Agartala, Aug. 11: In a new twist to the controversy over a script for the tribal Kokborok language, the Left Front government in Tripura has decided to stick to the Bengali script despite ...

In Kolkata itself, the very citadel of Bangla culture and literature, the Bangla script has disappeared off the signposts and hoardings.

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 recently held exhibition along with the book launch event of Bornomala: Bangla Alphabet Book Collection by Sabyasachi Hazra was profoundly insightful. As an artist, researcher, and prolific ...

A militant group in Imphal directs all primary schools to stop using textbooks written in the Bengali script, reports Sobhapati Samom.

The Manipuri script, over 3,500 years old by some accounts and edged out by a Bengali import, is on a revival course, with street signs, newspapers, literature and even records of Assembly ...

However, KSP's sudden move dilutes the ongoing script controversy, as BJP also wants Bengali and Devanagari scripts for the language.

The TBSE chief earlier this January asked all the examination centre in-charges to allow only Bengali script for writing Kokborok papers for the Class 12 and 10 board examinations scheduled to ...

The Bengali script was introduced in educational institutions after the British conquered Manipur in 1891. “Bengali is virtually in the blood” of Manipuris, said the educationist. Like him, Irengbam ...

The arsonists want the Mayek script to replace Bengali script in the state. 'Incalculable loss' Historian Gangumei Kamei said the loss of so many books was "an incalculable loss" to Manipur's heritage ...