16:33Z

Swami Vivekananda’s love for Khichuri and his special recipe

2021-07-07T18:30:23Z

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

2021-07-07T11:52:54Z

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

2021-07-06T15:16:48Z

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

2021-07-05T18:54:52Z

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

2021-07-05T11:15:53Z

Dokra handicraft, a thing of ancient beauty

2021-07-03T15:51:07Z

Remembering the mystic music of Bhaba Pagla

2021-07-02T17:54:41Z

Outstanding International Award for SSKM’s Dr. Sujoy Ghosh

2021-07-02T11:52:48Z

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

2021-07-01T15:29:55Z

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

2021-06-30T17:41:12Z

Michael Madhusudan, the genius who lost his way

2021-06-29T18:09:46Z

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

2021-06-28T15:28:56Z

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

2021-06-26T18:25:04Z

Rare ghost fungus spotted in Bengal

2021-06-26T11:58:22Z

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

2021-06-25T15:21:21Z

Bengal and its ITIs top India’s skill development charts

2021-06-24T15:59:00Z

A lifetime in 11 years, the Netaji-Emilie saga

2021-06-23T17:33:39Z

‘Duare Vaccine’ in remote Alipurduar villages

2021-06-23T11:20:49Z

Jagannath Sadak, the ancient path to divinity

2021-06-21T17:40:34Z

Enjoy the lockdown with your very own customised Kolkata Walk

2021-06-19T18:31:14Z

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

2021-06-19T11:25:59Z

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

2021-06-18T15:20:49Z

Baranti, the dream eco-tourism destination

2021-06-17T17:56:09Z

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

2021-06-17T11:51:18Z

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

2021-06-16T15:14:01Z

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

2021-06-15T15:16:31Z

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

2021-06-14T18:17:32Z

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

2021-06-12T16:34:38Z

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

2021-06-12T11:25:52Z

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

2021-06-11T14:47:33Z

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

2021-06-10T11:32:54Z

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

2021-06-09T15:20:13Z

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

2021-06-08T16:55:33Z

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

2021-06-08T11:50:05Z

This monsoon, put Hilsa Tourism on the map!

2021-06-05T18:49:38Z

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

2021-06-05T11:42:27Z

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

2021-06-04T17:52:52Z

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

2021-06-03T17:36:03Z

Mojilpur clay dolls, endangered examples of an ancient Bengali craft

2021-06-02T15:34:21Z

How a transport strike changed Calcutta’s traffic for good

2021-06-01T18:41:20Z

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

2021-06-01T11:28:45Z

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

2021-05-31T15:16:56Z

The man who made Mount Everest famous

2021-05-29T12:59:23Z

The British beautified Kolkata with shady avenues. How?

2021-05-28T14:55:00Z

Rabi babu and Subhas, a bond that endured

2021-05-27T17:44:22Z

Mahalis of Birbhum – the tribe that weaves bamboo wonders

2021-05-27T10:15:39Z

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

2021-05-26T08:39:11Z

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

2021-05-25T18:22:18Z

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

2021-05-25T15:09:52Z

Bengal was once upon a time ruled by African Kings!

2021-05-24T18:03:49Z

RKM teacher and scientist Swapan Ghosh invents plastic degrading microbes

2021-05-22T15:25:02Z

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

2021-05-21T11:48:45Z

Andrew Yule and his love for Bengal’s Golden Fibre

2021-05-20T15:21:39Z

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

2021-05-18T18:10:02Z

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

2021-05-18T11:19:37Z

Sangay Sherpa puts Darjeeling’s adventure sports on global map

2021-05-17T15:10:38Z

Is blood really thicker than water?

2021-05-15T16:09:25Z

Uttarpara archive celebrates 99 years of Mrinal Sen with unique tribute

2021-05-15T11:17:51Z

Meet home chefs who are cooking free meals for COVID patients

2021-05-14T11:40:43Z

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

2021-05-13T15:05:53Z

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

2021-05-12T15:33:25Z

How Tagore was ‘stamped’ on the world

2021-05-11T17:58:15Z

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

2021-05-11T10:38:37Z

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

2021-05-10T15:06:26Z

Notir Puja: Rabindranath Tagore’s Only Film Nears Century

2021-05-09T11:12:37Z

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

2021-05-08T15:09:31Z

How is Bengal's Jackfruit good for you?

2021-05-07T15:05:03Z

Grow your own urban garden, feel happier for it

2021-05-06T18:33:24Z

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

2021-05-06T11:06:05Z

Mamata announces new Covid measures, suspends local trains

2021-05-05T15:35:22Z

Sanguvalley of Kolkata – a distant call of Chittagong

2021-05-05T11:22:25Z

19th Century Woodcut Print Kali Poster by Benimadhab Bhattacharya

2021-05-04T15:19:58Z

Chitrakar infuses modern social atrocities in Patachitra

2021-05-03T18:23:45Z

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

2021-05-03T11:17:35Z

Tea garden bungalows of North Bengal come alive in new book

2021-05-01T17:02:50Z

Highest ever net surplus in a decade at Kolkata Port Trust

2021-04-30T11:19:46Z

Bengal leads India’s Sustainable Energy plans for 2022

2021-04-29T14:54:34Z

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

2021-04-28T10:46:17Z

Kolkata Police creates green corridor for transportation of oxygen

2021-04-27T11:18:35Z

Chinatown’s oldest shop builds a culinary bridge

2021-04-26T12:23:03Z

Tangra Blues, the first ‘Bengali rap’ film

2021-04-24T16:07:27Z

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

2021-04-23T18:28:01Z

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

Daniell’s canvas picturing elephants on Chowringhee

2021-04-21T10:52:08Z

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

2021-04-19T17:53:32Z

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

2021-04-19T10:18:37Z

Spend a perfect weekend at Diamond Harbour

2021-04-17T20:02:44Z

Chilligola Rosogollas – the chilli infused sweet has attained cult status

2021-04-16T17:05:08Z

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

2021-04-16T11:25:22Z

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

Ali Akbar Khan and his musical journey

2021-04-14T11:28:28Z

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

2021-04-13T16:36:31Z

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

Blessings from the king of elections

2021-04-10T15:19:34Z

Chalsa, queen of the Dooars

2021-04-09T17:47:59Z

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

2021-04-09T12:09:12Z

Kiriti Roy, created by Dr. Nihar Ranjan Gupta

2021-04-08T17:00:58Z

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

2021-04-07T19:53:29Z

Why are people pretending as though Covid has vanished?

