Star Literature

Creative Nonfiction / Our Eids and Puja in Azimpur

Ahmed Ahsanuzzaman

30 May 2026, 00:00 AM Creative non-fiction

Creative Nonfiction / Before the monsoon had a name

Agnila Roy

29 April 2026, 19:25 PM Creative non-fiction

News Report / Two Bangladeshi writers make 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlist

Star Books Report

14 April 2026, 16:54 PM News

Creative nonfiction / Growing up with a new nation: The Dhaka we once knew

Ahmed Ahsanuzzaman

28 March 2026, 03:42 AM Creative non-fiction

CREATIVE NONFICTION / The devil wears Maria B

Tashfia Ahmed

7 March 2026, 02:13 AM Creative non-fiction

CREATIVE NONFICTION / From autumn to winter in the northeast England

Fahmid Al Zaid

7 February 2026, 01:54 AM Books & Literature

POETRY / ‘The Unnamed’ and ‘Incomplete’: Two poems

Mitali Chakravarty

28 November 2025, 19:31 PM Books & Literature

LITERARY CURTAINS / Adaptation as misrecognition: ‘Siddhartha’ between text, philosophy, and stage

Naseef Faruque Amin

28 November 2025, 19:30 PM Books & Literature

CREATIVE NONFICTION / Of jasmines, departure, and desire for a déjà vu

Manosh Chowdhury

21 November 2025, 18:28 PM Books & Literature

CREATIVE NONFICTION / The Solitude of ’69

Zareen Mahmud Hosein

19 November 2025, 10:28 AM Books & Literature

‘Cow’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 17

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 17 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Cow

9 April 2023, 18:54 PM

The life aquatic

I was an otter. I was an amphibian. Even at night I would be in the pond or the river.

9 April 2023, 12:45 PM

'Enter': Sehri Tales selections, Day 16

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 16 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Entry

8 April 2023, 17:51 PM

The magic of muscle memory

While talent might determine the quality of the writing, and many of our Talers have these in buckets, the basic skill is actually a result of something more mundane: consistent practice.

7 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Are you what you read?

Few experiences in life can prepare us to be more sensitive, more inclusive, and generally kinder human beings than reading.

7 April 2023, 18:00 PM

‘Last Words’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 15

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 15 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Last Words

7 April 2023, 16:59 PM

‘Street’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 14

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 14 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Street

6 April 2023, 16:00 PM

Dhaka’s Arman Chowdhury shortlisted for Commonwealth Short Story Prize ‘23

“Deficiency Notice” presents the daily life of an 11-year-old boy who is speech-impaired

6 April 2023, 03:00 AM

‘Turn’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 13

I'm not sure when I realised we'd met before. At first, you were just the elderly man seen pottering around our communal rooftop.

5 April 2023, 19:59 PM

‘Switch’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 12

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 11 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Switch

4 April 2023, 16:04 PM

‘Puzzle’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 10

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 10 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Puzzle

2 April 2023, 17:13 PM

‘Little’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 9

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 9 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Little

1 April 2023, 16:58 PM

Dear Van Gogh

Remembering Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent Willem van Gogh on his 170th birth anniversary–March 30, 1853.

1 April 2023, 12:35 PM

In defense of brevity

You’ve got a fantastic project, and have found a potential investor for this. They’ve given you two minutes to deliver a killer pitch and convince them you’re worth it.

31 March 2023, 18:00 PM