‘Beshya O Bidhushir Golpo’ questions a gender-biassed society
The book contains important research on the type of language used by mainstream media in reporting news of rape, torture, and abuse of women.
28 August 2022, 10:54 AM
What to read if you liked watching ‘Hawa’
The film is a deep dive into Bangladesh’s rivers and the fishermen who hold up the country’s underbelly, along with the revelry, the mythologies that run across the folk culture of majhis and Bede communities.
27 August 2022, 05:57 AM
Mashiul Alam joins prestigious Iowa International Writing Program
Journalist and author Mashiul Alam has been selected as a resident of the 2022 Iowa International Writing Program (IWP), among the world’s most prestigious creative writing residencies.
16 August 2022, 14:21 PM
ULAB Lit Salon to host discussion on Partition and its aftermath on August 13
The event will discuss the Bengal Partition of 1905, a second Partition of Bengal—and the Indian subcontinent in 1947—and the birth of Bangladesh in 1971. The Salon will showcase aspects of these partitions, living histories that bind India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
12 August 2022, 13:03 PM
‘Indigenous In the Edge’ outlines lives of 17 ethnic groups in Bangladesh
Members of each community have reviewed the information that attempts to offer insight into the histories, homes, the clans and tribes that make up each community, the food habits and religious and cultural practices, and the languages, written and oral, they employ.
9 August 2022, 14:56 PM
DhakaYeah designs book cover for HarperCollins India
The novel, first published in Bangla as Narach, is set in late 19th century colonial Bengal.
5 August 2022, 06:56 AM
Eight-year-old Rituraj writes Rokomari bestselling book
Proceeds from the book’s sales will be donated to charity foundations that work with underprivileged children.
30 July 2022, 06:26 AM
Ali Riaz, UPL discuss 'More Than Meets The Eye: Essays on Bangladeshi Politics'
Ali Riaz has tried to determine the current political trends as well as trends that may emerge in the future with his keen insight.
24 July 2022, 11:15 AM
Poet Helal Hafiz hospitalised
Poet Helal Hafeez has been admitted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the capital at 8 PM on Wednesday.
13 July 2022, 17:56 PM
Rubaiya Murshed’s ‘Nobody’s Children’: UPL publishes book on struggles of street children
Nobody’s Children is a collection of “ten real stories” of homeless children living without any of the support or privilege we take for granted.
2 July 2022, 13:13 PM
Boitoi and Walton hosting e-book fair
Boitoi, the largest e-book platform of Bangladesh, is organizing a 15-day ebook fair from June 16 to June 30.
20 June 2022, 06:19 AM
‘The Dhaka Review’ pays tribute to Abdul Gaffar Choudhury
A memorial meeting of veteran writer, popular columnist and journalist, Abdul Gaffar Choudhury, author of the song, ‘Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano’ was arranged in the main auditorium of Bishwa Shahitya Kendro on May 31
1 June 2022, 07:50 AM
UPL launches book, ‘Millennial Generation in Bangladesh’
The book in question, according to the blurb on UPL’s website, asks noteworthy questions like, “How do [Millennials] identify themselves in the social and national contexts and how can the nation's framework work for their life strategy?”
15 May 2022, 08:57 AM
WORLD BOOK DAY: Books about books
For World Book Day on April 23, we bring together a list of books about books as a means to glimpse at and tap into the vast knowledge, power, and pleasure that is to be found in these complex objects. Are they, indeed, just objects? Or historical artefacts? Or weapons?
20 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Ranjana Biswas, researcher on Bede community, wins Anannya literary award 2022
Ranjana Biswas, an essayist and researcher, received the award at a ceremony held on March 22 at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Dhaka.
29 March 2022, 12:19 PM
‘We want to be writers when we grow up’: New sci-fi novella by sisters, fourth-graders
Cousins Faiza Shabnam and Bibha Habiba Haque, students of Class 4 in Dhaka’s Scholastica school, have written a novella about three space travelling teenagers.
16 March 2022, 08:48 AM
Bookstores in conversation at Gulshan Society Book Fair 2
Held on March 4-5 at the Gulshan Lake Park in its second iteration since 2019, the fair included stalls by several bookstores and publishers including Bookworm Bangladesh, Bengal Boi, University Press Limited, Baatighar, ULAB Press, Bishwa Shahittya Kendro, and more.
7 March 2022, 07:53 AM
Sadat Hossain, Amin Al Rashid, Chanakya Barai win IFIC Bank Kali O Kalam ‘Torun Kobi O Lekhok’ Award 2021
IFIC Bank and Kali O Kolom jointly hosted the annual ‘Torun Kobi O Lekhok’ Awards at 7 pm on Saturday, February 26, in an online telecast. The ceremony was aired simultaneously from IFIC and Kali O Kolom’s Facebook pages.
27 February 2022, 15:25 PM
‘Jilapi Career’: Self-help career handbook for youth out now
Jilapi Career (Odommo Prokash, 2022), a book written for undergraduate students and young professionals, has been published and released at the Ekushey Boi Mela today.
26 February 2022, 13:23 PM
Bangladeshi expat, Mohiuddin Ahmed, releases book on religion and reformation
In his debut work, Keno Proyojon Dormochintar Punorgothon (September 2021), published by Rabbul Islam Khan, Chief Executive of Kushtia Prokashon Amla, Mirpur, Kushtia, Toronto-based Bangladeshi expatriate Mohiuddin Ahmed adds to the body of work onIslamic Reformation in Bangla.
5 February 2022, 13:00 PM