2021-04-06T18:54:05Z

National Medical College scripts history with first snake venom oral antidote

2021-04-05T17:45:32Z

Surya Sen Street – As defiant as its namesake Masterda!

2021-04-05T11:31:59Z

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

2021-04-03T16:00:27Z

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

2021-04-02T17:34:15Z

Confluence of Minds – Tagore, Bose & Mahalanobis

2021-04-02T11:12:34Z

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

2021-04-01T11:13:07Z

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

2021-03-31T13:32:08Z

Top 10 summer destinations in West Bengal - Part I

2021-03-30T15:53:43Z

Beat the heat with the cool Gondhoraj Ghol

2021-03-29T17:10:37Z

Woven tales of a Baluchari Saree

2021-03-29T10:43:39Z

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

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

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

2021-03-24T17:17:58Z

How the Leftists are influenced by Bollywood

2021-03-24T11:50:14Z

Teenage bride beheaded for adultery in 19th-century Kolkata

2021-03-23T15:34:03Z

The temple in Kolkata that survived an earthquake and cyclone

2021-03-22T16:54:50Z

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

2021-03-22T11:54:43Z

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

Meet Kolkata’s home chefs, a growing tribe

2021-03-18T18:58:53Z

Why Bengal is a haven for heritage tourism

2021-03-17T16:59:11Z

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

2021-03-16T17:04:49Z

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

2021-03-16T11:27:29Z

Jogesh Dutta and his silent, universal art

2021-03-15T14:52:36Z

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

Why the Bishnupur Museum in Bankura is a must visit

2021-03-11T16:54:54Z

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

Gajoldoba, a tourism hotspot in the making

2021-03-09T19:37:47Z

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

2021-03-09T11:48:53Z

Post COVID, Dalhousie street-food vendors get hygiene training

2021-03-08T14:16:43Z

The broken rhythm of the Brigade

2021-03-07T13:43:25Z

Should Green activism be included in mainstream politics?

2021-03-06T11:41:57Z

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

2021-03-05T14:52:58Z

Chitpur Bridge — The Bridge that protected Kolkata from Maratha Bargis

2021-03-04T14:58:23Z

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

2021-03-03T17:06:29Z

Romancing Bengal’s ‘Loitta’ across India

2021-03-03T12:56:53Z

Sridhar Acharya, the forgotten Bengali mathematician

2021-03-02T15:37:29Z

Akashvani to be relaunched

2021-03-01T17:18:15Z

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

The ancient charm of Tamluk

2021-02-25T19:49:00Z

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

Eco Park in New Town hosts workshop on its resident birds

2021-02-23T17:40:56Z

Buenos Aires Travelogue – by Rabindranath Tagore

2021-02-23T11:58:01Z

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

2021-02-22T14:16:10Z

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

2021-02-20T17:32:59Z

‘Pad Crusaders’ who lead Menstrual campaigns in Rural Bengal

2021-02-19T14:44:08Z

Paschim Medinipur, the birthplace of heroes

2021-02-18T17:18:29Z

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

Why did Devi Saraswati find her place on gramophone records?

2021-02-16T09:33:47Z

Hilsa tales: the good, the bad and the ugly

2021-02-15T14:34:09Z

Rabindranath Tagore’s First Love – Annapurna

2021-02-14T09:41:08Z

The Power of Radio

2021-02-13T14:46:07Z

Celebrating Gorumara, Bengal’s natural wonder

2021-02-12T18:06:46Z

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

2021-02-12T11:14:45Z

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

2021-02-11T15:46:24Z

JOLOSHREE -- The Restaurant Boat in Chandannagar

2021-02-10T14:06:13Z

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

2021-02-09T16:46:12Z

Kolkata has turned many penniless dreamers into successful entrepreneurs

2021-02-09T11:25:18Z

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

2021-02-08T09:28:49Z

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

2021-02-04T13:55:31Z

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

2021-02-03T17:16:31Z

19th century Bengali hero who introduced Bicycles to Indians

2021-02-03T10:48:43Z

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

2021-02-02T15:34:16Z

Why do Bengalis believe in planchettes?

2021-02-01T17:23:51Z

The first Weaving School of Kolkata at Cornwallis Street

2021-02-01T11:56:51Z

It is the British soil that formed Strand Road

2021-01-30T15:24:56Z

Artists from Bengal still rule at Christie’s Sale

2021-01-29T17:13:45Z

The iconic Coffee House and its predecessors

2021-01-29T11:57:12Z

Jaldapara has almost prevented rhino poaching. How?

2021-01-28T14:43:57Z

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

2021-01-27T16:51:08Z

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

2021-01-27T12:07:15Z

Comic King Narayan Debnath has been awarded Padmashri

2021-01-26T14:26:29Z

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

2021-01-25T15:39:35Z

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

2021-01-24T15:19:18Z

Malda, the ancient pride of of Bengal

2021-01-23T18:11:25Z

How is Sir Ross’ Kolkata doing?

2021-01-22T16:48:43Z

The Mecca of Journalism lies in neglect

2021-01-22T12:07:55Z

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

2021-01-21T16:03:09Z

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

2021-01-20T17:12:31Z

Shout Out to our Real Heroes

2021-01-19T07:03:32Z

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

2021-01-18T10:08:29Z

Kagey, the village with a view

2021-01-17T09:53:53Z

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

Hetampur – the cultural heritage site of Birbhum

2021-01-14T16:28:28Z

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

Shankarpur, the still hidden jewel

2021-01-12T16:49:13Z

Six decades after its birth, Bengal’s mini-Tibet shines bright

2021-01-11T18:05:27Z

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

Kolkata’s ‘Boi Para’ looks to online sales on road to recovery

2021-01-08T15:13:44Z

Bishnupur Music Festival gears up for another edition

2021-01-07T17:45:59Z

Empowering lives through education- Taranjit Singh

2021-01-07T11:51:47Z

Karnasuvarna: The first capital of independent Bengal was in Murshidabad

2021-01-06T14:30:00Z

Roll Kaku of Kolkata

2021-01-05T16:59:53Z

Deviprasad Roychowdhury: The Maverick Sculptor of the Twentieth century

2021-01-05T11:42:13Z

ABTA completes 100 years

2021-01-04T15:29:10Z

Madoor of Sabang conquers Europe

2021-01-02T17:22:04Z

Will the new year revive Kolkata’s beloved Cricket League?

