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Kolkata has the world’s oldest polo club, and polo cup. Did you know? –...
Calcutta Polo Club, World’s oldest polo club, Polo cup, Kolkata
By TTW
Even the all-pervasive death failed to diminish Tagore's zeal for life - Ge...
Read how the Ashram at Santiniketan continues to hum with the Tune of Nature and the Tune of Humanity
Zero-waste shop of Newtown shows the way to future innovative disposal of w...
Zero Shop perfectly demonstrates the circular economy in action
Have we forgotten the legacy of Girindrasekhar Bose? - GetBengal story
Dr. Girindrasekhar Bose built India’s first psychoanalytical clinic
By TTW
Tagore too had a biographer- Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay - GetBengal story
Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay taught Indira Gandhi Bengali
First Land mapping of India started in Bengal by none other than Radhanath ...
Kolkata's genius, Radhanath Sikdar, measured Everest in 1852
By TTW
Ramnath Biswas, the man with a gypsy soul – GetBengal story
Biswas secretly joined the Anushilan Samiti in the beginning of the 20th century
By TTW
Athlete Ila Mitra was tortured in jail instead of sprinting at 1940 Olympic...
Ila Mitra was a survivor of brutal colonial torture
By TTW
The first Indian Air Force pilot to get a Distinguished Flying Cross was a ...
Jumbo Majumdar was listed among the top 12 Allied pilots by LIFE magazine during WWII
Umashankar Mandal- the 'Mangrove Man' of Sundarbans – GetBengal story
Umashankar Mandal has transformed barren riverbanks into lush, storm-defying mangrove forests
Chequered journey of a girls’ school from California to Dhaka, to Kolkata...
The teachers of Ananda Ashram Balika Vidyapeeth continue to follow Charushila Devi’s path
Millet cultivation in Bengal – GetBengal story
Women farmers are playing a pivotal role in the revival of millet cultivation
By TTW
Project PAW – saving canines to save humans – GetBengal story
Project PAW is on a mission to protect both stray animals and humans on the roads
Remembering the doctor who created India's first and world's second test tu...
Dr. Subhash Mukhopadhyay was recognized as a global IVF pioneer
Indigenous paddy varieties by the women farmers of Bengal - GetBengal story...
Thanks to the women of Jhargram for bringing back Bengal’s traditional grains
I have never seen anyone like Maradona in my lifetime – GetBengal story
In Mexico, Maradona did not not just lead a team; he carried a nation on his shoulders
‘Those shouting loudest about ‘Women’s Lib’ are ones who don’t fo...
Leela Majumdar lived feminism
By Shuvra Dey
Abhay Mitra and the lost art of jugglery – GetBengal story
The Academy of Juggling at the Boy Scouts of Bengal tent on the Maidan ran free of cost
Children’s playhouse in the lap of nature in Laxmikantapur – GetBengal ...
Khelaghar teaches kids to learn with nature
Back when Rev. Lal Behari Dey’s novel won Darwin’s heart – GetBengal ...
Dey was also the first to collect and publish Folk-Tales of Bengal
By TTW
First to record the height of Mt. Everest – GetBengal story
In 2017, Sajal Kumar Guha from Siliguri proposed to rename Everest to Mount Radhanath
Bengal's Folk Rice: Conserving a Neglected Treasure – GetBengal story
Bengal once grew over 10,000 unique rice varieties
Rabindranath Tagore's niece controlled their estate on horseback with a gun...
Sudakshina Devi founded the Jwala Prasad Kanya Pathshala and promoted girls’ education through schools in UP
Why is a moon’s crater named after illustrious Bengali scientist Sisir Ku...
Sisir Kumar Mitra was a the father of ionospheric science in India
Josinta Kamala: Lives in Tarai slum and educates local children – GetBeng...
For Josinta Kamala, every festival is a chance to serve
By Bapi Ghosh
‘Biscuit Cups’ serving tea in Nadia – an answer to land pollution? ...
Plastic is overly harmful for the environment as well as the human body
Nawab Bahadur Institution: Preserving a 200-year-old legacy of imparting ed...
Nawab Bahadur Institution began as Nizamat College or Madrasa
Howrah resident contributing greatly to nature conservation: Exclusive GetB...
Chitrak is fighting stigma and saving biodiversity by restoring habitats
Bina Das, the fearless 21-years-old who asserted rebellion against British ...
Bina Das fired five shots at British Governor Stanley Jackson
A Century and a Quarter of Legacy and Excellence at Dr. Graham’s Homes, K...
One of India’s most prestigious institutions, shaping lives and legacies since 1900
By Suman Sadhu
Ganapati Chakraborty: the Indian pioneer of professional magic was a Bengal...
Ganapati Chakraborty was India’s first professional magician
By Shuvra Dey
Have we forgotten the great historian Amales Tripathi? - GetBengal story
Amales Tripathi taught us to understand history
By Shuvra Dey
Seed bombs to rescue the lost greenery of the famous Susunia Hills - GetBen...
The forest department introduced seed bombs to rejuvenate land left infertile for nearly 20 years
Why did Satyen Bose not get the Nobel Prize despite his pathbreaking resear...
Einstein was highly impressed by the young physicist from Bengal
Rare Trees of Dhakuria Lake – Lungs of South Kolkata - GetBengal story
Who knew Kolkata’s calmest corner had such wild wonders?
RCTC: Horse Racer’s Paradise of the world - GetBengal story
The Maharaja of Burdwan, Bijay Chand Mahtab, became the first Indian full member of the club in 1908
By TTW
Best kept secret of Nawabi Bengal – Kohitoor - GetBengal story
Kohitoor is Bengal’s most exclusive mango
By TTW
Dukhu Majhi: The man on a ‘green gold’ mission - GetBengal story
Meet Dukhu Majhi – the 80-year-old green crusader from Purulia
By Shuvra Dey
What Bose proved 100 years ago, AI proves again – Plants produce sounds t...
Jagadish Chandra Bose was the father of plant neurobiology
By Saheli Mitra
Ramakrishna Paramhansa – Man beyond Religion - GetBengal story
Sri Ramakrishna was a man beyond religion and a philosopher
By Anita Bose
Rammohan Roy, a feminist ahead of his time - GetBengal story
Celebrating the legacy of India’s first social reformer
Captain Suresh Biswas, the Bengali who became a Brazilian – GetBengal sto...
Suresh Biswas was the real-life hero behind Ray’s fictional reference
Sports Collector Sukanta Sensharma and his prized possessions- GetBengal st...
A collector who keeps Indian sports alive
By Soumik Das
Tracing the story of sculptor Chintamoni Kar, also an Olympian with a silve...
The Olympics are a way for nations to display their skills in sports and athletics
Dr Purnima Sinha, the first female physicist from C.U., who did her PhD way...
Dr. Purnima Sinha is indeed one woman who broke the shackles of patriarchy in India
Tracing the life and times of Bengal’s pioneer entomologist who created a...
Gopal Chandra had to give up college dreams due to poverty
Bibi Roy: From Uttam Kumar’s films to National Award for Rituparno’s se...
Revolutionizing Bengali cinema, Bibi Roy’s contributions to art and costume design
By Arpan Ghosh
Bengal's first quarterly ‘dog magazine’ for all pet parents - GetBengal...
‘Bhau-Bhau’ is Bengal’s first dog magazine for pet parents
World’s first women’s liberation journal by Dwarkanath Ganguly, one who...
Read the story of the man who changed India’s gender narrative way back in the 1800s
Father of Bengali sci-fi fiction Jagadananda Roy wrote in 1892, even before...
Jagadananda Roy was the torchbearer of the sci-fi fiction genre in Bengali
By TTW
First Indian footballer to play in Europe - GetBengal story
Read the incredible story of India’s first international footballer
By Shuvra Dey
Women of Bankura and Jhargram show the way to Green bags - GetBengal story
Switch to Sal leaf bags—because the earth deserves better
The woman who rewrote the rules of science – GetBengal story
A trailblazer in Indian chemistry and medicine
How cluster farmers of Bankura are reviving lost varieties of Bengal paddy ...
Meet the farmers fighting for our food
By Indrajit Sen
How is Bengal's Jackfruit good for you? - GetBengal story
This spiky giant is nutrient-rich and a powerful boost for your health
Tagore’s miraculous Panchatikta Panchan to cure students during Spanish F...
Discover how a poet became a healer during a pandemic
Kolkata shifts focus to roadside green buffers after Amphan- GetBengal stor...
After Amphan devastation, Kolkata adopts greener, smarter urban planting solutions
Kolkata's first advanced sports science lab in Ramakrishna Mission Universi...
Sports Science is the study of how to improve human performance through science and training
Stay cool this summer with Khas Khas curtains and bamboo blinds- GetBengal ...
Say goodbye to high electricity bills with eco-friendly Khas Khas curtains
K.C. Nag, the Mathematics teacher who once was an inseparable part of Benga...
Mathematics was not the same before K.C. Nag
Hariprabha Takeda: First Indian Woman in Japan and her famous travelogue - ...
Listing - Hariprabha Basu Mallick was the first Indian woman to set foot in Japan
By TTW
Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park: A Beacon of Himalayan Wildlife Con...
Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park is rewriting the future of conservation
Kolkata’s Adi Ganga set to get a facelift - GetBengal story
The Adi Ganga was a prospering river at one point in time
WBLDCL's Kalyani Feed Milling Plant : a shining example of practical learni...
Practical exposure is as crucial as academic study
West Bengal Now Home to 392 One-Horned Rhinoceros – GetBengal story
Rhino population in West Bengal surges by 50%
Blooming Against All Odds: The Bhumikanya of East Midnapore
The girl whose courage empowers society to uplift the needy
Wrestler Gobor Goho defeated world champions but British refused him ‘Joh...
Gobor Goho dominated international wrestling rings in the 1900s
Bholanath Pal: A hidden changemaker, tirelessly working to uplift society -...
Bholanath Pal is working for the environment and local people
The Solar Man of India: Sustainable innovations by a visionary from Bengal ...
The man fuels India’s rural societies with solar energy and exceptional innovations
Nilratan Sircar – the doctor who was born poor and who died poor – GetB...
Nilratan Sircar was a close friend of Rabindranath Tagore
Jagadananda Roy: The Forgotten Science Guru of Santiniketan - GetBengal sto...
Jagadananda Roy became the first president of the Visva Bharati Co-operative Board
How climate change is impacting century-old temples of Sundarbans - GetBeng...
Jatar Deul is linked to a lost 975 AD inscription by Raja Jayantachandra
By TTW
Why for Manohar Aich, gyms were more important than schools! - GetBengal st...
Manohar Aich believed discipline and strength shaped a person more than books ever could
How Swami Vivekananda’s meeting with Jamsetji Tata changed India’s scie...
The Indian Institute of Science (IISC) is one of the premier research institutions in the world
By TTW
Back when Rabindranath Tagore bonded with the Nizam of Hyderabad over educa...
The Nizam of Hyderabad funded a hostel at Visva Bharati in Shantiniketan
Dr. Sambhu Nath Dey: The saviour who chased Cholera - GetBengal story
Dr. Sambhu Nath Dey's discovery of cholera toxin changed medical history
By TTW
Sarees made of water hyacinth yarn set to win hearts - GetBengal story
Swachhata Pukare works in the field of gender equality and creates opportunities for poor women to empower them economically
Kala Bhavan students put up Garbage Art installation made from the waste of...
Kala Bhavan is the fine arts faculty of Visva-Bharati in Santiniketan
Biresh Chandra Guha took India’s biochemistry research to new heights –...
Dr. Biresh Chandra Guha actively participated in the freedom struggle before becoming one of India's greatest biochemists
By TTW
India’s first Science Association set up by Mahendralal Sarkar in 19th ce...
Mahendralal Sarkar supported women’s education in nineteenth-century India
World’s first female language martyr: Kamala Bhattacharya - GetBengal sto...
Silchar Public School Road was renamed Kamala Bhattacharya Road in her honour
By Simon Roy
Kamala Bhattacharya: World’s first female language martyr - GetBengal sto...
Bengalis have always fought for their language, from Dhaka to Barak Valley
By Simon Roy
India’s first female mechanical engineer who changed the face of the indu...
Ila made history as the first woman engineer to work in an Ordnance Factory on a production floor
First female farmer of Murshidabad - GetBengal story
Mousumi Biswas is developing new farming techniques to prevent losses and safeguard society
The ‘Miracle Man of Homeopathy’ behind Kolkata’s century-old Russa Ph...
Russa Pharmacy has survived for more than 100 years
Bibha Chowdhury: A life spent in chasing cosmic rays - GetBengal story
The International Astronomical Union named a yellow-white dwarf star 'Bibha' in 2018
Sarada Ranjan Ray was called W.G. Grace of India for popularizing Cricket -...
Sarada Ranjan Ray wrote the first cricket rulebook in Bengali
Water Hyacinth – a simple aquatic beauty with a complicated back-story - ...
Jagadish Chandra Bose was one of the seven members of the 'Water Hyacinth Committee'
He held three automobiles with his bare hands - GetBengal story
Bhabendra Mohan Saha received the accolade “Bheem-Bhavani” from Amritalal Basu
Sukumar Sen, unsung hero of Indian democracy - GetBengal story
Sukumar Sen was also the first Vice-Chancellor of Burdwan University
Bengal farmers preferring broccoli over cauliflower! Why this sudden green ...
Broccoli is now a household staple among health-conscious Bengalis
Sushil Sen, the teenager who sparked a plot to kill a magistrate - GetBenga...
Sushil Sen was a brilliant student throughout his life
Asia’s first zoo at Barrackpore was even older to London Zoo! Surprised? ...
Barrackpore no more has traces of this historical zoo created by Wellesley
Maradona of Kolkata Maidan - GetBengal story
Krishanu Dey brought Maradona’s magic to Kolkata’s Maidan
Mayur Mahal of Chinsurah – where peacocks reign - GetBengal story
Chinsurah indeed can be developed as a great tourist spot
What made Australia call Tagore the ‘Prophet’? - GetBengal story
Tagore’s influence on Australia runs deep
Kadambini Ganguly, first female doctor from Bengal who fought patriarchy - ...
Kadambini revolutionised Bengal’s healthcare by introducing Western medicine to women
Indumadhab Mallick revolutionized the kitchen with the invention of ‘Icmi...
