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Five products from Bengal get the prestigious GI tags – GetBengal story
Sunderban Honey, Kalo Nuniya rice, Tangail, Garad and Korial sarees are GI tagged
Is Women’s Day Still Relevant? Gen Z Speaks Out: - GetBengal story
Is Women’s day just another creation of the patriarchy?
Where have all the letters gone?- GetBengal story
Letters have always played a crucial role in Bengal’s rural and urban lives
West Bengal’s first ‘Palna’ scheme for abandoned infants - GetBengal ...
Each year, 11 million infants are forsaken in India, left near railroad tracks, city dumps, and bus stands, the possibility of death all but certain
Back when the Bengal riots unnerved Mahatma Gandhi - GetBengal story
How did he react to the butchering of innocent lives!
Sarat Chandra, the creator of iconic women characters in Bengali Literature...
His last novel Shesh Proshno also celebrates women
Satyendranath Tagore’s wife was the first to teach the modern ‘Bangali...
The common Bengalis started calling her style of wearing a saree ‘the saree style of the Tagore family’
Swami Vivekananda himself tried all sorts of non-vegetarian foods, includin...
In a ‘food intolerant’ India how Vivekananda’s teachings should work
By Saheli Mitra
Freedom from communalism - did Aurobindo Ghosh wish for an unified India? -...
Quoting his famous Independence Day speech, Unified India
State Government has declared a paid holiday for the Panchayat election
Holiday for the Panchayat election
Did Swami Vivekananda have a premonition about his impending death in actua...
What was Sister Nivedita's reaction at his funeral?
Three decades before BKS Iyengar, Bishnu Charan Ghosh from Kolkata populari...
On this International Day of Yoga a tribute to one of the earliest yoga gurus of India
By Saheli Mitra
Almost a century ago, Nabaneeta Dev Sen’s mother did her own 'sampradan' ...
The heroine of Nabaneeta's life was as courageous as she was!
Why Tagore took refuge in Planchette sessions to connect with the dead
He was drawn to the occult and tried various means to connect with his departed family members and friends
By Shuvra Dey
Born in the darkness of a moonless night, Raja Rammohan Roy spread his ligh...
How Tagore and Max Mueller describes this great man!
By Supriya Roy
Why do Bengal has a troubled relationship with May day?
For three decades, ‘lockout’ and ‘union’ were part of life in Bengal
Amulya Ghosh gave wings to women and broke the glass ceiling a century ago
Amulya was inspired by Pulin Bihari Das's book 'Lathi Khela O Ashi Shiksha' at a very young age
By Shuvra Dey
Bosco on Wheels: distributing free meals to the underprivileged
The first edition of Bosco on Wheels has already distributed more than 2,000 rotis
The Making of the unsung fighter - Pritilata Waddedar
Pritilata Waddedar was good at academics and used to read a lot of books
When Rabindranath Tagore was named a conspirator in an anti-British trial!
A collective movement of expatriate Indians called the 'Ghadar Party' was born
By Shuvra Dey
National Safety Day, a good day to stop blaming others and act for your own...
The first National Safety Day was observed on March 4, 1972
State Government to launch ‘Apon Bangla’ cards for NRI Bengali investor...
The state government wants to tap NRI Bengalis for investment and employment
Visva Bharati all set to be world’s first Heritage varsity
In 1951, Visva Bharati was accorded the status of India's first central university
Did Delhi cancel 'Titumir' to delude the contribution of Muslims in India...
Tulsi Lahiri, Sombhu Mitra, and Ritwik Ghatak, educated urban middle-class intellectuals and artists
By Suman Sadhu
The story behind the birth of a song that is an emotion for Bengalis worldw...
The Language Movement of Bangladesh gave birth to International Mother Language Day
From the heart: Cops from Burtolla PS share the joy with 250 young friends
Already, nearly 250 children have come under the project’s umbrella
Safer Internet Day is something we need to observe every day!
Safer Internet Day is observed worldwide annually in February
Swami Vivekananda influenced young Subhas Bose to fall in love with his mot...
Swamiji’s words became the guiding motto of Subhas Bose
Raju Nepali - the North-East Indian hero, working as a anti-human trafficki...
Raju Nepali is the founder of Duars Expressmail
By Shuvra Dey
In life and in death, how was Shri Aurobindo’s connect to his wife Mrinal...
Many often raised the question, why did Shri Aurobindo marry?
Two Kolkata women changing lives of the Dhapa rag-pickers
Girls and children from the rag-picking community of Dhapa are lately exposed to positive changes, thanks to these two women of Kolkata
By Shuvra Dey
Bengal’s ‘Muluk Chalo’ stir was a harbinger of the trade union moveme...
‘Muluk Chalo’ or ‘Chargola Exodus’ created a huge political stir in 1921
By TTW
WB government’s Lakshmir Bhandar Scheme bags prestigious SKOCH Award
Instituted in 2021, the scheme provides financial assistance to the women of deserving families of the state
Are the Green Crackers really ‘Green’ this year?
This year, the Hon’ble High Court has sanctioned the use of only ‘Green fireworks’ complying with the 90 decibel (dB) noise
By Shuvra Dey
Chopping of trees in Kolkata for pujo pandals and ad hoardings
Huge hoardings reduce the flow of wind in the city to almost 10km per hour
By Saheli Mitra
‘Bho Katta’— why do children these days no more shout these words?
Have mobile phones taken away the fun of kite flying?
By Shuvangi Dey
Charting a safe income for Tiger Widows of Sundarbans
Sundarban Foundation, the NGO that works for upliftment of the community in Sundarban
By Shuvra Dey
WB Government to set up Khadi outlets at temple premises
The first outlet will be set up at Mayapur, in the premises of the new ISKCON temple
The roaring lions in our Nation Emblem
Dinanath Bhargava had sketched and illuminated India’s National Emblem, the Lion Capital of Ashoka
By Saheli Mitra
How Lakshmir Bhandar scheme helped Dipali Santra save her family from penur...
Under this project, the government provides Rs 500 per month to families from the general category and Rs 1,000 to women belonging to SC and ST
Tale of the Padma bridge in Bangladesh
How Tagore inspired chief architects- father-son duo Abid and Jamilur Chowdhury
Swami Vivekananda made ‘foreigner’ Nivedita give speeches on Kali despi...
Vivekananda was convinced that a speech on Kali by a foreign disciple would be a befitting reply to his critics
By Saheli Mitra
Nazrul Islam, harbinger of Hindu-Muslim harmony
Remembering Bengal’s rebel poet who questioned all religions
By Saheli Mitra
Why are we letting Bengal’s very own martial arts form die?
Bengal, more than other parts of India, has ties to the lathi
Bengal receives “Most Pro-active States for implementing RCS Scheme” aw...
The government bags the award in the category of “Most Pro-active States for implementing RCS scheme”
Empowering women alongside a Book fair: That happens only in Kolkata!
Organized by Girl Power Empowerment (GPE) Foundation on the occasion of International Women’s Day
Jibanananda’s Dhanseri, a river in urgent need of rescue
The river now flows through the Jhalkathi district of Bangladesh
The Bengal recipients who kept their Padma awards this year
The Padma awards 2022 have generated controversy
Swami Vivekananda as a Women Activist
He believed that the idea of perfect womanhood is perfect independence
Swami Vivekananda: The socialist who did not follow Marx
His idea of socialism was more of the reformist ideology
Swami Vivekananda could relegate Gods of his religion for greater cause of ...
Swami Vivekananda gave clarion call for strength, patriotism and man-making
Netaji in books and cinema: The good and the not so good
What are the best sources to learn about Netaji?
Ratna Chakraborty, the freedom fighter who cleaned toilets
On Bijay Dibas, the incredible story of a true braveheart
Bengal Famine of 1943, Britain’s worst human rights violation on Indian s...
How British policies decimated Bengal in 1943
Azad Hind, the government that saw the future
Arzī Hukumat-e-Azad Hind was formed in Singapore in 1943
Hemanta Sengupta: The man who became Gandhi’s bodyguard
Mahatma Gandhi through the eyes of a young boy
Sarat Bose, the older brother who stayed in the background
The eighth edition of ‘The Anita Dialogues’
After almost 80 years, perhaps Netaji can finally rest in peace
Why is Netaji’s death still a mystery?
As Kabul falls to Taliban, Afghans of Calcutta pray for their nation
A GB exclusive on the Kabuliwalas of Kolkata
By TTW
West Bengal Government recieves multiple SKOCH Awards
West Bengal Government's hard work brings accolades with multiple SKOCH Awards
‘Germany only helped India as much as it suited them’
Presenting the eighth edition of The Anita Dialogues
Can India please stop disrespecting its flag with a fake image?
On July 22, 1947, India officially adopted its national flag
West Bengal Government launches Lakshmi Bhandar scheme to help poor familie...
The scheme will provide financial aid to women heads of families
Bengal and its ITIs top India’s skill development charts
The state currently has 272 ITIs, 153 polytechnics, and 21 pharmacy institutes
A lifetime in 11 years, the Netaji-Emilie saga
The June edition of ‘The Anita Dialogues’ marks the first time Emilie met Subhas
CM launches second phase of ‘Krishak Bandhu’, to benefit 60 lakh farmer...
The scheme also makes provisions for agricultural labourers and sharecroppers
Should Mt. Everest be named Sikdar Parvat after Radhanath Sikdar?
The mathematician from Bengal who measured the height of Mount Everest
Bengal shows caste and gender equality by choosing Adivasi women in State C...
Tribal women are leading the way in politics as Bengal appoints three Adivasi women to its cabinet
By Suman Sadhu
Are we appreciating the way our children have coped with Covid?
Our children are in a situation for which nothing has prepared them
Trinamool Congress, a baptism by youth
The jibes against him from the country’s two most important men have created a national identity for Abhishek Banerjee
As Bengal’s Covid figures markedly improve, will life crawl back to norma...
The latest government guidelines offer partial lockdown relaxations
West Bengal tightens lockdown guidelines, extended to May 30
The announcement was made by chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay
Mamata retains portfolios in new cabinet, major changes in education, food ...
A total of 17 new faces are ministers in Mamata Banerjee’s third-term cabinet
Covid black market is a reflection of the blackness within us
The black market in both oxygen and Covid drugs is thriving
Mamata announces new Covid measures, suspends local trains
The announcement comes hours after the CM’s swearing-in
A meeting with living legend and one of Netaji’s lieutenants
Asha Sahay joined the Rani of Jhansi regiment in Bangkok
Scientific Poll Rigging – how the Left Front brought a revolutionary tric...
But can rigging be really scientific?
Blessings from the king of elections
The real star of the show is the Election Commission, or so says the Constitution
By Arjun Rudra
Bengal tops India’s Small Savings with Rs 90,000 crore
Bengal is leading the way in small savings collections
Behala Purba – Will ‘Star’ power snatch Sovan Chatterjee’s ‘no-ma...
Ratna Chatterjee or Payel Sarkar?
‘Amit Shah runs the BJP, but can we say Mr Modi doesn’t run it?’
Election strategist Prashant Kishor on why he thinks TMC will retain Bengal
‘Double engine’: Has Modi forgotten how his own party was born?
