Society
How can trees trust the inventor of the axe?
Veteran journalist Suvashis Maitra makes a case for a tree census in Kolkata
I have never seen anyone like Maradona in my lifetime
Veteran football star Gautam Sarkar on what made Maradona exceptional
My encounter with Diego, the divine
An account of the time I watched, and filmed, Diego Maradona at Italia 90
By Indrajit Sen
First Indian footballer to play in Europe
Md. Salim from Kolkata proved to be an Asian sensation in Britain
By Shuvra Dey
Tagore in Australia
Only Indian woman flight race participant between London and Melbourne was supported by Tagore
Without Calcutta Police, there may have been no BOSE speakers!
How a fortuitous arrest in 1920 led to the establishment of one of the world’s best known audio equipment brands
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
When your Food turns Junk
Landmark initiative by Dr. Anupam Paul in Bengal to provide chemical free food to the world.
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
Father of Bengali sci-fi fiction Jagadananda Roy wrote in 1892, even before...
Travels to Venus was one of the earliest sci-fi book of Bengal
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
K.C. Nag – the favourite Mathematics teacher who helped tide over Maths p...
Keshab Chandra Nag, author and educator
Kolkata’s teacher puts Bengal on international beauty pageant map as Mrs ...
Suparna Mukherjee is the beauty with brains
Pyari Charan Sircar wrote First English Book of Reading for native Indian c...
Pyari Charan Sircar and how he pioneered education
Wrestler Gobor Goho defeated world champions but British refused him ‘Joh...
In 1913 he defeated world champ Jimmy Campbell in 1913
Famous physician Dr Nilratan Sircar took up medicine to know cause of his m...
Remembering him on his birth anniversary
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
Rammohan Roy -- visionary who cleansed atrocious Hindu customs against wome...
From stopping Sati to supporting female education
While we know of Salim Ali, we hardly recall Ajoy Home, the Birdman of Beng...
Famous ornithologist from Bengal
By TTW
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
Sarada Ranjan Ray was called W.G. Grace of India for popularizing Cricket
He was elder brother of Upendra Kishore Roychowdhury
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
How Human Rights preacher, the mighty British, tortured 15-year-old Sushil ...
In memory of a forgotten hero
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
Why September is the month to celebrate Chuni Goswami
Way back in 1962, an Indian team led by a young Bengali pulled off a miracle
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
World’s first women’s liberation journal by Dwarkanath Ganguly, who fou...
He who wanted all Indian women to be literate
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
If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one. Tribute to Mother...
Loving and caring soul that is still alive
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
India’s first Science Association set up by Bengali physician Mahendralal...
Indian Association for Cultivation of Science to popularize science
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!
Zamindars of 19th century Bengal, played Cricket with ‘Gora Sahibs’ as ...
Do you find a shadow of the movie Lagaan?
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?
P.C. Mukherjee, the Bengali archaeologist who discovered Kapilavastu defeat...
He had no formal education in archaeology but had a hunger
‘World will come to know the essence of India through the writings of Aur...
On Aurobindo Ghosh’s birth anniversary
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
Khudiram Bose, the boy who wasn’t supposed to be there
Hanged for the attempted assassination of Douglas Kingsford, Khudiram Bose was not even part of the original mission
Dr Asima Mukhopadhyay, famous onco-researcher, helps set up cancer units in...
Starts first-ever Indian research group to become global member
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
The men who made way for Bengali women in sports
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 launches tele-education helpline for school students
The helpline is primarily intended for those students who are unable to avail online classes and learning
When Japan bombed Kolkata, and Nagasaki became an ‘accidental victim’
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were part of the Allied plan to make Japan suffer for its attack on Allied territories in Asia
COVID Care Network of Kolkata turns messiah to hundreds of COVID infected
Group consists of doctors, mountaineers, musicians and performers
By Saheli Mitra
P.N. Bose was first Indian geologist who found India’s vast iron-ore depo...
