Bengal Related Sites
Following is a collection of external sites that we have been following for the past few years:
| Bengal Net Has news in Bengali (both text and multimedia), and has sections on entertainment, cuisine, sports, rural news, and a classified section. You will need to download fonts to see the Bengali text on these pages. If you are a book fan, you may want to follow Kolkata Boi Mela. |
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West Bengal homepage [official] This site was started with the initiative of the West Bengal government as a tourism site. Has a very nice and appealing layout. Navigation is simple. |
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Bangali Net This well-designed site has Bengali calendar, a site for Durga Puja including calendar, E-cards, Bengali food and a good links section. |
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Abasar Information on law, health, arts, science, environment and women’s issues. Includes a directory of local and community services of Dhaka and Kolkata and recreational items. |
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Calcutta Phone Directory A website to search people in Calcutta based on phone (or vice versa) and also check your bills online. |
| Calcutta Online This is the earliest commercial site related to Bengal. Has daily news and tons of information. Also peek at their new multi-media site AARAMV. |
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| CalcuttaWeb This is site full of links. Has organised sections to point you to the information you need quickly. |
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| Bangla Alive This is very professionally designed site with lot of Bengali content interlaced within typical traditional bengali art. Also has a bengali calendar ,an e-card section, and best of all, your childhood comic strips like Haanda-Bhonda and Baantul-the-Great! |
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Virtual Bangladesh Has a neat layout. Good for a virtual tour. |
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Bangladesh Online Bangladesh equivalent of Calcutta Online. |
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Bengal Commerce Send gifts to cities in Bangladesh and India. Receive digital pictures of your family members. |
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Online Puja A recent addition to the Internet family. You may offer puja at Kaalighat, Tarakeshwar and Dakhineshwar. |