2021-01-01T17:16:41Z

Take a tram ride, spread Covid awareness

2021-01-01T12:23:19Z

Look Back: Goddess of Love, Venus, found her way as Goddess Lakshmi in Bengali households!

2020-12-31T14:44:40Z

Rabindranath Tagore’s love for a Library of Books

2020-12-30T14:56:02Z

LOOK BACK: Zamindars of 19th century Bengal, played Cricket with ‘Gora Sahibs’ as a weapon of supremacy

2020-12-29T16:28:48Z

Lamahatta, the ‘accidental’ tourist destination

2020-12-29T12:13:24Z

The Sweeter the Better- Foodscapes

2020-12-28T14:22:25Z

Manoj Guha, the man who put Bengal on the world badminton map

2020-12-26T15:34:09Z

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

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

Kolkata was once called 'Black Town'

2020-12-22T15:37:32Z

A final farewell to the doyen of Bengal's folk culture

2020-12-21T18:23:11Z

The story of Christmas, myth and reality

2020-12-21T11:55:51Z

‘Duare Sarkar’ crosses 1 cr registration in 15 days

2020-12-19T11:51:45Z

Tagore's profound spiritualism

2020-12-18T14:36:29Z

Kolkata Police Museum, a mirror of the city’s growth

2020-12-17T17:25:23Z

The colonial Park Street Restaurants

2020-12-17T11:27:54Z

On Vijay Diwas, remembering the man who gave Bangla its identity

2020-12-16T12:06:19Z

First to record the height of Mt. Everest

2020-12-15T15:05:19Z

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

Tagore's love for ink and paper

2020-12-11T14:49:56Z

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

Business conference on the Hooghly, anyone?

2020-12-08T16:53:18Z

Somebody else’s war: Indian soldiers in World War I

2020-12-07T23:15:16Z

Bengal sets a path breaking example in Plasma Therapy research

2020-12-07T12:01:03Z

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

Tribute to Soumitra Chatterjee

2020-12-03T16:16:51Z

Joynagarer Moa-the brand that defines a town

2020-12-02T16:50:11Z

When Tagore shows you the way

2020-12-02T11:25:29Z

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

Tajpur- Bengal in a new light

2020-11-29T17:01:54Z

When tigers roamed the streets of Kolkata

2020-11-28T11:31:01Z

Vision Beyond Education

2020-11-27T14:36:00Z

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

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

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

Apu to Feluda- A legend never dies

2020-11-19T14:37:14Z

Gadiara, where the rivers meet

2020-11-17T17:11:32Z

Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards 2020

2020-11-16T16:33:21Z

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

Young Reader’s Tram Car

2020-11-14T08:46:25Z

Exploring the forests of Kankrajhore

2020-11-13T14:51:24Z

Naxalbari, students today, and Communism in Covid times

2020-11-12T17:00:31Z

Kolkata’s Heritage Ambassador Taxi now on Sydney Streets!

2020-11-12T11:30:48Z

Silent Revolution in Primary Education

2020-11-11T14:39:27Z

The Power of the 90 Million

2020-11-10T11:30:14Z

How is Manna Dey’s Coffee House doing?

2020-11-09T15:32:18Z

Kolkata’s Pice Hotels

2020-11-07T16:28:40Z

Story of the vanishing Bhistis in Kolkata

2020-11-07T12:57:25Z

The legacy of Radu Babu Chayer Dokan in Kolkata

2020-11-06T15:16:39Z

High Court orders a Silent Diwali

2020-11-05T19:38:10Z

Tyre Park- a unique art installation venture

2020-11-05T15:22:04Z

Stay fit in the pre-Diwali week with these healthy recipes

2020-11-04T15:59:47Z

Bishnupur Gharana travelled to Murshidabad

2020-11-03T15:59:08Z

A fierce historic battle was fought on Dalhousie Square

2020-11-02T14:46:22Z

Earliest sketches of Kolkata by British landscape artists

2020-10-31T15:32:35Z

Guptipara’s Gupo Sandesh is Bengal’s first branded sweet

2020-10-30T15:25:04Z

How was Bengal’s favourite ‘Posto’ born as ‘left-over’ of British’s opium trade

2020-10-29T12:59:40Z

Joransanko Thakurbari’s ‘Glutton Club’ where voting happened on basis of best dishes!

2020-10-28T16:40:33Z

Bengal school-girl’s virus-killing mask wins National Award

2020-10-27T17:40:34Z

500-year-old Durga Puja that starts on Vijaya Dashami in Raigunj!

2020-10-27T11:42:26Z

From 3-day cultural program to ‘Durga & Dhaki’ campaign, Australia’s Pujo go Virtual

2020-10-25T12:15:10Z

350-year-old Durga Puja of Arambagh that starts with Namaaz path

2020-10-21T17:05:30Z

Susanta Paul, famous installation artiste juggling themes in 3 major pujas of Kolkata

2020-10-21T12:16:22Z

Maa Durga’s bhog cooked and offered by Muslims in 350-year-old Murshidabad pujo

2020-10-20T16:13:45Z

Famous Chhanamukhi of Brahmanberia that transcended borders as Chhanar Murki

2020-10-19T17:04:02Z

The artiste who put Bengal's kantha stitch in Obama's living room

2020-10-19T13:16:56Z

Durga Puja is not just fun, it sustains a huge unorganized sector – Listen to Saumik & Piyali

2020-10-18T17:10:58Z

Double Death: When Lalbazar's source network brought a vengeful housewife to justice

2020-10-18T11:23:25Z

Bengal’s entrepreneurship idol R.N Mookerjee whose company built Victoria Memorial

2020-10-17T16:41:30Z

AGOMONI – Corporatization of Kolkata’s theme Durga Pujas

2020-10-17T08:53:11Z

With Kishore Bhimani and Pradip Ghosh, Kolkata loses two more gems

2020-10-16T15:56:27Z

World’s first vegetarian soap ad with Rabindranath Tagore as model raised furor like Tanishq ad!

2020-10-15T17:17:06Z

Siliguri’s Female Farmers script history in organic paddy and Kadaknath poultry farming

2020-10-15T13:39:42Z

Goecha La trek -- an inch closer to Mt. Kanchenjunga

2020-10-14T17:20:58Z

Samaj Sebi Sangha celebrates Diamond Jubilee by helping 75 Amphan ravaged families

2020-10-14T15:38:43Z

Sovabazar Rajbari is out of bounds this Durga Puja, so let’s go on a virtual Andarmahal tour!

