An Ekushey Book Fair breaking with tradition
21 September 2025, 13:05 PM
Books & Literature
BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / An outlandish jumble of cults, cannibalism, and colonial violence
19 March 2025, 18:00 PM
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BOOK REVIEW: NONFICTION / The making of Bangladesh in the global sixties
19 March 2025, 18:00 PM
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BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / ‘Apni Ki Alien Dekhte Chan?’: A debut with immense possibility
12 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Books & Literature
ESSAY / 'A terrible beauty is born' in Gaza and West Bank
12 March 2025, 18:00 PM
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THE SHELF / Literature thrives beyond the centre too
5 March 2025, 18:00 PM
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BOOK REVIEW: NONFICTION / From protests to power: The journey to Bangladesh’s July Uprising
5 March 2025, 18:00 PM
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ESSAY / Between tradition and taboo: The arranged marriage trope in Bangla dark romance literature
26 February 2025, 18:00 PM
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EVENT REPORT / Celebrating diversity and language at “Bhasha Utshob 2025”
26 February 2025, 18:00 PM
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BOI MELA 2025 / 5 books to look out for at this year’s Boi Mela
19 February 2025, 18:00 PM
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Ghost Ship
Kurt Austin, head of the numa special assignments team, is no stranger to danger, either above or below the waves.
29 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Ten Cities that Made an Empire
The final embers of the British Empire are dying, but its legacy remains in the lives and structures of the cities which it shaped.
29 January 2017, 18:00 PM
QUIET BY THE NAF
Schools are burnt, houses torched
27 January 2017, 18:00 PM
A Well-Wisher
An unexpected visitor suddenly entered into my office. I stood up from my chair as soon as I saw him. He was an important political
27 January 2017, 18:00 PM
The Runaway Stories
‘Runaway' is the latest of Alice Munro's collection of short stories about women of all ages and circumstances, their lives and
27 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Bangla Academy Sahitya Puroshkar 2016 announced
The "Bangla Academy Sahitya Puroshkar 2016" is announced in seven categories ahead of the Ekushey Book Fair.
23 January 2017, 12:38 PM
Migrant workers are just not numbers...
About a year and a half ago, Shahidul Alam told me about how he wanted to do a project on migrant workers going
15 January 2017, 18:00 PM
The story of an invincible fisherman
The Old Man and the Sea is one of the masterpieces by Ernest Hemingway (1899—1961). Ernest Hemingway is an
15 January 2017, 18:00 PM
A book of unsolved mysteries
Atrick Modiano, the French language novelist and winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature,is an enigmatic
15 January 2017, 18:00 PM
The unsolved mystery of Elena Ferrante
Elena Ferrante is an Italian novelist in her 70s who has been producing published work for about 25 years. But it was only four years
13 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Second Language: Acaptor or a liberator?
It was a pleasant morning. The summer sun without its usual needle-sharp rays had brightened the vast airport. Very likely last night's
13 January 2017, 18:00 PM
The Dome of Silence
We all are confined,
13 January 2017, 18:00 PM
A courageous martyr
Faraaz is our proven brave heart
6 January 2017, 18:00 PM
The Poet and Her World
Undoubtedly celebrated bilingual poet, storyteller and writer Shamim Azad is one of the best known Bengali poets in England. Also her
6 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Meghmallar
Jamunacharya, the renowned philosopher of Takshashila, was grinding away on a complicated version of mimamsha, an orthodox
6 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Delightful deliberations on Dhaka
Any book or journal on or about Dhaka would immediately draw the attention and interest of people who were born in this 'impossible' city and who continue to live here despite the daily dose of swearing and grumbling.
1 January 2017, 18:00 PM
A dream-come-true for Torontonian Bengali Literati
It is not the story of any Scrutiny or of any F R Leavis or L C Knights. It is actually the truth about BLRC Literary Journal, published by Bengali Literary Resource Centre, Canada, hitting the stand.
25 December 2016, 18:00 PM
A girl's struggle against child marriage
Love in Teary Eyes' is a novel by Shahazada Basunia depicting the love story of Aurnob and adolescent Tripti who revolted against the social taboo of child marriage.
25 December 2016, 18:00 PM
BRAC through insider lenses
DRIVING Development: A Story of BRAC's Evolution and Effectiveness, Mahabub Hossain, Shib Narayan Kairy, Abdul Bayes, eds., United Press Limited.
25 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh selected for India’s highest lit award
Noted Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh has been selected for the highest literary honour in India, the 2016 Jnanpith Award.
25 December 2016, 07:11 AM