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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
What’s selling this Diwali?
Traditions have not been forgotten; they have just been modernised
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
When the twain met: Bibhutibhushan and Ray
What did Akira Kurosawa say about Pather Panchali?
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
Marichjhapi Massacre, when they turned refugees in their own land!
Remembering on World Refugee Day
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
How did Netaji bring communal harmony in INA
He believed in co-existence of different faiths
My father, as I would like him to be remembered
A daughter looks back at her iconic father
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
Swami Vivekananda and his views on World Fashion
His perspective on fashion for women
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
Netaji on film, has justice been done?
How has the Indian silver screen treated Netaji?
Bengal Famine of 1943, Britain’s worst human rights violation on Indian s...
How British policies decimated Bengal in 1943
‘Germany felt that Russia should invade India’
How Netaji misread the Nazi government
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’
World Suicide Prevention Day – Heal the world, Make it a better place
World Suicide Prevention Day
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
Why is a doctor who dies of Covid not a martyr?
On Doctor’s Day, that is the question to ask
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
Rabi babu and Subhas, a bond that endured
The political views of the two men were often at odds
Is blood really thicker than water?
An important question to ask on International Family Day
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
Poll Slogan T-Shirts usher in a new political culture in Bengal
Reigning through War of Words!
‘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
How the Leftists are influenced by Bollywood
Poll Season throws up a new “peppy” Left group
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
Limericks and good old Graffiti are still a part of poll campaigns
Bengal’s creativity at its best
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
Jaldapara has almost prevented rhino poaching. How?
Recent poaching case was one of its kind
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
Shout Out to our Real Heroes
“National Disaster Response Force” celebrates its 16th Raising Day
Love story that took Santiniketan by surprise
The untold story of Rathindranath Tagore
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
Roll Kaku of Kolkata
He is on the look out for a school space for underprivileged children
How Kolkata’s ‘new township’ is an old American township!
The story of how ‘Roosevelt Nagar’ became the planned township of Kalyani
The story of Christmas, myth and reality
Do we really know the story behind Christmas?
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
‘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
Today is the day when Swami Vivekananda gave his historic speech at Chicago...
Speech of inclusion
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
Two women of Kolkata rescue abandoned COVID infected persons from roads!
On World Humanitarian Day
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
CM Mamata Banerjee first Indian woman leader called at Oxford Union Debate
Proud moment for Bengal
Students of La Martiniere raise funds to feed abandoned horses
Raised 1.3 lakh to feed 150 horses
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
Finally Tollywood rises to help Amphaan victims of Bengal
From providing food packets to medicines
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
Free Sunday vegetable markets during Lockdown
Garulia of North 24 Parganas sets an example
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?
Breaking: West Bengal Lockdown due to Corona scare from tomorrow 5pm
What services will remain open
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
When did Pondicherry join the Indian Republic?
How Aurobindo Ghosh helped in the merger
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
Manisha Pailan, the real-life story of an acid attack survivor
She who refused to be defeated
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?
Did bomber from Midnapore’s Kalaikunda Airbase drop atom bomb?
Tracing history on Hiroshima Day
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’
GetBengal flies to Germany to embrace Sampriti
GB and Sampriti to showcase Bengal to Europe
Tale of a woman who survived 3 terror attacks!
Australian woman who missed death thrice
World Bank tie-up with Bengal to check floods
Damodar embankment to be overhauled
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
Does ‘Hyderabad Rape’ police encounter remind us of how Naxals ...
Release, Run, Shoot, Dead!
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
State government to give low-cost flats to the poor in Bengal
Almost 1 lakh 20k flats already given
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
Why was Mahatma Gandhi unnerved by Bengal riots?
How did he react to the butchering of innocent lives!
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
Salman Khan to buy house for Ranaghat’s beggar-singer Ranu?
The house in Mumbai might cost 55 lakh!
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
Is there ‘Dalit’ literature in Bangla?
IPPL discusses ‘The Bangla Dalit Interface’
What brews between 77 year-old Smritilata and young Abu Shamim?