Is the Prime Minister telling the truth at all?
By Arjun Rudra
How about a mouthwatering ‘Vote Sandesh’ on your palate?
The demand for Hindustan Sweets’ innovative ‘vote sweets’ is gathering momentum daily
‘Nehru was noncommittal when I asked for Indian citizenship’
The second episode of ‘The Anita Dialogues’ with Netaji Subhas Bose’s daughter
Switching sides, the flavour of West Bengal 2021
Despite the anti-defection law, the tradition of defections continues
By Arjun Rudra
West Bengal 2021: ‘Bharat Mata’ vs. ‘son of the soil’
The Constitution says any citizen may contest elections from any constituency in the country
By Arjun Rudra
Fake news propaganda is negatively impacting communities and causing disrup...
As election day nears, misinformation is spreading fast and furious
Despite tight fiscal deficit, Bengal government's non-stop implementation o...
Social schemes in Bengal have benefitted over nine crore people
One woman against a mighty establishment, the Mamata Banerjee saga
As she faces yet another tough election, a look at India’s only serving woman chief minister
On Women’s Day, here’s a woman who speaks for men’s rights
How a men’s forum led by a woman is trying to change perceptions
The language movement that led to freedom
The resistance against Urdu sowed the seeds for the eventual movement for independence in East Bengal
By Daud Haider
‘It was the most dangerous time in my father’s life’
Netaji Subhas Bose’s daughter Anita Bose-Pfaff recounts her father’s epic submarine journey
Netaji@125: Viewing India’s Subhas through the eyes of his daughter
Sampriti-A Bengali organisation in Germany aims to preserve Netaji’s legacy in Germany and Europe
Our politicians lie to us, because we don’t care
By the time an allegation is proved to be a lie, nobody really cares about the truth
Why has Bengal’s Mukherjee family maintained the Jallianwala Bagh tomb fo...
How their family head escaped the massacre
World’s 2nd city to enact anti-air pollution legislation in 1863
Lord Curzon took serious notice of infamous ‘Calcutta Smog’
Speech of the first Bengali Christian member of the Constituent Assembly
H.C. Mookerjee helped in drafting Indian constitution
National Voters’ Day, and how India votes
This year, the ECI has launched the e-EPIC on the occasion of National Voters’ Day
The larger than life aura, Netaji’s enduring legacy
The hero worship has transcended what numerous scholars have called a troubled legacy
Better safe than Sorry: Sensitizing citizens on Road Safety
The importance of traffic rules and why it is necessary to abide by them
Why are so many of us in COVID denial?
Despite all the warnings and evidence, too many of us are ignoring the dangers of COVID
How Kolkata’s ‘new township’ is an old American township!
The story of how ‘Roosevelt Nagar’ became the planned township of Kalyani
Meet the North Bengal tribe which considers female foeticide a great sin
For centuries, this vanishing tribe has considered such practises as female foeticide and child marriage unacceptable
By Bapi Ghosh
Naxalbari, students today, and Communism in Covid times
Veteran journalist Suvashis Maitra explores the possibility of a new world order amidst the pandemic
When marriage and job promises are used as baits
The single handed fight against women and child trafficking in North Bengal
By Saheli Mitra
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‘Hindutva’ was propagated in Bengal in 19th century as a replica of Bha...
Not as religious fanatism
All Durga Puja pandals will be containment zones – historic judgement by ...
Steps taken to ward off pandal hopping
With Kishore Bhimani and Pradip Ghosh, Kolkata loses two more gems
They belonged to different professions, but Bhimani and Ghosh also had a few things in common
World’s first vegetarian soap ad with Rabindranath Tagore as model raised...
Why this vegetarian soap ad created hue and cry!
First Puja Special Train that ran in 1927 between Goalanda Ghat station and...
A leaf out of forgotten history
Nobel 2020 winner Roger Penrose’s theory based on Scientist Amal Raychaud...
Yet this Bengali scientist finds no mention
Swami Vivekananda was at Hathras a century ago where he met trusted discipl...
Sharat Gupta was the additional station master of Hathras
By TTW
Sonali Mistry – the only lady two-wheeler mechanic of Kolkata
She wants to set up an institute to skill up girls
“I have a dream--” Rupa Chowdhury’s lone battle, first woman Swiggy g...
She fought poverty, disease and torture
By TTW
Did you know Bengali is the official language of a faraway African country?...
People of Sierra Leone speak Bengali
Not just the deaf, everyone should learn the ‘Sign Language.’ Why?
Sign language helps in better communication even among children
‘Afghanistan is my watan, but Kolkata is my mulk’ – stateless Kabuliw...
How are the Rahmats of Tagore’s Kabuliwala fame doing?
By TTW
Priyaranjan Sarkar – Bengal’s flag collector, picks thrown away Indian ...
Team of youths from different districts have now joined him
Tagore wanted to break walls – then why walls coming up in Visva Bharati?...
GB speaks to leading residents of Santiniketan to get a view
By Shuvra Dey
Manasi Mridha, Kolkata’s first pink cab driver was abandoned by her dad f...
Tale of struggle since childhood
The state government has brought several measures to look after the Senior ...
On World Senior Citizen’s Day a look at the elderly population
KP constable Arup Mukherjee called ‘Shobor Pita’ for supporting Purulia...
Selected for global award ‘Bravo International Book of World Records’
Let’s be self-reliant, let’s be independent where it is much needed!
West Bengal government’s meaningful self-reliant projects
Daughters of Bengal always had right on father’s property by Dayabhaga la...
Recent SC judgement upholding Hindu daughter’s inheritance rights
By Saheli Mitra
Bengal CMO wins highest Skoch Award for unique E-Samadhan portal
Addressing public grievances online
Lt Kanad Bhattacharya – the Bengali who fought from the front at Kargil W...
Today is Kargil Vijay Diwas or Kargil Day!
Watershed moment for Bengal Politics-July21
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s virtual rally on July 21
Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee leads mass COVID-19 awareness campaign in r...
Celebrity messages help create awareness better
Bengal celebrates Youth Skill Day with unique Yuvasree project and Employme...
Channelizing youth potential for a better tomorrow
Abheek Arjun Dutta sells his popular stories online to help Amphan victims
Unique way to garner donations
Meet Chandra Sekhar Kundu, the ‘Foodman’ of Sundarbans
Computer Science teacher who runs community kitchens to feed the poor
Dr Ajoy Mistry turns a boat into his chamber to treat Amphan victims in rem...
GB Inspiration of the week!
‘Three Musketeers’ employ 200 jobless tailors for mask & PPE units in D...
Turning COVID-19 into an opportunity
Setting foot on Amphaan-ravaged Kakima’s Pathsala in Kultali
Aura of International Teacher’s Day enwraps the hamlet
By Indrajit Sen
First ever linguistic movement for Bangla, started in Manbhum, leading to f...
To save Bengali from Hindi domination
Asima’s Pathshala for Amphan hit school children of Kultali
Housewife who keeps the candle of knowledge burning still
Respect the Elderly --- Will their place be only on the roads or old age ho...
On World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Howrah College girl spends her Kanyashree stipend to feed 70 starving famil...
Rina Khatun is an inspiration!
Raigunj teacher creates social distancing awareness in markets with Corona ...
From Corona scissors to sanitization
Salute! Birbhum’s small-farmer Maniruddin sells all his produce to feed p...
He is our new-age messiah
How a Siliguri couple is helping poor tea garden workers during Lockdown
From supplying sanitary pads to free vegetables
By Bapi Ghosh
Bridging the gap between Bankura and Spain
Bankura court rises to humanitarian gesture during Corona
Saving a museum! When Bengal rose to save Gurusaday Museum
On International Museum Day a GB exclusive
Lockdown and family – We are in it together, we shall overcome
On World Family day, let’s look at a real-family story
By Shuvra Dey
Israel names street after Tagore; GB traces Jewish connect of Rabindranath
Why was Tagore attracted by the Jews
MR Bangur turns 1st state-run hospital to start ‘virtual visiting hours!...
Help COVID patients interact with their families
How Bengal’s ‘Gramin’ Banks rise to Lockdown to help tribals
Rural Mini Banker – they too are Corona Warriors
Even after Lockdown, do visit your local Kirana stores! They were your savi...
From online grocery and veggie stores, shall we again move back to locals?
Real Heroes of Bengal – Policemen donating blood daily
Meeting the huge crunch of blood in blood banks
On 101st anniversary of Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Tagore’s letter giving...
GB brings that letter written to Lord Chelmsford
How Bengal’s tribal villages are quarantining migrants
Corona awareness among them seems to be better than urbanites
Darjeeling’s Himalayan Mountaineering Institute offers prizes for Lockdow...
Launches 21 Day Big Boss Indoor Challenge
How West Bengal is efficiently handling migrant labourer movements during L...
Strict vigil to stop any migrant labourer from leaving base
Life in the US without toilet paper
Pratyush Nag shares his experience post Corona scare from USA
By PRATYUSH NAG
Yes, Hon’ble Chief Minister, you have really inspired us all to donate!
CM Mamata Banerjee donates 10 lakhs to COVID fund
Darjeeling’s iconic Glenary’s continue to bake bread for charitable org...
Serving during Corona Lockdown
India declares 1.7 lakh crore finance package to help poor during Lockdown
Will Bengal’s poor get benefits?
Bank of Calcutta, oldest bank of Asia never failed!
The bank that was precursor to State Bank of India
Durga Mohan Das, the feminist who married off his widowed stepmother
Remembering men who stood by women on this Women’s Day
By Supriya Roy
Vulgar display of ‘neo-feminism’ at Rabindra Bharati University! Are we...
Feminism vs Humanism
By Saheli Mitra
‘Vedanta brain and Islam body’ --- Swami Vivekananda preached unique re...
Why is India moving away from Swamiji’s dreams?
By Saheli Mitra
How Rabindranath Tagore stopped communal divide through Raksha Bandhan!
Today’s India truly needs a man like Tagore!
Is Sri Ramakrishna’s belief that ‘all religions are same’ relevant in...
On his birth anniversary GB traces Joto Mot Toto Poth
Save ancestral houses of Ritwik, Satyajit and Mrinal in Bangladesh!
Global campaign to preserve houses on verge of being demolished
Netaji’s historical meet with world leaders frozen in time in this rare v...
Subhas Bose was declared as leader to lead 100 million Indians
Kolkata scientist who helped Dr Subhas Mukhopadhyay to create India’s fir...
Our tribute to Cryobiologist Sunit Mukherjee
BREAKING! Bengali officially declared the second language of London!
Can you believe Bengali is 2nd most spoken language in London?
Miss England 2019 is a Bengali girl! Kudos to Bhasha Mukherjee
Beauty with Brains! Bengali girl rules England’s glamour world!
Train to Bangladesh! Launch of Benapole Express
Here is good news for all who wish to travel to Bangladesh on train
State-RKM joint initiative: Sister Nivedita’s statue installed at UK ...
First outdoor statue of Sister Nivedita to be unveiled on July 27 at UK
How the passion of one man helped discover 2,500-year-old city
City of Forts unearthed in Bangladesh!
