Celebrate the revival of reading as global bookstore Kinokuniya opens at Centrepoint Uttara, driving a cultural shift in Bangladesh. From digital BookTok trends to traditional Nilkhet stalls, a new generation is rediscovering timeless literary love.

What becomes increasingly evident across Bahl’s three novels is her sustained fascination with the emotional significance of almosts and maybes.

Bishwo Shahitto Kendro's book-reading programme and the British Council’s reading challenge introduced me to many classic novels.

Discover Japanese bookstore Kinokuniya launching its first Bangladesh branch at Centrepoint Uttara, Dhaka. Stocking forty thousand books and hosting Marco Polo’s Cafe, this premier literary hub effectively revives reading culture for local bookworms.

The phenomenon has no formal clinical name, but it’s widely recognised among bibliophiles: an intense attachment to the physical integrity of books.

Here are some of George R R Martin's best works.

The bottom line is: read books.

Rishad Choudhury, a historian and Assistant Professor of History at Oberlin College, has been awarded the 2026 Bernard S. Cohn Prize by the Association for Asian Studies for his book Hajj Across Empires: Pilgrimage and Political Cultures After the Mughals, 1739-1857 (Cambridge, University Press, 2004).

Amid mango blossoms and mild breezes, Ekushey Boi Mela reaffirms the permanence of paper in an age of fleeting screens

Explore how reading habits are changing in Bangladesh, from e-books on phones to the enduring charm of physical books. What's the impact on depth and connection?

Even after the organisers and Bangla Academy offered a 55 percent subsidy on stall costs, a significant number of publishers maintained their decision to not participate.

Rupert Grey, a descendant of Charles Grey and best known professionally as a leading libel and copyright lawyer stood against this statement. “If Bangladesh is a basket case,” Grey tells The Daily Star, “then it is so in the best possible way.” For him, the term collapses under the sheer vitality of the country. A single square metre of a Bangladeshi street, he argues, holds more energy than entire neighbourhoods in London. Where life in England often unfolds in rigid routines, Bangladesh thrives in spontaneity—where a hanging lighter at a tea stall can become a moment of shared choreography.

The book features 15 chapters covering essential topics such as attachment styles, love languages, and shadow work.

For bilingual readers, especially for children of Bangladeshi immigrants, it is striking to see how organically English and Bangla words interact on the page

With the aid of Duniyadari Archive, Pavel Partha’s soon-to-be-published book Sultan Er Krishi Jiggasha is a new addition, which looks at Sultan’s work from an eco-critical perspective.

Written in deep striking prose, Saramandi lends her authorial voice to the changing dynamics of her life whose future is described as  “a line that turned out to be a loop” similar to the fate of her homeland.

The violence is domestic, institutional, and often unnamed—carried out by people who look nothing like monsters.

These stories prove one thing: art theft never goes out of fashion.

When Dan Brown finally returned in 2025 with The Secret of Secrets—the sixth Robert Langdon adventure—the world that devoured The Da Vinci Code (Doubleday, 2003) had mixed reactions to the story.

Review of Abulrazak Gurnah’s ‘Theft’ (Riverhead Books, 2025)