CREATIVE NONFICTION / Our Eids and Puja in Azimpur
30 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Books & Literature
In 1970s Azimpur, the two Eids and Durga Puja were the punctuation marks of our year—days when stairwells, verandas, and a single playground turned many flats into one home.
CREATIVE NONFICTION / The flavours of Eid and the memory of home
30 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Books & Literature
The Shelf / Chand raat in Dhaka through the eyes of literary characters
27 May 2026, 23:33 PM
The Shelf
THE SHELF / The knife is always ready 5 books for the season of sacrifice
27 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Books & Literature
BOOK REVIEW: POETRY / Pias Majid: The poet of the moonlight conference
27 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Books & Literature
Nazrul cannot be contained within a singular frame
25 May 2026, 09:00 AM
Culture
Essay / Anti-colonial resistance in Kazi Nazrul Islam’s essays
23 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Essay
Essay / Raja Rammohun Roy: An architect of Asian cosmopolitan modernity
23 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Essay
Alt-lit / What you can’t remember will definitely hurt you: Antimemes and qntm’s Antimemetics SCP saga
21 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Features
Interview / Writing what silence carries: Mohua Chinappa on memory, pain, and inheritance
Thorns in My Quilt (Rupa Publications India, 2024) unfolds through address rather than disclosure. Written as a series of letters to her father, Mohua Chinappa’s memoir traces memory not as a sequence of events, but as an emotional inheritance shaped by silence, expectation, and the subtle negotiations that govern family life.
Interview / Faith, patriarchy, and resistance: Banu Mushtaq on ‘Heart Lamp’
7 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Event Report / DEH-ULAB hosts Earth Day 2026 talk on climate fiction and water issues
22 April 2026, 18:41 PM
News Report / From the ashes: Gaza’s first grassroots library rises amid genocide
12 April 2026, 21:43 PM
Two Palestinian writers, Omar Hamad and Ibrahim Massri, have been working since late 2025 to build a library in Gaza during the ongoing genocide. The Phoenix Library is located in the heart of Gaza City and, per a post from the library’s Twitter/X account, is fast approaching its official opening date despite the Gaza Strip and all of occupied Palestine still being subject to Israeli apartheid violence.
NEWS REPORT / Arundhati Roy’s Mother Mary Comes to Me secures 2026 NBCC Award, continues global recognition
28 March 2026, 17:07 PM
Celebrated author and activist Arundhati Roy’s 2025 memoir Mother Mary Comes to Me (Penguin, 2025) continues to solidify its place in the zeitgeist and its cultural impact well into 2026, with its recent win at this year’s US National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Award in the Autobiography category.
Atopor Shabdayan becomes Bangladesh partner of global poetry platform Lyrikline
22 March 2026, 10:37 AM
Creative nonfiction / Growing up with a new nation: The Dhaka we once knew
28 March 2026, 03:42 AM
Creative non-fiction
Children of 1972–73 came of age alongside Bangladesh itself. In Azimpur’s close‑knit colony, a telephone became a neighbourhood lifeline, television was a shared ritual, and the Buriganga was our afternoon escape.
FLASH FICTION / Chand raat at Mohakhali
20 March 2026, 20:20 PM
Essay / The Cosmere is getting adapted: Here is where to start reading
14 March 2026, 21:02 PM
CREATIVE NONFICTION / Sweetened ice and other lessons in kindness
14 March 2026, 01:59 AM
Essay / A meaningless world: Sartre, Camus, Waliullah, and Badal Sircar
14 March 2026, 01:48 AM
CREATIVE NONFICTION / The devil wears Maria B
7 March 2026, 02:13 AM
The shelf / 6 Books to contextualise the present conflict in the Gulf
1 March 2026, 21:07 PM
ESSAY / Romance, radical hope, and the modern happily ever after
27 February 2026, 00:05 AM
Moving forward
I hope you fight with your mother when you have a migraine, / I hope there's a holud ceremony playing item songs right beside your building
28 February 2025, 18:00 PM
This world is full of paper
at night I look past my window / moon like a bruise hoisted on the shoulder of onlookers / as they draw their curtains
28 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Titled 'Loss'
you don't recognise yourself, / everything is lost like a fish in Lethean space. / you have mistaken truth for love again
28 February 2025, 18:00 PM
There is a point to this, I think
Here are a few things I learned in the one month we haven’t spoken
28 February 2025, 18:00 PM
The enduring presence of cats in Japanese literature
What’s with all the cats in Japanese literature?
28 February 2025, 11:00 AM
Celebrating diversity and language at “Bhasha Utshob 2025”
Gulshan Society held a two-day language festival at the Gulshan Lake Park, curated by Sadaf Saaz and Jatrik. The event took place over the weekend of 21-22 February that saw discussion panels, original musical performances, and poetry recitations, surrounded by an array of book stalls and food courts.
26 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Between tradition and taboo: The arranged marriage trope in Bangla dark romance literature
Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and does not endorse or condone any form of abuse or exploitation.
26 February 2025, 18:00 PM
'Bhasha Andoloner Itihash' by Bashir Al Helal
Tracing back the events before the Language Movement of 1952, Al Helal presents a detailed account of the events that unfolded during February 1952.
21 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Hilly river
Imagine it’s raining cats and dogs
The hilly river has let the hair loose
21 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Finding Obayed Haque: A contemporary writer who lives in his words
If you pick up an Obayed Haque novel, you won’t find an author’s photo, a detailed biography, or even a note about his life.
21 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Bangla eBook reader apps you can try out
If you're looking for Bangla eBook reader apps to add to your reading experience, here are some free ones you can try out. All these apps are available on both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store.
20 February 2025, 08:33 AM
5 books to look out for at this year’s Boi Mela
Whether you’re searching for contemporary works by emerging writers or timeless classics from renowned authors, this list highlights must-read books that deserve your attention during your visit.
19 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Personalistic authoritarianism and Bangladesh: Reading Ali Riaz’s ‘Ami E Rashtro’
Bangladesh has suffered the terrible luck of having to deal with authoritarianism several times since its inception, most recently under the Awami League from 2009 to 2024.
19 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Silent verses on a bed of arrows
“‘Shoroshojya’ is more than just a book. It’s the war we’ve fought, the emotions we’ve felt, and it is the story of a person who fought for his life”
17 February 2025, 05:30 AM
The space for indigeneity: Discussing ‘Ethnicity and Adivasi Identity in Bangladesh’
The recognition of indigenous citizens and their rights has been a point of contention in Bangladeshi politics for quite some time.
15 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Desire, Identity, and the boundaries of silence
Saikat Majumdar, a professor of English and Creative Writing at Ashoka University, is a writer whose works delve deep into the intricacies of identity, desire, and the tensions between personal yearnings and institutional expectations.
15 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Sabyasachi Prokashoni swarmed by protesters at Ekushey Boi Mela; Mahfuj issues warning
The stall was forced to shut down in front of the crowd. No news of harm or injury has been reported yet
10 February 2025, 16:26 PM
The stranger
In an obscure restaurant in an anonymous suburb
7 February 2025, 18:00 PM
I’m but a butterfly
I’m but a butterfly, not a bird;
Why do I want to soar high?
7 February 2025, 18:00 PM
The heart remains a stone that does not skip through water
You tell me stories of the sea—of its waves, of how it speaks to you in a language only you can understand—whenever you write back to me.
7 February 2025, 18:00 PM
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