2020-10-13T17:45:36Z

Saraswati Sarkar, weaver of Nadia receives President’s Medal for her exquisite Jamdani

2020-10-13T15:24:40Z

Nobel 2020 winner Roger Penrose’s theory based on Scientist Amal Raychaudhuri’s equation!

2020-10-12T17:00:09Z

Armenians of Kolkata – community brought to Bengal by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb!

2020-10-12T12:23:39Z

Let’s awake as a society to mental health issues!

2020-10-10T11:41:39Z

Enjoy a peaceful Puja at Murshidabad, away from the big city

2020-10-09T18:26:22Z

First Muslim feminist Begam Roquiah’s Sakhawat Memorial stands for women empowerment

2020-10-09T11:20:03Z

Roop Sanatan’s Roshokodombo still a favourite sweet of Bengal was first made in 1861

2020-10-08T15:23:32Z

We speak of Terracotta temples, but not of Terracotta mosques of Bengal! Hidden treasure

2020-10-07T16:45:38Z

Music department of Don Bosco Kolkata, creates a global musical bond through unique show

2020-10-07T11:38:09Z

Robot Maria to manage crowds during Durga Puja in Kolkata

2020-10-06T16:28:06Z

Century-old Tea Advertisement at the historical H.C. Dey tea stall of Dumdum

2020-10-05T17:48:10Z

Swami Vivekananda was at Hathras a century ago where he met trusted disciple Sharat

2020-10-05T11:52:49Z

Spend the Pujas at Bakkhali, without missing out on anjali and bhog

2020-10-03T19:20:44Z

Kolkata’s teacher puts Bengal on international beauty pageant map as Mrs Universe

2020-10-03T11:22:35Z

A group of citizens fight to retain and revive Kolkata's beloved trams

2020-10-02T17:56:21Z

Pyari Charan Sircar wrote First English Book of Reading for native Indian children

2020-10-02T13:58:10Z

Durga Puja conducted tours by the Department of Tourism

2020-10-01T17:13:40Z

Fragile Bengali snacks crafted with designs of an alpona – dying art of Goyna Bori

2020-09-30T16:59:16Z

On World Rivers Day, in search of the missing Saraswati River of Bengal. Did it exist?

2020-09-30T11:53:29Z

Destination Jhargram, seat of Bengal's 'Rajput Malla' kings

2020-09-29T19:44:26Z

Oldest surviving auction house of India, Kolkata’s Russell Exchange!

2020-09-29T10:59:51Z

Lord Curzon was floored by Burdwan’s Sitabhog! Was it a sweet that Sita loved?

2020-09-28T14:04:04Z

On World Tourism Day, go local with pride

2020-09-27T16:52:34Z

Sonajhurir Haat, Santiniketan, reopens its golden doors

2020-09-26T18:39:14Z

Dr Sekhar Basu, leading nuclear scientist of India is no more!

2020-09-26T09:13:45Z

Kolkata’s first three storied building, why was it called Writers’ Building?

2020-09-25T15:37:58Z

First Tram Library of India launched in Kolkata yesterday!

2020-09-25T09:14:47Z

Did you know Bengali is the official language of a faraway African country?

2020-09-24T12:52:46Z

A fruit from Mexico is changing lives in Bengal

2020-09-23T18:32:29Z

Sarada Ranjan Ray was called W.G. Grace of India for popularizing Cricket

2020-09-23T13:59:09Z

Film tourism in Bengal follows the shooting trail to iconic locations

2020-09-22T19:39:26Z

Kidderpore Tram Depot -- The oldest operational Tram Depot of Asia

2020-09-22T13:59:30Z

‘Afghanistan is my watan, but Kolkata is my mulk’ – stateless Kabuliwalas of Bengal

2020-09-21T14:21:24Z

Bengal's Pathasathi motels make your road trip even better

2020-09-20T08:57:09Z

AGOMONI! Bangla Chaler Thakur to Chhobiana -- Changing face of Devi Durga idols

2020-09-19T08:40:45Z

IIT couple of Siliguri starts ‘Library on Wheels’ for children who have no access to online classes

2020-09-18T15:57:11Z

This Puja, rediscover Bengal

2020-09-17T18:01:53Z

Celebrating birth anniversary of one of India’s first modern painters – Gagan Thakur

2020-09-17T12:00:34Z

From Gas Lights to Electricity – How Kolkata, the first British Indian city was illuminated!

2020-09-16T14:29:33Z

Majestic Murshidabad, the capital that the British destroyed

2020-09-15T19:10:04Z

Author who created ‘Fearless Women’ in Indian literature

2020-09-15T09:18:30Z

Which was Kolkata’s First Road? And which was the first road with a footpath?

2020-09-14T09:34:56Z

Light Makers of Chandannagar and legendary Sridhar Das. How illumination art changed

2020-09-12T16:27:56Z

Today is the day when Swami Vivekananda gave his historic speech at Chicago

2020-09-11T19:43:57Z

Dr Kanak Saha and his team discovers one of the earliest galaxies in extreme ultraviolet light

2020-09-11T17:44:43Z

Barwari Durga Puja first started in Bengal to uphold Swadeshi sentiments with Netaji at the helm

2020-09-11T11:50:21Z

Don Bosco Liluah – set up in 1937 under the ideology of a Saint from Italy!

2020-09-10T11:01:35Z

Did you know Warren Hastings founded Digha and called it ‘Brighton of the East!’

2020-09-09T13:36:16Z

Weavers of Phulia create record by depicting entire Ramayan on one Taant Saree

2020-09-08T17:15:14Z

Bongaon’s Kumudini High School celebrates centenary uniquely by bringing ex-students online daily

2020-09-08T13:48:57Z

When world discusses vaccines, here is Bengal Immunity that pioneered first Serum & vaccine shots

2020-09-07T22:52:24Z

Dum Dum’s Sujoy Ghosh wins gold medal at International Yoga Olympic! He has made Bengal Proud

2020-09-06T03:47:43Z

From Vogue’s cover page to welcoming Hollywood star Ava Gardner, Cooch Behar oozes royalty

2020-09-05T06:21:27Z

Tagore wanted to break walls – then why walls coming up in Visva Bharati? Ashramites question

2020-09-05T00:02:16Z

Birbhum’s Mirati will no more have Pranab Mukherjee during Durga Puja this year

2020-09-04T00:06:09Z

Sandakphu, a magical trek among the Himalayas

2020-09-03T06:36:53Z

Do fusion recipes like Ilish Biriyani kill flavour of the queen of fishes, Hilsa?