Mourning for Notre Dame Cathedral – Aparajita Sen from France
The cathedral was a sanctuary for Sen who landed in France 35 years ago
Neuroscientists on verge of inventing ‘Love Pills’
Did you know you can fall in and out of love with pills?
GB checks out Diana's 'Royal Secret' on her 20th death annivers...
As a child, Diana called Queen Elizabeth, ‘Aunt Lillibet’
Murshidabad’s Sagardighi paves the way for apple plantation in Bengal...
State government aids setting up apple orchards
Intellectuals and locals of Bangladesh form human chain to save Ritwik Ghat...
House is being demolished for cycle garage
Bengali-Bihari association of Karmatar preserves Vidyasagar’s house a...
Why Vidyasagar lived with the Santhals of Jharkhand?
Swami Vivekananda’s homecoming from Chicago and the Bawalis of Budge ...
Bawali still holds 300-year-old Rathayatra
Kolkata girl from London University launches innovative TB awareness throug...
Sreyashi Basu uses Bengal’s art forms to lead awareness
On Ma Sarada Janma Jayanti, remembering one of the greatest feminist Sara D...
How she fought against menstrual taboos
As India fights over NRC and CAB, here’s an inspiring tale from Benga...
How Muslim family gave refuge to an abandoned Hindu woman
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: Human rights violation at Nandigram lead to international...
Amnesty International found gross human rights violation
Netaji’s kin to ask Japanese PM for DNA analysis of ashes on his Indi...
Will Netaji’s death mystery get a final closure?
KUDOS! State government launches Banglar Shiksha app with data on 1.5 crore...
Even Central Government heaps praise for this new e-portal
Even Hindu rulers destroyed Buddhist stupas and built temples on them!
On Babri Masjid Demolition Day, a look at historical Hindu terror
State government medical colleges bring online test report facility
5 state run hospitals help patients get reports fast on their mobile
GB Exclusive: Muslim Sanskrit Prof Ramzan Ali of Belur Vidyamandir says why...
Tolerance and unity in face of communal hatred
By Sreyon
Good news for Bengali medium students! Give JEE (Main) in Bengali
Mamata Banerjee’s government able to make Bengali a part of JEE Main
BREAKING! NRS Hospital to start free-of-cost IVF clinic in memory of Dr Sub...
Poor patients get a chance to have test-tube babies
Revisiting refugees of Marichjhapi as Bengal gives land rights to 12k refug...
Kudos to Mamata Banerjee government for recognizing victims of partition
‘Men, fight for your rights!’ Men’s rights activist Nandi...
Why men’s rights should also be looked into in present day India!
By Saheli Mitra
Big boost for Kolkata’s logistics infrastructure! World Bank to pump ...
Bengal features in World Bank’s South Asia connectivity plan
Centre’s NCRB records show Bengal fared best with 90% drop in women &...
Kudos to social welfare schemes of CM Mamata Banerjee
Bengal government launches outreach programme for beneficiaries of welfare ...
Mahaparidarshan Abhijan for all districts
Statue vandalised in JNU! Didn’t Swami Vivekananda preach tolerance? ...
Bigotry and hate were what Swami Vivekananda always protested against
Bengal’s Sandeshkhali gets honour of most child-friendly Panchayat
Sandeshkhali tops the India chart
Ayodhya Verdict Day: The case Siddhartha Shankar Ray fought for Muslim Law ...
Kolkata’s legal eagle ‘Manuda’ was intrinsic part of this historical case
Bengal’s answer to terrorism: Village that lost 5 to terrorists in Ka...
Tropical Murshidabad will start growing apples!
Why not Bengali? JEE 2020 will have questions in Gujrati, English & Hin...
All India examination with a whiff of provincialism
Santiniketan’s Poush Mela to be held at the same location this year! ...
PMO clears whiff of uncertainity
Blanket ban on Gutka & Pan Masala! Look how they almost destroyed Howra...
West Bengal Government takes a bold step by banning gutka from Nov 7
SPOOKY! Ghostbuster team of Kolkata’s Paranormal Society face aggress...
Crematorium at Siuri proves presence of six kinds of ‘spirits’
BREAKING! Baloch leader tells India Sati peeth Hinglaj Temple in Pakistan i...
This Sakti peeth is in Balochistan province and controlled by Pak army
Today is Bhoot Chaturdashi. Why do Bengalis have 14 saag on this day? ...
Bengal’s own Halloween follows scientific norms
Did you know a Dinosaur fossil in India is named after Rabindranath Tagore?...
Recent tweet reveals this surprising truth!
CM Mamata Banerjee to give Bhai Phonta to WB Governor
Season of good wishes and brotherhood in Bengal
Crime rate down by 31%, Kolkata safest Indian city as per National Crime Re...
Bengal too has improved in crime ranking!
BREAKING! MBBS Course to start at IIT Kharagpur from 2021!
The course will have 50 students in the beginning!
1 crore poor patients get free medical benefits under Swasthya Sathi Scheme...
7.5 crore more people to be added under this state government scheme
Nobel winner Abhijit Banerjee says India economy doing ‘badly’ ...
He believes Indian economy’s slowdown is a big cause for concern
Landmark initiative to give ‘Gene Cards’ to Kanyashree girls
First in India! Students under Bengal’s Kanyashree scheme to get Gene Cards
Why Santhals of Bengal mourn during Durga Puja?
Did you know Mahishasura is regarded as their leader?
Lathiyal of Birshingha who protected Vidyasagar from Brahmin goons
Though we could not protect even a statue of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Muslim MLA crafts Maa Durga – sends message of religious unity
In a rare show a Muslim MLA of Bengal has made a Durga idol
State government launches Patha Bandhu app for accident victims
Accidents on Highways to be tracked through this app
CONGRATS! Bengal bags Krishi Karman Award six times in a row!
Phenomenal increase in maize and oil seed production!
Will Bengal tolerate Amit Shah’s imposition of Hindi?
How a rich language like Bengali is deliberately put on the backseat!
By Saheli Mitra
Bangladesh names road after famous neurosurgeon Dr Robin Sengupta
Chittagong now has Prof R.P. Sengupta Sadak
Bengal’s Aushgram celebrates a different Muharram today!
Instead of self-penance, they proposed blood donation
Food for Plastic! Siliguri NGOs find innovative way to make city’s po...
If you give plastic waste, you get two square meals!
Saksham – Special High Altitude Trek for differently-abled underprivi...
Organised by Voice of the World, you can also help in this endeavour
Salute to the Piano Teacher who makes wheelchairs for stray dogs!
Prasenjit Goswami is not just a music teacher, but a teacher who teaches compassion
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Howrah house in neglect! Despite Rs 5 ...
Bankim Chandra stayed in this house and met Tagore here
Death penalty for lynching in Bengal, new Prevention of Lynching Bill 2019 ...
State Assembly passes New Bill in wake of lynching deaths
State government wins prestigious SKOCH Health Award for making ‘wait...
A big laurel for Bengal’s Health Sector
Central government sends letter to close down 100-year-old Santiniketan Pre...
When and why Rabindranath Tagore started Santiniketan Press
How Dr Madhumala Chattopadhyay reached out to hostile tribes of Andamans!
Why Jarwas and Sentinelese tribes accepted her but no one else!
By Saheli Mitra
Remembering 100 years of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre through poetry
IPPL meet at ICCR speaks of the martyrdom
BREAKING NEWS! India’s longest road tunnel to be named after Shyama P...
Chenani-Nashri Tunnel on Jammu Srinagar National Highway
Police ‘kaku’ of Murshidabad giving free English coaching to st...
OC of Raninagar is an inspiration to all
BREAKING NEWS! Netaji’s daughter writes to PM for DNA test of ashes ...
Netaji Subhash Bose’s daughter Anita wants an end to the controversy
Princess Diana’s secret letter reveals she wanted to work in Kolkata ...
Diana was keen to uplift condition of AIDS patients of the city
Modern India follows Swami Vivekananda’s ideology of Food Freedom?
In the wake of beef-pork debate
By Saheli Mitra
Are we really free in a Free and Independent India?
Watch this video and ask for freedom from atrocities
How Rabindranath Tagore protested Qurbani or animal sacrifice!
Beyond religious lines, Tagore’s play Bisarjan is relevant even today
By Saheli Mitra
Jalpaiguri’s Govt. Engineering College turns first tobacco-free colle...
How did the students achieve this goal?
Why are promising students of Kolkata’s best colleges committing suic...
Learn of the insecurities from the students themselves
On his last journey Rabindranath Tagore got lost in a sea of humanity
People close to him were not even allowed to come near him
By Saheli Mitra
Demand to change name of Bagdogra Airport! Why?
Business community of Siliguri raise demand to change name
New lease of life for Sunderbans’ tiger widows
Prasenjit Mandal gives an exclusive interview to GB
By Saheli Mitra
In wake of scrapping Article 370, look at Kashmir’s Bengali Kshatriya...
Famous Dar community of Kashmir are Dhars of Bengal
On Friendship Day, explore the friendship of Kabuliwala and Minnie
Rabindranath Tagore had struck an odd friendship beyond time and borders
By Saheli Mitra
How Howrah’s Ishrat Jahan’s fight helped Triple Talaq Bill to b...
Ishrat was given talaq over phone by her husband from Dubai
Teachers at Raghunathpur provide meals to patients’ families at Just ...
Society truly needs teachers like them
Good News! Dial the Chief Minister directly to voice your grievances
Now you will be surely heard, new Dial in Bengal CM
Burdwan to introduce machine cooked hygienic mid-day meals!
Students now stands a chance to a healthier lunch
Utkarsh Bangla creates promising job opportunities
Apply before July 26 and stand a chance to get a state government job
HIDCO campaigns to stop people from eating ‘Khoka Ilish’
New Hilsa slogan; Eat Large Save Small at two hilsa festivals
150-year-old Burlington Hospital of Asansol served World War II soldiers
This Asansol hospital gets a makeover
Real life Life of Pi --Kakdwip fisherman survived 4 days on choppy sea
Adrift for four days, without food and even a life jacket, fisherman rescued
Bengali language left out from verdict list of Supreme Court!
Lawyers of Calcutta High Court writes a letter in protest to Chief Justice
Underground water depletion poses serious threat in South Kolkata
South Kolkata’s groundwater level is abysmally low
State government brings big change in process of recruiting school teachers...
The entire procedure turns online to stop malpractices
Howrah-Delhi trains to run in just 12 hours!
Very soon you might wish to travel the distance on train and not flights
Students embrace their favourite tree crying to save it from felling
Young students of Aushgram remind us of the Chipko Movement
Fake news on special dining halls in minority dominated state schools
State government urges citizens not to spread distorted news on social media
After Krittika, another Class X student slashes wrist in school
Are Kolkata’s students falling to stress or suicide attempts are contagious?
By Saheli Mitra
State government introduces ‘Sukanya’ to teach students self de...
State police officials to impart training
Regular brutal handling of 85-year-old Kolkata woman by ayah
Do nurse and ayah centres of Kolkata keep a tab on those they hire?