Mullick is a forgotten hero now whose name is buried somewhere in the annals of history
Pyari Charan Sircar wrote First English Book of Reading for native Indian c...
Sircar played a significant role in Bengal Renaissance
Girindrasekhar Basu, first Psychoanalyst of South Asia, who challenged Freu...
Girindrasekhar Basu was the first president of the Indian Psychoanalytic Society
Dolly's tea shop redefined cafe culture in Kolkata - GetBengal story
Roy's mission was to elevate Kolkata’s street tea into a world-class experience
The Bengali scientist whose efforts pioneered India’s midday meal scheme ...
India’s Midday Meal Scheme is one of its largest nutrition programmes
Karan Chhatu mushroom of Bengal costs more than mutton! - GetBengal story
Villagers encounters with wild elephants and snakes to harvest Karan Chhatu
India's first railway station was named after a Bengali woman – GetBengal...
Bela Bose led daring operations for the INA during the freedom movement
Samarendra Kumar Mitra – the man who built India’s first computer! - Ge...
Samarendra Kumar Mitra's contributions to India’s scientific progress are monumental but often overlooked
Takipara, the Mukto Gram or Pearl Village of Hooghly - GetBengal story
How Takipara Women Are Crafting a Better Future
The man without whom Alipore Zoo would never have been – GetBengal story
Ram Brahma Sanyal, a name almost nobody remembers today
P.C. Mukherjee, the Bengali archaeologist who discovered Kapilavastu defeat...
Read about the century-long quest for Kapilavastu
Meghnad Saha – the scientist with a vision was also a political activist ...
Do you know Saha’s name was proposed for the Nobel Prize?
The first State Government ‘Organic Haat’ opened in Rajarhat - GetBenga...
Organic Haat is a community effort supporting farmers from Sundarbans, Jangal Mahal, and beyond
By TTW
The Bengali Kheyal Story – GetBengal story
From Poila Baisakh to Durga Puja, Kheyal brings Bengal’s vibrant culture to life on campus
P.N. Bose was first Indian geologist who found India’s vast iron-ore depo...
P.N. Bose was the unsung hero behind India’s iron and steel industry
How was Kolkata’s famous Loreto House born? GetBengal story
Mary Ward founded the institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary
By TTW
Bengal’s Silicon Valley dream gets a boost with Infosys’s New Developme...
Infosys will be a gender-sensitive workplace
Why Organic farmers are doing great in West Bengal - GetBengal story
Bengal is the second-largest organic food market in India
Will Pyari Pandit’s historic pathshala where Sarat Chandra studied be res...
“Sarat Kuthi” is a major tourist attraction along with the entire village of Deulti
My encounter with Diego, the divine – GetBengal story
The time I watched and filmed the legendary Diego Maradona at Italia 90
By Indrajit Sen
Zamindars of 19th century Bengal, played Cricket with ‘Gora Sahibs’ as ...
The British brought cricket to India
Advanced pet diagnostics in Bengal – GetBengal story
WBLDC introduces the much needed pet diagnostic network in Kolkata and suburbs
Bengali scientist's groundbreaking invention transforms global industry –...
Industrial caustic waste is a significant pollutant in the global oil refining and petrochemical sectors
Kaantha: Kunsang Chhopel: The Man who trains indigenous dogs in the Dooars
For the first time, the Himalayan breeds are being trained by Kunsang
The man behind India’s first e-flying taxi—GetBengal story
Flying E-Taxis are a futuristic alternative to traditional modes of transport
Unique Recycled Jungle Gym in the middle of Bankura’s Forest
Exercise is an integral part of modern life
Red Panda programme gains global recognition for conservation excellence ...
Darjeeling’s Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoo is a home to Red Panda
Anish Sarkar - World’s Youngest FIDE-Rated Chess Player – GetBengal sto...
FIDE is the global governing body for chess
Bengali included in NYC for US Election 2024 election ballots – GetBengal...
New York City is one of the most linguistically diverse places in the world
West Bengal ITI trainees shine nationally – GetBengal story
All India Trade Tests (AITTs) is a competitive exam for trade apprentice
A new mobile app, launched by East Bardhhaman police to help lodge complain...
The Bharosa app is available on the Google Play Store
Sundarini Naturals from Bengal wins International award in Paris – GetBen...
Sunderbans’ Sundarini is a women-driven dairy brand in Bengal
Primary school headmaster honoured with the National Teachers’ Award 2024...
Prasanta Kumar Marik is a pioneer in child-centred education
Rabindranath Tagore’s Writings Reveal his Philosophy on Libraries – Get...
Libraries are the keepers of centuries of knowledge
Swimming Against the Tide: Sayani Das, The First Indian Woman to Swim Five ...
The Oceans Seven is a marathon swimming challenge
Howrah Girl Wins Gold at the International Yoga Championship in Sri Lanka ...
Yoga is an art and science of healthy living
Tarun Bose: One of the Finest Goalkeepers of Bengal Forgotten by Time – G...
Last year Tarun Bose received the Lifetime Achievement Award
By Shuvra Dey
The Forgotten Tagore Sisters: The Untold Stories of Binayani and Sunayani T...
The residents of Thakurbari played a significant role in 'The Bengal Renaissance
By TTW
Dr. R.G. Kar: A visionary who made healthcare available to all – GetBenga...
This year marked the 172nd birth anniversary of Dr. R.G. Kar
By Shuvra Dey
‘Bioscopewala’ Doctor helps Bengal’s tribals wage war against superst...
Dr. Partha Pratim is a homeopathy doctor
By Bapi Ghosh
When Oxford came to Santiniketan - GetBengal story
On Teacher’s Day, looking back to when Oxford bent a rule for Rabindranath Tagore
Moushumi Murmu: Salboni’s civic volunteer turned India’s women football...
Moushumi works as a Civic volunteer at Shalboni Police Station
By Shuvra Dey
Kolkata's First ‘Extreme Sports’ Community - GetBengal story
Rahul Chakraborty is the visionary behind Extreme Kolkata
Hemantabala, Rabindranath Tagore’s dear Penpal – GetBengal Story
Hemantabala refused to be confined to the Andarmahal
Four Bengali astronomers discovered 34 new giant radio sources – GetBenga...
A radio galaxy dominates the sky over Earth with radio waves
By Shuvra Dey
Government doctors provide doorstep medical services by adopting Bankura vi...
The Health Systems Development Initiative is a five-year reform and investment program
Two Bengali physicists find a path-breaking new series representation of Pi...
The research aimed to model particle interactions with more precise parameters
Jasmit Singh, the Gutli Man from Bengal, is bringing about a mango revoluti...
Mango trees benefit the ecosystem
By TTW
Bengali scientists Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar - GetBengal story
The Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar is one of the highest recognitions in the field of science
The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden successfully transp...
Can we, as citizens, reduce the impact of cyclones?
By TTW
Boithakata Bazar - One of the largest floating wholesale markets of the wor...
Thousands of farmers and wholesalers rely on this market for their livelihood
By TTW
The first Bengali cyclist’s expedition to Mt. Everest Base Camp creates h...
The south base camp in Nepal is located at an altitude of 5,364 feet
Shyamal Jana of Contai—Banyan Tree Man on a Mission – GetBengal story
The banyan tree is an unsung hero in the fight against climate change
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee: Legacy of a conflicted ideologue - GetBengal story...
In 2004, Wipro chairman Azim Premji declared Bhattacharjee India’s best Chief Minister
A Bengali scientist trio discovers superior lithium-ion batteries to tackle...
Lithium-ion batteries are crucial for solving the energy crisis and vital for 21st-century energy storage
Bankura mango cultivator wins big at Delhi International Mango Fest – Get...
The Delhi International Mango Festival is a spectacular event for mango lovers
The daring train robbery and the Bengali nationalist mastermind – GetBeng...
Kakori is a small, nondescript village in Uttar Pradesh
Digambari Devi set an example of women empowerment – GetBengal story
Digambari Devi was only 9 years old when she was married to Dwarkanath Tagore
By TTW
Lakshmir Bhandar helps a poor Birbhum boy study on the internet and crack t...
Lakshmir Bhandar offers financial assistance to the women of the state
P.T. Nair, the Barefoot Historian of Kolkata is no more – GetBengal story...
Explore the life of P.T. Nair, the Kolkata chronicler
By Saheli Mitra
The first sports management course in India started in Bengal – GetBengal...
Kolkata introduced the first diploma in sports management at IISWBM
Girindranath, the lesser-known Tagore who was creatively crazy! – GetBeng...
Girindranath Tagore was the uncle of Rabindranth Tagore
A Unique Tram Event Held in Kolkata to Preserve the Environment—GetBengal...
Let’s support our trams for a cleaner and greener future
Growing apples in Beldanga: School teacher’s amazing feat – GetBengal s...
Rupesh Das is making waves with his apple-growing success in Murshidabad
Know Your Kidney, the all-purpose app for your kidney health - GetBengal st...
The app has been created by two nephrologists from Kolkata and Patna
Jack Preger, the street doctor who took care of Kolkata’s poorest for 40 ...
This World Red Cross Day, let's remember The Pavement Doctor of Calcutta
"Like a Dog Foundation’- Treating animals with care—GetBengal story
‘Like a Dog Foundation’ is a Kolkata-based non-profit organisation dedicated to take care of stray dogs
Save Kolkata’s Trams- mission by a retired biochemist
Kolkata boasts of India's only city with operational trams
By TTW
The Life of Abadhoot- Rebel and Recluse to become a bestselling author —G...
Dulal Mukhopadhyay's transition into the enigmatic Abadhoot
By TTW
Paharkol – how the barren land of Bankura turned green in a govt-public d...
The Paharkol hillock, situated in Bankura's Hirbandh block, lacked any vegetation previously
Debdut Saha, son of a farm labourer, tops UPSC Statistical Exams – GetBen...
He is an all-rounder in studies and gives education immense importance
60-year-old mystery solved: Molecular model of heart discovered by Bengali ...
For the past 60 years, scientists across the globe have been researching the molecular formation of the heart
By Shuvra Dey
Juveline gharials moved to new habitat through first-of-its-kind Green Corr...
Sadly, these unique crocodiles face a multitude of threats
Ayodhya Hills Tourism gets a boost with unique marathon ‘Run for Tribals...
The prize money was quite alluring to encourage the runners
Biker duo Madhuritu and Arunav spreading love for stray animals and birds
The duo, passionate animal lovers since childhood, run a travel agency
Ai Yugo - the Japanese student who came from Tokyo in a quest to learn Beng...
Yugo studied in a Tokyo school and was brought up there
By Suman Sadhu
Scottish Church College to get its 2nd Campus in the restored Duff College ...
The new campus building has 28 rooms, and 1000-1200 students can study here at the same time
By TTW
First Toto dictionary, keeping an endangered language alive :Interview with...
Bhakta Toto is the ‘language scientist’ trying to preserve his mother tongue
By Saheli Mitra
Bengal’s Gobindobhog &Tulaipanji rice to get the global export grading ta...
Gobindobhog and Tulaipanji variety rice got the Geographical Indication tags on August 28, 2017
17-year-old Nabanita Mandal, who waged war against Haematological Cancer - ...
Many were inspired by her real-life story
Gangasagar Mela: Does Faith override the ‘Environmental Sustainability’...
Sagar Island is part of the Sundarbans island complex with an area of nearly 240 sq. km
By Saheli Mitra
Are Bengalis 'Army Shy?' The question persists - GetBengal story
Army veterans give their views on the perception
By TTW
You too can now adopt animals from Alipore Zoological Park - GetBengal stor...
In 2013, Alipore Zoological Park flagged off their ‘animal adoption’ program
By Shouvik Ray
Rajdeep Mahant and Lisa Dutta become messiahs for stray dogs - GetBengal st...
Beating stray dogs is the most common form of assault, followed by their confinement and maiming them
Boi-Thek Khana: New Library by Jadavpur Shramjeevi Trust - GetBengal story
Fiction and non-fiction books will also be available along with children’s literature
By Shouvik Ray
New beetle discovered in Behala: An interview with Zoology head of Ballygun...
The newly discovered beetle has been christened 'Maladera Kolkataensis' Bhuinya, Gupta, Sarkar and Ahrens-2023
By Shuvra Dey
Alipore Zoo gears up to house green anacondas and penguins: Will they survi...
The challenges are daunting but Kolkata zoo authorities are ready to provide the best possible habitat for the animals and birds
By Shuvra Dey
WB Ham Radio club reunites lost father with son - GetBengal story
Ham radio is a popular hobby and service that brings people, electronics and communication together
Detective Deepak Chatterjee & Swapan Kumar: Poster Boys of Bengal
Churning out detective stories by the dozen was only one of Swapan Kumar’s daily chores
By Shuvra Dey
Bongaon High School gets new arch in Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay’s name -...
The history of Bongaon is intertwined with the literary legend, Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay
New bird species spotted by Bengali bird enthusiasts in Arunachal - GetBeng...
The Lapland Longspur inhabits the Sumeru region
The Book Bank of Vivekananda College is a big hit for needy students - GetB...
Book banks provide the students with books throughout the semester without any cost
Upcoming Symposium focusing on ‘The Lives of Sundarbans’ - GetBengal st...
Howrah Bignyan Chetona Samanwaya is a well-known NGO that prioritizes ‘Nature and Environment’
By Shuvra Dey
Girl students set to join Scottish Church Collegiate School - GetBengal sto...
Girls will be entering the hallowed portal of the male stronghold from 2024
Blindness could not stop Sabita Haldar from becoming the Howrah Station ann...
Sabita lost her vision when she rejected the proposal of a young man
School built by architect Rajen Mookerjee completes 100 years
Bhabla Tantra Sir Rajendra High School is a renowned school in the Basirhat Sub-division
Monika Santra – the village girl matching her dance steps to dream big - ...
Under the tutelage of Shubhankar Ghosh, Moni honed her skills in classical dance
Tamali Saha cracks IAS in first attempt at the age of only 23 - GetBengal s...
Her extraordinary journey serves as a beacon of inspiration for aspiring individuals all across the nation
Bengali techie makes it to Stanford's list of world's best scientists thric...
Professor Chakraborty has been researching advanced technologies on rural health systems for a long time
Bengali midfielder emerging to rule in Canadian professional soccer - GetBe...
In October 2017, Shome made his MLS debut in the Montreal Impact's final game of the season
The fascinating journey of Hindol Roy, the antique gadget collector - GetBe...
