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.

Kafkaesque Thought

Franz Kafka is an icon of 20th century literature. The Metamorphosis, a novella written in 1912, is considered as his seminal work of fiction.
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SUNDOWN

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20 November 2015

Digital Love

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18 November 2015

The Horror! The Horror!

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15 November 2015

SHABDAGHAR

Shabdaghar, a monthly magazine of culture and literature centers on the glorious treasures of Bangla art, culture and literature.
15 November 2015

Beyond a river's lament

So many writers in the field of literature (particularly poetry) from any country have associated (or tried to) nature with human emotion
15 November 2015

MARCHING HUMANITY

They are walking altogether - dragging their feet
13 November 2015

DEMONS

This is an excerpt of Nesar Nadim's début novel "Demons". The book is available in the bookstores and at rokomari.com
13 November 2015

In remembrance of Humayun Ahmed, the wizard of words

Humayun Ahmed is the most celebrated writer of contemporary time and one of the best story tellers in the history of Bangla literature.
13 November 2015

A novel on war time rape victims

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8 November 2015

Mind revealing micro-fictions

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8 November 2015

Gulliver's Travels: Jonathan Swift's Allegoric Masterpiece

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8 November 2015

Haruki Murakami's “After Dark”

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8 November 2015

Strange motivations

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FREE WRITING

I have been asked to write a few words about my experience, with the purpose of offering inspiration to young Bangladeshis. But my personal history seems to me so particular as to be of little use to anybody: for one thing, although I was born in Bangladesh, I grew up mainly in the West.
6 November 2015

Buddhism in Bangladesh since 2nd century BCE

WITH the current occurrence of religious intolerance and rise of fundamentalism, the publication of Buddhist Heritage of Bangladesh is a welcome relief.
1 November 2015

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Finish the Book and Die

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30 October 2015

THE SECOND WIFE

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30 October 2015

The genius making sense with his 'nonsense'

In remembrance of Sukumar Ray, the great Bangalee poet, story writer and playwright Bangla literature will forever be indebted to.
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