2020-09-03T00:09:51Z

Pranab Mukherjee is no more

2020-09-01T06:30:51Z

Nabadwip, the ‘Oxford of Bengal,’ gave birth to one of ancient India’s first school ‘Navya Naya’

2020-08-31T23:47:58Z

Paresh Lal Roy - Father of Indian Boxing, was 1914 Bantamweight champion of England

2020-08-30T01:15:47Z

Sabai Grass turns into exquisite art in the hands of Bengal’s tribal women and travels abroad

2020-08-29T03:11:20Z

Prakriti Bhavan, a little gem of a museum

2020-08-28T07:16:41Z

Zamindars of 19th century Bengal, played Cricket with ‘Gora Sahibs’ as a weapon of supremacy

2020-08-27T21:17:18Z

Bengali architect Vidyadhar Bhattacharya who built Jaipur, India’s first planned city

2020-08-27T00:40:59Z

St. Andrew’s Church, Darjeeling's history cast in stone

2020-08-26T05:31:39Z

Who were the Ghatwals of Bengal’s Amodpur? They saved us from Bargi attacks!

2020-08-26T03:36:59Z

Bamabodhini Patrika of 19thcentury Bengal gave women of the Andarmahal a space to write

2020-08-25T21:50:36Z

Wooden polo balls of Deulpur were once exported to UK, US and Australia

2020-08-25T02:24:18Z

First professional female photographer of Bangladesh, Sayeeda Khanum, who broke the male bastion

2020-08-24T22:00:44Z

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

Kolkata’s hand-pulled rickshaws survived since 1800s and came as a rescue during COVID-19

2020-08-22T04:05:40Z

The state government has brought several measures to look after the Senior Citizens

2020-08-21T21:37:31Z

Bengal’s favourite Phuchka was introduced by the Magadha dynasty or by Draupadi?

2020-08-21T03:34:35Z

The man who wrote down Bengal's first ghost stories, in English!

2020-08-20T07:19:18Z

From Bhuvan Shome to Maganlal Meghraj, Utpal Dutt was a gem on- screen as he was on-stage

2020-08-20T00:46:05Z

Walking among the clouds at Delo

2020-08-19T07:26:34Z

In pandemic times, the lonely viewer

2020-08-19T04:12:51Z

Boat Makers of Balagarh --- holding on to 500-year-old craft of hand building ‘engineered’ boats

2020-08-18T06:20:29Z

When Feluda’s Sidhu Jyatha Harindranath Chattopadhyay turned lyricist of Non-Cooperation Movement

2020-08-17T21:14:16Z

Let’s be self-reliant, let’s be independent where it is much needed!

2020-08-15T21:34:22Z

Trailblazer Nilima Ghosh was first female Indian athlete to compete at Olympics

2020-08-15T03:49:41Z

The fascinating birds of Kulik Bird Sanctuary

2020-08-14T07:47:31Z

‘Dive & Duck’ – not Cricket, but Duck Catching Competition, a heritage sport of Bengal

2020-08-14T01:09:50Z

The amazing natural heritage of Jaldapara

2020-08-13T06:00:04Z

Harbingers of change in Bengal on Int’l Youth Day

2020-08-13T02:44:51Z

Human-Pachyderm conflict is well tackled in Bengal leading to increase in elephant herds

2020-08-12T21:54:39Z

Gupi Gayen Bagha Bayen would be incomplete without Jahar Roy’s epic portrayal of mantri moshai

2020-08-11T21:37:53Z

The earliest Bengali prose in print, with a touch of Portugal

2020-08-11T06:20:56Z

Three Universities from Bengal top best ‘University’ list of India

2020-08-10T21:33:09Z

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

Jalbhora Taalshash – the sweet made to dupe a son-in-law!

2020-08-08T03:01:37Z

Creator of ‘Katum Kutum’ miniature series, Abanindranath took art to new heights!

2020-08-07T21:31:07Z

Celebrating Tagore, and the legacy we have inherited

2020-08-07T04:18:57Z

P.N. Bose was first Indian geologist who found India’s vast iron-ore deposits

2020-08-06T21:15:11Z

The unspoilt beauty of the Ayodhya Hills

2020-08-05T04:22:39Z

Birendra Krishna Bhadra – creator of ‘Timeless Mahalaya’

2020-08-05T00:01:25Z

‘Rakhi’- the bond used by Rabindranath Tagore to bridge communal divide

2020-08-03T21:28:13Z

Bengal CMO wins highest Skoch Award for unique E-Samadhan portal

2020-08-02T21:34:55Z

Childless by choice, a growing movement

2020-08-02T01:02:49Z

25 years ago on 31st July, India’s first mobile call was made from Kolkata

2020-08-01T06:20:02Z

City IT pro, Ambarish Ganguly chosen as NASA Citizen Scientist

2020-07-31T21:48:45Z

‘Monsoon Wedding’ of Lightning and Clouds

2020-07-31T02:36:59Z

Even after Amphan, tiger population in Sundarbans is on the rise! What’s the secret?

2020-07-30T02:27:37Z

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

Armenia’s love affair with Kolkata steeped in centuries’- old history

2020-07-27T21:47:51Z

‘Mask Up Kolkata’ --Kolkata Police starts unique campaign to fight Covid

2020-07-26T05:02:11Z

Century-old Nadia school with major contribution in Bangladesh Freedom Movement

2020-07-25T21:49:59Z

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

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

Dr Senjuti Saha, first Bengali microbiologist to be appointed in WHO board

2020-07-21T05:07:13Z

Exotic and endangered animal babies born during pandemic in Bengal’s zoos

2020-07-20T22:23:17Z

Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee leads mass COVID-19 awareness campaign in rural Bengal

2020-07-19T02:36:08Z

Librarian Tushar Mandal of Malda serves book-lovers through innovative PDF reading

2020-07-17T05:41:04Z

Bengal imports 8 Cobas machines to test a lakh COVID-19 samples a day

2020-07-16T22:24:59Z

Sumantra Chatterjee-- First Indian Neuroscientist to get prestigious EMBO honour

2020-07-16T02:21:53Z

Durgapur teacher becomes first person to be India’s COVID 19 vaccine trial volunteer

2020-07-15T06:30:35Z

Mohan Singh regrets that his talented son hardly got an audience when alive

2020-07-14T05:26:02Z

CM Mamata Banerjee first Indian woman leader called at Oxford Union Debate

2020-07-13T22:23:45Z

Meet Kolkata’s ‘Mask Man’ who sells masks at wedding venues to create awareness

2020-07-12T02:30:01Z

CAN COVID-19 VACCINE BE AVAILABLE BY AUGUST 15?