Why prominent Kolkata Muslims wrote a letter to punish the Bike Gangs?
Urge to bring waylaid Muslim youths of Bengal to mainstream
Mother names newborn ‘Andolan’ respecting junior doctors ...
Baby was born during ongoing strike at Midnapore Medical College
While on strike today junior doctor gives blood to patient
Need for O positive blood urges doctor to donate blood
Is Bengal’s health sector known only for doctor assaults?
What about pathbreaking operations and new facilities?
By Saheli Mitra
How much of Barna Parichay do Bengalis still follow?
New Vidyasagar statue to be unveiled at Vidyasagar College today
Online OPD appointments for state run hospitals in Bengal
New facility from state health department for all patients
Visva Bharati requests Central Govt. to take up Poush Mela celebrations
As fear of shutting down of the mela looms large
Will Bangla again take a backseat with Hindi language imposition?
Should we fight for the rights of our mother tongue in West Bengal?
By Saheli Mitra
Trendsetter Bethune College, make ‘Humanity’ a religion choice ...
In the admission forms ‘Humanity’ is a religion column
Mimi and Nusrat’s smart trousers a disrespect to Parliament?
Or a woman’s rights to wear comfortable clothes this summer?
By Saheli Mitra
Rammohan Roy a British Chamcha or the greatest feminist?
Abolishment of Sati in a new light
By Saheli Mitra
Quiz competitions in Siliguri to stop criminal activities
Innovative approach to maintain peace and order
Hot Stimulating Café of Darjeeling shuts down
We shall miss their hot piping momos and Nepalese food
Sarala Roy’s father had married off his widowed stepmother
On Gokhale Memorial’s centenary some unheard stories
By Supriya Roy
RK Mission Belur bags highest NAAC score
Creates history as the only institute from Bengal to get this honour
State government starts ‘Jit’ Project to identify tuberculosis&...
Patients are being registered in Kolkata
Viswa Bharati brings back the lost glory of Panchabati
Five trees that were planted by Rabindranath Tagore
Jalpaiguri stops country liquor sale with mushroom cultivation
Innovative idea to stop liquor addiction of tea estate workers
How did Swami Vivekananda establish the scientific basis of Shivlinga
The image where all cosmic energy meets
By Saheli Mitra
Santhal women of Bankura unite to fight log poachers
Adivasi women showed the way to protect forests with just sickles
Cancer Treatment for the poor in Bengal free of cost!
Calcutta Medical College comes up with ‘State Cancer Centre’
CM launches all-women pink cabs in Kolkata today
State government ensures women safety and women empowerment
Solving the doctor-patient conflict in Bengal
Civic volunteers in government hospitals will resist attacks on doctors
When shall we stop maiming voices of artistic dissent?
Even ghosts are afraid of humans! A letter to Bhooter Raja
By Saheli Mitra
West Bengal is a role model in empowering backward classes
The state has implemented various schemes for their upliftment
Do not miss Bengal’s tableau tomorrow at Republic Day parade
Tableau to feature the meeting of Rabindranath Tagore and Gandhiji
Why Ross Island has been named after Netaji Subhas Bose?
First hoisting of Indian National Flag 75 years ago
‘Virginity’ decoded by JU professor, but why?
GB tries to trace the obsession about women’s virginity
English medium schools re-introduced by Bengal government
Huge boost in primary and secondary education sector
Kalyani Palui and her girl gang’s fight against hooch dens
Despite death threats, the team has destroyed 60 cholai shops
Revolutionary online mutation process in Bengal
Now property owners will have a hassle-free online mutation
Bengal to celebrate the power of 90 million!
Watch us out as we are preparing to be a part of the celebration.
By Indrajit Sen
Netaji’s flag hoisting at Andamans completes 75 years!
New 75-rupee coins to commemorate the historic event
Now breathe easy at Uttarpara’s oxygen parlour
Uttarpara Municipal Corporation starts an oxygen parlour
Darjeeling Hills now grow coffee and orchids!
Directorate of Cinchona Plantation Mungpoo experiments
Café Positive celebrates the cause of HIV positive patients
Only café in India managed by HIV positive people
Bengal builds first bus-stand for breastfeeding mothers
Mothers can breast-feed their babies at Bishnupur’s new bus-stand
Madhubanti Roy Chowdhury helps ‘communities’ make their own boo...
How patuas, bauls and Kumortuli artisans make their own books
Girl Power Groups in North Bengal stop trafficking
How the group of village girls stand against illicit trafficking
By Bapi Ghosh
Platform Children of Howrah Station
How are they on International Day against Drug Abuse?
By Saheli Mitra
Peep into newly opened Bangladesh Bhavan of Santiniketan
Priceless artefacts and letters housed in the Bhavan
Mungpoo’s Cinchona Plantation now grows coffee!
Medicinal plants producing cancer drugs are also grown
The house that Tagore built in the Hills
And the house that belonged to Mymenshingh’s zamindar
By Bapi Ghosh
Bankura’s remote Susunia villages get an ‘all women library&rsq...
Library with a difference to recreate old world of ‘Mahila Mahal’
Tracing the man who built Cinchona Plantation of Bengal
Learn how the history of Anderson was traced
Massive archive to save Bengal’s fading tribal scripts
Attempt to revive the tribal folk culture of Bengal
Cinchona Plantation of Bengal -- Then and Now
How a plant grown in the Darjeeling Hills saved generations from deadly malaria
Bengal puts women health and hygiene in front seat
Bengal government brings sanitary napkins at just Re 1
World Bank appreciates achievements of Bengal’s Panchayat!
Bengal has completed 3 years’ work in one year
Sharmila Tagore’s ancestor praised by poet Madhusudan?
Dwijendranath Tagore --- Bengal’s little-known poet and researcher
Famous 100-year-old Nagpur school set up by a Bengali
Did you know Jaya Bhaduri and Basanta Choudhury
What is Tagore’s bronze bust doing in police cell?
The statue was made by famous sculptor Rodenstein
Who are helping Sunderban’s Tiger Widows?
Alternate livelihoods are needed for Sunderbans
By Biplab Das
Kolkata gets a cattle shelter for stray cows
New shelter was prompted by accidents caused by stray cattle
West Bengal rural development a role model for India
Bengal’s panchayat development is being taken up as case study
After Kanyashree, comes up Bangla Gramin Abas Yojna
State government promises home for 5 lakh people
Science stalls at Sunderban’s rural fair!
How about listening to Sunita Williams at Sunderbans?
By Biplab Das
Why is state government auctioning old film reels?
Lack of proper storage led to damage of priceless films
Harmless firecrackers can be more harmful
Charkis, fuljhuris and rangmashals can be worst enemies
By Shuvangi Dey
Tantric meditation of east or Tantric sex of west?
How Goddess Kali is being marketed in the West?
By Saheli Mitra
Branding Bengal – success of Biswa Bangla
Tracing the success story of Bengal’s own brand, Biswa Bangla
BEWARE! Do not fall prey to ‘Toxic Beauty’
Learn about harmful ‘Dirty Dozen’ cosmetic ingredients
By Saheli Mitra
Kolkata Police offers citizens water sports on Hooghly
First police force in India to bring community policing
All ration shops of Bengal will use digital ration cards
Aim to end theft of crops from ration stores
Tragic queen Meena Kumari was a victim of Triple Talaq
She had to marry again to return to first husband
Kolkata's Anglo-Indians embraced an inclusive culture
Student Shae-Lynn Samuel pens down her thoughts
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee’s dreams about Kashmir finally comes true?
Why was Bengal’s Shyama Prasad Mukherjee’s wish so controversial?
Looking back at 21st July and how police fired on a peaceful march!
Why is 21st July observed as Shahid Divas?
New Parliament sensation Mahua Moitra questions Aadhar privacy
After her fiery and controversial speech on fascism, she now turns to Aadhar
Even Imran Khan needs Tagore for public administration!
Rabindranath Tagore’s views on nationalism are still relevant today
Youngest member of US Congress wants to learn Bengali! Why?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had also campaigned partly in Bangla
Did ‘communist’ Bengal ever understand the relevance of May Day...
Labour unions of Bengal only knew lock outs and militant agitation
By Saheli Mitra
This poll season Didi Jhalmuri and Modi Rosogolla
How Kolkata gears up for polls through gastronomical delights
Poll graffiti in Mandarin adorn Kolkata’s China Town
City’s Chinese community show support to the ruling party
Horbola art of Bengal being used in poll campaigns
Meet Horbola Idris Ali, poll campaigner for all parties
‘Lion’ poll graffiti gives sleepless nights to Forward Bloc
None to draw lions on walls before polls
Mental Hospital patients in Bengal gain the right to vote
64 patients of Baharampur Mental Hospital will vote
Maximum women candidates from Bengal in upcoming elections
More than 40% of Lok Sabha TMC candidates are women this year
What makes Mimi Chakraborty the most sought-after Tollywood heroine
The other face of TMC candidate from Jadavpur
Satyajit Ray’s Ek Dojon Goppo is being used by Election Commission&nb...
A whiff of nostalgia or poll mania?
Did Netaji Subhash Bose die in a Vietnam Prison?
What has a French historian find recently about Netaji’s death?
Will the Left succeed in their bandh today in Bengal?
Bengal gears up to resist the decade old menace.
By Saheli Mitra
Pakistan Army's inhuman atrocities against Bangladesh’s women
Today is 16th December, the day Bangladesh was liberated
Bengal’s Noakhali riots drowned Gandhi into ‘darkest despair&rs...
Gandhi’s non-violence shed to ruins on Noakhali’s bloody paths
Does Indian political scenario need Lalon Fakir today?
His songs have always mocked identity politics
Why is pre-1857 Santhal revolt of Bengal never mentioned?
Bengal had revolted way back before Sepoy Mutiny
Why Tagore and Netaji joined Hijli protests?
Well-known city dermatologist takes GB on historical trip
Is Tagore’s Visva Bharati falling prey to ‘Cow Politics?’...
‘Goshala’ to be set up at Visva Bharati
Lalon Fakir’s songs have always mocked identity politics
On his death anniversary, GB recalls Lalon’s relevance in present India
Assam's BJP govt to pull down Ram Kinkar Baij's statue of Mahatma ...
They feel the statue is distorted
Jaan Bari of Kolkata --- Hot seat of ancient tantric rites
Did Tantra Sadhana take birth in the city’s famous Jaan Bari?
South Asia’s oldest dental college of Kolkata celebrates 100 years
Visionary Rafiuddin Ahmed and the college he established
Breaking! Sahitya Akademi for Bengali professor and writer Chinmoy Guha
Guha has also won multiple French Awards
K.C. Paul, the man who tried to prove Galileo wrong! Was he mad or a man of...
How for decades Paul preached Sun goes around the Earth!
By Saheli Mitra
Abhijit Banerjee will receive Nobel Prize this afternoon at Stockholm
Set your eyes on TV for the 2.30 pm IST ceremony
How Google & Alphabet Inc CEO Sundar Pichai found his lady love in Beng...
His college days in IIT Kharagpur
Forgotten Hero swimmer Mihir Sen, only man to swim oceans of 5 continents i...
