Still today, we are plagued by the most intrusive, and least sensical question asked of female solo travellers is “Are you travelling alone?”

'In Extreme Need of Guidance', the book being serialised here, captures the first sixteen years of Sultana Nahar's life. "Mercolized Wax" is the second chapter in the book.

In addition to all the cognitive benefits associated with reading, reading in your first language has plenty of other benefits, including knowing about your country and countrymen in the language of the land.

Let’s take a look at the top 6 inspirational books at this year’s Ekushey Boi Mela.

Children of the Indian subcontinent grew up listening to the fascinating stories of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. Both of these epics are set at a time when the lives of gods and men still intersected and weaved narratives full of great complexity.

50 years pass but Tanes still carries Zohra's photograph and letter in his chest pocket. 

Ebooks have come a long way in recent years and can now mimic the experience of reading a physical book in many ways.

These books have made me fall for the idea of love, and believe in it.

How Mingherians responded to the infectious plague in 1901 isn’t altogether different from our response to the Covid-19. They too hid their patients in fear of stigma and isolation.

With Valentine’s day falling at the same time as Boi Mela, what could be a better gift than books?

A journey that shreds castes and creeds to heal the self-esteem of a woman.

SHOUT sat down with the team behind “Source?” to discuss the future of the magazine and the potential it has for cultivating manga culture in Bangladesh.

A face may launch a thousand ships but the very woman with the face has a passive presence in literature.

All of it–the material right for my level, the books a bit too adult for me at the time, the texts where I could only guess at the brilliance but would have to shelve until I could revisit them a couple of decades later for better comprehension–all of it has led me to become myself: For better or for worse. 

Historical fiction, romance, essays, and travelogues.

For those who are especially interested in literature in book form, the first two floors of the exhibition hold treasures. 

“We wanted to share the story in our native language, just the way we heard it from our elders", said Kanak Chanpa Chakma.

Bengali author Subimal Misra, 80, breathed his last at 4:50 AM on Wednesday. 

There are few public libraries across the city which can be considered to have a decent book collection in both Bangla and English.

When I think of the thick limestone walls of the house now I think of the essence of the generations of our family that it has absorbed.