Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to building community and defending human rights can positively influence how people experience events ...

A group of Bangladeshi programmers have created a programming language written entirely in Bengali script. It’s called Potaka (Flag), and it’s aimed at encouraging children whose first language is ...

The team behind Shabdakalpa, anchored at the School of Cultural Texts and Records in Jadavpur University, believes that it would be the first historical dictionary for a non-Latin script, tracing the ...

Annually, the Bangladesh Student Association gathers on International Mother Language Day to remember its cultural significance and to promote linguistic rights for all languages.

Deepika Padukone is learning Bengali for her film Piku. The 28-year-old has been doing workshops with the film's Bengali director Shoojit Sircar, and has had help with her language skills and ...