NEWS REPORT / “Curious love letter”: Wole Soyinka responds after US cancels visa
He responded to the situation with grace, mentioning “I like people who have a sense of humour".
30 October 2025, 10:45 AM
NEWS REPORT / Gibran, illustrated: Zeina Abirached’s take on ‘The Prophet’
Particularly striking is her choice of working only in black and white, letting both the poetry and her art speak for themselves in their rawest forms.
28 September 2025, 13:45 PM
NEWS REPORT / Mother, memory, and defiance: Inside Arundhati Roy’s new memoir
The memoir situates Roy’s personal story alongside her public life as an outspoken critic of state power, globalisation, and inequality.
31 August 2025, 12:30 PM
EVENT REPORT / EWU hosts ‘7th Nahreen Khan Memorial Lecture’ with Dr Niaz Zaman
She discussed the increasing recognition of translated literature, as evidenced by prestigious awards such as the International Booker Prize and the Commonwealth Short Story Prize
17 July 2025, 12:33 PM
INTERVIEW / Embracing the bizarre and ‘An Eye and a Leg’
The Asia regional winner of the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Faria Basher, in an interview with The Daily Star, opens up about her journey from lifelong reader to emerging writer.
4 June 2025, 18:00 PM
NEWS REPORT / Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, renowned Kenyan author and literary icon, dies at 87
The revolutionary novelist, playwright, and fierce advocate, passed away on May 28 in Bedford, Georgia
29 May 2025, 16:36 PM
Faria Basher named Asia Regional Winner of Commonwealth Short Story Prize
She is the first writer of Bangladeshi origin to win the regional prize
14 May 2025, 10:46 AM
NEWS REPORT / ‘Let it be a tale’: Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha wins Pulitzer Prize
Other Pulitzer Prize winners in the arts included Percival Everett in the Fiction category for his novel 'James', Branden Jacobs-Jenkins in the Drama category for his play 'Purpose', and Marie Howe in the Poetry category for her collection, 'New and Selected Poems'
6 May 2025, 16:00 PM
Ghazala Wahab to speak at ULAB Lit Salon on Tuesday
Also a journalist, Wahab will speak about her nonfiction, Born A Muslim, a book that talks about the increasing political irrelevance of Muslims in India and the importance of feminist interpretations of the Quran, besides highlighting other relevant socio political issues.
12 March 2023, 09:05 AM
What to look forward to in the Gulshan Society Book Fair 3
Star Literature will be hosting a short story reading session moderated by Sarah Anjum Bari, the Books and Literary Editor of The Daily Star, on Friday at 4PM.
9 March 2023, 11:01 AM
‘We are the only species to have threatened life on the planet’: Dipesh Chakrabarty
Historian Dipesh Chakrabarty discusses human and geological evolution in an exclusive conversation with The Daily Star
6 March 2023, 15:11 PM
The significance of Dipesh Chakrabarty’s work with history
“The real history of this region is known in Dipesh Chakrabarty's history books,” said historian and essayist Professor Ahmed Kamal.
5 March 2023, 08:23 AM
Journalist Rashel Mahmud publishes book after eight years
"The first book I had published comprised a short story. My second book of short stories came out 14 years after that", the writer said.
4 March 2023, 10:47 AM
The ins and outs of banking, simplified
“I got the courage to start writing and felt that, if the market practices and regulations of a particular issue are in one place it may help the bankers, customers as well as students”, the author writes.
2 March 2023, 08:00 AM
Poetry without name
Poet and researcher Emran Mahfuz's untitled poetry book Mukhoshpora Pathshala has been released in this year’s Amar Ekushey Book Fair.
27 February 2023, 14:33 PM
A novel of war and love
50 years pass but Tanes still carries Zohra's photograph and letter in his chest pocket.
19 February 2023, 08:50 AM
A Love Affair with Books
This Valentine's Day, we're swooning over books - the joy and the power they bring to a whole spectrum of readers, from teachers to editors, writers and book bloggers.
15 February 2023, 05:07 AM
How is this year's Boi Mela coping with crisis?
How are publications, writers and readers coping with rising costs?
13 February 2023, 04:56 AM
Dalit poet Sukirtharani rejects award from Adani
Sukirtharani, a poet from Tamil Nadu whose works of literature explore the lives of Dalit women in India, has refused to accept the Devi Award in a recent award ceremony.
12 February 2023, 12:18 PM
Salman Rushdie releases new novel six months after stabbing attack
"All I've seen is his idiotic interview in the New York Post," said Rushdie about his attacker. "Which only an idiot would do."
8 February 2023, 10:30 AM
Bengali ‘anti-novelist’ Subimal Misra no more
Bengali author Subimal Misra, 80, breathed his last at 4:50 AM on Wednesday.
8 February 2023, 08:49 AM
'I sit down to write, and nothing happens': Salman Rushdie
"I write, but it’s a combination of blankness and junk", Salman Rushdie tells New Yorker's David Remnick.
6 February 2023, 16:20 PM
The bookstore in the park: Bookworm opens in Gulshan 2
“The books launched and discussed at the Dhaka Lit Fest are on their way”, store owner Amina Rahman informed Daily Star Books.
5 February 2023, 12:35 PM
Young writers and poets awarded by IFIC Bank and ‘Kali O Kalam’
The prestigious Kali O Kalam Torun Kabi O Lekhak Puroshkar 2022 was conferred on January 28 at an award ceremony at Bengal Shilpalay in Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
29 January 2023, 12:02 PM
A recollection of dedication and integrity: Matiul Islam launches his second memoir
“A hero of history – every page of his life is like that of a novel, full of stories,” said actor and director Afzal Hossain, while introducing the first finance secretary of Bangladesh Md Matiul Islam.
28 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Kaamil Ahmed publishes ‘first book-length exploration’ of Rohingya lives abroad
I Feel No Peace is the latest in this string of books exploring the Rohingya experience. It offers, in particular, a narrative account of their history and their experience with NGOs and the UN.
25 January 2023, 15:00 PM
Recognising excellence in translation
Saleha Chowdhury has been nominated in the Ajibon Shommanona (Lifetime Award 2022) category. Translators Venkateswar Ramaswamy and Shahroza Nahrin were jointly nominated in the Borshoshera Onudito Boi 2022 (Best Translated Book of the Year 2022) category.
25 January 2023, 10:08 AM
Marriage of art and industry: A book illustrates the Hamiduzzaman Sculpture Park
70 percent of these beautiful sculptures are built from the leftover scraps of the Summit Gazipur (464 MW) Power Plant.
24 January 2023, 12:50 PM