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
The struggles of being a bookworm
Bookworms are simple creatures. All they want in life is to read. While it is a simple desire, it is equally frustrating and sometimes, an anxious one.
20 February 2023, 14:04 PM
Sister Library discusses book on travelling as a woman
Still today, we are plagued by the most intrusive, and least sensical question asked of female solo travellers is “Are you travelling alone?”
20 February 2023, 13:36 PM
My father’s temper, moral conduct and my extended family
'In Extreme Need of Guidance', the book being serialised here, captures the first sixteen years of Sultana Nahar's life. "Mercolized Wax" is the second chapter in the book.
19 February 2023, 15:28 PM
Finding comfort in mythological retellings
Children of the Indian subcontinent grew up listening to the fascinating stories of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. Both of these epics are set at a time when the lives of gods and men still intersected and weaved narratives full of great complexity.
19 February 2023, 13:03 PM
A novel of war and love
50 years pass but Tanes still carries Zohra's photograph and letter in his chest pocket.
19 February 2023, 08:50 AM
Hogwarts Legacy: The game does what the book couldn't
Do you want to be a goody two-shoes who does everything by the book, or a future dark wizard in the making? The choice is up to you.
18 February 2023, 11:53 AM
Mothers of the earth
Come, if you may, with swords or guns. Remember, I won’t cry and run; I will rise from the depths of the land.
18 February 2023, 07:35 AM
La Marionette
She wakes up suddenly from her unnatural beeline posture, slowly and ever so gently, like a chained demon would after just hours of calculated slumber. I never look.
17 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Jibanananda Das: What happened to him “One Day Eight Years Ago”?
There's something more to it that trammeled his existence, and he wanted to escape the suffocation.
17 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Five decades of Boi Mela: What has changed?
There have been many prominent changes, but it does not come without growing concerns over the quality of books presented at the Boi Mela.
17 February 2023, 13:00 PM
New books to buy at Boi Mela this week
Essays, historical fiction, science fiction, and travelogues.
17 February 2023, 07:53 AM
Romance novels for those who aren’t in love
These books have made me fall for the idea of love, and believe in it.
16 February 2023, 12:55 PM
1901 feels a lot like 2020 in Orhan Pamuk’s latest novel
How Mingherians responded to the infectious plague in 1901 isn’t altogether different from our response to the Covid-19. They too hid their patients in fear of stigma and isolation.
15 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Feeling and doing for homeless children
Rubaiya Murshed’s Nobody's Children is a genre of its kind—it employs both stark facts and literary elements at the same time. The book is focused on the issue of children who are living on the streets without proper care or support from their families.
15 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Can Bangladeshi manga make it to Japan? We asked ‘Source?’
“Within just two weeks of the launch, we sold almost 500 copies."
15 February 2023, 12:29 PM
A Love Affair with Books
This Valentine's Day, we're swooning over books - the joy and the power they bring to a whole spectrum of readers, from teachers to editors, writers and book bloggers.
15 February 2023, 05:07 AM
Imdadul Haq Milan: A life in words and images
The memoir is no less than a novel—replete with sorrows, disappointments, love and joy. How many people the author has received neglect from in his life?
14 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Boi Mela books for your Valentine
With Valentine’s day falling at the same time as Boi Mela, what could be a better gift than books?
14 February 2023, 05:02 AM
When fiction challenges communalism
A journey that shreds castes and creeds to heal the self-esteem of a woman.
13 February 2023, 13:49 PM
How is this year's Boi Mela coping with crisis?
How are publications, writers and readers coping with rising costs?
13 February 2023, 04:56 AM
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