How Left front government turned him to penury
Did you know Kolkata produced the first professional female photographer of...
Photographic Society of Bengal established in 1857 with 23 female photographers
She was ‘evil or scheming’ mother onscreen, yet Gita Dey was ca...
Tracing the life and times of this legendary actress
State Government’s new social scheme Jaago, aims at women empowerment...
Almost 1 crore women will be helped
Neil Basu, son of Bengali doctor from Kolkata headed recent London Bridge t...
He is a counter-terrorism expert of Scotland Yard!
Why Ronald Ross’ Bengali partner Kishori Mohan not get Nobel Prize? ...
Colonial apathy for Kishori not getting his due!
‘Human Computer’ Shakuntala Devi wrote India’s first book...
Maths Genius who married Bengali IAS Paritosh Bannerjee
CONGRATS! Bandhan Bank’s Chandra Shekhar Ghosh gets ‘Banker of ...
Business Standard Banker of the Year 2018-19 goes to this Bengali
Sanjay Sen, a Bengali Engineer is contesting British elections!
Candidate of Wales Conservative Party
GB Children’s Day Special – Tagore’s Minnie and a child&r...
Children are hotpots of unadulterated love
Dadagiri Champ European bou of Chandernagar – Exclusive on Neline Mon...
Neline Mondal talks and walks the Bengali way!
By Saheli Mitra
‘Na Jeo Na’ -- Lata Mangeshkar was hospitalised with pneumonia ...
We wish Lata Mangeshkar a speedy recovery
‘Nati Nabaneeta’ --- Nabaneeta Dev Sen’s void can never b...
GB tribute to the feisty feminist and humourist
By Saheli Mitra
GB shares a rare poem of Chittaranjan Das and how it was translated by Auro...
Our tribute to Chittaranjan Das on his birth anniversary
Founder of the first women’s organisation of India and Asia was a Ben...
GB tribute to Sarala Devi who ruled the feminist movement of India
Breaking! Last ICS of India Monishi Sen dies 51 days before his 100th birth...
End of an era of British groomed ICS officers of India!
On his birth anniversary GB explores England trained Print Technologist Suk...
Abol Tabol creator was a multi-faceted talent
His family was follower of Ram, yet Ramakrishna Paramhansa took Maa Kali as...
How Goddess Kali became a favourite of Ramkrishna Dev
Today is the day when Jibanananda Das died. What happened to the tram that ...
Was it accident or suicide?
Despite saving more than 50 lakh lives from Kalazar, U.N. Brahmachari was d...
British gave him knighthood in recognition
After Tagore, author Mahasweta Devi was nominated for 2012 Nobel Prize in L...
Why no more Literature Nobel came to India?
Nominated 8 times, why Bengali scientist Meghnad Saha never got a Nobel!
Not just science, he had a huge contribution to education of India
Ramchandra Guha is 3rd Indian historian to get highest honour at American H...
Another Indian scholar makes us proud!
Scientist Sambhunath De, the unsung hero who never got a Nobel Prize
Despite being nominated many times for Nobel Prize in Medicine!
How Lakshmi Puja of Bangaals and Ghotis of Bengal are different!
Did refugees from East Bengal, bring Kojagori Lakshmi Puja to Kolkata?
BREAKING! Bengal tops India’s 2019 Bhatnagar Science Awards list!
Out of 12 scientists awarded, 5 are from Bengal
On his death anniversary GB tribute to ‘Father of Indian Renaissance&...
What Tagore and Max Mueller wrote about Rammohan Roy
By Supriya Roy
Bengali architect Rajendranath Mookerjee builds Victoria Memorial
Why the British asked him to build Palta waterworks?
Why Rabindranath Tagore went to meet a dying Sukumar Ray?
Tagore had a great respect for Ray’s versatile talent
First Translator of Quran into Bengali was a Brahmo Samaj scholar
Tracing the extraordinary talent of Girish Chandra Sen
Shei Shomoy! On Sunil Gangopadhyay’s birth anniversary, a GB tribute ...
One of the most illustrious books on Bengal Renaissance
Lunar Treat for Burdwan’s Yusra Alam as Chandrayaan II lands on moon ...
Student from Bengal will join PM to watch the feat!
Who was the teacher of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and CV Raman? None other th...
Celebrating Teacher’s Day with the teacher of the great teacher!
Did you know the British paid less to teacher Acharya Jagadish Bose despite...
The teacher who was a victim of racial discrimination!
INSPIRATION! Durgapur’s retired Headmaster takes free classes even af...
70-year-old partially blind teacher Rabilal Garai is a living legend
Rs 3 lakh bank loan to feed stray dogs! Meet Kalyani’s Nilanjana Bisw...
Woman with a canine mission, who has even sold her ornaments to raise money
NRC IN ASSAM! Did you know even British rulers were concerned about immigra...
Tracing the colonial history of illegal immigration in Assam
Meet Purulia’s ‘Pad Girl’ Kiran. Join on her journey as s...
Learn the daunting tale of how Kiran is also stopping child marriages
Pulitzer winner Jhumpa Lahiri appointed as new creative writing director of...
She will head unique undergraduate program celebrating its 80th anniversary
CONGRATS! Siliguri’s Sarbari Das becomes first woman commander of Por...
We are proud of Marine Officer Sarbari Das for breaking the gender sealing
BREAKING NEWS! Chandrayaan II spots moon crater named after Bengali scienti...
What is the Mitra Crater? Who is Sisir Kumar Mitra?
Happy Navroz -- Why Parsis of India celebrate New Year today?
For Paris of India, celebrations start 200 days after vernal equinox
Bilkis Bano – First woman cab driver of Kolkata
How she overcame domestic violence to prove her worth!
Akhilchandra Sen – the man behind toilets on long distance trains
Why and how he forced the British to create toilets on trains
Why Khudiram Bose has been referred to as terrorist in history books?
Hanged today by the British just at the age of 18!
Founder of Bengal’s famous Ayurveda chain was killed by Pakistani Arm...
Tale of Jogesh Chandra Ghosh and Sadhana Oushadhalaya
Bong beauty with brains Sushmita Sen finally to get married
Vogue claims she and her boyfriend Rohman will get married by year end
Tiff between Dr Bidhan Roy & Dr Nilratan Sarkar on Tagore’s opera...
The operation after which Rabindranath Tagore never recovered
Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee to get Bharat Ratna today
Award to be given to one of the best politicians of India
Lady Abala Bose – inspiration behind Jagadish Bose’s success
GB remembers Lady Abala Bose on her birth anniversary
Remembering Sushma Swaraj through her fiery speech ripping Pakistan
Here is Swaraj’s full speech she gave last year at UNGA
Prafulla Chandra Ray’s dream Bengal Chemicals and its downfall
Central government to privatize Bengal’s pride Bengal Chemicals
Centre will not rename Burdwan station after freedom fighter Batuk Dutt
Why have we forgotten the sacrifice of freedom fighters like Batukeshwar Dutt?
Once hounded out Rathindranath Tagore finally honoured by Visva Bharati
Rabindranath Tagore’s only surviving son Rathin, gets his due respect at last
Memories of his last journey from Santiniketan to Kolkata for treatment
Memories of his last journey from Santiniketan to Kolkata for treatment
Birdman of Bengal, Amaresh Mitra is no less than Salim Ali!
Meet the 82-year-old passionate man with rare collection of bird eggs
Author Bonophul’s ancestral home in Bihar is in a bad shape!
GB asks on his birthday why his house at Manihari was not restored
First Bengali Crorepati, two centuries ago and his trade with America
More than two centuries ago Ramdulal Dey had turned a crorepati!
Academician Pabitra Sarkar gets 3rd highest civilian award of Japan
On July 15th he will receive ‘The Order of the Rising Sun’
Author Buddhadeb Guha to receive D.Lit
A proud moment for all Bengali readers who have loved his books
Rabindranath Tagore called ‘Notun Bouthan’ after Greek goddess ...
On Kadambari Devi’s birthday, GB finds out why she was always an outcast
World renowned neurosurgeon Dr Robin Sengupta in a candid interview with GB...
Listen to his visions and future plans for Bengal
All India IMA headquarters named after Dr Bidhan Roy
On Dr Roy’s birth anniversary Bengal again rules over Delhi
Did Ramkrishna Dev die of cancer? Death certificate states ulcer
Today KMC will handover his controversial death certificate to Belur Math
Dr Sushobhon Banerjee treats patients for just Re 1!
The doctor who is treated as God by tribals of Bolpur
Nabarun Bhattacharjee’s voice could never be silenced
Remembering the revolutionary writer on his birthday
Child of a sex worker, Sushila Sundori showed tiger stunts a century back
Meet the brave-heart woman from Bengal who was the first tiger trainer
‘Dhoni’ Hotel of Alipurduar serves free meals to MS Dhoni fans ...
The World Cup Cricket fever catches up!
Doctor of Kalna who still treats patients for only Rs 5!
Dr Goswami is like Uttam Kumar of Agnishwar
Why did Vidyasagar throw his shoe on the stage of Nildorpon?
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay compared it to Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Sarala Ray’s daughter Kanaklata was a true modern woman
A blend of old-world charm and feminist ideologies
By Supriya Roy
Why Rammohan Roy was hailed as ‘Raja’ by Tagore & Max Muell...
The true messiah of Indian society
By Supriya Roy
Gayatri Devi, Princess of Coochbehar on 100th birth anniversary
Maharani’s story comes alive through year-long celebrations
Kundu Sir, the ex-Naxalite and demi-god of Basirhat
How his institute for poor students coaches for free
World-renowned handwriting expert concludes Gumnami Baba as Netaji
After examining letters written by both
Mystery of the lost pen and Lalbazar’s summons to Tagore
Why was Rabindranath Tagore called to Lalbazar?
Visionary behind 100-year journey of Gokhale Memorial
What led Sarala Roy to set up a school for girls
By Supriya Roy
Unsung heroine Kalpana Dutta who fought against the British
The science graduate who handled explosives
By Saheli Mitra
The man from Asansol who researched on 422 flags of the world
Flag researcher Kalishankar Bhattacharya
Leela Roy – the first woman post-graduate of Dhaka University
She saved many Hindu women during Noakhali riots
How Madhusudan Dutta defied Ram and made Meghnad the hero
When the villain of Hindu mythology turns a hero in an epic poem
By Saheli Mitra
Emotional letter by Netaji’s wife written to his brother
The letter that first mentions the presence of Anita
Chattagram Astragar Lunthan! Hang Surya Sen!
How Master da was brutally tortured and hanged on this day!
Bengal government focus on malnutrition in tribal belt
Lodha and Sabar communities getting special protein food
Bringing sunshine to Pavlov Hospital patients through baking
Chef Sunshine Bhattacharjee Alam using baking for mental therapy
Septuagenarian headmaster cleans Churni bridge single-handedly
Swachh Bharat campaign needs to learn from his dedication
Will Jagadish Bose’s face feature on the new 50-pound note?
Will Bose finally get his due recognition?
Today is the day when Rabindranath Tagore won Nobel Prize
What was Tagore’s reaction to the news?
