fiction
A Room in the Corner
Why did she whisper? She isn’t the whispering kind. Nargis can’t remember the last time she heard Rakib Bhai’s wife whisper.
30 June 2022, 00:00 AM
The Second Species
A hundred years ago humans welcomed a new species of their kind, Homo debilis-sagax.
16 June 2022, 00:00 AM
Understanding the modern woman in 'Tokhon Golper Tore'
Tokhon Golper Tore (Pendulum Publishers, 2022) is Rifat Anjum Pia’s debut collection even though she has been writing for quite a few years now.
15 June 2022, 18:00 PM
ULAB Literary Salon in discussion with Saad Z. Hossain, author of ‘Cyber Mage’
The English and Humanities Department at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) is organising its second session of ULAB Literary Salon on June 18, 2022, from 5 to 7 pm, at the ULAB Research Building auditorium in their Dhanmondi campus.
In discussion this session is the critically acclaimed novel, Cyber Mage, which will also be launched at the event. ‘Cyber Mage’ is a new novel by Saad Z. Hossain, who is amongst some of the most remarkable English fiction writers of modern Bangladesh. He has been published by top imprints in South Asia and the world. His novel, Cyber Mage, is proudly published in Bangladesh by ULAB Press.
14 June 2022, 11:19 AM
The story behind “Everyday Stories”
Each of them represented a unique crisis that women in our country are most frequently faced with, and when I had their stories assembled, I knew this was what I was looking for.
13 June 2022, 14:03 PM
An Echo from Nowhere
Have you ever tried to call your own cell number? Here's somebody who did and had a strange other worldly experience.
12 June 2022, 01:46 AM
5 books to read after you’re done binging 'Stranger Things'
These books, full of horror, humour, grisly monsters, and misfit kids, are the perfect remedy to fill the gap in your time until the show returns with more episodes.
6 June 2022, 09:14 AM
Eurocentric Standards drilled into a Brown Child’s Head
Throughout my not so long life, I’ve always wanted to be called beautiful.
2 June 2022, 02:06 AM
Mirpur 10 Book market: Your go-to place for old books
The Mirpur 10 book market, sometimes called the old book market is easy to navigate, especially if Nilkhet is too far for you.
25 May 2022, 09:51 AM
Paper Drifters
I am a photo of a person, printed in black and white, in a newspaper.
28 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Your Sound
The sound of your voice is a song.
28 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Shantinagar
Where could they live happily for the rest of their childhood?
28 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Gone in the Morn
The creatures of the dark feed on fear. And hot sauce.
28 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Pooris, Drones and Withered Dragons
"I want to propose a deal with the Bazar."
28 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Stars Shaped Like Your Hand
I see it in the words, Where your hand dragged over the wet ink.
28 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Dorothy in Wonderland
For wounded soldiers rarely feel, Of throbbing hearts and broken skin.
28 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Greed
Not even the asters accepting your gaze.
28 July 2021, 18:00 PM
The Midwife
I would remember a face like this if I had seen it around.
28 July 2021, 18:00 PM
An Out of This World Grilled Chicken Experience
One-quarter grilled chicken. Naan. And a hell of a story.
8 March 2017, 18:00 PM
My Best friend Zuko
One day I was playing cricket with my friends near a field of my house. That day the game was exciting and fun-filled but unfortunately it started raining, we had to stop playing and we took shelter under a tree.
19 December 2015, 14:40 PM