2020-07-11T03:17:34Z

Was it the British who named Kolkata’s favourite Mughlai paratha?

2020-07-10T05:59:27Z

PK De Sarkar, the Bengali who taught India how to master the language of England

2020-07-09T22:18:02Z

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

Griffon vultures of Rajabhatkhawa return with a flock of rare vultures from Pakistan and Nepal!

2020-07-07T02:28:38Z

A day before Guru Purnima, let us take a virtual tour of Mogalmari in Bengal

2020-07-05T03:35:38Z

‘I shall not live to be 40 years old’—How did Swami Vivekananda know when he would die?

2020-07-04T22:06:41Z

Dr Partha Pratim of Dooars has been fighting superstitions and teaching Science to Adivasis

2020-07-03T21:58:12Z

‘Made in Bengal’— how Shabar women turned self-reliant by cultivating Amrapali on barren land

2020-07-03T02:42:56Z

When the Biswa Bangla flag flew atop Mt Kilimanjaro

2020-07-02T05:19:35Z

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

Influencers in Rabindrasangeet exponent Mohan Singh’s life

2020-06-29T22:23:28Z

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

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

Let Nature Go viral

2020-06-25T06:16:54Z

Setting foot on Amphaan-ravaged Kakima’s Pathsala in Kultali

2020-06-25T01:10:35Z

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

Singer Mohan Singh feels we must celebrate music as a whole and not box it into categories

2020-06-22T22:27:17Z

Amartya Sen to be awarded the 2020 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade

2020-06-21T05:03:55Z

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

Make New Horizons of Hope Go Viral

2020-06-19T05:49:04Z

Kolkata’s E-buses get international recognition from International Energy Agency, Paris

2020-06-19T03:37:31Z

Treeman’s Diary: ‘Green Wheels’ reaches 500 schools across the globe with ‘Plant a Tree’ mission

2020-06-18T01:49:26Z

Make Black-out Poetry Go viral

2020-06-17T09:44:29Z

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

How Rabindrasangeet and Santidev Ghosh influenced Mohan Singh

2020-06-15T22:17:55Z

Howrah College girl spends her Kanyashree stipend to feed 70 starving families

2020-06-14T02:00:07Z

Make Peace Go Viral

2020-06-13T06:30:03Z

Treeman watches a heavenly sunset from Horombo Hut

2020-06-13T01:57:48Z

Make Vision Go Viral

2020-06-12T08:01:46Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dhuturdaha – haven for anglers and fish lovers

2020-06-05T02:34:56Z

MAKE OCCULT ART GO VIRAL

2020-06-04T07:35:58Z

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

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

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

Make Renewals Go Viral

2020-05-30T06:20:03Z

Finally Tollywood rises to help Amphaan victims of Bengal

2020-05-30T02:48:11Z

Cook up some Panta Bhaat with a dash of lime and onions this summer

2020-05-29T05:02:19Z

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

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

Century-old Corona Typewriter lies in Quarantine at Darjeeling

2020-05-26T04:56:24Z

Jorepokhri --- the Lake District of North Bengal

2020-05-24T05:04:19Z

270-year-old Great Banyan Tree of Botanical Gardens ravaged by Amfaan

2020-05-23T19:05:52Z

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

Let clean roads go viral

2020-05-21T06:00:14Z

Birbhum’s Gunutia on Mayurakshi was India’s first sericulture hub more than a century ago

2020-05-20T19:13:58Z

Make Madhubani Go Viral

2020-05-20T07:52:13Z

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

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

Let devotion go viral

2020-05-16T05:11:45Z

‘Story of Teesta died long ago,’ and now Debesh Roy who brought Teesta alive dies

2020-05-16T00:19:32Z

Let Turmeric Tea go viral

2020-05-15T05:53:07Z

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

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

Let Traditional food of Bengal go viral

2020-05-12T07:51:23Z

Singer Mohan Singh’s son Bikram is still alive, despite his early death

2020-05-12T02:50:19Z

LET CHILD ART GO VIRAL

2020-05-11T07:26:03Z

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

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

Relationship that forever remained undefined – Tagore’s Bijoya, Victoria Ocampo

2020-05-08T22:21:30Z

Belur Math opens gates for COVID warriors -- doctors and nurses

2020-05-08T02:18:33Z

Let Bengal Art Go Viral

2020-05-07T08:38:26Z

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

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

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

On his birth anniversary, not the director – but calligrapher Satyajit Ray

2020-05-03T02:11:20Z

LET KITES GO VIRAL

2020-05-02T06:33:48Z

Kolkata goes creative during Lockdown with first ever ‘Isolation’ movie

2020-05-02T04:45:03Z

On his birthday, tracing how Manna Dey started singing for Uttam Kumar

2020-05-01T22:41:08Z

LET UNITY GO VIRAL

2020-05-01T05:47:42Z

Kalyani’s scientists discover mutant Indian COVID strain that transmits faster

2020-05-01T01:52:20Z

LET CLEANLINESS GO VIRAL

2020-04-30T07:05:27Z

‘Bengali women are Special’ : Actor Irrfan Khan is no more!

2020-04-30T01:26:46Z

LET ART GO VIRAL

2020-04-29T06:08:58Z

Centre gives nod to Bengal student’s Virus Destroying Mask to prevent Corona

2020-04-29T04:41:20Z

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

JU students rise to the cause of COVID-19 crisis. How?

2020-04-26T06:10:11Z

Divine tourism circuit of Bengal – Jairambati and Kamarpukur

2020-04-25T22:16:12Z

NIT Durgapur students build ‘Pranesh,’ an economic ventilator for COVID-19 patients

2020-04-25T02:56:53Z

This summer do not miss the rare Poppy Seed Fritters of Bankura

2020-04-24T05:33:54Z

Satyajit Ray, the man who brought out the best of Bengal’s rural life on screen

2020-04-23T22:08:45Z

Free Sunday vegetable markets during Lockdown

2020-04-23T05:03:33Z

Coronation Bridge – an architectural wonder by Bengali engineers

2020-04-22T04:59:52Z

Tribute to Abhay Mitra, the master juggler of Joy Baba Felunath

2020-04-21T22:32:55Z

Did you know Ramkinkar Baij was a dramatist and not just a famous sculptor?

