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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Mamunur Rashid's Oeuvre
Many of the theatre persons of Bangladesh left the country in 1971 for Calcutta and had an active exposure to the stage productions of the city.
9 September 2016, 18:00 PM
The Investigative Report
The dead body of a seemingly unknown young man...
2 September 2016, 18:00 PM
PRIMAL KNOWLEDGE
So many years gone by, but oh! wonder, yet to learn...
2 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Mamunur Rashid's Oeuvre
Shakespeare found the world a stage. Similar comments could be found in literatures, oral or written, of places across the globe.
2 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Coming of Age in a Dystopia
Once you get into reading-intensive courses in university, it's difficult to read books that don't come assigned with the courses.
31 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Not Your Regular Fiction Genres
If someone asked me what my favourite fiction genre is, I would probably reply with a predictable “fantasy” or “romance”.
31 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Verses of Concealed Agonies
Poets, authors and playwrights have all along expressed different dimensions of feelings through their literary works. Tales that we
28 August 2016, 18:00 PM
The Hanging of Afzal Guru and the Strange Case of the Attack on the Indian Parliament
ON 13 December 2001, the Indian Parliament was attacked by a few heavily armed men. Eleven years later, we still do not know who was
28 August 2016, 18:00 PM
The Pakistan Paradox: Instability and Resilience
THE idea of Pakistan stands riddled with tensions. Initiated by a small group of select Urdu-speaking Muslims who envisioned a unified
28 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Essays on an esoteric subject
On 2 August 2006, Selig Harrison, a highly-regarded American journalist, wrote an op-ed piece on Bangladesh in The Washington Post
28 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Commitment
In the coming spring I will love you
26 August 2016, 18:00 PM
When your word is someone else's bond
Within minutes of Melania Trump finishing her speech at the US Republican Convention, the news was out that she had plagiarised a
26 August 2016, 18:00 PM
I DO NOT WISH EXILE ANYMORE
I do not wish exile anymore
26 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Sometimes the sinner, always a saint!
...the book is not just about being the Saint; in fact it's about the life of a man whose entry into adulthood was marked by an adventure which would only be right for someone who would eventually go on to play the slightly unorthodox Simon Templar.
21 August 2016, 18:00 PM
It's all about happiness
The trademark of a great writer like Munro is that her words never get old. While I have read many of the short stories of this collection, and immediately recognized many of the titles, and as I kept on reading these many of the characters, names, and plots seemed familiar, I can't say I felt bored or had the urge to skip a line or two as I had done earlier.
21 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Threshold
An everyday face
19 August 2016, 18:00 PM
The Colour of Season
Whenever, I had come over to Sydney to spend time with my family, we met most of the times on road or cottage fence and
19 August 2016, 18:00 PM
On a Train
Sue and Glen, standing on the moving train, stood facing each other as they held a steel pole for support. Crowded with office
19 August 2016, 18:00 PM
More Fan Fiction Than Sequel
We were sceptical, but that didn't stop us from grabbing the first copy of The Cursed Child we could find. While I wasn't hoping to be blown out of my mind, it's disheartening how my only sentiment towards the story is an indifferent “Meh”.
17 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Two Poems by Masud Khan
I never went to Kurigram.
12 August 2016, 18:00 PM