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
EDITOR’S NOTE
“Our lives, our stories, flowed into one another's, were no longer our own, individual, discrete.” – Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown
26 June 2015
A MASTERPIECE REMASTERED
If you're a Bengali or an art house film buff of any nationality, you've most likely heard of Satyajit Ray, one of India's finest filmmakers, whose debut
26 June 2015
Rabindranath, Belgrade and My Emigration
When the Swedish Writers' Union chose me for a guest writer scholarship to Belgrade, I became excited and started to count the days.
26 June 2015
Sufia Kamal By Maleka Begum
Maleka Begum's latest book, Sufia Kamal, published by Prothoma, chronicles the life, times and works of Sufia Kamal.
21 June 2015
Novera Ahmed
THE book encompasses Novera Ahmed; the sculptor and individual through the eyes of many well known writers such as Mehboob Ahmed, Faiz Ahmed Faiz,Abdus Salam Choudhury, Rabiul Hussain, Rezaul Karim Sumon, S.M.Ali and many more.
21 June 2015
A Clutch of Indian Masterpieces
The stories in this collection will make you see the world differently as the greatest stories always do.
21 June 2015
Private Life of the Mughals of India (1526-1803 A.D.)
Bringing to life the opulent, sometimes scandalous, private lives of the Mughals of India, Private Life leaves no detail untouched
21 June 2015
A shooting star leaps to oblivion
A convincing explanation of the title of Shams Monwar's latest collection of poems is not known to this reviewer.
21 June 2015
The Island of Doctor Moreau
I bought a copy of The Island of Doctor Moreau by H G Wells several years ago from a bookstore in Dhaka New Market.
21 June 2015
Hard times revisited
For three impressive London women born in Bangladesh there were cheering results in the UK election.
19 June 2015
The Tree
Farah saw the tree as soon as she entered the new apartment. Her parents had come to Dhaka after the Partition of India in 1947.
19 June 2015
EDITOR’S NOTE
“All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.” (Albert Einstein)
19 June 2015
The museum of found memories
As her whole universe
19 June 2015
The Children Act By Ian McEwan
This week, and the following, we will feature the work of two Booker Prize winning novelists, Ian McEwan and Richard Flanagan.
14 June 2015
The Goa Connection By Bappaditya Chakravarty
Throw into a pot cooking up fiction a dash of intrigue, a pinch of cloak-and-dagger and gore, a soupcon of sleight-of-hand connection of the dots, a hint of James Bond-like characters and not-so-femme fatales, and a potpourri of villains, and you end up with a…thriller!
14 June 2015
Flora's Empire: British Gardens in India By Eugenia W. Herbert
In this deeply researched yet wonderfully readable history of Britain's 'garden imperialism' in India, Eugenia W. Herbert draws on a wealth of personal accounts and period illustrations, many of them little known, to track the evolution of imperial ideas of governance through colonial gardens.
14 June 2015
Target 3 Billion
Target 3 Billion: Innovative Solutions Towards Sustainable Development talks about the 3 billion people across the globe who live in villages and are often deprived of basic resources.
14 June 2015
Wavell and the Dying Days of the Raj
A critical and historical understanding of Lord Archibald Wavell's viceroyalty is important for understanding the rational dynamics amongst the three leading political actors of that time, the British, the Hindus, and the Muslims.
14 June 2015
EDITOR’S NOTE
In today's SLR, readers are treated to an up-close and personal look at renowned, award-winning poet Kamal Chowdhury.
12 June 2015
Rendezvous with Poet Kamal Chowdhury
Kamal Chowdhury enjoys a special place in contemporary Bengali poetry.
12 June 2015
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