Chandni (Moonlight) was in fact the name of a royal Mughal barge, and the ghat it was kept moored at came to be known as Chandni-ghat, hence the locality's name.

Renowned Bangladeshi economist Professor Rehman Sobhan turned 90 on Wednesday. Born in Kolkata on March 12, 1935, into an illustrious family with connections to the Nawab family of Dhaka on his mother ...