Roy is a resident of College Para in Siuri, Birbhum district
Nalban to get a 360-degree makeover by New Year - GetBengal story
East Kolkata Wetlands are famously known as the 'Kidney of Kolkata'
Jhargram people skipping sleep to protect migratory birds - GetBengal story...
For many years Kendua under Jambani range, Jhargram has been a safe haven for migratory birds
Anti-ragging kit developed by Bengali researchers to hit markets - GetBenga...
The location where the ragging is taking place will be pinpointed on the mobile itself
Teachers and doctors across Bengal, serving the society for 1 rupee or less...
These teachers and doctors are the hope and inspiration of the present generation and their vision must be taken forward by their disciples.
Bengal’s ‘Raastar Master’ selected for Global Teacher Award - GetBeng...
The Global Teacher Prize acknowledges educators displaying dedication and innovation in their teaching practices
Global scientific community abuzz with sea-robin species discovered in Digh...
Fish inhabiting the coastal waters of Digha constitute a treasured resource both in terms of their utility as food and as materials for scientific study
Kolkata matchbox collector Srijan De Sarkar depicts history of matchboxes -...
It was his father Gopi De Sarkar whose love for matchboxes ignited this remarkable passion in him
Titas Sadhu: a pacer propeling India to Asian Games Gold - GetBengal story
Many feel Titas is a worthy successor of Goswami
Band of four Bengali scientists bestowed with Bhatnagar Prize 2022 – GetB...
The winners include Debabrata Maiti, Anindya Das, Deepyaan Gangopadhyay and Basudev Dasgupta
West Bengal on a voyage towards an educated society – GetBengal story
Celebrating International Literacy Day
By TTW
London University confers D.Litt. on Mughal art historian Asok Kumar Das - ...
Dr. Das wrote ‘Matir Neechay Itihash’ that was published in the Magh, 1369
By Mouni Mondal
Maya invites you to an adda with Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, a Bengali tycoon li...
Chandra Shekhar Ghosh is MD & CEO of Bandhan Bank
Trees growing from disposed ‘rakhis’ – a Gach Green Hands Social Welf...
These people have been making rakhis out of soil and terracotta for the last two or three years
On top of the world, looking down at creation – GetBengal story
Biswas’ love affair with the mountains began back in the early 1990s when he was barely 20
By Shuvra Dey
The voice behind Sealdah station announcements is that of the visually impa...
Paritosh relies on his exceptional memory and auditory skills to remember and recall train details accurately
Bengal small-town scientists played lead roles in Chandrayaan-3 mission
Anuj Nandi’s family members are residents of Islampur’s Ashrampara
Sea Explorers Institute, Kolkata gears up for India’s first river pentath...
The Sea Explorers Institute, Kolkata, was the brainchild of distinguished scientist, explorer, voyager, swimmer, and oarsman, Dr. Pinaki Ranjan Chatterjee
Bengal to lead mangrove forestation scheme nationwide to stall coastal eros...
The Union government has proposed to the state government to initiate the mangrove plantation module nationwide
Bengali scientists unravel the great ambiguity of Quantum mechanics - GetBe...
At a fundamental level, both radiation and matter have the characteristics of particles and waves
Malda teen javelin thrower aspires to win medals for India at the Olympics ...
Mishti trains under her coach, Asit Pal, and practices diligently in the field of the District Sports Association, Malda
Jalangi river turns into a lotus colony, thanks to RPF worker Nishit Mondal...
The lotus has existed on the earth for thousands of years, and their distribution is widespread
Howrah Para swimmer scripts history by crossing English Channel two ways - ...
Earlier in 2018, Rimo crossed the English Channel setting up a National record
By Shuvra Dey
Why protecting 'elephant corridors' is a growing essentiality - GetBengal s...
Northern West Bengal is home to nearly 500 elephants
Scientist Bikash Sinha, the man who dared to defy political clout for the c...
He was a member of the Visva-Bharati University's Academic Council since 2002
By TTW
Bengali compulsory in every school of West Bengal, State declares - GetBeng...
This can also give rise to a three-tier linguistic system in West Bengal
SKOCH Star of Governance Award 2022 conferred on WB Forest department - Get...
Following the SKOCH evaluation process for governance awards, West Bengal topped in the forestry sector in 2022
Dr. James Esdaile: the Father of Anaesthesia started work at Hooghly Hospit...
After the success of the first attempt, Esdaile started performing more such surgeries using mesmerism
By TTW
Septuagenarian ‘Bird Watcher of Kuthibari’ protecting parrots from poac...
He often raids the nearby fields to cut off the mesh traps laid down by crooks to ensnare the magnificent birds
By Shuvra Dey
London University honours historian from Bengal - GetBengal story
Das was born in Garbeta, Medinipur district, and was mentored by legendary historian Nihar Ranjan Ray
Guerilla Gardening – returning to nature, what belongs to nature – GetB...
You can easily teach the kids to prepare seed balls at home
Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar – the man who spoke up for the Bengal daughters ...
Even if he died, his legacy should not!
By Shuvra Dey
On International Tiger Day, one man reaffirms his mission to save the king ...
India currently has over 3,000 tigers
Banabitan, conserving nature positively amid the bustling Salt Lake - GetBe...
Covering almost an area of 70 acres, this open green space has a variety of flora and fauna
Farmers of Belda opt for groundnut farming, make big profits - GetBengal st...
Groundnut is an important oilseed crop grown in India
The Forest Department of West Bengal to launch modern vet clinic for wild a...
Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park has earned the distinction of being the best zoo in the country last year
State govt. plans pocket gardens of sandalwood trees across Kolkata
It is widely used in perfumes, cosmetics, aromatherapy and pharmaceuticals
Organic dairy farming and vegetable production: Purnima Mandal of Sundarban...
Purnima Mandal is a resident of Ramnagar Abad, a remote village in Patharpratima Block
Stanford University calls Anjali Burman of Raniganj, the student who create...
EmaChat is a personal, secure and privacy-focused virtual room for romantic couples
By TTW
The magnificent snow-capped Tiger Hills declared to be a plastic free zone ...
The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration has declared Tiger Hill a plastic free zone
North Dinajpur farmer cultivates energy-rich ‘Breadfruit Tree’ – New ...
Saha planted the breadfruit trees around September-October
Huge response to KMC plastic bottles craft challenge - GetBengal story
The KMC officials were overwhelmed with the response they received
Children’s park amid Sal forest built by the Panchet Forest Division
The spot has been designed in a manner that it allures tourists
Five from Tamluk set record by biking to Everest Base Camp - GetBengal stor...
The quartet are once again gearing up to explore some new biking trail
“Dolphin Mitra” to be launched in Bengal to save Gangetic Dolphins – ...
The Government of India declared the Dolphin as the national aquatic animal in 2009
Sourav Ganguly continues to be the ‘Maharaja’ of Indian cricket - GetBe...
Dada’s Dadagiri on and off field has always attracted all
‘Smart farmer’ successfully sets up piggery at Jhargram, thank to ‘D...
Pig rearing is increasingly the trade of choice for business-minded youngsters in West Bengal
Nawabpasand to Kalasur, Kohitoor to Saranga - a quick glance at the Murshid...
Tracing the history of 124 rare varieties of mangoes from Bengal
WB Govt. to install Health ATMs: Machines set to revolutionize healthcare -...
Health ATM is a one-stop digital touch-screen kiosk hardware designed for managing health-related information
Hamiruddin Middya from Bankura village clenched the prestigious Sahitya Aka...
His first book, ‘Azrailer Dak’ was published in 2018
Kolkata bus roofs are to be fitted with air filters, according to a govt. i...
Named ‘Shuddha Vayu,’ this is the first of its kind device being used in India
Drawing inspiration from Dr. R.P Sengupta, founder of Institute of Neurosci...
Poverty and personal tragedy could not stop him
By Indrajit Sen
The Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata, was founded by the father of I...
Remembering the genius on National Statistics Day
Mangroves to the rescue of river banks along Kolkata - GetBengal story
Mangroves are hardy plants and require very little or no maintenance
“Mohammad Yunus of South Bengal” Madhuri Ghosh elevating rural lives
Madhuri Ghosh was the headmistress at Bangalpur Jyotirmoyee Prathamik Balika Vidyalaya
Mahasweta Ghosh: First Indian woman to complete world’s toughest ultra-ma...
Mahasweta Ghosh in the world of sprinters stokes our optimism and bestows all Indians with an opportunity to celebrate
By Shuvra Dey
Get to know about the biodiversity of West Bengal with just a click of a bu...
The Board supported various schools and institutions to organise Bio-Tour or Jeevan Safar
Medicinal Ayapana Herb Cultivation by Malda farmers brings loads of revenue...
Due to the lack of knowledge about Ayapana and its qualities and benefits, most people overlook it
Bahrisons Kolkata: the New Book Haven for Kolkata Bookworms
The thrill that you feel when you explore the city and find a new bookstore is unmatched
20 green cracker units in Bengal get state govt clearance
A large number of fireworks manufacturers welcomed the government’s proactive gesture and applied for licenses
The first plastic surgeon in India hailed from the quaint town of Chinsurah...
The first detailed description of plastic surgical procedures is found in the 'Sushruta Samhita'
By TTW
The ‘Tree School’, a brainchild of Farakka resident Anshuman Thakur
A school for the Adivasi children
By Suman Sadhu
Chandannagar school boy invents ‘Spy’ shoes
Souvik wishes to pursue higher studies in science at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology
“Vintage Voyage” –the new gallery of Birla Industrial and Technologic...
The gallery has live demonstrations of how the technologies work
Shibu Ghosh: The man who cycled up to Kedarnath, shares his experiences wit...
He started his journey towards Kedarnath from Bardhaman and reached his destination on 16th May finally
Burdwan welcomes a blue road made by discarded plastic!
The road stretches from Eklakshmi Toll Plaza to Rautara Bridge
By Shuvra Dey
"Indigenous paddy cultivation can save generations from disease and death",...
Indigenous paddy varieties from Bengal
UAE Dates cultivated in Katwa successfully brings hope to farmers
Gopal Mandal has developed a plantation of Arabian palm trees on his two-bigha land
Mission LiFE - a celebration of conservation and protection of the environm...
Let us all join the movement #ChooseLiFE
6-year-old Barnali becomes India’s youngest black belt holder in Shotokan...
Barnali learned 10 Katas at the age of six
Durgapur housewife wins Bronze in World Powerlifting contest
Seema Dutta Chatterjee’s success has inspired more girls to take up powerlifting
J.B. Roy, the forgotten founder of Asia's first Ayurvedic college in Calcut...
It was the first Ayurvedic educational institution in India and the entire Asia
By TTW
Septuagenarian curd seller Sameer Bhattacharjee is an inspiration for all: ...
Sameer Bhattacharjee is in full control of his life’s steering
By Shuvra Dey
Bengali professor-researcher acclaimed as the best researcher in India as p...
He explained his view while illustrating the point from his own field of experiment
By Soumik Das
Kitab Lovers in Kolkata: Load books in boxes and take them home!
Those who follow the Kitab Lovers account on social media will get a free entry
Would climate change wipe out Bengal tigers by 2070?
What measures are being taken to protect the Big Cats
Jadavpur Vidyapith secures its place among top 10 schools in the country
The board results of the school at the secondary and higher secondary levels are stellar
Bengal boy Debasmit Ghosh wins gold medal at International karate Champions...
Debasmit Ghosh is a resident of Pero Harishpur in Udaynarayanpur Block, Howrah
Bengali geologist solves the Himalayan puzzle at last - when will the mount...
The Himalayas continue to rise by an average of 2 cm each year
By Shuvra Dey
United Missionary Girl’s High School: Almost 200-year legacy still going ...
24 Christian girls stayed in the boarding house and 20 Christian girls were day scholars
9-year-old Aarush from Kolkata honoured by NASA as India’s youngest ‘Ci...
Aarush Naskar loves the stars, the sun and is very interested in knowing about them
Sundarbans’ honey collectors get big-time help from the Forest Department...
These honey collectors are known as Moules
Royal Bengal Tigers of Sundarbans: Casualties of our success and symbols of...
The tiger population in the Sundarbans has already crossed 100
By Shuvra Dey
NASA’s Bengali scientist discovers Black Hole’s magnetic reversal
Space is spectacular, continues to surprise people, and there are a lot of unanswered questions out there
Seed paper pens of Naihati - great alternatives to conventional plastic pen...
A new breed of eco-friendly sustainable alternatives for plastic pens has come to the market
By Shuvra Dey
Centurion statistician who worked from Calcutta gets highest International ...
The award, worth $80,000, will be handed over to C.R. Rao at the World Statistical Congress
Exclusive: For this Pakistani, his love for Bengali has opened the world to...
Tahir Wahid is a student of Karachi University
By Suman Sadhu
Gardening is good for health. Yes, even a tiny plant on the window sill
Kolkata’s home gardeners tell you how to find peace
150-year celebration of Presidency University’s Chemistry Department : GB...
GB spoke to the Head of the Chemistry Department, Presidency University Professor Arnab Halder
Indigenous rice cultivation and seed preservation in the Sundarbans
The agricultural sector in the Sundarbans now faces multiple new challenges
Nawab Bahadur Institution: Preserving a 200-year-old legacy of imparting ed...
Nawab Bahadur Institution, Murshidabad, is one of the oldest educational establishments of India
The retired teacher from Ausgram who teaches tribal students for just one r...
This Master Moshai wishes to teach till his last breath
Raising a toast to wild birds of Eco Park on Earth Hour Day
Earth Hour is an annual global grassroots movement organized by the World Wildlife Fund
Unique Coconut Fairs held in Bengal districts to encourage Coconut Farming
The board is organising special hands-on skill development for the farmers teaching them special scientific methods
Kolkata became witness to a musical evening by the children with Down syndr...
Melinda Pavek, the Consul General, USA was present as the chief guest at the musical evening
Kolkata addresses Parkinson’s Disease with international conference hoste...
The Asia- Oceania Parkinson and Movement Disorder Conference (AOPMC), 2023 was held in Kolkata recently
This World Water Day, let us take an oath of saving 100 litres of rainwater...
The groundwater table (known as an aquifer) is drying off at a fast pace
First ever Gour Malda Marathon chooses heritage protection as theme
Malda District Police has hosted the first ever Gour Malda Marathon
'Green Man' Mantu Hait - the Bengal lawyer behind the creation of an urban ...