By Saheli Mitra
Are dhaakis of Bengal a fading community today?
Why dhaakis no longer wish to carry forward their tradition
By Saheli Mitra
He preached ‘Power of the Pen’ is greater than divisive politic...
Atal Behari Vajpayee knew how to hold a nation together
Bengali singer Anasua Choudhury overcomes paralysis to sing again!
GB exclusive interview on her inspirational journey
By Suman Sadhu
Pather Panchali's 'Harihar' Kanu Bandopadhyay refused Ray at th...
Did you know Kanu Bandopadhyay donated his earnings to Swadeshi Movement?
How much respect did Bengal show to Tagore on his ‘Last Journey?&rsqu...
Baishe Srabon from Rani Mahalanobis’ diary
Celebrating Rashbehari Bose and Toshiko’s 100th marriage anniversary
Why is Bengal’s Murgir Jhol famous in Japan?
By Saheli Mitra
Remembering Manohar Aich who took elephants on his chest
Anitesh Chakraborty remembers his ‘Sir’ from his para
Visva Bharati’s Desikottam Honour for Amitabh Bachchan
Big B to receive highest honour from Visva Bharati, Santiniketan
The world of Sarala Ray’s daughter Kanaklata Ray
Anglicised, yet simple at heart, she was a woman of substance
By Supriya Roy
Job Charnock’s Bengali wife who was to become a Sati
How Charnock saved a Bengali girl from her husband’s pyre
How log poaching was stopped in North Bengal forests?
Youths guard the very forests, where they once cut trees
Have you seen Rs 10,000 and 5,000 currency notes of British Bengal?
One man in Siliguri has a collection of such priceless notes
By Bapi Ghosh
Why did Vidyasagar praise kaviyal Bhola Moira?
Kavi-gaan was an intrinsic part of Bengal’s entertainment industry
Special train remembering Vivekananda’s Chicago speech
When Swamiji returned to Kolkata through Budge Budge
Bengal’s 98-year-old revolutionary who gets Padma Shri
How Sudhanshu Biswas turned a social reformer from a revolutionary
Did you know Nadia’s original capital was Matiyari?
Nadia Raj family is one of the oldest families of Bengal
Technology helped this hearing-speech impaired couple find love
How Tulsi and Subhendu interacted through sign-language videos
Path-breaking research: Bengali scientist duo in Nature
Father-son duo make Kolkata proud with path-breaking discovery
Siliguri rickshaw puller popularizes Paytm
Meet Sushil, who give 80% discount on rickshaw rides via Paytm
By Bapi Ghosh
Panchanan Mondal, ‘manuscript seeker’ of Bengal
He went from door to door, collecting rare manuscripts
The man from Bengal who first signed with FIFA
Indrajit Sen tried 27 years ago to bring FIFA matches to India
How was scientist Meghnad Saha as a Parliamentarian?
Was this Bengali scientist a victim of provincialism in Indian politics?
74 years after his submarine journey
Eastern Naval Command inaugurates Netaji statue to honour his submarine journey
How poet Sukanto Bhattacharya’s teacher inspired him
Poet Sukanto had a mentor in his school teacher
Naga Sanyasi chief was no less sexy than a Hollwyood hero!
Head of Juna Akhara was a boy from Bengal
By Munmun Mitra
Bengali NRI doctors help to upgrade city hospital for poor
London NRIs pitch in for Thakurpukur hospital
KUDOS! Bengali scientist from IIT Kharagpur invents Cancer Vision Goggles ...
Pathbreaking invention by Suman Bikash Mondal
Breakthrough in Cancer Therapy: Bengal’s scientists discover anti-car...
Experiments on mice and rabbits complete
Bengali scientist Pratik Mukherjee’s AI to detect brain haemorrhage i...
Path-breaking invention of US based scientist
Powder to stop bleeding in 20 secs! DRDO honours Burdwan rice-mill owner&rs...
Discovery of young scientist from Bengal will save many soldiers!
Bengali doctor who invented the first Bangla computer typing Avro
Dr Mehedi Khan believes language should not be a bar to knowledge
Bengali Scientist Biman Mondal invents lab meat in IIT Guwahati
GB tracks this path-breaking invention that will bring a revolution for meat lovers
No More Killing Animals! IIT scientist Biman Mondal invents lab meat
GB tracks this path-breaking invention that is good news for animal lovers too
EUREKA! Paper from Field Moss! Scientists of Burdwan University work wonder...
Farmers of Bengal can earn now by making paper from field moss
Path-breaking discovery! Asansol professor finds anti-venom in oranges
Bengal’s snake-bite victims to get a new life
IIT Kharagpur’s incredible invention! Blood tests with your Smartphon...
Prof Suman Chakraborty and team invented this path-breaking device
Engineering students of Durgapur BC Roy College invent solar pump
Kudos to the Mechanical Engineering students for this feat!
CU scientist proves black cumin can cure breast and lung cancer!
Our very own Kalo Jeere has anti-carcinogenic properties
Path-breaking jute sanitary napkins by Kolkata’s Jute Research Instit...
Jute based pads will prevent cervical cancer and revive Bengal’s jute industry
US based Bengali scientist invents world’s first implantable artifici...
Shuvo Roy is co-inventor of an artificial kidney that can be transplanted
Kolkata’s Solar Man gets Canada’s Mission Innovation Champions ...
Meet scientist S.P. Gon Chaudhuri who made India’s first floating solar plant
Kolkata woman at MIT invents world’s first underwater drone
Meet Sampriti Bhattacharya, one of Forbes’ top 30 young talents
Kolkata scientists discover new protein to treat breast cancer
Scientific breakthrough by scientists of Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
India’s first indigenous supercomputer designed by IIT Kharagpur
Tech wizards of IIT again make us proud
Scientist from Bengal makes snake venom antidote from oranges!
Professor from Asansol will save many lives
Subhomoy Biswas of Nadia invents a solar bike
Eco-friendly bike will help in curbing environmental pollution
Kolkata’s SSKM hospital saves a woman with blood tears!
How doctors of Institute of Psychiatry treated a rare ‘blood’ tear disease
Unique discovery of life in India by IIT Kharagpur researchers
Earliest life flourished in India 2,500 million years ago
Student Rupam from Chandannagar wins National Award
Made cheap Beat the Heat Cooling Jacket while in school
RG Kar Hospital of Kolkata creates history
Successfully transplants goat ears on humans with deformities
Scientists from Bengal discover electricity in spider webs
New green energy can be generated from webs and egg shells
From elephant sirens to speed-breaker electricity
Students of North Bengal are at their innovative best
Jhargram scientist turns ‘Make in India’ dream true
Discovered raw material to make anti-landmine vehicles
Kolkata boys get US invite for their cancer studies
School boys use a chemical to stop cancer from killing good cells
How a Bengal village turned fertile from fallow
Australian expertise and state’s agricultural scientists work wonders!
Finally, a medicine to stop cancer metastasis!
Scientists at Bose Institute Kolkata make a path-breaking discovery
Bengal’s rifle factory makes first indigenous sniper
Rifle Factory Ishapore with first sniper ‘made in India’
New reptile fossil of India 100m years older than dinos
A new reptile fossil unearthed by ISI Kolkata
BREAKING! Two Bengali scientists record new magnetic explosion on Sun
NASA acknowledges their discovery
Meet the graduate farmer sisters of Habra – Deepa and Samapti Mondal ...
How they took up hoe and sickle
Meet Dr Santosh Kumar Biswas of Murshidabad – doctor who also holds a...
Doctor runs the primary center alone on days the staff does not arrive
Husband-wife from Bengal venture on their bike spreading Tiger Awareness
Meet ‘Wild’ Rathin and wife Gitanjali
By Saheli Mitra
BREAKING! Ramakrishna Mission College wins highest NAAC grade
Another winning accolade for Ramkrishna Mission College
CONGRATS! Three architect students from Bengal win international Moonceptio...
Trio build a Housing Complex on the Moon!
By Shuvra Dey
Arjun, a platform destitute at Sealdah Station fights poverty and studies i...
Little Arjun is an inspiration to us all!
How Pintu Mahato fought poverty and Maoist threat to become a rising soccer...
Learn the tale of resilience from West Midnapore’s Adivasi Pintu
First Reader-Writer Bank for Blind in Kolkata set up by visually challenged...
Exclusive interview with Sayantan Banerjee
By Saheli Mitra
Promising Bengal diver’s mother drives mini-bus to fund her sports ca...
Daughters are budding divers from Bengal
Kolkata Comes up with its first Zero Waste Shop
The shop that is adding to environment protection awareness
Gaurav Adhikary broke patriarchy with social media post to marry off his wi...
When a child turns his mother’s guardian
By Saheli Mitra
Burdwan Medical College doctors perform first ever uretero-duodenal fischul...
Patient’s life saved in a first-of-its kind operation
Kolkata students create Guinness World Records by making world’s larg...
Big scientific feat by city students!
India’s youngest IAS Ansar Shaikh, who worked in tea-stalls becomes S...
Ansar brings a ray of hope to youths of Coochbehar!
Madhyamgram’s housewife gets accolades in Mrs India Contest in Mumbai...
‘Mrs Elegant India’ Sarmistha Chakraborty
Santiniketan’s Pushparani turns You-Tube sensation at 78! Earns in la...
Tale of a rural housewife earning lakhs through food videos
KUDOS Institute of Neurosciences! Student recovers from 3-month paralysis a...
How JEE student Souvik Mukherjee got back from the jaws of death
Meet ‘Housewife’ Sushmita, First Female Ola Bike Taxi Driver of...
She fought patriarchy to earn her own living
Congrats! Jadavpur University’s Pramit ranks 2nd in UPSC IES Examinat...
Indian Topper Pramit is from JU and makes Bengal proud
Singur’s Kalyan Koley, impacted by TATA agitation brings new hope for...
New business boost for Bengal’s Meat Industry
How a woman refugee from Bangladesh built a Diwali cracker empire
Remember ‘Buri Ma’ chocolate bombs?
Bengal tops in largest recruitment of engineers and IT professionals in Ind...
All India Council for Technical Education brings out the list
‘Ambulance Dada’ Karimul donates money of biopic to build...
Bollywood biopic on Karimul’s incredible way of ferrying patients
Institute of Neurosciences sets milestone! Rare operation on Scoliosi...
Spine surgeon Dr Anindya Basu and his team perform a rare feat
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo are 6th married couple to win Nobel
Did you know Esther spent many years in Ballygunge?
BREAKING! Bengali economist Abhijit Bandopadhyay wins 2019 Economics Nobel ...
He is student of Amartya Sen
Nadia’s govt school grows own vegetables and fish for mid-day meals ...
Barnia Abhaynagar Vidyalaya is a role model for mid-day meal solution
Howrah’s Suchorita fights poverty and studies under street-lights!
Courage and grit has taken Suchorita to College
Meet Sudipta Sengupta, first Indian woman to conquer Antarctica
Professor of Structural Geology in Jadavpur University
CONGRATS! Entrepreneur Ankiti Bose in 2019 Fortune ‘40 Under 40&rsquo...
