Event Report / Project Ladyland 2026, a theatre production inspired by Sultana’s Dream, premieres on 13 August at Bangladesh Mohila Samity
9 August 2026
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News
Project Ladyland 2026, a theatrical production inspired by Begum Rokeya’s classic fiction, Sultana’s Dream, was launched at Aloki on August 8th, 2026. The project is sponsored by HerStory Foundation, supported by the British Council, and Women of the World (WOW) Foundation.
Essay / A humanist in the age of AI
8 August 2026
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Books & Literature
Fiction / Sapiosexual
8 August 2026
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Books & Literature
Essay / Rabindranath, Nazrul, Jibanananda: Predecessor and contemporary
7 August 2026
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Essay
Review: Short story of the month / Anxiety, unmarriedness, and ‘An Eye and a Leg’
6 August 2026
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Books & Literature
Book review: Fiction / Three realms, one unforgettable love story
6 August 2026
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Books & Literature
Poetry / Ode to my girls
2 August 2026
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Poetry
Essay / A beginner’s guide to ‘Khwabnama’
31 July 2026
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Books & Literature
Book review: Nonfiction / Witnessing Alzheimer’s through Ernaux’s unflinching prose
31 July 2026
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Books & Literature
Interview / In conversation with Sonia Bahl: Author of ‘Eighteen Inches Apart’
What becomes increasingly evident across Bahl’s three novels is her sustained fascination with the emotional significance of almosts and maybes.
News Report / NSU DEML offers certificate course in creative writing for the second time
16 June 2026
The Department of English and Modern Languages (DEML) at North South University is pleased to announce the second offering of its Certificate Course in Creative Writing, set to begin in Summer 2026. This innovative seven-week intensive program is designed to cultivate the next emerging literary voices by providing a structured, mentor-led environment that emphasises Bangladesh’s rich cultural narratives.
Interview / Kishwar Chowdhury on Bangali culture and culinary storytelling
11 June 2026
When the MasterChef favourite Kishwar Chowdhury and writer Samai Haider caught up to talk about Chowdhury’s debut cookbook Smoke, Rice, Water (Hardie Grant Books, 2026), the conversation quickly morphed into something much larger than publishing deadlines and recipe testing.
The shelf / 7 Asian healing fiction recommendations for rainy days
18 June 2026
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The Shelf
You know when the sky trades its brightness for a low, silver hue, and you wrap your fingers tightly around your tea, seeking that small, steady pulse of warmth. This is the essence of healing fiction. Often rooted in the Japanese concept of iyashikei, these stories focus on the quiet spirit through small, everyday moments. You may have already heard of Days at the Morisaki Bookshop or We’ll Prescribe You a Cat. While those popular favourites have opened a door for many, there are a few other tales worth the read.
Reflections / In the age of AI allegations
13 June 2026
Fiction / Body Selim
18 April 2026
The Maidens' Club
If you grew up as a teenager in the 1960s (and in the 1950s, or in the early1970s), and had knowledge and experience of the life led by the upper crust society in then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), going through Niaz Zaman's The Maidens' Club might very well bring about a sense of déjà vu or nostalgia, or both, in you.
30 August 2015
On Rereading Jajabor's Drishtipaat and Alice Munro's Family Furnishings
As you get older, you start to miss some of the books you have read in the past at different stages of your life. Sometimes what drives this yearning
is nostalgia, a memorable moment in the past, or often a reference to a character from a narrative. At least among my friends, how often we refer to Amit Roy, Srikanto, or Constance during conversations, blogs, or on Facebook!
30 August 2015
My Father Abul Hussain
Poets are expected to be “odd characters,” eccentric and reclusive, a riddle and a mystery. They live in a world of their own.
28 August 2015
FROM KATHARINE HART'S DIARY
I cannot believe I am sitting next to him, yet again, on a plane. How many times we have done this, how many flights, transfers, holidays, my passport and ticket always with him, even my boarding card; he was the man, the head of the family, he held the travel documents.
28 August 2015
Too Much for One Book
Nobel laureate J.M. Czoetzee's “The Childhood of Jesus” came out in 2013 as a cryptic fable exploring innocence, destiny, diaspora, maternal love and the philosophy of the abyss that is human affection. And it's the kind that polarises the reading population.
26 August 2015
Debating the Ancient and Present: A Conversation with Romila Thapar, Edited by Sasanka Perera
The 'Past' decides the 'Present' in India. The past is an everyday word, in politics, academics, culture and science in India.
23 August 2015
Political Parties in Bangladesh: Challenges of Demcratization, Author: Rounaq Jahan
The book Political Parties in Bangladesh Challenges of Democratization written by Professor Dr. Rounaq Jahan and published by the Prothoma Prokashon is indeed a timely endeavor.
23 August 2015
Sreesree Chaitannya Charitamrita Avidhan: A Lexicon of Medieval Bengali Thesaurus
Sreesree Chaitannya Charitamrita Avidhan is a lexicon enriched with the words and phrases found in the maxims and discourses propagated by Sree Chaitannya Mahaprabhu (1486-1534), a highly venerated monk and theologian in the history of the Indian Subcontinent.
23 August 2015
English Vinglish
Whenever Indians, Bangladeshis or Pakistanis come together to discuss literature, past and present, the question of English inevitably arises.
21 August 2015
The Night of 16th January, 1955
What? You too, my friend? Are you dead in that land you fled to last year, where you chose life for yourself (as you told me at the Coffee House on your last evening in Lahore, a week before you left Pakistan for good), and those two children and the woman, for whom you would have chosen – and once did choose – death with as little hesitation.
21 August 2015
Bangladeshi origin Zia Haider’s novel wins Britain's oldest literary prize
Bangladeshi born writer Zia Haider Rahman wins the James Tait Black Literary Prizes, Britain's oldest literary award, for his debut novel In the Light of What We Know.
18 August 2015
Celebration & Other Stories
The history of Bangla literature dates back to the seventh century. The richness of this literature cannot be understood by the world
16 August 2015
Women, Land and Power in Bangladesh: Jhagrapur Revisited
ENNEKE Arens has undertaken a study of a village called Baniapukur (which she has called Jhagrapur as a pseudonym) in two phases:
16 August 2015
Preservation of Endangered Languages of Bangladesh LAHRA
Let me start this book review with three definitions: Ethnography is the study of cultures through close observation, reading and interpretation. Literature has been applied to the imaginative works of poetry and prose. Linguistics is the scientific study of languages, language form, language meaning and language in context.
9 August 2015
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
THIS book was the Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2014. Forever after, there were for them only two sorts of men: the men who were on
9 August 2015
MODI Demystified
NARENDRA Modi is one of the most controversial politicians dominating contemporary India. Never before have we had a leader like him,
9 August 2015
Hans Christian Andersen: The Story of His Life and Works
Hans Christian Andersen, an immortal author hailing from Denmark, was the ugly duckling of his own story—“so gawky and peculiar”. In the first part of this compassionate bookHans Christian Andersen: The Story of His Life and Works, the author, Professor Dr. Elias Bredsdorff, traces the story of Andersen's extraordinary life and shows how often his tales grew out of his own experience.
9 August 2015
Ekattorer Ekattor Nari
By profession Supa Sadia is Public Relations Officer of Stamford University Bangladesh. But her passion is writing. Ekattorer Ekattor
9 August 2015
EDITOR’S NOTE
Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing
7 August 2015
The Red Dress
The rain stopped quite a while ago but one felt the remnants of it dropping from the trees and the tall buildings.
7 August 2015
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