Flash Point

An explosive yet poignant account of the lives of those who walk the red carpet and those who photograph them.
3 April 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. Just before this takeover..
3 April 2016, 18:00 PM

My Days in National Book Centre

Fazle Rabbi had a long professional career; almost twenty years in Bangla Academy which is considered a great centre for Bangla culture and literature.
3 April 2016, 18:00 PM

From Subjective Impulses to Universal Echoes

This is how I sent a message through a social network to poet Nahid Kaiser expressing my eagerness to read her latest book...
3 April 2016, 18:00 PM

On the eve of India partition…

To me, Aynakhal Tea Estate is a metaphor for a world unknown to all but only those who work there: the British Mangers and Assistant Managers, the Bengali Clerks known as Babus, and the workers called Coolies. This world is a lot different from the one we live in; for it has its own rules, its own code of conduct, and challenges and dangers ...
3 April 2016, 18:00 PM

In this misty field one day

Nobody will find me walking in this misty field one day, I know;
1 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Then Again Love

Wild darkness of rain...
1 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Blue Afternoon

Sarah has not seen Naeema since then. She had heard from her other sons that Naeema is teaching in a school and staying with her mother.
1 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Struggling since 1971..

Mr Harun-Ar-Rashid is a renowned author, economist, researcher and columnist. Despite being a graduate of Accounting he has written on a wide array of social & political causes/issues. The author has published 40 different books so far as a social novel, research papers, stories and so on.
28 March 2016, 14:21 PM

Genocidal rape should be part of genocide

Eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday underscored the need for incorporating genocidal rape in the definition of
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM

CU Sangskrit students confine dept head

Around 100 Sangskrit students of Chittagong University confined their departmental chairperson to her office for over
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Good Start to a Series

Only Time Will Tell is the first of seven novels of the Clifton Chronicles series written by Jeffrey Archer.
23 March 2016, 18:00 PM

BNP criticises CEC's fair UP polls claim

BNP yesterday lambasted the chief election commissioner for his comment before journalists on Tuesday that the first
23 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Violence against ethnic minorities increasing

Last year, 85 women and girls from ethnic minority communities, 44 from the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and 41 from plain land, became victims of violence, according to "Human Rights Report 2015 on Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh".
23 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Internships introduced for students at Microsoft Bangladesh

Students of different public and private universities in Bangladesh, for the first time, will get internship opportunities
22 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Qulkhwani

The qulkhwani of Manzoor Ahmed, former captain of Kurmitola Golf Club, will be held after the Maghrib prayers today
22 March 2016, 18:00 PM

HC upholds BTRC's decision of seeking Tk 30cr from ETV

The High Court yesterday upheld a Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC) decision to seek Tk 30.09 crore from Ekushey Television (ETV) for using its broadcasting frequency.
22 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Drive against illegal signboards, wall paintings from April

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) requested all the business centres and individuals to keep signboards or nameplates in sizes that have been approved
22 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Prosecution asked to submit charges against five Moulvibazar men on May 4

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday asked the prosecution to submit the formal charges, if any, on May 4 against five Moulvibazar men for allegedly committing crimes against humanity and genocide during the 1971 Liberation War.
22 March 2016, 18:00 PM

BNP chief's election remarks distorted

BNP yesterday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was trying to give a wrong impression to the people by distorting Khaleda Zia's recent remarks about the next national election.
21 March 2016, 18:00 PM