The Shelf / 5 books that capture the soul of lunar exploration
7 April 2026, 19:50 PM
The Shelf
Here are five books that celebrate the curiosity that took us to the moon. Not for conquest, but for humanity, and for the simple, profound need to know.
CREATIVE NONFICTION / Melbourne: Where weather performs live
4 April 2026, 04:10 AM
Books & Literature
THE SHELF / 4 fictional case studies in incel pathology
4 April 2026, 04:05 AM
Books & Literature
BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / A wintry account of the human experience
2 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / Stories from under the waves
2 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Reviews
FICTION / Somebody’s son, nobody’s daughter
1 April 2026, 18:37 PM
Fiction
NEWS REPORT / Arundhati Roy’s Mother Mary Comes to Me secures 2026 NBCC Award, continues global recognition
28 March 2026, 17:07 PM
News
POETRY / Notice for the poems that won’t be written
28 March 2026, 03:37 AM
Poetry
BOOK REVIEW: NONFICTION / Homage to Rani-ma on her centenary year
Non-fiction review
BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / The wilderness in me
Books & Literature
REFLECTIONS / The fading appeal of the Eid magazine
Reflection
Long before Pinterest boards and Instagram FYP, the Eid shongkha dictated what we wore.
EDITORIAL / Why read?
Books & Literature
REFLECTIONS / Moon, memory, manifesto: A personal, lyrical essay on Atrai
Books & Literature
REFLECTIONS / The risk of becoming: Notes on translation and transformation
Books & Literature
EVENT REPORT / Md Ashanur Rahman receives the International Creative Arts Award 2025
19 January 2026, 17:38 PM
Books & Literature
NEWS REPORT / NSU DEML launches inaugural certificate course in creative writing
17 January 2026, 16:00 PM
Books & Literature
Atopor Shabdayan becomes Bangladesh partner of global poetry platform Lyrikline
22 March 2026, 10:37 AM
Poetry
EVENT REPORT / ‘Unlearning the Book’: When stories escape the page
17 March 2026, 15:35 PM
News
REFLECTIONS / Hope, doubts, and the fate of this year’s Amar Ekushey Boi Mela
19 February 2026, 19:01 PM
News
EVENT REPORT / Bangladesh’s first interactive mental health book launched
15 January 2026, 13:43 PM
Books & Literature
EVENT REPORT / Unveiling ‘The July Resolve': Stories of resilience & resistance
14 January 2026, 16:01 PM
Books & Literature
EVENT REPORT / Singing a 900-year-old song: Exploring Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam with Zeba Rasheed Chowdhury
3 January 2026, 10:26 AM
Books & Literature
A book talk on Zeba Rasheed Chowdhury’s latest work, the translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam into Bengali, published by Matribhasha Prokashwas held on 27th December 2025, at Bookworm Bangladesh.The event was hosted by scientist and writer Dr. Abed Chaudhury.
EVENT REPORT / NSU DEML Winter Fest 2025 celebrates storytelling, art, and youth voices
14 December 2025, 08:17 AM
Books & Literature
NEWS REPORT / NSU’s DEML ‘Winter Fest’ to debut with art, literature, and campus-wide celebrations
9 December 2025, 13:02 PM
Books & Literature
A lively winter fair will present locally crafted accessories and seasonal favourites, celebrating community creativity and winter warmth
EVENT REPORT / “Words are, to me, a way of understanding truth”: An hour of history and poetry at ULAB
5 December 2025, 13:50 PM
Books & Literature
FLASH FICTION / Chand raat at Mohakhali
20 March 2026, 20:20 PM
Fiction
The scramble was almost instantaneous and without mercy. Men in freshly tailored panjabis—stitched for the next morning's prayers—threw elbows for the simple right to go back home.
CREATIVE NONFICTION / Sweetened ice and other lessons in kindness
14 March 2026, 01:59 AM
CREATIVE NONFICTION / The devil wears Maria B
7 March 2026, 02:13 AM
ESSAY / Romance, radical hope, and the modern happily ever after
27 February 2026, 00:05 AM
FICTION / Little Grey - Part 2
21 February 2026, 01:27 AM
THE SHELF / If characters from different books went on a date
12 February 2026, 00:00 AM
POETRY / Potatoes are burning in the fryer
17 January 2026, 00:00 AM
THE SHELF / 5 books to read as a performative male
3 December 2025, 18:00 PM
A new children’s book depicts the warmth and diversity of Ramadan
Five chapters, each centred around key values of Islam, narrated by young Falak
2 April 2023, 08:31 AM
‘Little’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 9
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 9 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Little
1 April 2023, 16:58 PM
Dear Van Gogh
Remembering Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent Willem van Gogh on his 170th birth anniversary–March 30, 1853.
1 April 2023, 12:35 PM
Discovered Tolkien letters reveal new sides of his work
The correspondence was part of an exchange between Tolkien and the British Council about funding for his research collaboration with his former Oxford student, Simonne d’Ardenne.
1 April 2023, 10:55 AM
In defense of brevity
You’ve got a fantastic project, and have found a potential investor for this. They’ve given you two minutes to deliver a killer pitch and convince them you’re worth it.
31 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Woolf in the wind
This was a conversation between two friends.A conversation inspired by Virginia Woolf, who passed away on March 28, 1941
31 March 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Delete’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 8
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 8 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Delete
31 March 2023, 16:18 PM
‘Phobia’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 7
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 7 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Phobia.
30 March 2023, 16:20 PM
How reading the Quran turned from a hobby into a habit
Every evening, after coming home from school, the first thing I would do is sit with the Quran and an English translation of it that my father had on his shelves.
30 March 2023, 12:45 PM
‘Astronaut’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 6
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 6 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Astronaut.
29 March 2023, 15:40 PM
Rebellion in words: Contemporary feminist books
Women have been fighting for their rights for centuries now, and the world is yet to facilitate that kind of equality. But it has not stopped them from trying to bring down the shackles of patriarchy.
29 March 2023, 12:45 PM
Iowa’s International Writing Program now open to Bangladeshi youth
The virtual creative writing summer camp will take place from July 8 to 21, 2023. Applications are due by April 21.
29 March 2023, 10:01 AM
‘Remember’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 5
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 5 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Remember
28 March 2023, 17:08 PM
Reading for spirituality during Ramadan
A unique opportunity to enhance one's spirituality and reflect on one's faith
28 March 2023, 11:50 AM
Jhumpa Lahiri’s first short story collection in 15 years
The latest bent in Jhumpa Lahiri's decades-long foray into Italian life and literature
28 March 2023, 07:42 AM
‘Shadow’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 4
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 4 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Shadow
27 March 2023, 15:45 PM
What to read to feel the magic of spring
Regardless of the ambience of these part-sunny-part gloomy days, there is always a book to suit to the mood
27 March 2023, 12:45 PM
‘Middle’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 3
The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 2 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Middle
26 March 2023, 14:17 PM
You said
Notun Bazar was burning, burning! /Shops, stores, woodpiles/ Piled up iron, timber, mosques and temples/ Notun Bazar was burning, burning!
25 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Smell of corpse in the air
I smell corpses rotting in the air to this day
25 March 2023, 18:00 PM
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