On International Day of Forests a look at the Urban Forest of Kolkata
By Saheli Mitra
Critically endangered Gyps vultures released in the Buxa Tiger Reserve
Among the 20 released vultures, there are 13 Oriental White-backed Vultures and 7 rescued Himalayan Griffons
Bengal Seed Savers’ Meet pave the way for healthy living
The indigenous varieties can grow in remote areas where modern agricultural devices and techniques are not available
By Saheli Mitra
Parimal Ray, the one-man institution linking Kolkata and Calcutta
The octogenarian sees himself as a preservationist rather than a collector
State Forest Department recruits Gaja-Mitras to end Human Pachyderm Conflic...
Clashes between humans and elephants have led to massive damage to crops and human lives
By Saheli Mitra
Nakashipara becomes top ITI, role model for rest of India, says NITI Aayog
India now has over 13,350 ITIs
The Calcutta trio who became enablers of the Raman Effect
National Science Day honours CV Raman’s Nobel-winning discovery
New Haven of Animals, the new zoo at New Town
Hon’ble Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, inaugurated the Harinalaya
By Saheli Mitra
Olympian Tulsidas Balaram, the once don of Maidan soccer is no more
Balaram belonged to the golden generation of Indian football of the 1950s and 60s
‘MISHTI’ to save Sundarbans through planting and protecting Mangrove
The mangroves help hold back the strong blows of the high tidal waves
By Saheli Mitra
Will ‘Amrit Dharohar’ scheme of Union Budget help protect East Kolkata ...
It falls under the ‘Green Growth,’ one of the seven priorities of the recent budget
By Saheli Mitra
100 years of radio in Kolkata, and we didn’t even notice!
February 13 is observed as World Radio Day
Barefoot Boys: How Coach Sailen Bose helped the soccer team defeat the Brit...
In the early 1900s football had become a symbol of freedom to the Indians
‘Boat Schools’ can be a solution to education in flood prone areas of B...
Boatmen, teachers and volunteers came forward to take part in building the school
Books from Thailand make their way to the Book Fair for the first time
The fair is filled with enthusiasts ranging from kids to adults
Dried marigolds can be a cure for cancer!
Marigold is extensively used in temples and for worship, marriage ceremonies etc
By Shuvra Dey
Dr. Ratan Kar who saved the Jarawas from a measles epidemic, gets Padma Shr...
Dr. Kar is now 66 years old and lives with his family in Bangalore
Titas Sadhu, the girl from Chinsurah scripting history on the cricket field...
The whole of Chinsurah and Bengal is celebrating this girl’s achievements
Finally, a Padma Vibhushan for one of India's greatest medical scientists, ...
The doctor passed away in October 2022
Think you know all about our tricolour? Think again!
Pingali Venkayya is just one of the myths associated with India’s flag
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Turning Point: Working for specially-abled people since 25 years
Turning point is the first day-centre in Kolkata
Swami Vivekananda on Practical Vedanta: ‘Different’ Understanding
Swami Vivekananda just lived for only 39 years
A martyr at 19, the man who almost killed Charles Tegart
Gopimohan single-handedly attempted to assassinate Charles Tegart
Koustav Chatterjee becomes the 78th Grand Master. An exclusive GB interview...
Koustav won his maiden GM norm in 2021
By TTW
User-friendly Braille maps for visually impaired students brought by NATMO
AI is used for 3D embossing to get the final Braille Maps
Pele, the king of football is no more
Pele's Kolkata visit saved the maroon green brigade from losing the match
West Bengal's 'flower village' Khirai, helping garner alternative employmen...
Tracks of flowers of different hues will leave you mesmerised
By Aparupa Basu
The boy from Nadia who decides who is awarded the Nobel for Medicine
But here’s a lot more to Dr Asim K. Dutta Roy
Messi and Kolkata, a love affair that goes back over a decade
Lionel Messi played in Kolkata on Sep 2, 2011
Remembering on her birth anniversary, Ma Sarada – goddess or a mere mothe...
Ma Sarada’s life story remained practically unknown
Bengal’s mountaineers and their continued love affair with the peaks
Remembering the pioneers on International Mountain Day
Bengal's health related initiatives become a boon for it's people
Swasthya Sathi has modelled the health sector in a unique way
Bengali scientists nail down antibiotic-resistant ‘Superbugs’
Seven scientists including three Bengali researchers identified the superbug
Rehab crucial for Parkinson’s patients, says Institute of Neurosciences K...
Parkinson’s Disease is a common neuro-degenerative disorder
Max Mueller Bhavan celebrates its 65th year
Goethe Institute offers a large number of courses to suit every situation
Khudiram’s love for revolvers as depicted by close aide Hemchandra Kanung...
Kanungo first met Khudiram on one of Medinipur’s quiet roads
By TTW
Darjeeling Hills set to be the new ‘Saffron’ cultivation hub
Saffron has beome synonymous with luxury
First 3D Planetarium of India coming up in Howrah this December
This planetarium will be a booster to stargazers
Bengali scientists discover shark fossil in Jaisalmer
Jaisalmer becomes witness to the discovery of a Hybodont shark fossil
Bengal’s Haringhata meat to satiate foodies at FIFA World Cup, Qatar
Bengal’s own ‘Haringhata’ meat brand will be present at Qatar
Behala firm to equip Qatar FIFA World Cup power transformers
Proud moment for Bengal as Kolkata firm transformers reach Qatar
Jadavpur University scientists, part of ISRO’s Chandrayaan 3
Could Chandrayaan 3 keep up with the expectations?
Feathered friends are approaching Bengal this winter; are you ready to watc...
When and where to find the vast range of migratory birds that visit Bengal each winter? Here is the complete guide
How a Bengali couple’s utmost care helped Rahul Sheikh become the Bengal ...
Once the assistant of a mason, Rahul Sheikh was taken under wings by a Hindu couple who helped smoothen his journey towards success
Incredible story of grit and courage: Football manager Rahul Sheikh creates...
The film-worthy life-story of football manager Rahul Sheikh who started his career as a masons’ assistant!
Brikkho Foundation: Setting up Orphanage for Trees
Brikkho Foundation, under the aegis of Ghosh, is working to create an orphan home for trees
By Shuvra Dey
The first Solar Dome of India comes up at Kolkata’s Eco Park
GB pays a visit to this site of scientific feat
By TTW
La’au, Kaninit, Nadakkavukaran, and other names that America has taught m...
Part eleven of Dr Partha Bandyopadhyay’s American saga
Dr Shantanu Bhowmik transforms plastic wastes into utility products
Shantanu is not only a gifted scientist but he is also a painter amd an accomplished singer
When my North Kolkata upbringing met America’s sexual liberation
Part ten of Dr Partha Bandyopadhyay’s American saga
What good is an autobiography that doesn’t tell the whole truth?
Part nine of Dr Partha Bandyopadhyay’s American saga
Learning to speak ‘American’, and my first paper published
Part eight of Dr Partha Bandyopadhyay’s American saga
Kolkata girl’s wildlife film on hoolock gibbons for BBC gets nominated at...
Ashwika Kapur aka Ash Kapur is India’s youngest Green Oscar winner and wildlife filmmaker
By TTW
Six-year-old Arushi clenches gold at Int’l Science Olympiad
A resident of Khardah, Arushi receives gold for Mathematics
Bengal’s Debankita ranks 22nd in NEET 2022
Who says Bengali medium can be detrimental to higher studies?
From bioplastic to NASA, this Durgapur prodigy has been there, done that
At 17, Aparup Roy is already a star scientist
A miserable failure in Biology, and I was supposed to be a professor!
Part seven of Dr Partha Bandyopadhyay’s American saga
If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one. A tribute to Moth...
Loving and caring soul that is still alive
Bengal turns self-reliant in Rohu-Katla farming following the ‘Moyna Mode...
The development has been made possible under the guidance of the Hon'ble CM, Mamata Banerjee
Abhijit Sen, one of India’s leading agriculture economists passes away
Sen received the Padma Bhusan for public service in 2010
Hemanta, Manna, and the battle between two super successful Bengalis
Part six of Dr Partha Bandyopadhyay’s American saga
On International Dog Day, let’s talk about undivided Bengal’s only pure...
The Sarail Hound was first bred by Mughal generals
Tribute to ‘Badru’ of Maidan
Banerjee had represented West Bengal and won Santosh Trophy twice in 1953 and 1955
Bengal's Tahrina Nasrin crosses the Strait of Gibraltar
Nasrin took 4 hours and 23 minutes to cross the 15.1 km Strait of Gibraltar
Letters to Remember: Celebrating Rishi Aurobindo’s 150th anniversary thro...
Rishi Aurobindo was one of the first Indians who received education in England
Durand Cup and Kolkata, a bond cemented by Mohammedan Sporting
The 2022 edition of the tournament begins on Aug 16
Mericamaya Satkahan: Potato chips with rice, and other trials
Part three of Dr Partha Bandyopadhyay’s American saga
Kolkata's South Point School is set to launch its own nano-satellite
South Point happens to be the second private school in the country and first in Eastern India to go ahead with such an ambitious project
Squash player Saurav Ghosal creates a history @CWG 2022
First-ever Squash player to win a medal for India at the Commonwealth Games
The cyclone which became a trigger for the birth of a nation
The Bhola cyclone of 1970 is still one of the world’s worst natural disasters
Achinta Sheuli reminds us of Bengal’s ‘weighty’ past
Bengal’s strongmen were celebrated in their time
Achinta Sheuli’s fairytale journey to Commonwealth gold
Howrah boy makes Commonwealth Games history
By Shuvra Dey
Mericamaya Satkahan: Living in the USA…on $380 a month
Part two of Dr Partha Bandyopadhyay’s American saga
The lost tigers of Buxa could be coming home
BTR was created in 1983 as India’s 15th tiger reserve
By Saheli Mitra
Dr Sushovan Banerjee who treated the poor for Re 1 is no more
He was a general physician who had been treating patients for the past 57 years for just Re 1
Mericamaya Satkahan: Friendless in a distant land
A saga covering over three decades of the migrant experience
Mehuli’s golden feat revives interest in Bengal’s rich rifle shooting t...
West Bengal Rifle Association says picture is improving
Oncologists of SSKM perform first ever double mastectomy technique
It is similar to the one which Angelina Jolie, hollywood actress, had undergone in 2013
Bengal’s Mehuli Ghosh wins Shooting World Champs
In the 2017 National Championships, Mehuli won eight gold and three bronze medals, and was judged Best Shooter
Raja's Farewell
Raja was brought to the South Khairbari Tiger Rescue Center in North Bengal in the year 2008
Olympics at 12, English Channel at 19: the legend of Arati Saha
The woman who should be an icon has faded quietly from memory
Bengal's Gita Chandra, India’s first female paratrooper
Gita had para-trooped seven times as part of the training
By TTW
From school dropout to pride of Bengal, the saga of the man behind Samarita...
Samaritan Mission has been shortlisted as one of the world’s best 100 schools
Kolkata becomes the first Indian city to get a ‘Biodiversity Register’
Kolkata has prepared a detailed register of biodiversity
By Saheli Mitra
Nilima Ibrahim, a pioneer in women emancipation
‘Ami Birangana Bolchhi’ recounts the struggle and survival of the seven rape victims
By Shuvra Dey
Heritage Cycling Tour, first of its kind in Kolkata
The Bengal Chamber Heritage Cycling Tour will be a knowledge sharing event
On this day, Oliver Kahn bid farewell to football in Kolkata
Kahn remains one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, one of the greatest Indian statisticians
Remembering the genius on Statistics Day
Taking care of your potted plants after a cyclone and rains
For terrace planters, potted plants are more vulnerable than trees and shrubs
By TTW
Three international synthetic tennis courts launched in North Bengal
The club, in association with BTA has plans to launch separate training camps for school children
Indraneel Bandopadhyay tries to keep the tradition of Lathi Khela alive in ...
‘Lathi khela' is an indigenous martial arts form of Bengal
By Shuvra Dey
Upendrakishore Raychaudhuri, the boy who refused a zamindari
A tribute on the pioneering polymath’s 160th birthday
Swimmer Sayani Das becomes first Asian to conquer Molokai Channel
In 2017, Sayani crossed the English Channel
Firework in your stomach! Dalle Khursani from North Bengal
It is one of the hottest chilies in the world
Eastern India’s premier neurosciences institute turns 13
On April 15 this year, I-NK celebrated its 13th foundation day
Documenting Bengal’s water craft – exclusive interview with the 'Boatma...
Swarup Bhattacharya has been researching boats for 25 years
By Shuvra Dey
KMC trying to save city’s water bodies, too little too late?
Kolkata has lost 44 percent of its water bodies in the last two decades
Nundlal Guin, the architect who built some of Kolkata’s most famous landm...
A look back at one of Bengal’s preeminent architects
Howrah’s Green Revolution with first-of-its kind Japan’s Miyawaki fores...
The area chosen is Shibgunj under Shyampur Block I in between Gadiara and Garchumuk on a 1,000 square meter plo
By TTW
Jadavpur’s Raja Das creates history by climbing Gojaburu with bare hands
He did not even use the basic tools needed as he climbed up the hill
North Bengal’s Pinaki Narayan Maitra sets record in Korean martial arts
Winning laurels in 60 events, Maitra’s mixed bag of medals include gold, silver and bronze
By Bapi Ghosh
One-man army on a cleaning drive, Prashanta Chandra of Midnapore is an insp...
He is often spotted working at all odd hours at different public zones with a broom- sweeping roads, parking lot, marketplace.
Saumyendranath Tagore, the Communist of the Tagore household
He is considered one of the pioneers of the communist movement in India
Piyali Basak -- First Indian woman set to summit Mt. Everest without oxygen...
She is the first Indian civilian to climb Mt. Dhaulagiri without supplementary oxygen
Tree Walk in the Victoria Memorial Grounds: Would you like to join?
An initiative by Victoria Memorial authorities
Down Syndrome Association Kolkata celebrated World Down Syndrome Day to rai...
On the occasion of World Down Syndrome Day
A music festival that celebrates forests, featuring the Rabha of Chilapata
Today is International Day of Forests
Asia’s first human dissection was by a Bengali doctor in colonial Calcutt...
