The prince', written by Italian political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli, is one of the leading works of modern political philosophy.

Ken Follett, an eminent Welsh author of our time, has a superb knack for blending political events with the personal lives of people through his fictional works.

Orhan Pamuk is one of today's best-known novelists who writes in Turkish.

The media often itself becomes talk of the town -- sometimes for objective journalism and sometimes for yellow journalism. Since the beginning, the practice of journalism has evolved with the advent of newer technologies and thus given birth to new challenges. But there have been always efforts to overcome the challenges and bring journalism closer to the audience.

The number of visitors at Suhrawardy Udyan seemed to have multiplied yesterday, with the queue becoming longer than ever.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hands over Ekushey Padak for 2016 to 16 eminent personalities in recognition of their outstanding contributions in their respective fields.

Italian author Umberto Eco, who became famous for the 1980 international blockbuster The Name of the Rose, died on Friday, Italian media reported. He was 84.

The long queue from Dhaka Gate to Bangla Academy was moving at a snail's pace. People were asking those in front of them to move

Where do they go these white puffs of cloud?

It was on a Monday morning that I was running late for work. To compound my problems, traffic was heavier than usual and only later,

Hope this mail finds you still playing to life's songs in perfect beats. However challenging the tunes are, I know that you will bear with

While visiting new areas, people often find themselves at a loss due to their lack of knowledge about things like where to stay and how to go to the local tourist spots.

The sentiment of the Language Movement in 1952 was limited not only to the capital, but it rippled through different parts of the country, including Chittagong, where local political and cultural leaders created the "Rashtrabhasha Sangram Parishad" on February 4.

Today is the 118th birth anniversary of poet Jibanananda Das, a legend in Bengali literature. We remember him in this day with the greatest reverence.

With her kohl-rimmed eyes cast down, Nadia lilts through a folk couplet before a secret assembly of women poets on a forbidden subject that often gets people killed in Afghanistan -- love.

Among the planets orbiting around the sun, earth stands third from the sun and it has four layers -- crust, mantle,

The authorities of Amar Ekushey Granthamela shut down a book stall on charge of selling a book that reportedly hurt religious

Authorities of Amar Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka close down a book stall on charge of displaying a book that reportedly hurts religious sentiments.

One of the finest reviews of the book is Purnendu Patri, a dedicated soul of entire Bengal. Many of us know that Patri equally contributed to different genres of art and literature. He had a special fascination for cinema and art. Rahman thinks that Patri was deeply influenced by the philosophical thoughts of Manik Bandyopadhyay.

"... readers will find that my flair as a storyteller and strength as a writer reside primarily in the imaginative recreation of the borderland between the margins of the known and the preternatural world."