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
Creativity in Silence
I can't sit still, I love to talk, and reading and writing are my favourite activities. So when I first heard about Vipassana – a ten-day silent meditation retreat – I thought it sounded torturous.
7 August 2015
Go Set a Watchman
After reading Harper Lee's now famous sequel (or prequel) to Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman, I think the first thing one notices is the mass confusion in Scout, now a 26-year old living in New York and coming back to Maycomb to discover and grapple with the bigotry inherent in the people of her hometown barring none,
2 August 2015
Dreams of Dhaka
The most difficult book to review is the one written by one's brother, and especially if he is the elder one. It would be difficult to satisfy him. So, if you find this review 'too sweetened' don't blame me and you may stop reading it right away.
2 August 2015
The Time Machine
Any discourse on science fictions will remain broadly unaccomplished if there is no reference to Herbert George Wells or H. G. Wells (1866—1946). He was
2 August 2015
Game Of Thrones
It is cold in the North. Lord Stark is dead and Joffrey sits on the Iron Throne. The seven kingdoms rise up in arms as contenders vie for the throne. The Starks
2 August 2015
Be Careful What You Wish For
The book begins with a shocker: Harry and Emma's son, Sebastian, is nearly killed in an automobile accident; his friend Bruno does die. It seems Sebastian was
2 August 2015
Truth-telling and the right to publish
The career of the British concert pianist James Rhodes has been anything but conventional. He was more or less self-taught until he was 13.
31 July 2015
EDITOR’S NOTE
“The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.”
31 July 2015
The MISSING MIRROR
Sitting in the armchair on his fourth floor balcony, the young master awaited his morning tea.
31 July 2015
Accelerate (XL R8)
Based on the award-winning article in Harvard Business Review, from global leadership expert John Kotter.
26 July 2015
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The book under review, “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” by Richard Flanagan, received the Man Booker Prize in 2014. The award
26 July 2015
Gresham's Law Syndrome and Beyond:An Analysis of the Bangladesh Bureaucracy
The book's title is eye-catching all right. Gresham's Law Syndrome and Beyond: An Analysis of the Bangladesh Bureaucracy, written
26 July 2015
EDITOR’S NOTE
SLR returns after a two-week hiatus, opening the door to Jean de La Fontaine's world of fables and taking a fictitious fleeting glimpse at what lies beyond our voices, our vision.
24 July 2015
Jean de La Fontaine: A Fountain of Fable
Today's children are familiar with the Harry Potter and Twilight series but once upon a time, Little Louis – the six-year-old son of Louis XIV of France was lucky enough to have the first collection of 124 Selected Fables of Jean de La Fontaine dedicated to him. La Fontaine and Fables are almost synonymous in French literature.
24 July 2015
What is Whispered
When the people left the room, wisps of their souls hovered around indefinitely, sniffing at corners and wafting around the legs of chairs.
24 July 2015
Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman goes on sale
Copies of Harper Lee's eagerly awaited novel Go Set a Watchman are now on sale in UK bookshops, where it was released at midnight.
14 July 2015
Local Governance in Bangladesh
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam Talukdar - Senior Programme Manager of BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University, and author of
12 July 2015
Political Parties in Bangladesh: Challenges of Democratization
Bangladesh abounds in paradoxes. It has confounded many developmental pundits by maintaining a fairly brisk pace of economic growth while continuing
12 July 2015
Bangladesh: Promise and Performance
Edited by Rounaq Jahan, Bangladesh: Promise and Performance reproduces ten papers (out of the sixteen submitted), with the necessary revisions, that were presented at a conference entitled “Bangladesh at 25” at Columbia University, USA, in December 1996.
5 July 2015
Unnoyon Bhabnay Kormosongsthan O Sromobazar (Employment and Labour Market in Development Discourse)
Literature on economics and development in Bangla language can hardly be found. Economists in Bangladesh are generally comfortable in writing academic articles and books in English.
5 July 2015
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