Co-founder of Zilingo, Bose is one of world’s most influential young entrepreneur
Visually challenged teenager from Bengal climbs 19,000 ft high peak
While we were pandal hopping, a feat created atop Rudragaira peak
Bengali IFS officer Vidisha Maitra gives befitting reply to Pak PM
IAS rank holder Vidisha Maitra nailed every lie of Imran Khan at UNGA
Hooghly electrician’s daughter, 10-year-old Srija is Yoga Asian Champ...
She wins the prestigious gold medal in South Korea!
Youngest Bhatnagar Award winner is a Kolkata Mathematician
Neena Gupta of Kolkata’s Indian Statistical Institute makes us proud
CONGRATS! Low-Cost Breast Cancer detectors by NIT Durgapur
Check yourself for any Breast Cancer signs!
Father a grocer, Bengal’s Shweta Agarwal had topped IAS exam
Meet Marwari girl Shweta Agarwal who broke ceiling of patriarchy
Meet Bengal’s own Sudha Chandran, who lost a leg to cancer!
A look at Anjali’s Kathak recital with a prosthetic limb
Chandrayaan II Lander is intact! Meet Birbhum scientist Bijoy Kumar Dai who...
Bengal is proud of this farmer’s son
After Chandrayaan II, India’s Sun Mission Aditya will have a Bengali ...
Meet Dipankar Banerjee, ex-student of Rajabazar Science College
Chandrayan II launched! Rajabazar Science College scientist Chandrakanto wi...
Rajabazar College scientist Chandrakanto will control Chandrayaan’s antennae
INSPIRATION! Two Class XII students of St Xavier’s bring science lear...
Students set up STEM Labs in schools for poor children
18-year-old Ballet Dancer from Siliguri puts India on World Ballet Map
Meet Dipesh, the male ballet dancer of Bengal who is going global
CONGRATS! Chandrima Shaha is first woman to head Indian National Science Ac...
Chandrima was also a cricketer and a commentator!
Chandrayaan II enters Moon’s Orbit! Kudos to Bengali scientist Chandr...
Chandrakanto Kumar has controlled the crucial antennae of the spacecraft
From Cancer Survivor to Mrs India Finalist – Incredible Tanisha Roy ...
The girl from Bengal who will head to Greece for the worldwide finals
Kudos to scientist Moumita Dutta who was part of real Mission Mangal
Calcutta University scientist was ISRO project manager
Ranaghat railway station’s beggar singer Ranu gets call from Mumbai ...
Lata kanthi Ranu’s songs have taken Bengal by storm
Kolkata’s orthopaedic surgeon gets int’l award for music induce...
Meet Dr Sumanta Thakur who has performed more than 100 musical surgeries
Bilkis Bano fought poverty and domestic violence to become a driver
Sheer grit and courage made Bilkis a winner!
Meet Ankita of Gobordanga who won Saregamapa 2019 crown
Student of Ichhapur High School, Ankita is now concentrating on studies
Ichhamati is dying; Lone crusade of a 26-year-old to save his beloved river...
Meet Sabarna Saraswati who has travelled more than 130 km along its banks
Engineer Souresh Pal from Katwa controlled fuel tank of Chandrayaan II
Not just Chandrakanto Kumar, another engineer from Bengal make us proud!
Bengal’s Aihika scripts history at Commonwealth Table Tennis Games
Aihika Mukherjee is first Indian woman to win gold at Table Tennis singles
CU MTech, ISRO scientist Moumita Dutta’s Mission on Mars
After Chandrakanto Kumar of Chandrayaan II, another Bengali ISRO scientist
Exclusive GB video of the first Bengali chair umpire at Wimbledon
Abhishek Mukherjee of Belur has umpired more than 37 grand slams
Raigunj baby prodigy names countries, capitals and more at 21 months!
Baby Mayukh has created a stir in Bengal and scientists are visiting him
Coolie to Crorepati – amazing tale of Harun Mondal and his honey busi...
Inspiring tale of a coolie from Baduria who runs a business running into millions
8-year-old Bengal boy beats cancer to win Table Tennis gold at world event&...
Aronyatesh Ganguly is our GB inspiration of the week!
Doctor-patient jugalbandi in operation theatre while operating on tumour
First of its kind music therapy during operation at Thakurpukur Cancer Hospital
7-year-old Rishika chops off her long hair to donate to cancer patients
Now she is inspiring her friends and running a hair donation drive!
Hi-Fashion clothes this Puja being made by Tiger Widows of Sunderbans
Meet Prasenjit Mondal who is helping poor women turn to skilled tailors
Rushmita Oraon of Jalpaiguri brings home the National Rugby cup
Daughter of a driver and tea worker who is the Rugby Champ this year!
Meet the first woman train mechanic of India from Bengal!
Pritilata Mandal keeps trains of Santragachhi fit and fine
Kolkata’s toto driver distributes food to patient families
Partha Chowdhury is an inspiration to all
Pagla Dashu, our childhood nostalgia shot as a movie on mobile
Abhirup Ganguly of Jalpaiguri makes a wonder film on his android phone!
Swimmer Sayani Das from Kalna conquers Catalina Channel
Swimming for more than 12 hours, she again makes us proud
Zomato delivery man who feeds poor children with cancelled orders
Food wasted by us, enjoyed by them
Transgender from Kolkata, Annie, bags crown of Miss India Trans 2019
Salute to Annie Dutta Chakraborty
Due to lack of funds, HS 9th rank holder might have to leave studies
Beliatore’s Ishita Chattopadhyay is fighting poverty
Adrija of Bardhaman selected for Under 17 Football World Cup
She will be part of India’s women world cup team
Vegetable vendor’s daughter stands 3rd in Higher Secondary
Barnali has fought poverty, yet reached heights of academic success
Child turned ice-cream seller to fund his dad’s medicines
He travels miles to sell ice-creams this summer
Disabilities could not stop Kritiman from securing 92% in his tenth grade C...
Tale of courage and grit
Salute to rural women entrepreneurs of Bengal
Women of Bonhooghly beat all odds to establish profitable turkey business
Lost son to cancer, mother builds school for slum children
Shimanti Das dedicates her life to hundreds of children
Burdwan Medical College doctors perform miracle operation
Extract a growing foetus from the stomach of a baby
Shreya Sen turned a well-known architect despite losing an arm
Victim of the ill-fated Gyaneshwari train accident
Dadpur – the musical village of Bengal that set a business model
The biggest exporter of stringed instruments
Paralysed tea estate worker’s son from Bengal tops English MA exam
The tribal boy who is an inspiration
Rickshaw-puller from Bengal travels to Lahore to promote peace
In the wake of unrest after Pulwama attack
Service to the nation stood above marriage for this Purulia jawan!
Rajesh Gope of Indian Army kept his motherland above his wedding
Agricultural scientist Angshuman Majumdar returns to his roots
Helps farmers of Jalpaiguri earn more through organic farming
On International Women’s Day tale of a different ‘Kanyadaan&rsq...
Bengali wedding that deconstructs age-old beliefs
Gudiya’s dreams – from a beggar to a Madhyamik student
GB traces the courage of a child beggar who dreamt of going to school
Soumyadeep Jana did not succumb to terrorist bullets
The 14-year-old from Midnapore who came out of come
Raju ‘Joker’who brings a smile to the poor of North Bengal
He has overcome his own poverty to make the poor happy
Young scientists from Bengal sweep Science Congress Awards
Bengal bags the highest number of awards, ahead of other states
Mountain Man from Bengal conquers Antarctica peak
Satyarup Siddhanta has achieved the unthinkable!
By Saheli Mitra
Jaynagar girls fight out gender discrimination on the football ground
They formed Shakti Vahini to stop child marriages
Swimmer Bula Chowdhury and her dream Swimming Academy
Bula Chowdhury pours her heart out in this exclusive GB interview
‘Crab Man of Sundarbans’ is GB Inspiration of this week ...
Sukumar Mahato, a school drop-out, earns in lakhs
West Bengal Radio Club reunites lost man with family
Group of amateur radio enthusiasts work wonders
Child prodigies from Bengal who beat all odds and made it big
Do not miss the tales of Babbar Ali, Tuhin Dey and Saifa Khatun
Kaun Banega Crorepati crown for taxi driver from Sunderbans
Gazi Jalaluddin runs orphanage and schools for the poor
Kanyasree Yoddhas of Bengal is GB’s ‘Lakshmi’ brigade&nbs...
They stop child marriages, they save girls from doom
Malda’s orphan Rohim wins international brick-laying competition
Abu Dhabi crown goes to Rohim who fought many odds
Let’s celebrate Mahalaya with ‘Onyo Durga’
Tales of five women who can only be compared to Goddess Durga
Musician from Bengal popularizes Indian Classical in China!
Exclusive interview with Moumita Mitra on music trends in Beijing
By Saheli Mitra
How Satyarup turned from an asthmatic kid to Mountain Man
Satyarup Siddhanta speaks to GB on his incredible journey
By Saheli Mitra
GB speaks to the ‘Padman of Bengal’
Sobhan Mukherjee, the college student who stacks sanitary pads
By Suman Sadhu
Scientist from Bengal saves Australians from sharks!
Is the movie Jaws relived by a man from Bengal?
Students of ten city schools grow their own vegetables for mid-day meals
Innovative project that teaches students about environment
Sahana Bajpaie gets Bengal’s Pride Award at UK Parliament
Famous Bengali singer gives an in-depth interview on music and much more
By Saheli Mitra
Scientist from Kolkata who won Mr Gay World runners up 2018
Samarpan Maiti of Institute of Chemical Biology makes us proud
By Saheli Mitra
Another Bengali from NASA who makes us proud
Anita Sengupta, brain behind creating coldest spot in the universe
Meet the Bengal boy on Trans-Himalayan cycle mission
Jyotishko is out to spread environmental awareness
She won against cancer, and still she dances
Anjali Roy is our inspiration, who lost her leg to cancer
From a promising sportswoman to a tuk-tuk driver
Poverty robbed the dreams of Murshidabad’s Milan Tara
Kolkata girl nominated for international sci-fi award
Jadavpur University alumnus eyes for Hugo Awards
She coaches Table Tennis stars from Bengal at 75!
Bharati Ghosh of Siliguri is indeed our inspiration
By Bapi Ghosh
Do our children read Tuntunir Golpo or ThakumarJhuli theses days?
How one man is trying to popularise books among children of Bengal
By Bapi Ghosh
The girl from Kalna who swam across international channels
Sayani Das, the swimmer and pride of Bengal needs funding
Murshidabad girls who have fought all odds to succeed in sports!
Meet the KanyashreeYoddha kabbadi team of a Murshidabad Madrasah
Meet Mustari Khatun of Dinajpur, who has stopped many child marriages
She helps girls to be financially independent
By Bapi Ghosh
Taxi driver from Baruipur who built a hospital
Meet Saidul Laskar, who drives a taxi, but thought of the poor
She sold vegetables, yet this woman from Bengal serve the poor
Subhasini Mistry built a free hospital for the poor
Bengali professor in Guinness Book for frog stamps
Ballygunge boy sets world record by collecting 1,600 frog stamps
Kolkata engineer who helps you turn a farmer
Farmizen allows you to grow your own vegetables
By Saheli Mitra
IIT scientist from Alipurduar brings letter revolution!