His path-breaking work has opened up a new vista in modern medical studies
By TTW
Six Bengali women, and the mountain they named Lalana
In 1970, three women from Kolkata scaled an unknown peak in Himachal
Learning at world’s own school - Prithibir Pathshala imparts unique skill...
The school targets first generation learners and aims to bring children from underprivileged families
Siliguri’s Raja selected as Bengal football team’s goalkeeper for Santo...
He is the first youth from North Bengal to be selected as a goalkeeper for the prestigious Santosh Trophy
By Bapi Ghosh
How West Bengal’s Student Credit Card scheme can help you on your way
The Student Credit Card scheme covers all higher education courses
Big news for poultry farmers as Hooghly youth starts black soldier fly farm...
He started the cultivation of black soldier fly as an alternative source of protein for aquaculture, animal feed, pet food and human nutrition
Subhankar Patra's 'Sunday Watch' team of obsessed bird watchers
Howrah's well-known ornithologist Subhankar Patra, whose public group is 'Sunday Watch'
By Suman Sadhu
Meet Richa Ghosh, Bengal’s newest cricket sensation
Richa Ghosh has scored the fastest 50 by an Indian woman
Innovative Palanquin Ambulances launched in North Bengal
A pregnant woman of the Dukpa community was brought down for delivery from Buxa hilltop in one such palanquin ambulance
Charkha offers not just livelihoods, but life lessons too
The Charkha markets products created by the differently abled and marginalised
Kali Temple: The new abode of learning and venue of communal harmony
Breaking religious barriers, it became a hub of knowledge and education
Graceful Trees of Dhakuria Lake – Exotic and Imported from other continen...
These graceful trees around the lake gives a spectacular view
West Bengal Forest Department’s conservation drive of rare Batagur Baska ...
It is one of Asia’s largest freshwater and brackish water turtles
Bengal’s farmers cultivate high-nutrition laden Dutch cauliflowers
These colorful varieties of cauliflowers and cabbages are packed with nutritional values
By TTW
GB Exclusive interview with ace shooter Joydeep Karmakar
He is the only World Cup Silver medallist in 50-meter Rifle prone in India
Calcutta University at 165, the home of many firsts
Founded in 1857, CU was Asia’s first multidisciplinary institution
Sabyasachi Haldar’s 'Free Electron Wire' receives US patent
Haldar had acquired patents for his inventions from the US, Britain and China
Gangotri to Ganga Sagar Walk – Meet Sanjit Das who spreads awareness
He aims to create awareness and sensitize the masses about sustainable environment and living
State Government delivers nutritious meals for COVID families at your doors...
The service is just a WhatsApp away
‘Sarkarism’ – Neo-Socialism introduced by Benoy Sarkar during World W...
Sarkarism was an attempt to endow Indian Social Science with a new method and content
By TTW
Only 14,000 new cases per day? Let’s aim higher, Kolkata!
Those who still don’t have Covid don’t have a happening life
Sundarbans farmers turn to floating farms to counter cyclone crisis
Seawater intrusion has made large chunks of coastal land useless
Has the Bengal Tiger truly returned to Buxa Tiger Reserve?
A lone tiger has been spotted at Buxa reserve recently
Scientist from Bengal, Anirban Das develops special boots for Siachen Jawan...
Das recently earned the 'Best Innovator Award' from the Indian government for his major utilitarian invention
Sundarban Dibas highlights the critical need for mangrove conservation
If this ecosystem vanishes, we risk the destruction of mainland Bengal
Bengal introduces ‘salt-tolerant paddy’ for coastal areas – answer to...
At present scientists have developed around 12-16 salinity-resistant paddy varieties
By Saheli Mitra
Kolkata’s Neena Gupta wins Ramanujan Prize
Gupta is the third woman to receive this prestigious award
Rare Bird, sighted 170 years ago, seen again in Darjeeling
Satyr Tragopan is found in the Himalayan range of Sikkim and Bhutan
East Midnapore brings back native, lost fish varieties of Bengal
Flood-affected pisciculturists can finally breathe a sigh of relief
Kalna Scientist Arindam Modak features in world’s top scientist list
Arindam Modak's field of research is energy and environment
Alipurduar’s scientist Souvik Basu gets call from NASA to probe sun parti...
Basu been invited to work as a Research Scientist at Lockheed Martin company
Bengali scientist Uttirna Mukherjee joins mission to save International Spa...
Mukherjee and her colleagues are continuously advising the astronauts on board the ISS on how to avert disaster
Complex heart surgery at NRS saves child, cost only Rs 2 under Shishu-Sathi...
A brainchild of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, this scheme provides free treatment to children undergoing heart surgeries
Why Bengali sportswomen are indebted to these men
The names of Nilmoni Das and Janki Das may be forgotten today, yet they played a critical role in drawing Bengali women to the sporting arena
West Bengal becomes a forerunner in discovery of new plants and animal spec...
ZSI has enlisted 30 new animal species from Bengal discovered in the state last year
From the home of a Nobel Laureate: In Amartya Sen’s own words
On Sen's 88th birthday
By Saheli Mitra
West Burdwan Teacher transforms village streets into classrooms
Fondly known as ‘Rastar master’ (teacher of the streets), Nayak teaches almost all subjects
'Golondaaj' is a new film based on the life of the 'Rockstar of Football’...
Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari's inspiring life story hits the silver screens
By Saheli Mitra
Water ambulance service launched for residents of Sundarbans
The new water ambulance will be of great assistance to the residents of the remote delta islands
On World Animal Day, a Kolkata hospital is asking for your help
An international day of action for animal rights and welfare
Dr Nilratan Sircar had taken up medicine to know cause of his mother’s de...
Remembering him on his birth anniversary
Bengali scientists shine bright in India’s highest Science Award – Bhat...
Four from Bengal bag the Bhatnagar Award 2021
Story of the vanishing rivers – Saraswati and Adi Ganga of Bengal
GB Exclusive with National Awardee Teacher (2013), Swarnali Chattopadhyay, on the importance of conservation of rivers
By Shuvra Dey
Class VI student of East Midnapore builds a ‘Lightning resistant Umbrella...
The youngster's discovery has prompted him to enter a national competition, the theme of which is "Science for Sustainable Living 2021"
By TTW
West Bengal has successfully increased Rhino population in the wild
Rajendra Jakhar, Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) Wildlife, North Bengal speaks to GB on World Rhino Day
By Shuvra Dey
Scientist from remote Sundarbans, Subhashish Natua honoured for COVID-19 va...
The exceptionally talented scientist from a remote village in the Sundarbans has made all Bengalis proud of his achievements
By TTW
Daily wage earner’s son from Bongaon becomes ‘Scorer’ at IPL: Meet Ta...
Tanay Panti is a professional electronic scoreboard monitor
By TTW
Poison Info Centre of RG Kar gets a prestigious place in WHO list
Only Government Hospital in India to get this position
Darjeeling Zoo breeding programmes help in preserving Red Pandas
Exclusive GB interview with Saurabh Chowdhury, Secretary, West Bengal Zoo Authority
By Shuvra Dey
Shiksha Ratna for Canning’s Nitai Mali – the teacher who fights for tri...
This year, he has received the Shiksha Ratna Award 2021
By TTW
Burdwan boy gets prestigious US scholarship for research on growing rice in...
Akash Dutta is preparing to travel to the US to conduct research on how to genetically modify plants to generate more sustainable species
Theatre Man Kedarnath Dasgupta bridged India & UK through Oriental producti...
A ‘dreamer of peace’, he believed that art and literature could unify all humans
By Shuvra Dey
‘Truck Art’ to be used to ‘Save Tigers’ of Sundarbans: Famous Pakis...
The 'Truck Art' campaign by Joydip Kundu to promote tiger conservation in India will raise awareness among people
By TTW
GB Exclusive: Darjeeling Zoo set to be revamped on Prague Zoo model
An agreement (MoU) has been signed between the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) and Prague Zoo authorities
Olympia Sporting House -- Oldest Javelin shop of India still runs at Bowbaz...
This heritage sporting equipment shop has been manufacturing javelins for more than a century now.
By TTW
Lozenge Mashi of Maidan – Jamuna Das and her love for soccer
A GB exclusive with Jamuna Das, a household name in the city’s footballing circles
By TTW
Kolkata girl offers first peek into Indus Valley language mystery
This could well be a revolutionary breakthrough
Gumghar Lane & Hospital – Where People were Quarantined in British Kolkat...
The famous hospital in central Kolkata is currently the centre for treating covid-19 patients
Sib Chandra Nundy: The Telegraph Man of India
In 1883, Nundy was awarded with the title of Rai Bahadur
By Shuvra Dey
Two boys from Darjeeling put Bengal on the Racing Map of India
They are all set to represent Bengal at the upcoming Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship in Chennai
By TTW
Parimal Kanji – Kolkata’s green crusader and his cycling expedition acr...
Penniless yet young at heart, Kanji, in his mid-fifties, sets an example
By TTW
Cultivation of superior quality Prawn with low Glycemic Index starts in We...
New Hatcheries in Haldia to bring huge profits
Why could Bagha Jatin not be the father of our nation?
How Bagha Jatin almost pulled off an 1857 repeat
Bengali scientist invents unique biodegradable plastic that can even be eat...
A group of young scientists have created a plastic bag made of potato starch
By TTW
Bagha Jatin, the freedom fighter who sought to capture Fort William
Thinking of the underrated revolutionary on Independence Day
Tree plantation drive for a greener Maidan
Kolkata has launched a tree plantation initiative in response to the devastation caused by numerous cyclones
Bengal’s MR Bangur given India’s Best District Hospital tag by Niti Aay...
During the COVID-19 2nd wave, it became the first government Covid facility to introduce virtual visiting hours for its patients
Bengal starts Tree Ambulance service
The Tree Ambulance, accompanied by plant experts, is ready to help increase Mother Nature's green cover
First robotic kidney transplant of Eastern India performed in Kolkata
Robot Assisted Kidney Transplantation (RAKT) is pushing the boundaries of robotic surgery
Four decades after death, India’s IVF baby pioneer gets state recognition...
Dr Subhash Mukhopadhyay was ostracized in his lifetime
West Bengal Government executes massive Mangrove Plantation in Sundarbans
South 24-Parganas district administration has finalized plans to plant 7.5 crores mangrove sapling
Remembering Kolkata's 'Japani' bombs on Hiroshima Day
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were part of the Allied plan to make Japan suffer for its attack on Allied territories in Asia
Chandannagar Jagaddhatri Puja committees receive vaccine boost
The vaccination programme is being held at Rabindra Bhaban
Naren Hansda – Pied Piper of Purulia
Hansda’s ‘Sidho Kanho Mission School’ is on a mission to educate Santhals and weed off superstitious beliefs.
Dodo’r Dushtumir Class -- Virtual exploration outing for kids in Kolkata
The weekly class, hosted by Dodo himself with well-known mentors coming once a week, has already created quite a stir among both children and their parents
By Shuvra Dey
Graduate from Kolkata Medical College tops AIIMS entrance Exam
Another medical graduate from Malda, has ranked seventh in the same examination
India’s map makers to make special maps to aid disaster response in Benga...
NATMO and NDRF have signed an agreement
Celebrating Coochbehar on Mohun Bagan Day! Why, though?
Mohun Bagan Day is celebrated on July 29
By Suman Sadhu
Bengal’s ‘Arjun’ Atanu Das defeats 4-time Olympic medalist at Tokyo O...
Today, Das defeats 4-time Olympic medalist, Korea’s Jinhyek OH in a shoot-off
By TTW
Dukoribala Devi, first female revolutionary from Bengal to be booked under ...
Favourite ‘Mashima’ for revolutionaries
Bring ‘Nature’ within your home and conserve it in your way
On World Nature Conservation Day
By Saheli Mitra
Girl students exceed boys in West Bengal
Only state in India where girl students are more than the boys
By TTW
A spectacular comeback for Bengal's Sutirtha Mukherjee
Sutirtha Mukherjee won her debut match at the Tokyo Olympics, beating Sweden's Linda Bergström
How a rural housewife ‘Alpona Mistri of Satkhira’ is helping preserve i...
Seed preservationist shows the way for sustainable organic farming
By Shuvra Dey
State launches low-cost IAS study centre to boost aspirants from Bengal
West Bengal was the state that produced the first Indian ICS
By TTW
Negative RTPCR or double vaccination must for tourists in WB
State government steps up drive against third wave
West Bengal generates environmental awareness by adopting endangered specie...
Bengal Government brings Mother Nature closer to common man
Hilsa is not just for taste, but also for health benefits!
The health benefits of this fish surpasses many super foods
By Shuvra Dey
Why we remember Franz Kafka on Safe Drive Save Life Day
The Safe Drive Save Life campaign was launched in 2016
The quiet passing of Bengal’s double Olympic gold medallist
Keshav Chandra Dutt has left us far more quietly than he should have
WHO concurs potency of Bengal’s sesame seeds in fighting Covid-19
Two Bengali scientists prove potency of Til
Kolkata’s Arushi Pant receives this year’s prestigious Diana Award
Since the age of 10, Pant worked on a child protection project in the rural districts of West Bengal
Kolkata Police initiates digital devices for the underprivileged pupils
Kolkata Police introduces 'Duare Shiksha'
From Jhargram to Tokyo Olympics! Pranati Nayak, India’s lone gymnast from...
Pranati Nayak is the only other female gymnast from India to qualify for the Olympics after Dipa Karmakar
Outstanding International Award for SSKM’s Dr. Sujoy Ghosh
Kolkata Doctor draws international accolade
By Shuvra Dey
State launches student credit card, following Mamata’s election promise
The scheme offers loans to students in Class 10 and above
Bengal launches new mobile app to control Dengue and Malaria
‘Protirodh App’, a beacon of hope for victims of vector-borne diseases
By TTW
Organisers, priests, idol makers to get vaccines before Pujas in Howrah
Howrah health administration has set a target of 20,000 vaccinations daily
Kakali Ghosh, the messiah policewoman from Baruipur
Ghosh looks after Anti-Human Trafficking Unit in her sub-division
KMC starts first COVID safe home for children in Kolkata
Preparation for 3rd COVID wave in full swing
‘Duare Vaccine’ in remote Alipurduar villages
Health workers go all out in their effort to make vaccination drive a success
By TTW
West Bengal Government to recruit 32,000 teachers this year
State Government to carry out recruitment process in the education sector
Chandannagar Assembly Constituency shows the way with 'Duare Vaccine'
Most elderly residents of the town have been covered by the programme
Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan Sporting, joint creators of Durand history
Kolkata’s Durand connection began with Mohun Bagan 1oo years ago
Dr. Ramendra Lal Mukherjee invents pocket ventilator as a safe alternative ...
