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CREATIVE NONFICTION / The Solitude of ’69
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CREATIVE NONFICTION / Writer in the dark
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CREATIVE NONFICTION / A visit before the journey
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FICTION / The dawn’s return
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Poetry / Silence, our witness
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A Life Truly Worth Living

Say this, don't say that.
9 March 2018, 18:00 PM

ICONS, AUTOGRAPH HUNTING AND SAVVY ACTRESS-IN-TRAINING

I was never an autograph hunter. Never felt the urge, or the thrill, or the bragging right, or any of the rapid heart-thumping emotions
9 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Fairy Tales

“Up there he floats,
9 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Five Hours in Frankfurt

Living in Germany made it possible for me to pamper two of my deadliest indulgences: my addiction to chocolate and travelling.
9 March 2018, 18:00 PM

LOVE IN THE TIME OF TINDER

“Are you interested in spiritually inclined younger men?” My recent tinder match asked.
9 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Footprints of Million Lives

Darkness had fallen upon the graveyard of thousand lives, along with a cold breeze which swept away the rotten stench of dead flesh.
9 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Poetry

If we eventually are
2 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Postmortem of My Skin

Pasty green doesn't suit you. White makes you look darker. Why would you even dare to wear black? That's forbidden. Don't even think
2 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Enduring Life

racing ahead
2 March 2018, 18:00 PM

BANERJEE VS. CHATTERJEE 1945

I know of Capt. Banerjee, Military Observer, only because he wrote feature articles for the Times of Saigon, edited by my father,
2 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Musing Lightly on the Issues of Translation

Recently, I have come across a significant number of Bangladeshi online journals, diligently invested in literatures in
2 March 2018, 18:00 PM

From Ekushey to International Mother Language Day and Beyond

Like every landmark day of every other country, Bangladesh's Ekushey February, or the 21st of February, 1952, has its roots decades
23 February 2018, 18:20 PM

Marginality, Borders and Existential Refugee-hood in the Chhitmahal

At this moment, when thousands of Rohingya refugees are sheltering in Bangladesh, the word 'refugee' gains new significance in the
23 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Remembering Professor Ahsanul Haque

We loved and respected Professor Ahsanul Haque as a teacher. He taught us in the Department of English, University of Dhaka, in the
23 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Refugees in the Public Imagination: The Conference that brought out Gripping Tales of (Dis)location and (Dis)placement

Refugee, migration and relocation have played prominent roles in literature and public spheres alike. In recent times for Bangladesh, it
23 February 2018, 18:00 PM

A Little Bird

It was beginning to get a little warmer. The sun came up early in the morning. The buds were sprouting from the bare branches of the trees in the backyard.
16 February 2018, 18:10 PM

Prof. Rafiqul Islam: A Witness to the Language Movement and the Liberation of Bangladesh

He did not look at me once. Or even if he did, I doubt he saw me. His eyes were engrossed in deep thought; to me he seemed to be dipping in the deep waters of memory. Bent with age, he sat at his desk.
16 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Ekushey Padak

The Daily Star Literature team heartily congratulates Syed Manzoorul Islam, Saiful Islam Khan (poet Hayat Saef), Subrata Barua, Robiul Hussain and Khalekdad Chowdhury (posthumous), who have been awarded the Ekushey Padak 2018 for their contribution in language and literature.
16 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Newspapers at the Breakfast Table

With the gathering helpless compulsive rage
16 February 2018, 18:00 PM

LOVE HAS NO STORY TO TELL

One evening, while standing on the veranda of their 6th floor apartment, Sonia fell—with a big thud—in love. The thud was so loud
9 February 2018, 18:10 PM