FLASH FICTION / Chand raat at Mohakhali

Not so easy to assure someone 

After cremation everyone returned To their respective destination. The neighborhood was desolate 

“Are you sure he can make it? The Rupsha in March is not safe, nor are the Sundarbans.”

JHALMURI (Puffed rice chaat) Preparation time: 2 minutes

Around 17 participants took centre stage to perform their poetry at the event.

A library containing more than 7702 periodicals, encyclopedias and books on literature, religion, poetry, science and economics—all wasting away from neglect.

Baatighar Humayun Ahmed Boi Mela 2022 will span from November 5 to 15.

When you go to a book-store, it is often difficult to choose from the plethora of newly released books available. The following list should help when deciding what new books to buy.

The books are helping her family process difficult emotions, Bilan said, as her son Pasha showed visitors his favourite, a book called The Day War Came To Rondo.

Tanwi Nandini islam of Bangladeshi heritage wins Kirkus Prize in nonfiction

Because of Camus, I started to believe in the idea of relative truth and realised how differently people may weigh the different aspects and incidents which occur in their lives.

Canadian actor Keanu Reeves was as startled as the rest of the Internet by fellow actor Matthew Perry’s insults in his new memoir.

On November 4, domain names of Z-Library, the website which claimed to be the world’s largest ebook library, were seized by the US Department of Justice. 

Remembering Camus on his 109th birthday.

On October 4, this year’s Booker Prize winning author Shehan Karunatilaka posted on his social media that a claim has been made by a “journalist from Colombo” that the idea for his novel, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida was “stolen”.

For avid readers, bookshops hold a special place in their lives.

A realm with a big black door, I badly want to explore; A signage with a flower of gold, Worn out but not too old,

Bulldozed brick by brick, my childhood was torn apart by tears streaming down the stone facade as my house collapsed.

It was November 18, 2017, when the Delhi-based Scottish historian William Dalrymple came to participate in the ‘Dhaka Lit Fest.’ Ridwan Akram spoke to the author of the books, White Mughals and The Last Mughal. This interview throws light on Mr. Dalrymple’s thoughts, writing, personal life, and Indian history.

Joan has always felt not American enough for America and not Chinese enough for China. As a transnational immigrant, even her work ethic is assessed in a dehumanising way.