Corrigendum

In an article of Book Reviews page titled “Valiant freedom fighters of the soil” published on September 26, 2016, the word should have read “Melaghor”, instead of “Khelaghor”.
9 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Sriti Bisritir Ami

The author goes on a time travel through the streets and alleys of his mind in search of the golden moments as he went on his journey of life.
9 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Hans Christian Andersen: The Story of His Life and Works

This book includes some sketches by Hans Christian Andersen and surprisingly, there is an illustration of some dancing dervishes which reminds of a philosophical trajectory marked by the mystic thoughts of Jalal Uddin Rumi, the most famous Persian scholar of all times.
9 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Essays on Bengal of a Bygone Era

Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar was at the forefront of providing educational opportunities for the Bengalis. He wrote, according to Chandicharan Bandopaddhay, 52 books, of which 30 were in Bangla, 17 in Sanskrit, and 5 in English. He was also in service of the British government. Allegations were rife that he used his position and closeness and influence with the British to push for his own books to be incorporated as school textbooks.
9 October 2016, 18:00 PM

The Cosmic Detective: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe

This slim primer on Cosmology for general public is an Official Product of International Year of Astronomy 2009, declared by the UN
25 September 2016, 18:00 PM

What Can I Give?

Abook in memory of the country s most loved teacher. DrKalam is often remembered as a teacher par excellence, whose words, thoughts
25 September 2016, 18:00 PM

A saga of love, sacrifice and the French Revolution

Atale of Two Cities is one of the greatest novels by Charles Dickens (1812-1870). It tells the story of the French Revolution that had a
25 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Valiant freedom fighters of the soil

Of the few books written in English on the liberation struggle and the war of independence of Bangladesh, some cover either a specific
25 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Awaking

I shall be waiting for you
23 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Are you a mere portrait painted on canvas?

Are you a mere portrait painted on canvas?
23 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Smells of a Frozen Fire

So weird a moon is now up,
23 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Seafarers

The sea holds the ship like one might hold a gemstone, lightly gripped between the tips of its forefingers, stuttering. It tries to be
23 September 2016, 18:00 PM

If Fitzgerald wrote The Devil Wears Prada

The bald-headed Nigel in The Devil Wears Prada says to Andrea Sachs, “You think this is just a magazine?
21 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Flash Point

An explosive yet poignant account of the lives of those who walk the red carpet and those who photograph them.
18 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Purple Hibiscus

Purple Hibiscus is set in Nigeria at a time when the country was on a verge of a military takeover.
18 September 2016, 18:00 PM

The underwater wonders revealed

It was more than 15O years from now that Captain Nemo travelled across the seven seas in his submarine named Nautilus when no one could think of an underwater ship in his wildest dream.
18 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Quest for knowing and understanding Bangladesh

This book traces the history of Bangladesh from ancient times in just over 400 pages. History of Bangladesh: A Subcontinental Civilisation has been written over a period of twenty two years by Abul Maal A. Muhith, a former high civil servant and currently Finance Minister of Bangladesh.
18 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Hope

The pale colour of an exhausted day
16 September 2016, 18:00 PM

The Blackbird

On the beautiful wings of the Blackbird,
16 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Ephemeral Love

The news took us all by great surprise. Some of us were shocked, and others were very upset. One friend Mahbub, who
16 September 2016, 18:00 PM