Keeping in view the dichotomy of diversity within unity and unity within diversity, the Department of English, Independent University

Shahriar Kabir, one of the first and finest children's and "Young Adult" authors of Bangladesh, hails from Old Dhaka. Most fictional works

“There is no sound inside the bus now. The thumping in the passengers' chests gets louder in the quiet and the sound throbs inside

You can judge a book by its cover, banal stereotypes notwithstanding. The red lines on the slightly green graph paper, featuring on

As part of the Library of Bangladesh series, Dhaka Translation Center (DTC) has published a translation of twelve stories written by Hasan Azizul Haq, one of the most prolific writers of contemporary Bengali literature.

In 2003, while getting ready for my PhD oral examination on English women writers of the British Raj, I read Sonia Amin's The World of

Chetan Bhagat's latest creation, One Indian Girl is rather unique when compared with his previous works since it is written from a

Tahmima Anam's short story "Garments" is one of the winners of the O Henry Award this year. She is one of a group 20 writers so

Until recently not many people were aware of autism or thought about it. The subject was a social taboo. No one talked about it and

“I could hear the incredible voice of Sheikh Muzibur Rahman, 'Make your homes forts. Fight with whatever comes handy. Our struggle will

Literature is full of delicate perceptions that help fill up voids existing in our minds. Its purpose is more than pleasure; it promotes

Blue Venom and Forbidden Incense are translations of two novellas, Neel Dongshon and Nishidhho Loban, by the eminent Bangladesh

Six of Crows is the one of the fewest books I have read so far that is actually worth the hype and high ratings surrounding it.

For some reason, nobody approaches you when you're reading The Oxford English Dictionary.

Manjula Padmanabhan's Unprincess is as feisty as its back cover suggests it to be. This petit book is a collection of three short stories,

If only Job Charnock was prescient enough to know that some three hundred years after his death a thriller would be written based on

Soon after I met journalist-writer Nadeem Qadir in Dhaka, way back in 1991, I heard about his being the son of a senior officer in the

Light, heavy, or both? History offers the reader a choice among all three, or a combination of them.

At 80, which he reached on May 19, Hasnat Abdul Hye can look back, and certainly feel a sense of pride, accomplishment, and joy for a productive life, where he has not only been a leading bureaucrat of the country, but also a prolific author of distinction.

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's entire life bears testimony to his lasting love and passion for Bangladesh and Bengalis.