BOOK REVIEW: CHILDREN’S LITERATURE / Revisiting forgotten babyhood days with ‘Babuibela’
4 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Books & Literature
Tahmima Anam’s ‘The Startup Wife’ arrives at Baatighar
30 June 2021, 13:48 PM
Book Reviews
New online journal ‘Kitchen Sink’ promises an accessible platform for poets
30 June 2021, 12:13 PM
Book Reviews
Is Netflix’s ‘Ray’ worth the watch?
27 June 2021, 12:42 PM
Book Reviews
FROM ELITA’S BOOKSHELF / The book that I would like to read
25 June 2021, 08:38 AM
Reviews
READ ONLINE: INTERVIEW / Unpacking Bangladesh’s obsession with Bollywood
23 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Reviews
REVIEW: SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH / Colm Tóibín takes Henry James for a ride
23 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: AUTOFICTION / Who is Ayad Akhtar?
23 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Reviews
‘The Moment of Lift’: Melinda Gates and the developing world’s untapped female-fuel
23 June 2021, 09:04 AM
Reviews
Ann Patchett’s ‘The Dutch House’: On branches of memories and pain
21 June 2021, 13:39 PM
Reviews
The Season of Comfy Reads
Is it just us, or do the cold winds of December make you want to bring down your favourite childhood stories, classics hardcovers, and delicious thrillers from your shelves too?
23 December 2020, 18:00 PM
DS Books publications on Bangladesh and its Liberation
A collection of our freedom's history.
17 December 2020, 12:50 PM
Tarashankar’s ‘1971’
Tarashankar Bandopadhyay 1971 (Daily Star Books,2015) was initially supposed to be published as two separate novellas, Shutpar Tapashya and Ekti Kalo Meyer Kahini,
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM
On Bangladesh: A Reading List from 2020
How has neoliberalism been shaping Bangladesh’s state policy? What are the implications of a neoliberal model of development for the state? Anu
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM
A History of the Destruction of Knowledge
Humanity has always had an ambivalent relationship with knowledge. While the written word has changed from being recorded on papyrus to tablets, scrolls, ink-ridden bindings to printed books all the way to electronic screens,
16 December 2020, 18:00 PM
THE DS BOOKS-ROKOMARI ONLINE BOI MELA!
From December 9-14, 2020, Daily Star Books and Rokomari will be jointly hosting an online book fair! All Daily Star Books publications will have special discounts on Rokomari. For more information, follow fb.com/DailyStarBooks,
9 December 2020, 18:00 PM
An Ethiopian Story of War
The first Italo-Ethiopian War broke out in 1895, as Italian soldiers marched from Italian Eritrea towards Ethiopia. The Battle of Adwa witnessed Ethiopia’s decisive victory in warding off Italian invaders from its soil.
9 December 2020, 18:00 PM
All The President’s Stories
A Promised Land (Crown Publishing, 2020), former US President Barack Obama’s long-heralded post-presidency memoir, is now here, and it arrives at a national moment when a pandemic is surging at steep, horrifying numbers in the US and when Donald Trump, the outgoing President, is loudly claiming he was cheated of victory by the Deep State and the late Hugo Chavez of Venezuela.
9 December 2020, 18:00 PM
A Conference of World Leaders
There are instances when fiction and history go in synchrony and historical accuracies demand an artistic touch. The play titled Shotoborshi Shonmilon (The Centennial Conference) written by Abdus Selim and Jayed Ul Ehsan, published by the Bangladesh Theatre Archives, could well be on that list.
9 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Reading into Disability: A List
Notions of “able” bodies and “differently abled” bodies are subjective categories that we, as a society, have drawn across our communities. The books in this list offer stories and insight into how one can better understand the experiences of persons with disabilities, and how the world can create a more inclusive environment.
3 December 2020, 06:51 AM
Reading into Disability: A List
Notions of “able” bodies and “differently abled” bodies are subjective categories that we, as a society, have drawn across our communities. The books in this list offer stories and insight into how one can better understand the experiences of persons with disabilities, and how the world can create a more inclusive environment.
2 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Dissent through the Ages in the Indian Subcontinent
Eminent scholar and Emeritus Professor of History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Romila Thapar, in her latest book, Voices of Dissent (Seagull Books, 2020), explores important perspectives on dissent located in the historical and contemporary context of the Indian subcontinent.
2 December 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Saogat’ magazine and the gift of critical thought
In the 18th and 19th centuries, Bengal was rife with the struggle for identity and socio-political upheaval, particularly in the Bengali Muslim communities.
2 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Into the World of Bengali Literature with Soumitra
Though both books and films transport us into the world of story-telling, shaping up our perspectives on life, most readers argue that the true essence of a literary work can never be captured in adaptation.
25 November 2020, 18:00 PM
The Trauma of Identity
George Takei’s visceral and heart-wrenching graphic memoir, They Called Us Enemy (2019), dives deep into the cold, dark heart of America’s perceived multiculturalism.
25 November 2020, 18:00 PM
In ‘Pachinko’, a Record of Forgotten Lives
Even in the most extraordinary of political times, someone must tend to the crops. Someone must weave clothes for the winter.
25 November 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Shuggie Bain’ wins the 2020 Booker prize
Shuggie Bain (Grove Press, 2020) is the story of a young boy living in “working-class” Glasgow in the 1980s.
20 November 2020, 09:59 AM
On Children’s Literature in Bangladesh: Then and Now
For World Children’s Day on Friday, November 20, Daily Star Books speaks to contemporary and veteran authors, publishers, and readers of children’s literature written in Bangladesh.
18 November 2020, 18:00 PM
5 NEW NON-FICTION RELEASES TO LOOK OUT FOR THIS MONTH
Autumn means a harvest of new books the world over. While novels and short stories continue to sweep through shelves, this past month
18 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Money Still Makes the World Go Round
Jacob Goldstein, author of Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing (Hachette Books, 2020), and the co-host of the radio podcast,
18 November 2020, 18:00 PM