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1. Bangla (Bengali) UniCode:

Unicode Bengali is the future of Bengali typing. Almost all of the Bangla websites are now using Unicode Bangla. We are aiming to provide extensive information about Bangla Unicode so that everyone can Read and Write in Unicode Bangla without any trouble.

2. Bangla (Bengali) Language Code - Dictionary:

If you would like to get the Bangla meaning of an English word, go to the BanglaCode English to Bengali Dictionary.

If you would like to get the English meaning of a Bangla word, go to the BanglaCode Bengali to English Dictionary. To type in a Bengali word, you must use a Unicode Bengali font. You can also copy and paste any Bengali word in this dictionary but please make sure that the Bengali font used is a Unicode font.

3. Bangla (Bengali) Code of Conduct:
Everything you need to know to for a short visit or long term stay in a Bengali-Speaking region such as Bangladesh, India, Nepal etc.

Bengali is one of the most spoken languages in the world and it is ranked in the sixth position! The other five languages before Bengali are: 6. Portuguese, 5. Arabic, 4. Hindi, 3. English, 2. Spanish and 1. Mandarin.   Bengali has about 193 million native speakers and about 230 million total speakers throughout the world. The National anthem and National song of India, and the National anthem of Bangladesh were composed in Bengali.

How to Read Unicode Bengali text in Websites:
First of all you need a Unicode Bengali font. If you do not have one, you can download one from here. We recommend SolaimanLlipi.

Secondly, for web browsing, you need to set your browser:
In Internet Explorer: View > Encoding > Unicode (UTF-8)
In Mozilla Firefox: View > Character Encoding > Unicode (UTF-8)

Unique features of the Bengali language:

The International Mother Language Day
The International Mother Language Day (IMLD) was declared by the General Conference of UNESCO in November 1999. This has been celebrated since 2000 to promote all the languages of the world some of which are on the verge of extinction.

The International Mother Language Day was proclaimed as the international recognition of the Language Movement Day, which has been commemorated in Bangladesh since 1952. In the 21st February of 1952, a number of students of the University of Dhaka and Dhaka Medical College were killed by the Pakistani police in Dhaka during the processions of Bengali Language Movement protests.

Bangladesh
The name of "Bangladesh" was originated from "Bangla" (this is how we call "Bengali" in our own language) and "Desh" (it means "country" in Bengali. Is there any other country in the world that were named by the name of a language?

West-Bengal
The name of a province of India is also named by the Bengali language. This is the neighboring state of Bangladesh and it is called West-Bengal.