2020-04-21T02:32:45Z

The famous Sundial of Hooghly Imambara came from Big Ben’s makers of London

2020-04-19T05:05:52Z

On World Heritage Day, romancing the historical ghats of Kolkata

2020-04-18T22:15:10Z

Even after Lockdown, do visit your local Kirana stores! They were your saviours

2020-04-18T01:28:21Z

Excerpts from exclusive interview of Nemai Ghosh taken 4 years ago

2020-04-17T05:46:45Z

Reclining Arjuna by Nandalal Bose in public eye for the first time

2020-04-16T22:44:33Z

Cab driver Md Saidul hands over Baruipur hospital he built to treat Corona patients

2020-04-15T22:42:30Z

Silence of the Hawkers – Kolkata’s Chaitra Sale is now just a memory!

2020-04-14T22:53:06Z

Did you know Kolkata had a thriving Opera culture once upon a time?

2020-04-13T21:30:00Z

Jamini Roy - man with a vision far ahead of his times

2020-04-12T03:23:58Z

PURBA PASCHIM-First Indo Bangla Television series

2020-04-11T05:36:26Z

Unprecedented Good Friday in Kolkata! Livestreaming of special prayers

2020-04-10T22:33:13Z

Get lost with feathered friends at the swamps of Gajoldoba

2020-04-10T02:03:11Z

Government now turns to Bengal Chemicals for COVID-19 drug Hydroxychloroquinine

2020-04-09T03:12:07Z

Devi Chaudhurani--Bengal’s very own Bandit Queen

2020-04-09T00:31:05Z

Did you know Pt Ravi Shankar sang a Bengali Film song?

2020-04-08T04:44:08Z

Bengali scientists develop a coating to contain infectivity of Corona virus

2020-04-07T05:40:30Z

Two Bengali scientists of CSIR device low cost rapid testing Corona kit!

2020-04-05T05:43:16Z

Bindu – the last village on Indo-Bhutan border

2020-04-04T21:41:09Z

How did the students feel on the outbreak of Corona?

2020-04-04T01:49:49Z

New app helping city’s specially-abled children to cope with Corona menace

2020-04-03T05:59:54Z

Visit the ruins of Dacoit Ratnakar at Gopiballavpur

2020-04-03T01:31:17Z

Life in the US without toilet paper

2020-04-02T08:04:47Z

Yes, Hon’ble Chief Minister, you have really inspired us all to donate!

2020-04-01T22:30:00Z

Mohan Singh Khangura recalls lessons with his teacher Nemai Chand Boral

2020-04-01T01:38:15Z

How Bengal’s Hotel & Hospitality Sector opens doors for quarantine facilities

2020-03-31T06:02:38Z

EXCLUSIVE: Up Close and Personal with Nemai Ghosh

2020-03-30T01:08:55Z

Spending days in a devastated Italy

2020-03-29T06:00:07Z

Do not make your children feel left out

2020-03-28T22:19:54Z

Darjeeling’s iconic Glenary’s continue to bake bread for charitable organisation

2020-03-28T05:06:23Z

Ancient Jain temples submerged by Panchet Dam in Purulia

2020-03-27T22:33:36Z

Germany has not faced such a crisis since World War II

2020-03-27T07:01:43Z

Enjoy a weekend at more than two-centuries old Danish Tavern

2020-03-27T01:25:12Z

Corona has shown that we are all equal

2020-03-26T06:57:28Z

GB EXCLUSIVE: A Bengali scientist talks to GB from Italy

2020-03-26T02:03:01Z

Eden Gardens offered as a quarantine centre by Sourav Ganguly

2020-03-25T22:25:33Z

Kagey near Kalimpong is like a page out of a fairytale!

2020-03-25T05:10:11Z

CM Mamata Banerjee prepares rural Bengal in advance to fight Corona

2020-03-25T00:45:46Z

How Mohan Singh Khangura landed in Santiniketan from Punjab

2020-03-24T05:44:07Z

How Munich stopped itself from turning into another Italy!

2020-03-23T22:57:54Z

Dance with the waves, sing with the sea at Henry’s Island

2020-03-22T05:51:01Z

Chief Minister of Bengal acts tough over Corona violations

2020-03-21T22:56:27Z

Himadri Shankar Dey --- Lone crusader launches heritage museum

2020-03-20T22:15:37Z

How Pradeep Bhattacharya took the power of theatre to prisons

2020-03-20T02:45:28Z

Lalmohan – the star of North Bengal, the sweet that Manna Dey and Kishore Kumar loved

2020-03-19T04:19:49Z

Monchasha – Rural retreat to a rustic life

2020-03-18T06:17:10Z

Kolkata’s iconic double decker bus all set to stage a comeback

2020-03-17T04:58:27Z

Baguran Jalpai – the new virgin beach destination of Bengal

2020-03-15T05:33:18Z

Rani Putul of Bengal was made to praise Queen Victoria of England!

2020-03-14T05:11:30Z

Bank of Calcutta, oldest bank of Asia never failed!

2020-03-13T21:20:58Z

How did the British tackle 1918 Flu Pandemic of Kolkata. Shall we do same with Corona?

2020-03-13T04:22:40Z

Veteran actor Santu Mukherjee is no more!

2020-03-12T21:22:36Z

I-League for the green and maroon brigade

2020-03-12T00:32:13Z

Pratima Barua who kept alive the folk music of Rajbangshis in Assam

2020-03-11T02:26:47Z

Mayapur is not just about Rathayatra, it is also about Dol

2020-03-09T23:12:45Z

Incredible tale of a Murshidabad girl who reigns Tokyo’s yoga world today!

2020-03-08T22:47:33Z

Satyajit Ray made a bride of Jorasanko Thakurbari sing for his movie

2020-03-07T21:13:59Z

Vulgar display of ‘neo-feminism’ at Rabindra Bharati University! Are we losing the core ideology?

2020-03-07T04:52:45Z

Nimak Haram Deori – the gate that scripted end of Bengal’s last Nawab

2020-03-06T05:38:58Z

In search of roots --- how Partition uprooted Bengalis

2020-03-05T21:12:15Z

Passing by Borun Babu’s hearth and home

2020-03-05T03:02:12Z

Chandraketugarh – Bengal’s Harappa? How is it being preserved?

2020-03-04T05:26:07Z

Where have all the Buxa Tigers gone?