Leading to industrial revolution in the country
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
Bring ‘Nature’ within your home and conserve it in your own way
On World Nature Conservation Day
By Saheli Mitra
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
‘Maharaja’ of Indian cricket – Sourav Ganguly
Dada’s Dadagiri on and off field has always attracted all
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
Dr Partha Pratim of Dooars has been fighting superstitions and teaching Sci...
Doctor who carries telescope to villages
By Bapi Ghosh
‘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!
Dukoribala Devi – First female revolutionary from Bengal to be booked und...
Favourite ‘Mashima’ for revolutionaries
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis – one of the greatest statisticians of India...
Remembering the genius on Statistics Day
The mathematician from Bengal who was India’s first Election Commissioner...
Sukumar Sen was a genius
‘Hakuna Matata’ --- yet the Treeman faced several worries enroute Kibo ...
Many trekkers fell ill due to altitude sickness
Remembering yoga guru Bishnu Charan Ghosh who took yoga to the Western Worl...
On World Yoga Day a GB special
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
Creator of India’s first test-tube baby was forced to commit suicide
Dr Subhash Mukhopadhyay took his life on this day
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
Girindrasekhar Basu, first Psychoanalyst of South Asia, who challenged Freu...
He was the first PhD in Psychology from India
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
Tagore’s miraculous Panchatikta Panchan to cure students during Spanish F...
What did this ayurvedic medicine have?
Meet Ujjwal Pal-- the man from Siuri who cycled to the top of Chander Pahar...
Real life Shankar of Chander Pahar back in action?
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!
By Saheli Mitra
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
Is Kolkata Police’s Safe Drive Save Life campaign related to author Kafka...
The author who invented helmets for factory workers
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
Community Radio Station changing Santhali lives In Jangalmahal
Nityananda Janavani using radio waves for empowering villagers
By Indrajit Sen
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
Tribute to Abhay Mitra, the master juggler of Joy Baba Felunath
Did you know he was the one who threw the daggers?
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
Mantu Hait – the Green Man who brought back trees, birds and butterflies
On World Forest Day a look at the Urban Forest of Kolkata
By Saheli Mitra
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
Asia’s first zoo at Barrackpore was even older to London Zoo! Surprised?
Barrackpore Zoo was built by Lord Wellesley to preserve Indian animals
‘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
Kadambini Ganguly, first female doctor from Bengal who fought patriarchy
She was even ridiculed by media
‘Those shouting loudest about ‘Women’s Lib’ are ones who don’t fo...
Leela Majumdar who broke all barriers of patriarchy!
By Shuvra Dey
Krishna Bose is no more! Bengal loses an erudite academician and ex-parliam...
Married to Sisir Bose, she kept Netaji’s legacy alive
Samarendra Kumar Mitra – the man who built India’s first computer!
Tracing the life and times of Mitra
Documentary tracing Presidency University’s rich in-house museum
Did you know music classes were also held at Presidency?
Meghnad Saha – the scientist with a vision was also a political activist
Other face of scientist Meghnad Saha
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
The first woman physicist to get a PhD from Calcutta University!
Dr Purnima Sinha and how she broke shackles of patriarchy
Blood tests at just Rs 10! IIT scientist Suman Chakraborty and team invents...
Hundreds of poor patients of rural India will be benefitted
Why did Satyen Bose not get Nobel Prize despite his pathbreaking research?
Exceptionally brilliant physicist from Bengal
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
Why is a moon’s crater named after illustrious Bengali scientist Sisir Ku...
Mitra will always be remembered for his path-breaking ionosphere study
Nilratan Sircar – the doctor who was born poor and who died poor
One of the best doctors India had ever produced!
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?
How cluster farmers of Bankura are reviving lost varieties of Bengal paddy
Organic paddy with health benefits!
By Indrajit Sen
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
Climate change may wipe out Bengal tigers by 2070
What measures are being taken to protect the Big Cats
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
Karan Chhatu mushroom of Bengal costs more than mutton!
This wild mushroom of Bishnupur is a season’s delicacy
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?
Activists take legal route to save East Kolkata Wetlands
Environmentalists protest against government’s attempt to build park
By Saheli Mitra
