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Bengali Resources

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Digital Libraries

  • Lexilogos Bengali two-way dictionary [1]
  • Bengali [2]
    Detailed information about the Bengali language, its history and speakers
  • Virtual Bangladesh: FAQ [3]
    List of textbooks, Bengali language programs, and dictionaries

Language Study

Grammar

  • Bengali Grammar [4]
  • Bengali Learning [5]
    Includes grammar explanation and language learning materials
  • Virtual Bangladesh: Bengali Primer [6]
    Short online grammar modules

Vocabulary

  • Virtual Bangladesh [7]
    Survival Bengali: Useful Words and Phrases
  • Bangla (Bengali) Language Phrases [8]
  • Languageshome.com: Learn Bengali [9]
    Basic vocabulary and phrases

Reading & Writing

  • Omniglot [10]
    Bengali alphabet and pronunciation
  • UKIndia: Learn to Read Bengali [11]
    Introduction to the Bengali writing system

Online Courses and Materials

  • Bengali Language Tutorials [12]

Culture

News & Media in India

  • Calcuttaweb [13]
    News in English and BEngali
  • Parabaas [14]
    Bengali Webzine
  • BBC News [15]
    World news in Bengali
  • Indian Newspapers: Indian News [16]
  • Bengali Newspapers and Magazines [17]
  • Century Sambad [18]
    Kolkata newspaper

News & Media in Bangladesh

  • Bangladesh Newspapers: Bangladesh News [19]
  • Bangladesh News Papers [20]
  • Bangladesh E-News [21]

Arts, Cinema & Music

  • Calcuttaweb - Bengali Cinema / Film / Movies [22]
  • Calcuttaweb - Bengali Music [23]

Search Engines and Directories

  • coming soon!

The UI Main Library Films Collection

The UI Main Library offers extensive media collections in various languages. To find films, please visit the UI Main Library website [24] and follow these steps:

  1. Select "advanced search"
  2. Scroll down to "Limit Search to:"
  3. Choose your specific language and
  4. Choose "Video-all" for "format."

International Writing Program (IWP) Writers

Bangladesh

2008 Ruby RAHMAN [25] (poet, fiction writer, essayist)

2006 Manju SARKAR [26] (novelist, fiction writer, journalist)

 

India

2006 Srijato BANDYOPADHYAY [27] (poet)

2001 Joy GOSWAMI [28](poet)

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Links:
[1] http://www.lexilogos.com/english/bengali_dictionary.htm
[2] http://www.alsintl.com/resources/languages/Bengali/
[3] http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/faq/learn.html
[4] http://www.itu.dk/people/pfw/bengali/
[5] http://www.betelco.com/bd/bangla/bangla.html
[6] http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/bengali_index.html
[7] http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/bd_phrases.html
[8] http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/language/bangla-phrases.html
[9] http://www.languageshome.com/English-Bengali.htm
[10] http://www.omniglot.com/writing/bengali.htm
[11] http://www.ukindia.com/zip/zben01.htm
[12] http://jlu.wbtrain.com/SUMTOTAL/JLU2.0/CATALOG/SELF-PACED%20TRAINING/activities.asp?RootNodeID=23051&NodeID=320
[13] http://www.calcuttaweb.com/
[14] http://www.parabaas.com/
[15] http://www.bbc.co.uk/bengali/
[16] http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/india.htm
[17] http://www.searchindia.com/search/News/Regional/Bengali/index.shtml
[18] http://www.suprovat.com/?referer=indiagrid
[19] http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/banglade.htm
[20] http://www.velki.com/link.asp?cat=16
[21] http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/southasia/cuvl/bdeshnews.html
[22] http://www.calcuttaweb.com/cinema/cinema.shtml
[23] http://www.calcuttaweb.com/gaan/
[24] http://infohawk.uiowa.edu/
[25] http://iwp.uiowa.edu/writers/ruby-rahman
[26] http://iwp.uiowa.edu/writers/manju-sarkar
[27] http://iwp.uiowa.edu/writers/srijato-bandyopadhyay
[28] http://iwp.uiowa.edu/writers/joy-goswami