diff --git a/res/values/arrays.xml b/res/values/arrays.xml
index 77dae9c..840dde4 100644
--- a/res/values/arrays.xml
+++ b/res/values/arrays.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
     <item>neo2</item>
     <item>bone</item>
     <item>jcuken_ua</item>
-    <item>bangla</item>
+    <item>bengali_national</item>
+    <item>bengali_provat</item>
     <item>devanagari_1</item>
     <item>devanagari_2</item>
     <item>he_il_1452_1</item>
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@
     <item>Neo 2</item>
     <item>Bone</item>
     <item>ЙЦУКЕН (Українська)</item>
-    <item>বাংলা</item>
+    <item>বাংলা (জাতীয়)</item>
+    <item>বাংলা (প্রভাত)</item>
     <item>देवनागरी (हिंदी)-1</item>
     <item>देवनागरी (हिंदी)-2</item>
     <item>Hebrew SI-1452-1</item>
diff --git a/res/xml/bangla.xml b/res/xml/bengali_national.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from res/xml/bangla.xml
rename to res/xml/bengali_national.xml
diff --git a/res/xml/bengali_provat.xml b/res/xml/bengali_provat.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..caaa836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/xml/bengali_provat.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<keyboard>
+	<row>
+		<key 				key0="দ"	key1="ধ"	key2="১"	key3="!"				key5="esc"	/>
+		<key 				key0="ূ"		key1="ঊ"	key2="২"	key3="\@"							/>
+		<key 				key0="ী"		key1="ঈ"	key2="৩"	key3="\#"							/>
+		<key 				key0="র"	key1="ড়"	key2="৪"	key3="৳"							/>
+		<key 				key0="ট"		key1="ঠ"	key2="৫"	key3="%"							/>
+		<key 				key0="এ"	key1="ঐ"	key2="৬"	key3="^"							/>
+		<key 				key0="ু"		key1="উ"	key2="৭"	key3="ঞ"							/>
+		<key 				key0="ি"		key1="ই"		key2="৮"	key3="ৎ"								/>
+		<key 				key0="ও"	key1="ঔ"	key2="৯"	key3="("	key4=")"				/>
+		<key 				key0="প"	key1="ফ"	key2="০"	key3="zwj"	key4="~"				/>
+	</row>
+	<row>
+		<key shift="0.5"	key0="া"		key1="অ"										key5="tab"	/>
+		<key 				key0="স"	key1="ষ"													/>
+		<key 				key0="ড"	key1="ঢ"														/>
+		<key 				key0="ত"	key1="থ"													/>
+		<key 				key0="গ"	key1="ঘ"	key2="-"	key3="_"							/>
+		<key 				key0="হ"		key1="ঃ"		key2="="	key3="+"							/>
+		<key 				key0="জ"	key1="ঝ"				key3="ে"		key4="ৈ"					/>
+		<key 				key0="ক"	key1="খ"				key3="ো"	key4="ৌ"				/>
+		<key 				key0="ল"	key1="ং"		key2="॥"		key3="zwnj"							/>
+	</row>
+	<row>
+		<key width="1.5"	key0="shift"															/>
+		<key 				key0="য়"	key1="য"													/>
+		<key 				key0="শ"	key1="ঢ়"														/>
+		<key 				key0="চ"		key1="ছ"	key2="ৃ"			key3=","						/>
+		<key 				key0="আ"	key1="ঋ"	key2="ঁ"			key3="।"							/>
+		<key 				key0="ব"	key1="ভ"	key2="\?"		key3="্"							/>
+		<key 				key0="ন"	key1="ণ"	key2=":"		key3=";"						/>
+		<key 				key0="ম"	key1="ঙ"	key2="&quot;"	key3="'"						/>
+		<key width="1.5"	key0="backspace"		key2="delete"									/>
+	</row>
+</keyboard>
diff --git a/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/Config.java b/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/Config.java
index 3e9d624..00c8308 100644
--- a/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/Config.java
+++ b/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/Config.java
@@ -343,7 +343,8 @@ final class Config
     switch (name)
     {
       case "azerty": id = R.xml.azerty; break;
-      case "bangla": id = R.xml.bangla; break;
+      case "bengali_national": id = R.xml.bengali_national; break;
+      case "bengali_provat": id = R.xml.bengali_provat; break;
       case "bgph1": id = R.xml.local_bgph1; break;
       case "bone": id = R.xml.bone; break;
       case "colemak": id = R.xml.colemak; break;
diff --git a/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/KeyValue.java b/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/KeyValue.java
index 9f4d985..0904f2f 100644
--- a/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/KeyValue.java
+++ b/srcs/juloo.keyboard2/KeyValue.java
@@ -420,6 +420,9 @@ final class KeyValue
       case "ole_placeholder": return placeholderKey(Placeholder.OLE);
       case "meteg": return charKey("\u05DE\u05BD", '\u05BD', 0); // or siluq or sof-pasuq
       case "meteg_placeholder": return placeholderKey(Placeholder.METEG);
+      /* intending/preventing ligature - supported by many scripts*/
+      case "zwj": return charKey("zwj", '\u200D', 0); // zero-width joiner (provides ligature)
+      case "zwnj": return charKey("zwnj", '\u200C', 0); // zero-width non joiner (prevents unintended ligature)
 
       case "copy": return editingKey("copy", Editing.COPY);
       case "paste": return editingKey("paste", Editing.PASTE);