This inexpensive ventilator can provide instant support to patients with breathing trouble
Soccer sensation Subho Pal from Salkia signed by FC Bayern Munich U-19 team...
Seventeen-year-old Subho Pal is all set to fulfill his dream
By TTW
West Bengal Government drafts a 120-crore plan to save the East Kolkata Wet...
The plan has been drafted with the help of experts which shall be implemented in the next five years
The man who gave India its first map, and named Meghalaya
In memory of pioneering Bengali geographer S.P. Chatterjee
Turn your terrace into a herb garden, the Coochbehar way
On World Environment Day, 100 terraces become herb gardens
By Suman Sadhu
Subhajit Mukherjee leads “Mission Green”- India’s mango seed plantati...
Recognized as ‘Innovator of the Year 2019’, Mukherjee’s initiatives have been praised by the Prime Minister of our country
By TTW
Sundarbans ecosystem restoration on World Environment Day
Seasonal cyclones are posing a major threat to the largest riverine delta of the world
Meet Ujjal Pal-- the man from Siuri who cycled to the top of Chander Pahar
Real life Shankar of Chander Pahar back in action?
Qualifying in 73 Mathematics Olympiads, Kharagpur’s Archisman Nandy sets ...
GB exclusive with Math Genius Archisman Nandy
Messiah of the poor-- Meet Dr. Swapan Roy of Siliguri
Dr Roy conducts free health camp weekly at the hospital at Dooars
By Bapi Ghosh
Kolkata startup develops mobile app to monitor oxygen saturation and pulse ...
This app uses the rear camera and flashlight to give accurate SpO2 & pulse readings
Bengali scientist creates long-lasting disinfectant to ward off COVID-19
DuroKea sanitizer provides prolonged protection against a wide range of germs including COVID-19 virus
Bengal’s ‘Machher Jhol’ travels all the way to Masterchef Australia
Kishwar Chowdhury’s ‘Machher Jhol’ wins the hearts of the judges at Masterchef Australia
By TTW
Amphan, Yaas prove how global warming is changing cyclones
Why are tropical cyclones becoming so frequent, and so intense?
Kolkata Police Hospital now a Covid hospital, general public welcome
The new-look hospital has 300 beds
RKM teacher and scientist Swapan Ghosh invents plastic degrading microbes
The most startling of his inventions is the permanent and radical solution to the menace of plastic waste
By TTW
How a century-old pandemic boosted India’s fight for freedom
How did India’s British administration deal with the Spanish flu pandemic?
By TTW
Meet Dr. Swapan Jana, JU alumnus and Director, R&D, Serum Institute
Learn how he steered the COVISHIELD manufacture
By Shuvra Dey
Sangay Sherpa puts Darjeeling’s adventure sports on global map
Thrill seekers have always made Darjeeling their stomping ground
Meet home chefs who are cooking free meals for COVID patients
During these crucial times, Good Samaritans are feeding the affected
By TTW
Kanyashree student Digantika Bose’s COVID-19 mask wins global recognition...
Anti-viral mask gets global 'Top 10 Inspirational Design Award' by Google
By TTW
From St Xavier’s to Tollywood, Bengal shows rare community Covid relief
Celebrities Parambrata, Anupam, Riddhi and Rwitobroto join hands in this hour of need
West Bengal Integrated COVID Management System (WBICMS) comes as a boon
Online portal helps monitor Covid facilities across the state
Siliguri physician uses Ayurveda to treat Covid-19, to great effect
A health sub-center in Fansideoa block is providing an alternative to mainstream medicine
By Bapi Ghosh
Bengali immunologist gets top honour in USA for original research
Dr Sankar Ghosh among 120 newly elected members announced by the National Academy of Sciences
Scientist Dr. Prabuddha Kundu and team develop triple-antigen oral COVID va...
If approved, this will be the first triple antigen composition manufactured by India
Kolkata Physicist makes path breaking Solar Particle Detector to detect Sun...
Path breaking discovery to help explore the myriad mysteries of the Sun
Bengal leads India’s Sustainable Energy plans for 2022
WBREDA plays major role in creating awareness about wind and solar energy
IIT Kharagpur’s COVIRAP test kit to give reports in 45 minutes
COVIRAP testing is said to be more effective for community-level screening
Kolkata Police creates green corridor for transportation of oxygen
Special task force created to stop hoarding of cylinders
A teenager and her ‘library’ are changing lives in a small village
Rahila Khatun refuses to let the pandemic deprive her village of education
By Shuvra Dey
Far away from the Maidan, the ‘IFA Shield’ comes alive in Harrow
Captaining the two sides will be Chima Okorie and Dipendu Biswas
Prof Suman Chakraborty from Bengal gets prestigious Science Award
Chakraborty's contribution towards affordable healthcare
A Library in an old fridge: It can only happen in Kolkata, The City of Lear...
Kalidas and Kumkum Halder’s new venture has turned into a hit
On World Health Day, a look back at some of medicine’s greatest triumphs
This year, the theme for World Health Day is ‘Building a Fairer and Healthier World for Everyone’
Why are people pretending as though Covid has vanished?
With cases rising daily, why are we still not following Covid protocol?
National Medical College scripts history with first snake venom oral antido...
‘Varespladib’ has shown promising results in clinical trials
Bengal’s Centenarian takes Covid-19 shot, inspires all to take the jab
Manorama Biswas from Jayantipur village creates history after getting vaccinated
On Autism Awareness Day, a range of products crafted by some special people...
A city NGO is marketing a range of lifestyle accessories created entirely by the differently abled
Bangladesh at 50, defined by ‘Bengaliness’
The pride in our 50th year of Independence trumps religion and the two-nation theory
By Daud Haider
West Bengal's Hasimara Airbase to house IAF Rafale squadron
Rafale fighter jets are expected to arrive by mid-April
West Bengal records one of the highest COVID-19 vaccine beneficiaries
West Bengal successfully vaccinated 84,505 health workers in just 6 days
Sonamukhi’s Sohini in US-Biden administration
The US President Joe Biden appointed Bengal’s Sohini Chatterjee
Sridhar Acharya, the forgotten Bengali mathematician
Though part of an elite group, Sridhar Acharya’s name is rarely mentioned
Eco Park in New Town hosts workshop on its resident birds
Eco Park has evolved from just a patch of wasteland
‘Pad Crusaders’ who lead Menstrual campaigns in Rural Bengal
Meet Pragya Gupta and Ivaana C.Mitra
By Jayatri Nag
Isa Guha: First Asian in the England cricket team
A three-time Ashes Winner, Isa Guha is a real inspiration to young female cricketers across the globe
By TTW
‘To reach a port we must set sail,’ Sonali Banerjee
Story of India’s first female marine engineer
By TTW
Economist Jayati Ghosh appointed by the United Nations to a high-level advi...
Bengali scientist help fight economic challenges in a post-Covid world
Sumona Guha: The Bengali-American woman in Joe Biden’s administration
A Bengali Woman’s American journey
Education saw a sea change: The pandemic era witnessed a surge in e-learnin...
Schools of Bengal are upgrading their education system
By Kaulik Ghosh
Bengal’s mass immunisation success may aid Covid-19 vaccination
Covid-19 vaccination starts today in Bengal
Covid-19 vaccine drive in Bengal
Vaccine will be applied to frontline Covid warriors
By Kaulik Ghosh
Remembering Chuni Goswami on his birthday
Way back in 1962, an Indian team led by a young Bengali pulled off a miracle
Kolkata’s ‘Boi Para’ looks to online sales on road to recovery
Reeling from the twin blows of Covid and Amphan, the Bengali publishing industry is on an uphill journey
Deviprasad Roychowdhury: The Maverick Sculptor of the Twentieth century
An artist immortalized through Gandhiji’s “Dandi March” sculpture
By TTW
Will the new year revive Kolkata’s beloved Cricket League?
Bengal has already hosted a successful T20 challenge earlier in 2020
“A good librarian has a task cut out for him”
Tagore explored the theme of libraries to a great extent
Take a tram ride, spread Covid awareness
Covid Care Network has brought together some of the city’s most distinguished names
Rabindranath Tagore’s love for a Library of Books
Tagore would have probably embraced modern developments of e-books and e-journals
Manoj Guha, the man who put Bengal on the world badminton map
As India prepares to join the Olympic badminton qualifiers race, we look back to a forgotten era
Cancer survivor and cricket icon Arun Lal gives a shocking account on pappa...
Did you know diesel is used for rolling the pappads?
Bengal paved the way for the first Peasant Revolution in India
Farmers forced the British to pass new act
By TTW
‘Duare Sarkar’ crosses 1 cr registration in 15 days
Swastha Sathi scheme is getting the maximum response
On Vijay Diwas, remembering the man who gave Bangla its identity
Vijay Diwas is observed in both India and Bangladesh, and a new book tries to reevaluate the man who led the charge
Child and Infant Mortality rate reduced in Bengal
Bengal has considerably improved its Institutional Delivery Mechanism in Health
Bengali scientists get highest Infosys Awards
Scientists recognised for their contribution to Mathematics and Physics
The Bengali in Joe Biden’s cabinet
A boy from Kolkata may be one of the USA’s most influential government officials
The Nobel Prize news that came via Telegram
The gramophone record has had a deep connect with Rabindranath Tagore
Bengal sets a path breaking example in Plasma Therapy research
The results are certainly promising in Kolkata trials than they are in Delhi
Save a tree, it’s the only way you can stay alive
A citizens’ initiative shows how ordinary people can help in the restoration of apparently ‘dead’ trees
Among the 100 most influential persons in the UK-India relationship
Piali Ray has been developing and spreading South Asian Arts and Heritage in UK
God Particle Boson excited Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore describes Boson particle through Nataraj Nritya
Kolkata Police now takes Tejaswini online
Kolkata Police’s highly popular self-defence workshop for women goes virtual in pandemic times
Khudiram Bose, a name that still defines martyrdom
On his 132nd birthday, a tribute to the boy who fired a nation’s imagination
Animal rights redefined in colonial Bengal
When saving a dog in British Kolkata led to wrongful case against a native!
How can trees trust the inventor of the axe?
Veteran journalist Suvashis Maitra makes a case for a tree census in Kolkata
The Police Pathshala in Santiniketan
Officer-in Charge of Santiniketan Police Station as Police Didimoni
Purity first: Bangladesh's attempts to rediscover Nazrul
A concerted effort by a group of prominent Bangladeshi singers
Kolkata’s Heritage Ambassador Taxi now on Sydney Streets!
Meet James Robinson who introduced it alongside taxis from New York and London
The Doon was founded by Satish Ranjan Das
The premiere educational institution of the country was founded by a Bengali
Bengal school-girl’s virus-killing mask wins National Award
Ushers in hope for front line Covid 19 warriors
The boy from Kutch who hated working indoors
Veteran journalist Aditi Roy Ghatak remembers her former colleague, the late Kishore Bhimani
Bengal’s entrepreneurship idol R.N Mookerjee whose company built Victoria...
Engineer par excellence and entrepreneur
On World Food Day, a look at World’s Food Programme that got Nobel Peace ...
WFP provided assistance to 100 million people in 88 countries last year
Siliguri’s Female Farmers script history in organic paddy and Kadaknath p...
On International Day of Rural Women
By Bapi Ghosh
Kolkata’s Hindu School is a shrine of modern education since 19th century...
An epitome of Bengal Renaissance
By TTW
India’s largest floating Solar Power Plant to be set up in Bengal
Sagardighi will have the solar power plant!
First Muslim feminist Begam Roquiah’s Sakhawat Memorial stands for women ...
Educator who dared women to dream
Kolkata’s teacher puts Bengal on international beauty pageant map as Mrs ...
Suparna Mukherjee is the beauty with brains
On World Rivers Day, in search of the missing Saraswati River of Bengal. Di...
Tamluk port and the flowing Saraswati
Six Bengali scientists win India’s Highest Science Award, Bhatnagar Puros...
Moment of pride for Bengal’s science community
Dr Sekhar Basu, leading nuclear scientist of India is no more!
Immense contribution to India’s nuclear submarine venture
A fruit from Mexico is changing lives in Bengal
An exotic fruit from Central America is helping farmers earn a handsome profit in many parts of the state
Hilsa oil’s Omega 3 fatty acids help reduce COVID impact! International J...
Scientific study shows effect of Hilsa oil
St. John Diocesan lost ‘college status’ for its student, freedom fighte...
She tried to assassinate the Governor General
Meet Prof Sumi Biswas, co-founder of SpyBiotech, that helps COVID vaccine r...
SpyBiotech’s Spy Catcher technology
IIT couple of Siliguri starts ‘Library on Wheels’ for children who have...
From competitive exams to regular lessons
New ‘Mesh’, developed by Dr Shantanu Sengupta and his team to ‘trap...
Infection detected in two-and-a-half minutes
Mathematician from 14th century Bengal, who was no less than human computer...
Subhankar Das and his made easy Subhankari formula
Dr Kanak Saha and his team discovers one of the earliest galaxies in extrem...
Ending dark age of the Universe and finding light
Don Bosco Liluah – set up in 1937 under the ideology of a Saint from Ital...
Saint John Bosco’s contribution to upliftment of needy children
Bongaon’s Kumudini High School celebrates centenary uniquely by bringing ...
School set up during Swadeshi era
Dum Dum’s Sujoy Ghosh wins gold medal at International Yoga Olympic! He h...
This year the event was held online
Misha Ghosal, messiah of Alipurduar’s Toto tribal girls, gets National Aw...
Bengal is proud of her and her work in trying to uplift the girls
By Saheli Mitra
India’s badminton stars are awarded, but Jadurberia’s famous shuttlecoc...
The best hand-made shuttlecocks of India come from Howrah
By Shuvra Dey
Birbhum’s Mirati will no more have Pranab Mukherjee during Durga Puja thi...
He who believed Bengal is an assimilation of cultures
Kolkata’s Hare School, the oldest Western-styled school of Asia still sta...
Why did David Hare build this school?
Paresh Lal Roy - Father of Indian Boxing, was 1914 Bantamweight champion of...
Trained by famous English coach Billy Childs since age of 10!
