Bengali Text-Processing: Combining Character Sequences: Though in Bengali, the following character sequence is a valid and an expected one but we are not able to get that out of the existing rules on combining Bengali character sequences (made up of a base letter and one or more combining marks and are rendered around the base letter (above it, below it, etc.)) For example: দিক্ টায় (there should not be any space in between "ক্" and " টা") 09A6: দ BENGALI LETTER DA 09BF: ি BENGALI VOWEL SIGN I 0995: ক BENGALI LETTER KA 09CD: ্ BENGALI SIGN VIRAMA 0020: SPACE (adding this extra space is incorrect) 099F: ট BENGALI LETTER TTA 09BE: া BENGALI VOWEL SIGN AA 09DF: য় BENGALI LETTER YYA 0020: SPACE ----------- However, if we remove the unwanted space in between "ক্" "টা" then the above bengali word becomes: দিক্টায় (wrong one) 09A6: দ BENGALI LETTER DA 09BF: ি BENGALI VOWEL SIGN I 0995: ক BENGALI LETTER KA 09CD: ্ BENGALI SIGN VIRAMA 099F: ট BENGALI LETTER TTA 09BE: া BENGALI VOWEL SIGN AA 09DF: য় BENGALI LETTER YYA 0020: SPACE --------------------- But we have no problem to get the following valid character sequence using (09CD): বাদ্লা 09AC: ব BENGALI LETTER BA 09BE: া BENGALI VOWEL SIGN AA 09A6: দ BENGALI LETTER DA 09CD: ্ BENGALI SIGN VIRAMA (here, correctly no space is needed after 09CD to get the above sequence) 09B2: ল BENGALI LETTER LA 09BE: া BENGALI VOWEL SIGN AA 0020: SPACE -------- Such Rule for Combining Bengali character sequences (using 09CD) needs to corrected. Thanks & Regards, Goutam Kumar Saha