Flash Fiction / The knife seller
18 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Books & Literature
What Jamir Nazir’s Commonwealth win tells us about literature in the age of AI
3 July 2026, 15:04 PM
Literature
Reflection / Harper Lee at 100: An enduring echo of justice
28 April 2026, 20:10 PM
Literature
POETRY / Take me to a hibiscus field won’t you
13 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Star Literature
POETRY / Our Bangla
13 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Star Literature
THE SHELF / Pages for freedom: Book recommendations for Victory Day
13 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Star Literature
Alice Munro, Canadian Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 92
14 May 2024, 17:26 PM
Literature
POETRY / Be a tree
15 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Star Literature
FICTION / The loss of essentiality
15 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Star Literature
POETRY / THE OTHER WAY ROUND
8 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Star Literature
From Gitabitan
There’s no end, why then the last word needs to be said. What strikes as a blow will become a flame; Once the clouds have their part, the rain has its start..
The light of my eyes, brings the world in my sight I’ll then have insight, when there’s no light The world out of reach comes alive in my mind
And lights you up in its own light.
10 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Natir Puja: A Tale of Devotion and Sacrifice as Opposed to Jealousy and Tyranny
Quite a few of Rabindranath Tagore’s dance dramas and poems develop around the idea of Buddhist philosophy that induces people to lead a simple life, to gain an understanding of the injustice and inequality prevailing in society, and to acquire knowledge and develop a deeper insight about the universe.
10 May 2019, 18:00 PM
A Prayer for My Daughter
Dear Shyamoli,
3 May 2019, 18:00 PM
In spirit
Wake up, girl!
That song wasn’t sung for you.
You’re not Snow White
3 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Empty buckets
Strolling through a concrete jungle
3 May 2019, 18:00 PM
What makes a writer successful?
That is a really interesting question, and before answering it, there is another question that needs to be considered: whose idea of success are we talking about? Because the truth is, that could be the determining factor in providing an answer to the question being posed.
3 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Truth, or Dare
After finishing college, I wanted to stay in the city a bit longer, to look for a job, read more books, hang out with my friends. But most importantly, I wanted to find out whether Daniel was ready to take the next step.
3 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Did Shakespeare Know He Was “Shakespeare”?
Did Shakespeare know he was “Shakespeare”? That is, even in his own day, did he know he was a cut above the ordinary when it came to writing dramatic poetry, that his language was, as a miner’s son would later put it, “so lovely! like the dyes from gas-tar”?
26 April 2019, 18:10 PM
~A Wish~
When my eyes dim
26 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Three Poems
Life is a bundle of mingled yarn
26 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Grace
Gabriella is a 40-year-old obstetrician-gynaecologist from Australia, a godsend for the violated women spat out by the nine-month
26 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Three Poems
Life is a bundle of mingled yarn
26 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Romanticism and Gothicism through literature and arts
The second day of the event included the cultural competition, where students from five different universities presented their interpretations of Romanticism and Gothicism through poetry
24 April 2019, 18:00 PM
On (Dis)connection between Reading and Writing
Back in 2005 in California, I was reading Edward Said’s Power, Politics, and Culture. This book is a collection of twenty-eight interviews
19 April 2019, 18:00 PM
You Were Never Really Here
The eyes often grow heavy
19 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Necropolis
The empty lane of the cemetery was lit by the ancient stars flickering above. The wind had leaves dancing on their branches. It was a
19 April 2019, 18:00 PM
The Living Fountains
There is a buzz in the house this morning. Things are on the move. Nishat has taken full command, directing her troops to advance swiftly. I look at my watch and ask chotu to fetch my briefcase and the driver to get the car out.
19 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Stranger to Myself
MD Sharif Uddin's memoir Stranger to Myself: Diary of a Bangladeshi in Singapore was awarded best non-fiction at the Singapore Book Awards in 2018.
18 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Hunting for Hilsa
My mother told me to get a big Ilish maach for Pohela Baishakh. My face went pale. However much I claimed to love my mother, I had no wish to go to the maachher bazaar.
12 April 2019, 18:00 PM
The Charyapadas: Where Bangla Began
Creating the world and nirvana on their own,
12 April 2019, 18:00 PM