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
Books & Literature
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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For a New Poem
While I thought deeply of the spring, the winter came
12 June 2015, 18:00 PM
EDITOR’S NOTE
In today's SLR, readers are treated to an up-close and personal look at renowned, award-winning poet Kamal Chowdhury.
12 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Crafted by History
Going through Crafted by History: An Interpretive Review of the Emergence of Bangladesh was a perplexing experience in view of the
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
A shooting star leaps to oblivion
A convincing explanation of the title of Shams Monwar’s latest collection of poems is not known to this reviewer.
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Khapra Ward Hotyakando 1950
Matiur Rahman's Khapra Ward Hotyakando 1950 is a record of political history, quite unknown to many of us. De facto, the
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Rimbauder Kobita: Trilingual Edition
The trilingual edition of Rimbaud, Rimbauder Kobita (Poems of Rimbaud), with an introduction and translation by Binoy Barman, can be
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
'O United Nations'
Sinha M. A. Sayeed, a Bangladeshi writer of global understanding and standing, has written a book titled 'O United Nations' published by
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Love, Again
Ajanta has not seen her mother in ten years. During her last visit to Dhaka, Amma had suggested that Ajanta should consider getting married again.
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
The Journey Of A Novelist
After wrapping up my second novel, I realized something; a truth of absolute importance -- that it takes more or less two years to
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Solace
"Do you have any idea how much I missed you?"
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Editor's Note
Brains melting. Tempers flaring. Fresh fruits diced and juiced. The dread of term exams. The anticipation of a new budget. Welcoming
5 June 2015, 18:00 PM
The Death of SUPERMAN
Are you a true Superman fan? If you have not read The Death of Superman, I believe the answer is a NO.
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM
The Essential Rokeya
In Bangladesh, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880 – 1932) is highly regarded as a literary, cultural icon and reformist writer who
31 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Shiksha
Although most of us know Nurul Islam Nahid as the minister of the Ministry of Education, very few know that he always had a knack
31 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Manabjameen: Untilled Earth
Set in the troubled last quarter of the twentieth century, Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay's Manabjameen is an expansive saga that charts the
31 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Yoga for Dummies
This revised edition of Yoga For Dummies provides 25 percent new and revised content, presenting new concepts for the yoga
31 May 2015, 18:00 PM
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
In this age of post 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Johnny Depp fans, very few people are unaware of Washington Irving's tale of fear and
31 May 2015, 18:00 PM
The Night It Rained
The wind builds up its frenzy.
The clouds rob my sky.
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Early Days
The May sun scorches Krishnachuras blaze The mind is moribund.
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM
First Kadam
You have gifted me rainy day's First Kadam flower, O my beloved I offer you songs of monsoon rain.
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM