A new state for an old nation, Bangladesh has a culture that encompasses factors both old and new. The Bangla language boasts a rich literary inheritance, which Bangladesh shares with the Indian state of West Bengal. The earlier literary text in Bangla is the eighth century Charyapada. Bangla literature in the medieval age was often either religious or adjustments from other languages . Bangla literature matured in the nineteenth century. Its greatest icons are the poets Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam. Bangladesh also has a long tradition in folk literature, evidenced by Maimansingha Gitika, Thakurmar Jhuli or stories related to Gopal Bhar.

Mainstream Hindi films are also quite popular, as are movies from Kolkata, which has its own thriving Bengali-language movie industry. As much as two hundred dailies are published in Bangladesh, along sustaining supplementary than 1800 periodicals. However, steady readership is low, nearly about 15% of the population.

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