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
Tabuo Bristy Asuk
'Tabuo Bristy Asuk' of Shafiqul Islam is a book of poetry. It was published in February, 2007. This book consists of 41
26 February 2017
Search for Self
Jhumpa Lahiri, a well-known voice of diasporic literature and very popular among the contemporary writers of world
26 February 2017
Poisoned Wells: A Tender Tale of Love and Death
when the well is dry,we learn the worth of water”—Benjamin Franklin
26 February 2017
Kamal Chowdhury's Poems
One born in darkness, The other in light
24 February 2017
The Inconvenience
The life of a jovial six year old boy
24 February 2017
NUGGETS FROM THE KOLKATA LITERARY MEET 2017
The Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet was held from 25-29 January 2017 at the Victoria Memorial Hall. There were two spectacular venues, one under a shamiana erected on the east side and the other within the quadrangle on the western side.
24 February 2017
Tumi Bristimoyee
Tumi Bristimoyee is a romantic novel by Shahalam Saju (Journalist and writer).
19 February 2017
Ornament of Human Race
Manob Bongsher Alonker (Ornament of Human Race: A Long Poem) is a book of poetry by Dr. Mahfuz Parvez and it is published by Balaka Publication.
19 February 2017
Hitting at our society's missing rectitude
Most of us in our apparently tranquil society are driven by an overriding middle-classism: complacent inside personal existence with an all-going-awesome mindset.
19 February 2017
Where fact and fiction interact
When fact meets fiction regarding a person, or place, or event in one story, the line between the two usually gets blurred, and, more often than not, it becomes difficult to ascertain when and where fact segues into fiction, and vice versa.
19 February 2017
Unstable Serenity
I was looking at a small pond,
17 February 2017
LOVE
As soon as Moula gets close to the lane of Babupura slum, he can see Hafizuddi.
17 February 2017
Monsoon
You scowl at the bleak arid earth
17 February 2017
Photography tips that don’t come with the camera box!
A very easy to read but pretty hard to describe, this book, is even harder to take it in for budding photographers who have bought a DSLR and think reading the manual that came in the pack has everything they need to know.
17 February 2017
“Dirghosthayee Soksova”
“Dirghosthayee Soksova” is a book of poetry of Emran Mahfuz (Journalist, writer and researcher), published by Oitijjhya Publication.
12 February 2017
Passion for Bengali, admiration for a father!
Acollection of essays where a son recollects the impact of his father on his life, thought, ideology and vision in life – Megh o Babar Kichu Kotha may appear to be just that at a cursory look.
12 February 2017
REVIEWED BY DR. ABDULLAH SHIBLI
Vladimir Nabokov, the Russian novelist and poet,is known around the world for his novel “Lolita”, the story of a sordid affair between a middle-aged college professor and a 14 year old nymphet.
12 February 2017
Seeing femme fatale with a humane lens
Paulo Coelho's latest bestseller 'The Spy' is different from his characteristic genre of spiritual quests and journeys. In a sense, 'The Spy' is the story of a woman's journey, but more than that, it is the story of legendary Mata Hari retold as "history told from below", by a woman with a feminist voice.
12 February 2017
Margaret Atwood says Trump win boosted sales of her dystopian classic
Canada's best-known writer Margaret Atwood says it was largely worries about women's issues after the US election that made her book "The Handmaid's Tale" the latest dystopian novel to shoot back up bestseller lists.
12 February 2017
Requiem for the Youth
Killing innocent people, killing yourself,
10 February 2017
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