When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the earth, the most unfavourable consequence that people had to face was to lose their jobs. Even multinational companies were shutting down within days, and what was left was people beseeching for jobs. And that is when social media platforms
We often talk of urban women entrepreneurs who are seen lecturing on podiums about how they have set up international businesses of various forms. But how about a woman born in a poor rural family in Bangladesh turning into an entrepreneur and touching the lives
Amodest resident of Durgapur has made his town and the country proud with his remarkable discovery and now his name appears in the coveted Guinness World Records Book 2022. Geologist Manas Bandopadhyay has created quite a stir globally by unearthing the world's largest uncut emerald. The emerald,
Have you heard the names of architects Ayan Roy and Soumyadeep Das? Well, they have made us proud. The state government has already assigned the team to design a 40-feet iconic gate at the entrance of the Information Technology (IT) hub in Salt Lake Sector
What is food to Bengalis? Food is the answer to all the problems. “Food is a value system for Bengalis. It is the way we make sense of people, see our life, ascertain status, rally around for, live for, differentiate between right and wrong, and
He hails from a village near Baruipur in South 24 Parganas. But over the last couple of months Salauddin and 200 men working for him directly and indirectly in his hometown as well as his Bhowanipore godown in south Kolkata and are super busy. Why?
Kolkata’s Ambassador car is to be back again, in a new avatar and that probably makes every Bengali proud. Hindustan Ambassador, the quintessentially “Made in India” car is a symbol of India’s automotive history and there is little else that defines motoring in the country
Born in Bombay in the year of India’s independence, died by suicide in a small Los Angeles jail cell in 1994. In sum, this was the life and death of Somen ‘Steve’ Banerjee who remains, till date, the most infamous Bengali immigrant to have landed
The Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) 2022, the sixth such summit since 2015, has potentially turned into the most successful BGBS of all. As West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee pointed out at the valedictory session of the two-day meet held on April 20 and
After a two-year gap, the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) is back on track, and indications are that it is likely to host some of the country’s biggest captains of industry, apart from a host of delegates from various countries. To be held on April 20