Love above religious hate
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
Howrah’s famous historic Buckland Bridge to be demolished!
New bridge coming up in its place
Didi vs Modi even in Kolkata’s Rakhi Bazar!
Political figures rob the show this Rakhi festival
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
Bengal’s first Rainbow Wedding, Transgender couple tie knot
Tista and Dipan script history
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
AIIMS Kalyani starts taking in first batch of medical students
Starts limited OPD services
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
State government introduces Santhali language in primary education
Alchiki script also introduced
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
Nurses of Bengal trained to become health officers
State government project for Suswasthya Centres
Now Purulia gets a floating market
Municipality run market will promote local handicrafts
Is Bengal’s health sector known only for doctor assaults?
What about pathbreaking operations and new facilities?
By Saheli Mitra
Two Kolkata mosques open doors to women
Special provisions for women to offer namaaz
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
When books worth a lakh is given as dowry!
In-laws gift the groom expensive books as ‘wedding gift’
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
Poll strong room of East Burdwan centre haunted?
Are ghosts playing with the EVM machines?
Oldest seismograph of India lies in Shibpur Engineering College
Why does it lie in neglect?
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
Father organizes blood donation camp on daughter’s annaprasan
Helping to curb blood shortage
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
Rotary Belur launches hygiene projects in 20 needy schools of Bengal
More such projects to come up
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’
Thriving Bengali Department of Pakistan’s Karachi University!
Where Tagore and Jibanananda are read
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
Why Rabindranath Tagore never dedicated any book to his mother?
Tagore always missed his mother
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
Bird hunting tribe of Bengal – The Pakhmaras
How the nomadic gypsies withstood modern world
‘Virginity’ decoded by JU professor, but why?
GB tries to trace the obsession about women’s virginity
State government comes up with schemes for farmers
Beneficiary schemes to aid farmers
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
West Bengal tops list of Scotch Foundation list
Mamata Banerjee’s projects get highest recognition
Netaji’s flag hoisting at Andamans completes 75 years!
New 75-rupee coins to commemorate the historic event
First crowd-funded school of Bengal for Sabars
Exclusive GB interview with Swarnabha Dey
Tanzil – the new boutique cum café in Santiniketan
If you love handloom products, drop in at Tanzil
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
Smartboards ‘n’ virtual teachers vs Chalk ‘n’ Duste...
Let’s find out a modern teachers’ choice
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
Boats from Khulna and Jessore in Salt Lake!
Once upon a time Bidhannagar traded with Bangladesh
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
Pathe Prabashe is not a mere travelogue
Annada Shankar Ray believed in borderless world
What was Tagore doing at Kashimbazar Rajbari?
This is where he sang a famous song
Bengal’s village gets India’s best Panchayat Award
Sunderban’s Patharpratima bags the highest award
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
Bengal’s very own clothing brand
Made by destitute women and children of Liluah home
Ration shops in Bengal to turn into mini malls
Upgrading 2,000 ration shops to mini malls
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 taught Bengali women to drape a saree?
Not designer Sabyasachi, but Jnanadanandini
100-year-old Bengali school and library of Nagpur
How are Probashi Bengalis in Nagpur doing?
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
Sundarini Scheme to help women of Sunderbans
Women will sell their farm and dairy produce directly
After Kanyashree, comes up Bangla Gramin Abas Yojna
State government promises home for 5 lakh people
Haunted station of Purulia is ‘haunted’ no more
A group of rationalists busted the myth recently
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
Children who got a second childhood
Thanks to scholarships from Kishalay Foundation
Author Taslima Nasreen celebrated Bon Phonta
What about Bon Phonta on Bhai Phonta?
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
Where have all Neelkantha birds gone?
Do they no more carry news of Durga’s arrival to Kailash?
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
Is Bengal finally changing its land policy?
State pays record 27crore for land acquisition
Bengal takes a lead in stopping open defecation
Mission Nirmal Bangla successful
Tata Group’s Vistara opens new office in Kolkata
New Bengali menu on their flights
Street food stalls in Kolkata to turn more hygienic
KMC makes registration compulsory
English sections to start in Bengal’s government schools
English to be re-introduced from Class I
Rape convict Ram Rahim had plans for a Tollywood debut!
