Fiction / Sahara
29 August 2026
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Fiction
I have not eaten today. Not on purpose. I will eat later. I simply have not thought of it yet.
Poetry / The finality of nostalgia
29 August 2026
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Poetry
Poetry / Dinner time and death
29 August 2026
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Poetry
Literary Curtains / Patriarchy inversed: Reimagining Rokeya’s Ladyland in 2026
23 August 2026
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Books & Literature
Book Review: Fiction / A novel of radical softness
20 August 2026
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Books & Literature
BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / Cooking up heat
20 August 2026
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Books & Literature
Event Report / In Transit: The Third Annual Slam Poetry at North South University
19 August 2026
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News
Essay / Poet Shamsur Rahman’s drama translation: Eugene O’Neill’s ‘Marco Millions’
15 August 2026
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Essay
Interview / In conversation with Sonia Bahl: Author of ‘Eighteen Inches Apart’
What becomes increasingly evident across Bahl’s three novels is her sustained fascination with the emotional significance of almosts and maybes.
Event Report / Letters across a lifetime: The 20th staging of Love Letters
21 June 2026
On June 19, 2026, the occasion was the 20th staging of “Love Letters”, A. R. Gurney’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated play, translated and adapted into Bangla by writer and translator Professor Abdus Selim. Directed by veteran theatre actor and director Tropa Majumdar and staged by Group Theatre at the Dr. Nilima Ibrahim Auditorium, the production brought together the acting power couple, Ramendu Majumdar and Ferdausi Majumdar. Their performances transformed what could have easily been a simple reading of letters into something deeply intimate and profoundly human.
News Report / NSU DEML offers certificate course in creative writing for the second time
16 June 2026
The Department of English and Modern Languages (DEML) at North South University is pleased to announce the second offering of its Certificate Course in Creative Writing, set to begin in Summer 2026. This innovative seven-week intensive program is designed to cultivate the next emerging literary voices by providing a structured, mentor-led environment that emphasises Bangladesh’s rich cultural narratives.
The shelf / 7 Asian healing fiction recommendations for rainy days
18 June 2026
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The Shelf
You know when the sky trades its brightness for a low, silver hue, and you wrap your fingers tightly around your tea, seeking that small, steady pulse of warmth. This is the essence of healing fiction. Often rooted in the Japanese concept of iyashikei, these stories focus on the quiet spirit through small, everyday moments. You may have already heard of Days at the Morisaki Bookshop or We’ll Prescribe You a Cat. While those popular favourites have opened a door for many, there are a few other tales worth the read.
Reflections / In the age of AI allegations
13 June 2026
Fiction / Body Selim
18 April 2026
Imagination's winter
When snow falls, people at a distance
5 January 2018
Rediscovering Origin
These two questions happen to be at the heart of human knowledge and rationality, and the focal point of Dan Brown's ground-
5 January 2018
SKETCHES ON A WIDE CAMPUS
This book's subtitle, Sketches from my Life gestures helpfully at the book's content for it is about the full and colorful life lived by its
5 January 2018
Stairway to Wonderland
Past giant mountains, which collide with the blue linings of the abyss,
29 December 2017
Reincarnation
We were in Cambridge, Massachusetts, waiting for a table at a popular restaurant. There were only two benches and a chair arranged
29 December 2017
Reminiscing Comilla
This evening, it's my nose or maybe I've been getting intimations of the sweet odor of burning incense!
29 December 2017
Church Bells and Darjeeling Tea
The title of the book entices the reader. We all love Darjeeling tea, but why 'Church bells?' Zeena Chowdhury's experience of
29 December 2017
Efflorescence of South Asian Sci Fi?
I have long been a reader of science fiction. Not just for entertainment, but also for insights useful for my research and teaching.
29 December 2017
Poetry
O Mayor! My Mayor!
22 December 2017
A Game of Light and Darkness
Charulata Akhter was an ordinary, braided, floral salwar kameez-wearing nineteen-year-old from the Shundarganj village of Rangpur.
22 December 2017
EXQUISITE GASTRONOMY
After a long field trip, hunger gripped the mission members who could barely wait to eat, yearning for whatever they could find. The
22 December 2017
Is It Truth or Dare?
Those familiar with Nadia Kabir Barb's column Straight Talk in The Daily Star will be pleased with her short fiction debut Truth or Dare.
22 December 2017
Full Circle
How innocently I met Islam! It was through a humble kind of “How do you do?” proffered to a handful of Rajasthan mosques; among
22 December 2017
Down the rabbit hole we go
If you grew up watching Disney's animated classic Alice in Wonderland, you must have questioned a lot of the peculiar aspects or as
20 December 2017
Memories of 1971
1971 has been my greatest passion for the last forty-six years. It has been my pair of glasses with which to look at people and things.
16 December 2017
Stories from the Edge
A perfect read for the month of our victory, Stories from the Edge is an anthology of personal and deeply emotional narratives of our
16 December 2017
Partition, 1947—Whodunnit?
On August 26, 2017, DS brought out a special supplement on the1947 partition of Bengal. It contained fine articles on the subject by
16 December 2017
An Impression of Some Turbulent Days
First published in 1973, Amy Geraldine Stock's Memoirs of Dacca University: 1947-1951, is not just another memoir. The current
16 December 2017
Freedom,You Are
Freedom, you are
16 December 2017
The Promise of 1971
His ears attuned to the husky whisper
16 December 2017
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