Bengal man’s letter route to build bridges among children
Infosys Mathematics Award goes to a Kolkata scientist
Ritabrata Munshi of ISI has made a name with numbers
Strawberry Fields and Bengal! Yes, we are growing too
How a North Bengal farmer is growing succulent strawberries
Kanyashree girls stop minor’s marriage
Kanyashree Scheme is not just on paper, it is showing results
Journey of a poor student from Ghatal to Oxford, England
He had no money to buy books, but he always stood first
She set up a women’s college at a Bengal village recently
Meet this famous educationist who went back to her roots
By Saheli Mitra
On World Disability Day he got the ‘Role Model Award’
Basam Sonar of Jalpaiguri has overcome disability to work for disabled
Winner of Infosys Award is a scientist from Bengal
Meet Sanghamitra Bandopadhay, who works with cancer cells
Lara Croft of Bengal: Kolkata’s paleontologist Devapriya
Scientist balances motherhood and fossil hunting in remote Kutch
Struggles of a female rickshaw puller on Kolkata streets
Mithu Pandit took up a rickshaw after her husband’s paralysis
Indigo grown again in Bengal after 150 years!
GB speaks to Amrita Mukherjee of Indigo Sutra
By Saheli Mitra
Truth is missing in Bengali protest songs
Salilda is missed but there is hope in Shayan
By Indrajit Sen
Domestic help from Bengal who became an author
Baby Haldar, best-selling author, who works as a maid
IIM graduate who is changing lives in Sunderbans
Meet Jadavpur University alumnus Biplab Das
By Saheli Mitra
Bengali girl gets NASA’s highest honour this year
Mahmooda of Bangladesh receives NASA’s IRAD Innovator award
Malda girl who assisted Physics Nobel-Prize winners this year
Meet Nairwita Mazumder, the astrophysicist from Malda
She still sings and paints, meet this freedom fighter
Today is Jyotirmoyee Mukherjee’s 100th birthday
Bengal government gifts handicraft store to transgenders
Handicraft store showcasing work of transgenders
World-renowned Bengali techie brings projects to Bengal
Top technologist Sauvik Banerjjee’s homecoming
By Saheli Mitra
Bengal bags top project awards from Skoch Foundation
Six top awards for innovative projects go to Bengal
Metro to run below the Ganges in another two and a half years time
Boring for construction tunnel of metro rail below the river bed goes on at a fast pace
By Tale spin
New Kolkata Police App helps file FIR online
No need to go to police stations/ Register complaints online
By Tale spin
Pathadisha to update on ferry and tram services
Tracking service will include 300 more buses
By Tale spin
Bhawani Munda empowers tribal girls of Dooars
Banga-Ratna trains football to tribal girls!
By Tale spin
Bengal government reins in poppy narcotics of Malda.
State successful in restricting poppy seeds farming
By Tale spin
Meet the Kanyasree Yoddha: Girl Brigade of Bengal
These girls are bringing a revolution to Bengal
By Tale spin
Neurosurgeon develops National Neurosciences Centre
Dr Sengupta establishes centre of excellence
By Indrajit Sen
BREAKING! Ancient Jain temple found under Kangsabari River in Purulia!
Archaeologists say they belonged to10th-11th century
CM Mamata Banerjee brings back historic Ban Rajar Dighi to life
Tapan Dighi of South Dinajpur was dying
Nabadwip and Coochbehar get Bengal’s First Heritage City tag
The rich cultural heritage of these two cities make them famous
Did you know a century back 1 crore was spent for Bally Bridge?
The bridge that bears memories of Vivekananda
Geet Govindam poet Jaidev’s temple endangered
How and why the famous temple needs immediate attention!
Architecture of ‘Santiniketan Griha’ is answer to religious har...
GB takes a stock of the house built by Debendranath Tagore
By Saheli Mitra
How social reformer William Carey’s cemetery got cleaned
Kudos to Purono Kolkatar Golpo for highlighting the neglect
By Jayanta Sen
France is World Champions; Is Bengal’s French pocket worth a world vi...
GB travels to Chandernagore to assess universal appeal of Bengal’s French homes
How Jalpaiguri became a part of Bengal!
GB travels to Baikunthapur once under Nepal to unravel the truth
By Bapi Ghosh
The ‘pigeon’ who flew in to topple Chandraketugarh
King Chandraketu fought with the Pir to protect his faith
Konnagar municipality saves Aban Thakur’s home
Residents and authorities join hands to keep promoters away
Mungpoo’s Rabindra Bhavan revived: Open to tourists
How the Hills are celebrating Rabindranath Tagore’s birthday!
By Bapi Ghosh
Bengali diaspora laments close down of Gurusaday Museum
How many of us have ever visited the museum protecting priceless treasures?
By Indrajit Sen
Why are archaeological wonders of Debagram neglected
When locals turn saviour in preserving history in Bengal!
What was Job Charnock doing in Uluberia?
Charnock tried settling in Uluberia much before Kolkata
By Amita Ray
Crowd-funding to save Chandernagar’s heritage building?
This French colony’s Registry Building to be restored
Salil, Sudhin, Soumitra to find place at Jorasanko museum
A new museum coming up at JorasankoThakurbari
Australia’s Bengal connect! How a Bengali poetry book landed in 19th-...
Bengal-Australia connect might have started in 1798
Her husband partitioned Bengal, while she danced in her peacock gown ...
Lady Curzon and India’s needle work art on her gown
Laksmikanta Style Dhoti- Cultural symbolism of ‘Calcutta’ ...
How Indranil Halder is popularizing Bengali attire in Australia
Kolkata fashion designers who make dresses of paper!
Kreativ -- run by students, making waves in the fashion world
Pune-based designer Aparna Sastry on Bengal Handloom
Countdown to Weaves and Hues’ Diwali collection
BREAKING! AQI 362-426! Today Kolkata is polluted twice than Delhi!
GB has laid hands on exclusive pollutant measurement reports!
Is Haryana-Punjab’s stubble burning similar to Bengal’s straw a...
Will Kolkata soon take the Delhi-NCR route?
Rural Bengal Innovation! Purulia Doll Makers spread plant seeds through cla...
How rural women of Bengal bring environmental awareness
Will Behala and Salt Lake sink or swim? IIT Kharagpur-JU research warn...
Bay of Bengal rising much faster than Arabian Sea
Kolkata submerged by 2050! Environmentalist Somendra Mohan Ghosh on this ne...
GB speaks to well-known environmentalist to find out Kolkata’s future!
IIT student Debayan Saha’s Minus 2.5 to combat Delhi pollution this w...
Proud of Saha’s technological discovery to fight rising pollution
Mother Dairy shuns plastic packaged milk through ‘Token Milk!’ ...
Learn how leading dairy chain joins ‘Plastic Free’ drive in Bengal
New Lightning Arresters for Kolkata – Coconut Tree plantation!
HIDCO to plant series of coconut trees in New Town
UN climate change body claims Kolkata will face major disaster by 2100
Melting Himalayan ice will act as the culprit
HIDCO makes area around Eco Park ‘No Horn Zone’
In a bid to protect the wildlife and birds of the Park
Join Bhaswati Bose in recycling Durga Pujo flowers to organic fertiliser
Dumped garbage of Durga Pujo flowers will turn to fertilisers
BREAKING NEWS! Dengue vaccine to be launched in Bengal
ICMR vaccine based on serotype survey in Bengal
Kolkata’s ITC Sonar is world’s first hotel to get UN’s Ca...
ITC Hotel, Kolkata champions responsible luxury.
BREAKING NEWS! Sustainable solar energy introduced at Tarapith Temple
Tarapith temple goes green! Solar energy replaces fossil fuel for cooking bhog
Beware! Tourists at Digha will be spot fined for using plastic
State government takes new move to save the beaches of Digha
No saplings in polythene bags! Use coconut shells instead
Siliguri Forest Department brings an innovative project
State government focuses on rainwater conservation to combat scarcity
After Chennai it can be Kolkata, one day. Save water!
Children of Champahati help in making eco-friendly bricks from plastic
Jadavpur University’s Pradip Mondal motivates the whole area to donate plastic
Electric supply might be shut every week for half an hour to save power
State Government takes commendable step to save environment
Killing marijuana fields of Bengal on Int’l Day against Drug Abuse
Why farmers take to illegal Ganja cultivation
Malda school gives fee concessions for students who collect plastic
The plastic is recycled and bottles made into flower pots
Newly launched electric buses might save Kolkata from pollution
Centre for Science and Environment lauds Bengal government
Child brigade in Ayodhya Hills make the region plastic free
Children of some forest hamlets of Purulia show the way
Six Shirish trees to be chopped down in Kolkata’s Rabindra Sarobar
This squall season these trees might pose a threat
Lost glory of Atreyi River and its Raikher Fish!
How are locals trying to save this historic river in Balurghat
Why Kolkata’s ‘Lake’ needs to be preserved
Rich biodiversity of Rabindra Sarobar is important for the city
New year calendar that spreads wildlife conservation awareness
Imagine a calendar with 12 hand-painted endangered species
Bengal government’s unique effort to boost Hilsa production
Hilsa sanctuary soon coming up in Bengal
Fragile mangrove forests cut down mercilessly by land sharks
Mangrove forest deforestation in Bakkhali-Henry Island
Which mask to use this Swine Flu season?
Just any mask does not help to avoid Swine Flu contamination
Despite Nipah virus scare, Bengal is a safe haven for bats
Bat’ pockets of Bengal; where are they found?
New bacteria to stop dengue outbreak in New Town
A new bacteria proposed by a Zoology professor is on trial
How Bikramgarh Jheel got saved from land sharks?
Bikramgarh Jheel got Kolkata’s first floating Solar Power plant
Murshidabad brings back indigenous fish varieties
Fisheries department holds fairs to educate farmers
Saline river water of Sunderbans to turn sweet
Bengal govt. on a massive project to bring safe drinking water
Why is Bengal losing its indigenous fish varieties?
Where have all the parshe, topshe, gurjali and tyangra gone?
Arsenic toxicity is a great threat to West Bengal
How is state government fighting the arsenic menace
Migratory birds are flocking to Narja and not Santragachhi
Learn how Narja villagers are protecting their feathered guests
Why are animals transported from Alipore Zoo dying?
Wildlife expert Shubhobroto Ghosh speaks on the flaws
Indian Wild Dog sighted for the first time at Buxa
They can tear your flesh like a lion, and now they are reigning in Buxa
‘Holy Forest’ around Jhargram declared Bio-Heritage Site
Chikligarh gets the National Bio-diversity Heritage tag!
How farmers of Alipurduar are keeping elephants away?
Harvesting some fruits can keep elephants at bay
Bengal produced many brave soldiers. How Lt Kanad Bhattacharya was martyred...
The brave man from Kolkata’s Baranagar
Son of Bengal, Army veteran Abhijit Guha appointed by UN
Lieutenant General Guha will head the Yemen Mission