Virtual tour to live stream animals twice a day from
Have fun sitting within the safety of your homes
Bengali architect Vidyadhar Bhattacharya who built Jaipur, India’s first ...
He was chief architect in Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh’s court
Bengali scientist Anindya Bagchi makes a breakthrough in treating deadly pa...
CU alumnus Bagchi now heads the team at Sanford Institute of USA
Wooden polo balls of Deulpur were once exported to UK, US and Australia
What happened to the Polo Ball Makers of Bengal?
How a rugby trophy was named after the City of Joy
Rugby may not be a sport familiar to Indians, but one of its most venerable trophies ought to be
Trailblazer Nilima Ghosh was first female Indian athlete to compete at Olym...
Ghosh- a part of the annals of sports history
Rupa Banerjee, the exceptional Table Tennis player of India who none rememb...
She later was the National Champion of Canada
‘Dive & Duck’ – not Cricket, but Duck Catching Competition, a herita...
Where and how is it still practiced?
Kolkata’s Raunak and Neha topped India’s Civil Service Exam this year!
Students from Bengal shine in civil services exam
Human-Pachyderm conflict is well tackled in Bengal leading to increase in e...
How is state forest department tackling the issue
Premjit Lall – the star who ruled India’s tennis circuit in the ’70s,...
Saumitra Bose remembers his childhood hero
NKDA to hold training camps for Cyclist Enthusiasts of New Town
Cycle is the answer to modern mode of transport
West Bengal launches tele-education helpline for school students
The helpline is primarily intended for those students who are unable to avail online classes and learning
COVID Care Network of Kolkata turns messiah to hundreds of COVID infected
Group consists of doctors, mountaineers, musicians and performers
By Saheli Mitra
Biotechnologist from Kolkata part of NASA’s Mars Mission
The mission will investigate the ancient environment on Mars
Bengal Chemical launches new hand sanitizer on Prafulla Chandra Ray’s bir...
India’s first pharmaceutical company
Unique afforestation drive – Sundarbans’ women get paid to nurture sapl...
One lakh saplings to be planted and nurtured
‘Lota’ and ‘Macha’: Bengal’s football legacy
As East Bengal football club celebrates its centenary, a look at how the famed East-Mohan rivalry has evolved
Childless by choice, a growing movement
On International Childfree Day, we explore the Kolkata connection
25 years ago on 31st July, India’s first mobile call was made from Kolkat...
Chief Minister Jyoti Basu spoke on this call!
Giant century-old Baobab tree replanted successfully at Botanical Gardens
Almost uprooted by Cyclone Amphan
Today is the day in 1911, when Mohun Bagan lifted IFA shield crushing Engli...
Remembering the barefooted warrior players
Even after Amphan, tiger population in Sundarbans is on the rise! What’s ...
Tiger population in Bengal shows a healthy graph
Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar – the man who stood by India’s women, centurie...
Even if he died, his legacy should not!
By Shuvra Dey
Bengali scientists of IIT Kgp develop portable low-cost COVID test kits
At only Rs 400, the results will be out in an hour!
‘Safe Home’ Covid-19 treatment in West Bengal
Rs 3,500 run by a team of doctors and COVID-19 survivors
Dr Sushovan Banerjee who treats poor for Re 1 gets his name in the Guinness...
He has treated the highest number of patients
Dr Senjuti Saha, first Bengali microbiologist to be appointed in WHO board
Dhaka microbiologist to head Polio Transition Independent Monitoring Board
Exotic and endangered animal babies born during pandemic in Bengal’s zoos...
Red Panda and Anaconda reproduce and add to the population
Class X student of Bengal launches ‘Drishti App’ on google to counter C...
Drishti will help video calls and chat with 100 people at a time
Librarian Tushar Mandal of Malda serves book-lovers through innovative PDF ...
New route to book reading
Three students from Bengal help in Mangrove Conservation in a unique way
Distributing saplings for free through social media
Bengal imports 8 Cobas machines to test a lakh COVID-19 samples a day
Machines will come from Sweden
Sumantra Chatterjee-- First Indian Neuroscientist to get prestigious EMBO h...
Global accolade for Bengali scientist’s path-breaking research
Durgapur teacher becomes first person to be India’s COVID 19 vaccine tria...
Chiranjit Dhibar to be given dose this week
Visva Bharati University gets 2nd campus at Tagore’s Nainital retreat
The house where he took daughter Renuka before her death
CAN COVID-19 VACCINE BE AVAILABLE BY AUGUST 15?
Virologists and scientists negate the possibility
By Saheli Mitra
PK De Sarkar, the Bengali who taught India how to master the language of En...
His grammar books are still the highest sellers
Saurav Ganguly-The undisputed leader of Indian Cricket
Maharaja poised to take cricket to its highest level
By Korak Sen
Where have all the snake charmers of Bengal gone? Do you hear their flutes ...
Snake charmers are now used to protect these endangered reptiles
By Shuvra Dey
Griffon vultures of Rajabhatkhawa return with a flock of rare vultures from...
Bengal’s vultures dared to fly over to Pakistan and bring their hordes
JU students make lethal masks that will kill COVID-19 virus! Soon to come t...
Uses simple technology of static electricity
‘I shall not live to be 40 years old’—How did Swami Vivekananda know ...
Tracing his spiritual thoughts on death
By Saheli Mitra
‘Made in Bengal’— how Shabar women turned self-reliant by cultivating...
Mangoes are now being exported
When the Biswa Bangla flag flew atop Mt Kilimanjaro
Cyclist Ujjwal Pal conquers the highest peak of Africa
Happy Doctors’ Day – Doctors of Calcutta Medical College save a 94-year...
Great job done by the team of doctors!
‘Hakuna Matata’ --- yet the Treeman faced several worries enroute Kibo ...
Many trekkers fell ill due to altitude sickness
Deepest annular solar eclipse of the century can be seen today!
Kolkata will get to see a partial solar eclipse post 9am
Amartya Sen to be awarded the 2020 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
His work on issues around global justice recognised
Treeman Diaries: Cycling to the top of ‘Chander Pahar’
When Ujjwal Pal left the last camp to the peak of Mt Kilimanjaro
Director Kamaleshwar Mukherjee dons the doctor’s coat to treat poor patie...
When a qualified doctor turned filmmaker finds his call
Kolkata’s E-buses get international recognition from International Energy...
Kolkata is the only city in India to be featured
Treeman’s Diary: ‘Green Wheels’ reaches 500 schools across the globe ...
Ujjwal Pal was mistaken as a Tanzanian
Jalpaiguri’s Maxima Toppo uses street plays to create Corona awareness fo...
Toppo uses local Sadri language to motivate masses
Artificial nests set on trees in Howrah to help nestling birds post cyclone...
Many nests were broken and eggs destroyed
KUDOS! Students of Asansol Engineering college invent ‘touchless switches...
Will help in reducing spread of COVID-19 through surface touch
The Treeman’s Diary --- Reaching atop Mt Kilimanjaro on a cycle
Ujjwal Pal and his physical challenges on this breath-taking adventure
Kolkata creates milestone: Critical COVID patient recovers after Ecmo suppo...
24-year-old girl brought back to life and discharged yesterday
Why Bay of Bengal is hotbed of world’s worst tropical cyclones?
On World Oceans Day, a GB report
By Saheli Mitra
Losing Bengal’s indigenous fishes & medicinal herbs due to hybridization
On World Environment Day a bio-diversity loss
By Saheli Mitra
The Treeman’s Diary --- Ujjwal Pal on his cycle beyond Mt Kilimanjaro
Tale of a nature-lover cyclist on a mission
We don’t kill elephants! Bengal uses innovative elephant management syste...
Compassion, Scientific methods, solar powered electric wires to bulk sms
By Saheli Mitra
Tree Savers of Maidan! Children of a Rugby Team save damaged trees
Amphan had partially damaged or uprooted many trees of Maidan
State helps Sundarbans’ farmers grow salt-resistant paddy post Amphaan
Saline water that entered fields will not be able to pose threat
Will smokers be more impacted by COVID-19? On ‘No Tobacco Day’ a GB rep...
India is now a hotbed of e-cigarettes
Do not throw away fruit seeds. Plant them and let the greens return to Kolk...
How to restore the green cover back in Kolkata?
By Saheli Mitra
Bengal was once a seat of ancient Ayurveda which is now believed to boost t...
Recent Calcutta High Court judgement favours Ayurveda
In 1928 Tagore started ‘Vriksha Ropon,’ he knew only nature can save us...
Rabindranath Tagore was also an environmentalist!
Remember what Tagore wrote about Locusts in Sahaj Path?
As they return to India, we return to our childhood book
By Saheli Mitra
Calcutta Medical College sets record by releasing 60 recovered Corona patie...
Very good news awaits
Robots will check Corona patients in Kolkata hospital
AMRI Salt Lake introduces Robots to check COVID patients
270-year-old Great Banyan Tree of Botanical Gardens ravaged by Amfaan
A sad day for the green cover of Bengal
Stand by the children of Bengal
Kishalay Foundation in Sunderban helping the children of that area in this hour of crisis
By Indrajit Sen
Corona Patachitra – How Bengal is using art to spread awareness on COVID-...
Swarna Chitrakar and her Corona scroll
Cyclone Amphan threatens to hit; Look at historical cyclones ravaging Benga...
Will it be worse than Bulbul?
TATA Sons signs MoU to bring ‘Feluda Corona Test kit’ by end May for ma...
The rapid kit was developed by two Bengali scientists
Belda’s Suman Manna sets record by creating ICC World Cup’s smallest re...
He used a single matchstick for the feat
Bengal makes the cheapest Corona Test Kit; WHO asks for the kits
Big breakthrough in testing COVID-19
Teacher from Bengal to become first COVID 19 vaccine volunteer in India?
Chiranjit Dhibar writes to ICMR making the offer
On Mother’s Day, freedom fighter Dinesh Gupta’s last letter to his moth...
What did he write and why did he write a letter to his mother?
Good News! Burdwan University will start new Corona Testing laboratory
Ties up with Burdwan Medical College
Bengal’s ‘Shatraj Ke Khiladi’ – Chess Master Moheschunder Bannerjee...
The man who checkmated European masters in the 19th century
Belur Math opens gates for COVID warriors -- doctors and nurses
Gives their guest house for COVID -19 warriors
Jadavpur University students design a device to differentiate Corona cough ...
Big invention in post Lockdown phase to detect random patients
After 30 years endangered Gangetic Dolphins return to Hooghly amidst Lockdo...
Two spotted even near Baboo Ghat!
How Prafulla Chandra Ray discovered Corona-like ‘Burdwan fever’ of 1860...
The fever that killed almost 70% of Burdwan and Hooghly’s population
Kalyani’s scientists discover mutant Indian COVID strain that transmits f...
Kudos Nidhan Biswas and Partha Majumder
Work from Tree! Bankura’s teacher shows the way to rural India
Innovative way of taking online classes during Lockdown
Centre gives nod to Bengal student’s Virus Destroying Mask to prevent Cor...
Memari’s Digantika Basu does wonder with her invention
Caregiving in times of COVID-19. How stressful is it?
How are caregivers in Kolkata coping with the stress
Bengali scientist Chandra Dutta in Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine team!
The vaccine has already gone for human trials
West Bengal starts ‘Pool Test’ to track asymptomatic COVID-19 patients
The test will help identify patients in low-risk zones
NIT Durgapur students build ‘Pranesh,’ an economic ventilator for COVID...
These ventilators can be a big relief if number of cases rise
Prof Ena Ray Banerjee says diverse gene pool of Indians can help fight COVI...
Prof Banerjee answers a plethora of questions on COVID-19
By Saheli Mitra
Modern day Dr Agnishwar! Doctor carries pregnant mom and delivers baby duri...
Meet Thakurpukur’s Dr Kaushik Roy Chowdhury
‘Yes, I heal, Yes I breathe’ – Mother Nature’s open letter to Human...
On International Mother Earth Day, a tribute to nature
By Saheli Mitra
Dr Niladri Konar of London not just won over Corona, but dedicated his life...
Alumnus of SSKM, Dr Niladri Konar is an inspiration
Bengal – Land of Free Thinkers, where Derozio formed Young Bengal
Remembering Henry Vivian Derozio on his birth anniversary
Alipore Zoo invents new technique to lure animals for Corona tests
How the zoo animals are also under strict vigil during Lockdown
Cab driver Md Saidul hands over Baruipur hospital he built to treat Corona ...
How a cab driver gave all his savings to fight against COVID-19
Returning from Corona hit France: Overwhelmed by Indian govt’s response
Better than their Western counterparts
Mungpoo in Darjeeling might play a role to fight Corona
Cinchona plantations of Bengal as a game changer
Government now turns to Bengal Chemicals for COVID-19 drug Hydroxychloroqui...
Prafulla Chandra Roy’s company was earliest Hydroxychloroquinine manufacturer
Team including Bengali scientists to launch ‘Modified’ BCG vaccine to f...
The vaccine might go for human trial in 4 months
Miss England Bengali girl Bhasha Mukherjee dons her doctor cap amid Corona ...
She is a qualified respiratory specialist
Bengali scientists develop a coating to contain infectivity of Corona virus...
Led by Prof Jayanta Haldar, this can be a tool to fight the virus
Two Bengali scientists of CSIR device low cost rapid testing Corona kit!
Indigenous kit will help India identify cluster infections in just one hour
How did the students feel on the outbreak of Corona?
We saw faith and fiction and everything in between
New app helping city’s specially-abled children to cope with Corona menac...
How are children with special needs being educated?
On World Autism Day, here is story of a Kolkata café run only by autistic ...
Specially-abled kids run ‘Sip N Bite’
Homecoming for Kolkata’s birds during Corona Lockdown
The once polluted city is filled with chirps and tweets
“Be careful what you wish for, because you might just get it!”
Gen Z kids are so nonchalant
By Alisha Gupta
Quarantine centre at Ffort Raichak! Business tycoon Harsh Neotia gives his ...
Luxury resort near Kolkata to turn into quarantine facility
Germany has not faced such a crisis since World War II
But Germany will not likely be Italy
By Shaibal Giri
How students of Kolkata are coping with the Corona Lockdown
Antara Dasgupta, class XII student of Akshar
CM Mamata Banerjee thanks all ‘Corona Warriors’ through a touching note...
