Event Report / Letters across a lifetime: The 20th staging of Love Letters

21 June 2026, 17:40 PM ⁠⁠News
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.
Solitude
20 June 2026, 00:00 AM ⁠⁠Fiction
Fiction / Radiant deluge
20 June 2026, 00:00 AM ⁠⁠Fiction
Event Report / Secrets, silences, and storytelling: Inside the launch of Razia Sultana’s new anthology
14 May 2026, 00:00 AM
On April 25, The Reading Circle celebrated its 20th anniversary with the launch of Stories My Grandma (Never) Told Me at Ajo Idea Space in Gulshan-2. Published by Nymphea Publication, the anthology brings together stories exploring family secrets, memory, and women’s histories.
News Report / Illuminating the past and the present: The 2026 Pulitzer Prize winners announced
5 May 2026, 21:50 PM
The winners of the 2026 Pulitzer Prizes have been announced, recognising publications, publication staff, individual journalists, and authors across 23 award categories for journalism, reporting, criticism, photography, authorship, and overall excellence in their fields. The winners for each category were announced on May 4,2026 via live broadcasts on the Pulitzer Prizes website and YouTube channel.

Where Do I Belong

Rummana Chowdhury announces herself, or, at least, part of her feelings, in this line: “Some things are forever ingrained in the innermost crevasses of your heart, no matter where you live or what you do” (“Hot Apple Fritters and Hot Roshogollas”).
29 March 2015, 18:00 PM

MAHFUZAMANGAL

‘MAHFUZAMANGAL' or 'In praise of Mahfuza' is an extraordinary book of poetry penned by Mozid Mahmud; the poems of which were composed mainly in the 1980s with the exception of a few poems added later to the book.
29 March 2015, 18:00 PM

“Oriental Tales: Selected Bangla Fiction” -- By Helal Uddin Ahmed

Helal Uddin throws light on the many aspects of Bangladesh's Oriental Society, through his compilation of “Oriental Tales: Selected Bangla Fiction”.
29 March 2015, 18:00 PM

EDITOR’S NOTE

In commemoration of the Bangladesh Independence Day on 26th March, today's SLR starts with a poetic salute to our past; moves on to a proclamation of love for our present; and ends the poetic trail with an optimistic wish for our future.
27 March 2015, 18:00 PM

I Sing of Heroes

I sing of Heroes
27 March 2015, 18:00 PM

This, My Land

Not gold, not silver, not pearl, neelam it is not.
27 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Mind Without Fear

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
27 March 2015, 18:00 PM

The Writer's Wilderness Survival Kit

I suspect that the qualities useful to an aspiring writer are very similar to those considered desirable in a writer who is already successful.
27 March 2015, 18:00 PM

SLR WRITING COMPETITION

Aspiring writers are invited to send in a short story or poem that must contain the number “twenty-two” in some form or manner.
27 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Getting out of the way of the story

I have just finished the draft of a novel. I shall ask a couple of people to read it – a fellow novelist with whom I've swapped work since we were both beginning our first books ten years ago, and a nonfiction writer I can trust to be honest about her response.
27 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Swedish Nobel winning poet Tomas Transtroemer dies

Swedish poet Tomas Transtroemer, who won the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature, has died at the age of 83, his publishing house Bonniers says
27 March 2015, 16:44 PM

TOO MUCH HAPPINESS

Let me tell you from the get go that this collection of short stories is anything but warm and fuzzy and feel-good.
25 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Toponyms of Bangladesh: Footprints of History

Dara Shamsuddin in his book titled “Bangladesher Sthan Nam: Itihasher Padachinho” (in English it stands Toponyms of Bangladesh: Footprints of History) told us a story of how Bangla language, along with developments in allied areas such as social, religious, economic and political processes, has evolved in this deltaic regions through historical progression of actions and events.
22 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Half Girlfriend

Half Girlfriend is Chetan Bhagat's latest novel. Chetan Bhagat is one of the leading Indian authors of current time and some of his books have been turned into movies by Bollywood directors over last several years.
22 March 2015, 18:00 PM

An Anthology of Bangla Poems

Helal Uddin Ahmed's “An Anthology of Bangla Poems”, coincidentally comprises carefully selected 68 translated outstanding poems that have been written in the last 68 years.
22 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Autobiography “Living to Tell the Tale”

GABRIEL Garcia Marquez, the Colombian Nobel-prize winning novelist, left behind one last gift for his readers and devotees before his death in 2013: his autobiography, “Living to Tell the Tale” where he recounts in his inimitable style his early life, particularly his beginnings as a writer, and the political landscape of his war-torn country.
22 March 2015, 18:00 PM

EDITOR’S NOTE

In continuation of last week's page, SLR presents Part-II of inspirational women writers or poets, as selected by some of our favourite authors.
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM

In Her Words: Inspirational Women Writers and Poets (Part-II)

It is a universally acknowledged truth that a reader of novels must have, at some point of time, read a book by Jane Austen. My first Jane Austen novel was “Pride and Prejudice” during my adolescence.
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM

The search for extra terrestrial life in the universe

One of the most fascinating questions that occur while contemplating the universe is: whether other life exists within the spheres of the greater universe.
15 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Durlov Kothok: Abul Mansur Ahmad

THE book is a voluminous work on the late politician, lawyer, journalist and litterateur Abul Mansur Ahmad who has left behind a rich legacy of literary works for the present day readers to read and draw on.
15 March 2015, 18:00 PM
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