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
Bohemians and Others
Polyphony of expressions, identity, skill and perspective are the dominant links that connect the books by Khademul Islam, Sayeeda T
24 March 2017
ARCADIA ON THE JALANGI
The Jalangiriver snakes across Bengal, as changeable as it is beautiful and impervious to the political divisions that would separate the eastern arm of its mother river Ganga from the western.
24 March 2017
Sukumar's Myth and Magic
Silly rhymes, nonsensical verses, absurd characters - that's how Sukumar Ray introduced poetry in to my life with his book Abol Tabol (Rhymes without Reasons), an amazing collection of classic Bengali nonsense poetry.
23 March 2017
A Surprisingly Not Overdone Fantasy-Romance
A few weeks ago, flipping through TV channels brought me to Beautiful Creatures.
22 March 2017
Abul Mansur Ahmad: A Versatile Genius
It was in a most turbulent period of the history of Bengal that Abul Mansur Ahmad fought hard against social prejudice and religious bigotry.
17 March 2017
New Books
Akshata Ayna
12 March 2017
In the face of death
The Plague, a philosophical novel, written by Albert Camus is considered one of the greatest novels of 20th century. Camus was an
12 March 2017
A girl's passage from tears to happiness
JANE Eyre is one of the finest novels by the English fictionist Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855). This novel tells us the story of an orphan
12 March 2017
Job-Makers in the making
AUTHOR: MD. SABUR KHAN
12 March 2017
The Poet and the Emperor
The Emperor became disillusioned &frustrated
10 March 2017
Kamal Chowdhury's soul-searching odyssey
A unique voice that combines passion and fire with utmost discipline, Kamal Chowdhury has been active in Bangladesh's poetry scene
10 March 2017
Language and the Presidency
I ended my last piece with a promise not to waste any more words on the self-publicist and arch-troll Milo Yiannopoulos. I break that
10 March 2017
Penetrative Tales on Social Aberrations
As far as the history of modern Bengali literature is concerned, references to Abul Mansur Ahmed's name come up as an inevitable
5 March 2017
Men-Women Relationship in Nineteenth Century Bengal
The story begins like this. Dr. Bilkis Rahman read the autobiography of noted author Mir Mosharraf Hossain and discovered a rosy
5 March 2017
Of Paths and Walkers
“WHAT is great in the realm of art might not be equally acceptable in the realm of morality; similarly what morality finds laudable
5 March 2017
New Books
Payraband kahini is a book of Puthi Sahitto (a special genre of literature written in a mixed vocabulary drawn from Bangla, Arabic,
5 March 2017
TO RABINDRANATH
You're still fresh in my mind,
3 March 2017
Lonely Star
Like a lonely star in the heaven
3 March 2017
NUGGETS FROM THE KOLKATA LITERARY MEET 2017
I have always been fascinated by the person and work of the great poet Javed Akhtar and so I am delighted to have a chance to hear
3 March 2017
Aphorisms of Humayun Azad
Aphorisms of Humayun Azad is the translation of Humayun Azad's groundbreaking book Prabachanguchchha. The
26 February 2017
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