Let us all join the Chief Minister in showing gratitude
Kolkata Corporation uses disinfectant jet-spray to sanitize streets
The world is using these germ killers to sanitize streets
GB EXCLUSIVE: A Bengali scientist talks to GB from Italy
Stay home, stay safe- the only way to win this dreadful situation.
Eden Gardens offered as a quarantine centre by Sourav Ganguly
Indoor facility and players’ dormitory offered
Calcutta Medical College taken over – to turn into Corona speciality one-...
Huge number of isolation beds will be available
CM Mamata Banerjee prepares rural Bengal in advance to fight Corona
What steps are being taken to create awareness?
How a Paris-returned student on home quarantine is being shunned by the Kol...
Do not ostracize all students who return home from abroad
By Neiil Ray
CM Mamata Banerjee converts a whole stadium to Quarantine centre!
In record time to fight the Corona menace
How Munich stopped itself from turning into another Italy!
Shaibal Giri from Munich, Germany writes a first-person account
By Shaibal Giri
India’s super soccer star, our favourite PK Banerjee is no more!
The soccer player who got the highest FIFA honour!
Bengali scientist from IIT invent ‘Infection-Free’ fabric amid Corona s...
Kudos to Professor Samrat Mukhopadhyay
Will Swami Vivekananda’s Plague Epidemic manifesto help us fight Corona f...
Fighting the mental stress during times of epidemic
Bengali scientist Arinjay Banerjee part of Canadian team that makes Corona ...
Is a cure possible for the deadly virus?
How did the British tackle 1918 Flu Pandemic of Kolkata. Shall we do same w...
Pandemic that killed millions in India
Incredible tale of a Murshidabad girl who reigns Tokyo’s yoga world today...
On Women’s Day, GB brings the inspirational tale of Nupur Tewari
By Saheli Mitra
‘Calcutta’ bidding technique at one of the leading horseracing events o...
‘Calcutta’ on Melbourne Cup Day
Where have all the Buxa Tigers gone?
They were not killed by poachers as per popular belief
By Saheli Mitra
Krishna Bose is no more! Bengal loses an erudite academician and ex-parliam...
Married to Sisir Bose, she kept Netaji’s legacy alive
Documentary tracing Presidency University’s rich in-house museum
Did you know music classes were also held at Presidency?
Lone rice crusader Debal Deb is reviving lost varieties of Bengal paddy
Why indigenous rice varieties are important for health
Sukanya Run--- A first of its kind marathon in Kolkata
Bidhannagar Police to host a marathon on 16th of February in Kolkata with the aim of creating awareness on the growing need of making this city safe for women
Blood tests at just Rs 10! IIT scientist Suman Chakraborty and team invents...
Hundreds of poor patients of rural India will be benefitted
The Bengal Store touches ‘body and soul’ with their chemical free perso...
Range of lab tested organic lotions from Bengal’s farms
By Saheli Mitra
Dada’s Dadagiri as ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ at the Tokyo Olympics 2020
Sourav Ganguly is the 2nd ambassador in India’s Olympic history
Giving a voice to the voiceless --- superb tales from the animal kingdom
Spectacular wildlife photography exhibition at Nandan
Canning’s Champa fights poverty to win 3rd position in Asia Karate Champs...
The tale of the Karate Kid from Canning
Messiah of the poor – two doctors from Bengal get Padmashree Awards
Take a look at the two doctors from Bengal -‘One rupee doctor’ Sushovan Banerjee & Sunderban’s Arunodoy Mondal who get Padmashree Awards in 2020 who are the messiahs of the poor.
Burdwan’s Shamima Khatoon chosen by ‘Nature’ journal for int’l scie...
One of 3 chosen from across the world
Salute to Headmaster Kazi Masoom Akhtar for standing up against fundamental...
Masoom Akhtar wins Padmashree Award in education
Happy Birthday – Legendary soccer player Chuni Goswami
He will be honoured with release of his postal stamp
Migratory bird count at Santragachhi Jheel at 5-year high!
Thanks to cleaning by West Bengal Bio-diversity Board
JU’s Debarshi Chanda among top 10 in this year’s CAT merit list; Secure...
What are his future plans?
English students to take lessons on Saptapadi and Sholay!
Calcutta University English syllabus to be revamped
How a child in Singapore misses Kolkata Christmas!
Kolkata’s Christmas fervour is found nowhere else
From Silver bells to Santa Claus, Christmas is here!
A Vignette of Christmas Celebration in Kolkata
By Aveek Basu
Celebrating Christmas at Sunderbans!
How about celebrating Christmas in the land of the Royal Bengal Tiger?
Amar Kolkata is all about adda and fun
Student Ivaana C.Mitra of La Martiniere for Girls on Kolkata’s adda culture
Lost in a world of books on College Street
Presidency student Anitesh Chakraborty relives his college days on College Street
Asutosh College Canteen: Hub of music and politics
This canteen also hosts cultural events by students
By Arnabi Basu
Peep into St Xavier’s College Canteen
If you are nostalgic, travel with GB to eateries popular with Xaverians
CONGRATS! Suman Das from Siliguri wins prestigious World Title in Bodybuild...
Wins gold at International Federation of Body Building competition
Did you know 150 years ago, Kolkata hosted Royal Polo Matches?
From colonial Kolkata, polo passed on to Australia
Paramita of Birbhum fought poverty to win gold at World Karate Champs.
Paramita Bhattacharya’s parents took loans to send her to Moscow!
Going back to the days of Chor Police and Gilli Danda!
Rural games of Bengal had their own charm and fun
Remembering ’60s Badminton Sensation from Bengal -- Dipu Ghosh
He was the 4th Badminton Player of India to receive Arjuna Awards!
CONGRATULATIONS! Arjuna Award for Swapna Barman!
Bengal’s athlete Swapna gets one of the highest sports honour of India
While India watched World Cup Cricket, Hima Das again made us proud
Invincible Hima Das claims second international gold within a week
In this IPL season, hear the tale of a kabaddi captain living in poverty
Sangita was a national player, yet she makes thongas for a living
Biggest chess tournament of India starts today in Kolkata
Top world-ranking grandmasters descend on the City of Joy
Will Kolkata be soccer star Ronaldinho’s next port of call in 2020? ...
Maidan’s love for football to get a bigger show this year
Eden Gardens Buffet with 50 dishes from Ilish to Posto for Bangladesh PM Sh...
Indo-Bangladesh Cricket Match at Eden will be a gourmet delight!
Longest serving Mohun Bagan Secretary Anjan Mitra dead
Renowned CA and a Mohun Bagan man at heart and work
‘Bharat’ Salman Khan might come to Maidan for East Bengal&rsquo...
What value will the Dabaang star add to Maidan soccer?
Gear up for century old Durand Cup, starting today and Bengal plays host! ...
The Soccer cup started by the British to entertain their troops
Today in 1911, Mohun Bagan first lifted IFA shield from hands of British
First Indian football club to get status of premier club under British Raj
East Bengal Club flags to fly in 100 cities across the globe
Proud moment for the Kolkata soccer club on its centenary year!
East Bengal and Mohun Bagan unitedly write a letter to PM
Ghotis and Bangaals join hands to make ISL a happening premier league
Fight of immortal 11 of ‘1911’ Mohun Bagan on celluloid
John Abraham brings legendary film on Mohun Bagan
Celebrating 100 years of East Bengal Club
Renowned director Goutam Ghosh makes an in-depth documentary
Mini World Cup of Kolkata starts with city’s top schools
The Debanjan Cup: Keeping the memory of their son alive
By Rohit Sen
From War to the story of a footballing success
Can India learn from their grit and determination?
By Rohit Sen
How was it like to watch Maradona on the field?
Indrajit Sen remembers his tryst with the football legend in 1990
By Indrajit Sen
Messi is out, but Bengal’s football craze is still on!
World Cup fever and Bengal’s Football Mania in movies
Not all fans have written off Messi
Specially-abled artist of Bengal paints Messi portraits with his feet
Kolkata once witnessed Peruvian coach Gareca’s skills
Gareca played against the Indian team at Salt Lake Stadium
Sharadendu Mukherjee, ex-Indian team cricketer speaks to GB on today’...
When two Bengals will come together and create history
History today at Eden Gardens – HIV kids to bring in cricket players ...
Paratroopers to deliver pink balls
First ever day and night test match with pink ball
Bengal to give pink ball experience to cricket fans
By Rohit Sen
India’s first day & night cricket test match to be held in Eden G...
BCCI wishes to hold this test match
Trio at Eden Gardens next month? Mamata, Modi and Hasina!
The three might grace Indo-Bangladesh cricket match at the Eden Gardens
BREAKING! Sourav Ganguly to be BCCI president after midnight drama
Kolkata’s Prince of Cricket to get the highest post of Indian Cricket
GB Exclusive -- Bengal’s cricketer Rituparna Roy appointed Vidarbha w...
Meet the woman cricketer and coach who led her team to many int’l titles
By Saheli Mitra
Salute! Bengal cricketer helps India win Disability Cricket T20 Cup!
If Virat Kohli’s team failed, cricketers on prosthetic legs made us proud
How good will our Dada Saurav Ganguly fare as Indian cricket coach?
Will Saurav Ganguly be coaching Team India soon?
Jhulan Goswami and Indian team create history in New Zealand
India’s women cricket team has won today!
Cricketer Gopal Bose is no more, but his teachings are still alive
Rohit Sen remembers his coach and mentor Gopal Bose
By Rohit Sen
Why Bengal could not produce many international cricket players?
Steps that can be taken to better cricket facilities of the state
By Korak Sen
Get to see a partial Solar Eclipse today in Kolkata
Starts from 8.30 am in the morning and continue till noon
Sudden spurt of Mangroves in Botanical Gardens has concerned scientists
Is Hooghly water turning saline?
Wow! Darjeeling’s Green and White Tea get GI tag
Big boost for international tea trade from North Bengal
200-year-journey of Agri-Horticultural Society and how it introduced winter...
Founder William Carey brought cauliflower and cabbage from England
Sagar Island’s Kapil Muni Temple is at stake after Cyclone Bulbul
How the cyclone impacted erosion of the islands!
Will Cyclone Bulbul be as severe as Aila? When will it hit Sunderbans?
Severe Cyclone Bulbul brings back memories of Aila
Famous Santragachhi Lake being revamped to draw more migratory birds this y...
New islands being added
13K Lotus flowers to be exported by Bankura farmers to London
Durga Puja brings a huge profit to farmers growing lotus in their ponds
Extinct Indian Wolf sighted in Sunderbans!
Thought to be foxes, there is a herd of wolves living in Sunderbans
ALARMING! Geological reports say Bengal’s ports top in rise of sea le...
Diamond Harbour is in the danger zone
Bengal’s veggie Kochu gets huge export boost to Britain and Italy!
Arum or Kochu now travels from Birbhum to London
Eco-Friendly Seed Rakhis of Kolkata, turn your brothers eco-warriors!
How about rakhis with cotton threads and seeds that grow into a garden
Burdwan University scientists discover chemical-free mosquito repellant
Big breakthrough this dengue season
On World Tiger Day, take this quiz on Tigers of Sunderbans
Bengal’s Sunderbans is the only salt-water habitat of the world where tigers rule
How Bengal is reviving lost varieties of paddy
Ever heard of varieties like Dui Satin and Teen Satin? Why were they so named?
HIDCO brings new Urban Forest with hundreds of trees to Kolkata
Newtown will have acres of trees creating one of the largest urban forests of India
Do not miss the partial lunar eclipse over Kolkata today!
When can you witness this celestial phenomenon from the city?
Bangladesh starts producing ‘Polythene’ bags from Jute
West Bengal can follow this model and create bio-degradable ‘polythene’ bags
Meet Biswajit Ghosh, the ‘Nail Man’ who removes nails from all ...
His mission is to save wounded trees whose barks are nailed with advertisements
Giant catfish weighing 120kg caught by fishermen at Teesta barrage
The fish was sold in the market today for more than 60K!
How KMC saved a 100-year-old tree at Medical College
Haritaki Tree transplanted yesterday on the campus
Tarapith temple flowers are being used to produce bio-fertilisers
Flowers offered to the deity being used for a good cause
Bengali’s favourite Hilsa being reared in a pond!
Thousands of Hilsa are being reared along with Rui-Katla
Alipore Zoo to have the first virtual animal park of India
Bengal Safari Park of North Bengal to follow suit
Animal trafficking along Bongaon border is worse than women trafficking
Rare lion cub and monkey rescued last week enroute from Bangladesh
A Black Hole in the Universe gets a Bengali name
Gobhir Mallika takes Bengali language to a universal high!
Meet ‘Lake Mamata’ --- The saviour of Rabindra Sarovar
Sumita Bandopadhyay keeps a strong vigil daily to stop pollution
Gigantic Black Hole gets a poetic name in Bengali!
Imagine the black hole being named as Gobhir Mallika
Meet Mangrove Man Pranabesh Maiti of Sunderbans
He has been relentlessly working to protect the fragile ecosystem
Ban on Palash ornaments in Santiniketan this Basanta Utsav
Viswa Bharati issues notice to stop exploitation of Palash trees
Bengal’s Alipurduar produces Purple Tea and sets in a revolution!
Now enjoy this special tea from Bengal
Kolkata’s stray ‘Neri’ dog proves herself in the dog squa...
Stray dogs overshoot the foreign bred sniffer dogs!
Grass cultivation in Rajarhat help farmers earn in lakhs
Bengal government help farmers to make remarkable profit
Meet Charles, Danny, Rock and their sisters at Darjeeling Zoo!
Legendary Mishmi Takins of Germany are new residents of the zoo
New paddy cultivation technique brings profit to Balurghat
Youths helped by State Agriculture Department introduce mulching
Exhibition showcasing avian diversity of Kolkata
GB brings behind-the-lens shots of feathery friends
Murshidabad sets record in cabbage production this winter
Special nutritious cabbage being grown in Bengal
How a tigress even slapped a young tiger who tried to mate!
Why tigresses of Alipore Zoo are not mating?
Organic lipstick grown in Bengal from Lipstick Tree!
To all beautiful women – Here is Bengal’s Rupbriksha
250-year-old resident of Bengal under termite attack!
Great Banyan Tree of Botanical Gardens is heading to death?
City birdwatcher’s paradise threatened by construction
Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary may soon lose migratory birds
Why were Darjeeling oranges smaller in size this year?
Viral attack or lack of scientific organic farming?