2020-03-04T04:05:42Z

Dawaipani, the new hill paradise near Tiger Hill

2020-03-01T03:46:37Z

Kadambini Ganguly, first female doctor from Bengal who fought patriarchy

2020-02-29T21:14:59Z

Subho Thakur, the rebel of Jorasanko who created Pansy & Piko

2020-02-28T20:47:09Z

When Rabindranath Tagore donned the hat of a film director!

2020-02-28T04:32:07Z

When London swayed to Bengal’s Spring celebrations

2020-02-27T20:58:05Z

Relive revolutionary Bengal in the 100-year-old ‘Young Bengal Hotel’

2020-02-27T03:27:04Z

Where Eagles Dare – a trip to Eagle’s Crag, highest point of Kurseong

2020-02-26T03:20:41Z

‘Can the Subaltern Speak?’ -- golden question by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

2020-02-25T05:11:25Z

Emerald Bower is a witness to Bengalis who had accepted British crown!

2020-02-24T20:53:18Z

Vignettes of erstwhile Kolkata from Hutom Pyanchar Naksha

2020-02-23T23:04:45Z

Krishna Bose is no more! Bengal loses an erudite academician and ex-parliamentarian

2020-02-23T01:10:54Z

Have you heard of a Terracotta Palace! Be at Gour’s Lottan Bai Manzil

2020-02-22T05:11:31Z

Bengal’s endangered tribal languages --- are they being revived?

2020-02-21T20:56:46Z

Kolkata Police’s all women ‘Winners’ win big time against criminals

2020-02-21T04:02:45Z

Walk along the misty trail to Kalimpong’s Kagyu Thek Chen Ling Monastery

2020-02-20T03:14:38Z

If you are a foodie Bengali, you must know Rammohan Roy could eat a full goat at a time!

2020-02-19T05:32:16Z

The grand dilapidated Nimtita Palace where Satyajit Ray shot Jalshaghar

2020-02-18T05:27:13Z

Meghnad Saha – the scientist with a vision was also a political activist

2020-02-16T22:48:10Z

BREAKING! Buxa Tiger Reserve guide Netraprasad is hero of J.K Rowling’s new book!

2020-02-16T03:59:46Z

Falling in love with Kolkata over and over again!

2020-02-14T20:31:41Z

Famous Doll series of Bikash Bhattacharjee is a silent witness to Bengal’s Naxal movement

2020-02-14T03:07:14Z

Kashiprasad Ghosh - unsung ‘English’ poet and author of colonial Bengal

2020-02-13T02:25:59Z

Sukanya Run--- A first of its kind marathon in Kolkata

2020-02-12T05:58:07Z

Devika Rani, the Greta Garbo of Indian cinema was from the Tagore family

2020-02-11T05:58:31Z

First ever Sensory Park in Kolkata for children with special needs

2020-02-11T03:45:04Z

Utpal Dutt used theatre as a voice of dissent against political parties

2020-02-09T23:18:35Z

Sunayani Devi – forgotten first modern woman artist of Bengal School of Art

2020-02-09T02:24:08Z

Kolkata to host unique Women Writers’ Festival this weekend

2020-02-08T04:56:05Z

Save ancestral houses of Ritwik, Satyajit and Mrinal in Bangladesh!

2020-02-07T21:00:00Z

Miss Shefali, Kolkata’s first cabaret dancer is no more!

2020-02-07T00:11:30Z

Kolkata’s Hemen & Co served musical maestros from Baba Allauddin Khan to the Beatles!

2020-02-06T01:30:50Z

The Bengal Store touches ‘body and soul’ with their chemical free personal care segment

2020-02-04T21:03:27Z

Why did Lord Bentinck praise Rani Rashmoni?

2020-02-04T00:11:50Z

Giving a voice to the voiceless --- superb tales from the animal kingdom

2020-02-02T04:42:15Z

This book fair, celebrate the connect between Tagore and Russian poet Pushkin

2020-02-01T20:59:34Z

Live like a Maharaja at Kalimpong’s ‘Dinajpur House’

2020-01-31T03:28:12Z

Bengali fashion designer Sabyasachi picked up by famous Swedish retailer Hennes and Mauritz

2020-01-30T21:36:08Z

Kolkata Book Fair brings back Russian Literature to Kolkata this year!

2020-01-29T05:42:50Z

Eureka! Meaning of Chinese Piccaso’s paintings deciphered at last

2020-01-28T21:23:17Z

Utpal Dutta – the doyen of Bengali Theatre comes in a new light in this series

2020-01-28T03:52:10Z

How a Marwari business in the 1890s protected modesty of Kolkata’s women!

2020-01-27T21:29:29Z

Stimulate creative thoughts at the MAYA Art Fair

2020-01-26T05:22:24Z

Netaji’s historical meet with world leaders frozen in time in this rare video

2020-01-23T21:31:51Z

Kolkata International Children’s Film Festival set to nurture young minds

2020-01-23T02:31:02Z

Dal Madal cannon and the saga of Bengal’s illustrious ironsmiths

2020-01-22T05:18:13Z

Meet the Time-Keepers of Kolkata

2020-01-21T02:27:54Z

Arun Lal- Cricketer and Cancer survivor speaks on healthy living amid nature

2020-01-18T18:10:00Z

Journey of Muslin from Bengal to Milan!

2020-01-18T05:25:03Z

Indubala Devi – the singing sensation of 1915 Calcutta!

2020-01-17T21:39:39Z

Bengal’s Masland Madur – weaving dreams on a natural fibre

2020-01-17T05:10:04Z

Nilratan Sircar – the doctor who was born poor and who died poor

2020-01-16T21:17:03Z

Happy Birthday – Legendary soccer player Chuni Goswami

2020-01-16T06:09:06Z

Kolkata Street Art Festival

2020-01-15T05:53:15Z

Mahasweta Devi was more a socialist than a communist!

2020-01-14T21:55:25Z

When an obscure stone plaque speaks of a heart-wrenching shipwreck in 1887 Calcutta

2020-01-14T01:05:48Z

I still seek for my freedom in this Free Land

2020-01-12T19:15:00Z

Air Ambulance to be used in Gangasagar this year

2020-01-12T04:38:47Z

Cookme --- Bengal’s 150-year-old spice brand that still goes strong on purity quotient

2020-01-11T22:00:00Z

How cluster farmers of Bankura are reviving lost varieties of Bengal paddy

2020-01-11T01:05:07Z

Celebrate Bengal’s only classical music gharana at Bishnupur Music Festival

2020-01-10T06:00:51Z

Mountain biking at 7000 ft in Darjeeling

2020-01-09T21:30:00Z