In the role of Subhash Chandra Bose!
Saudi oil giant exploring investment in Bengal
World’s largest petroleum firm set to invest
Get mobile connectivity in metro tunnels
You can use your mobile on a metro ride
IT giant Infosys to finally invest in Bengal
100 croreinvestment coming to Bengal
Will Ram Rahim’s Darjeeling ashram be ever completed?
Darjeeling Dera Ashram under scanner
Kolkata’s trans woman becomes first Miss Transqueen India
Beauty pageant for transgenders
Bengal government to start animation studies
Poor students will get chance to study
Mysterious blasts at Digha were from missile tests
Tourists asked not to venture near sea
Bengal government tries to plug vegetable prices
Mamata Banerjee takes stock of rising prices
Kolkata’s police chief himself needs security
Commissioner of Police to get Z security
Cricket field where Kapil Dev played turns into prison
Stadium in Chandigarh turns prison
All Visva Bharati books to get a new Tagore logo
Reproduction of French artist’s painting
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
Ishrat Jahan from Howrah who fought Triple Talaq
Tale of five brave Muslim women
Iftehkar Ahsan of Calcutta Walks on Triple Talaq
Islam has always supported women’s rights
Demand for heritage status for trees along Jessore Road
Century-old trees get a new lease of life
Prison that detained Matangini Hazra to get facelift
IIT Kharagpur to renovate prison on campus
North Bengal floods hit Jaldapara and Buxa tiger reserves
Leopard carcass found after water recedes
City's underprivileged children enjoy travelling book fair
Book fair with a difference
Model of rural Bengal in Kolkata’s Eco Park
Replica of Bengal village comes up at Eco Park
Let’s celebrate the smiles of differently-abled children
Through their dreams of ‘Better India’
Calcuttans can now adopt a tree and save Lake Greens
Hope in times of rampant tree felling
Kolkata's Anglo-Indians embraced an inclusive culture
Student Shae-Lynn Samuel pens down her thoughts
School girl donates prize money for school building
She had won Kanyashree poem contest
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
State name to remain West Bengal, Centre discards ‘Bangla’
Should our state be renamed? If so, why?
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
What role are greeting cards playing this poll season?
Take a look at Poila Baisakh greetings cards
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
Why Sonagachhi sex workers might opt for NOTA
Voters who wish to keep away from the polls
‘Lion’ poll graffiti gives sleepless nights to Forward Bloc
None to draw lions on walls before polls
How is the Das Munshi bastion of Raiganj voting this time?
All eyes on this Dinajpur constituency
Special creches during poll season to help young parents
National Election Commission woos voters
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
Bengal – The Land of Inclusiveness
Activist Saira Shah Halim on her personal Eid experience
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
Jwala 'anti-national' as her mother is Chinese
Badminton player targetted by trollers
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
Lenin wrote letters to Swami Vivekananda’s brother!
Is Left-leaned JNU listening?
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
Ram Ray – Giant of Indian Advertising passes away
Kolkata mourns the death of a creative soul
‘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?
Breaking News! Arun Jaitley is no more!
Not just a politician, a lawyer par excellence
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
Celebrating 100 years of Amala Shankar
Legendary Amala Shankar’s centenary celebrations start today
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
First Lokpal of India – Judge from Bengal
Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghosh makes us all proud
Unsung heroine Kalpana Dutta who fought against the British
The science graduate who handled explosives
By Saheli Mitra
The man who spoke to elephants
Dhritikanta Lahiri Chowdhury’s death leaves a big void
The man from Asansol who researched on 422 flags of the world
Flag researcher Kalishankar Bhattacharya
Have we failed our freedom fighters?
Have you heard of Batukeshwar Dutt, the unsung revolutionary
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
The unsung woman physicist from Bengal
Why Bibha Chowdhury never got her due recognition?
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?
Sujoy Prasad Chatterjee, As I Know Him
Not just an artist, but also a great human being