The Hindu

Using ‘Bangladeshi for Bangla’ an insult to Bengali culture: Trinamool

The West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, has taken strong objection to a letter by the Delhi police describing Bangla, or Bengali, as a “Bangladeshi” language and called for strong protests on ...
The Daily Star

Bangla or Bengali: which should be used?

Bangla is what we native Bangalees call the language. And so that is what it should be known as. Just like Hindi, Urdu, or Tamil. So why not use the word Bangla globally, instead of "Bengali?" After ...
The Financial Express

Row over Bangla labelled as ‘Bangladeshi’: TMC cries ‘calculated insult’, BJP calls it an ‘Urdu-influenced migrant dialect’

Bangla referred to as a ‘Bangladeshi language’: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) vs Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) face-off has taken an ugly turn after a letter from Delhi Police referred to Bangla as the ...
The New Indian Express

'Can there be Bharat without Bangla?': Mamata warns against insulting Bengali language

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday asserted that no one should try to play with or insult the Bengali language, asking whether there can be an India without West Bengal. Banerjee ...