News Report / NSU Writing Center offers certificate course for professionals

21 September 2026 ⁠⁠News
The NSU Writing Center is offering a seven-week certificate course titled “Writing for Professionals” to help participants develop clear, effective and confident professional writing skills.
Fiction / The winter ballot
19 September 2026 ⁠⁠Fiction
Poetry / Four poems on healing
19 September 2026 ⁠⁠Poetry
Poetry / Sacred sorrows
19 September 2026 ⁠⁠Poetry

Literary Curtains / Patriarchy inversed: Reimagining Rokeya’s Ladyland in 2026

“Ladyland is not perfect,” remarks Sultana, one of the protagonists in the much awaited play, “Project Ladyland 2026”. Produced by HerStory Foundation in collaboration with the British Council and Women of the World Foundation, the play was greeted by a full house this weekend. Staged at the Bangladesh Mohila Samiti theatre, the performance made a splash on Friday, August 14.
Event Report / “Our Story”: Where parents and children made memories by hand
15 July 2026
A unique and heartwarming workshop, designed to celebrate the beautiful journey of parenthood through creative expression and quality time
Event Report / Letters across a lifetime: The 20th staging of Love Letters
21 June 2026
On June 19, 2026, the occasion was the 20th staging of “Love Letters”, A. R. Gurney’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated play, translated and adapted into Bangla by writer and translator Professor Abdus Selim. Directed by veteran theatre actor and director Tropa Majumdar and staged by Group Theatre at the Dr. Nilima Ibrahim Auditorium, the production brought together the acting power couple, Ramendu Majumdar and Ferdausi Majumdar. Their performances transformed what could have easily been a simple reading of letters into something deeply intimate and profoundly human.

Byting wisely: The varying narratives of nationalism and independence

So in the spirit of Independence, I urge my reader to exercise independence of consumption—to question what you are buying, what you are reading, what you are watching, and which of these you are really given the freedom to choose.
26 March 2024

'Double': Sehri Tales selections, Day 14

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 14 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Double
25 March 2024

'Ease': Sehri Tales selections, Day 13

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 13 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Ease
24 March 2024

Can loneliness be a disease?

Am I allowed to hold on to you? / But you are waves of serendipity, / Moving forward in each clutch
24 March 2024

'Total': Sehri Tales selections, Day 12

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 12 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Total
23 March 2024

In conversation with Shazia Omar: Fiction, wellness, readership, and everything in between

'I would like to see more writing coming out of Bangladesh,' Shazia Omar said. 'We are still behind'
23 March 2024

'Resist': Sehri Tales selections, Day 11

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 11 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Resist
23 March 2024

The bare necessities

I remember the Ramadan of 2020, which was the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and also the year my friends and I decided to shift the Sehri Tales to our own platform and open it up to a wider audience.
22 March 2024

The English-Bangla conundrum continues

When my literature professor heard I had been delving into Bangla literature and cultural media in pursuit of a self-undertaken project to finally learn Bangla, she suggested I see the 1970 film Jibon Thekey Neya.
22 March 2024

Why we shouldn’t sacrifice our emotions at the altar of intellect

On my first day of a class on postcolonial theory, our professor ended the lecture with a simple exercise that we would reflect back on at the end of our semester.
22 March 2024

To read as an academic: The transformative journey of a reader turned student

I became curious as to how the experience of reading might change for someone who studied it for a living, and how the lens of a literature student might differ from that of a creative writing one
22 March 2024

10 books to foster gratitude and pride during Ramadan

As the holy month of Ramadan continues, may these books serve as guiding lights, illuminating the path towards greater understanding, compassion, and happiness
22 March 2024

'Cheese': Sehri Tales selections, Day 10

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 10 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Cheese
21 March 2024

Sleepy ghost flight

You have made ice out of my heart;/ we were once nothing–you brutalise me
21 March 2024

'Long': Sehri Tales selections, Day 9

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 9 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Long
20 March 2024

A list of life lessons

Set in 1979, this is a story of monsters—the ones who prey on the vulnerable, the ones that exploit our weaknesses, and the ones that we elevate to positions of power.
20 March 2024

The first American months

The sun was up. The sky was a perfect cerulean blue, the neighbourhood blissfully quiet. Through my window, I relished the sunny first day of 2020, with a cup of tea in my hand.
20 March 2024

The smell

“Stop mocking me, Atif! I am telling you there is something here.” 
20 March 2024

To the Newton of Gaza

Words were never my greatest strength/ But the arsonist's child will read them
20 March 2024

'Flick': Sehri Tales selections, Day 8

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 8 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Flick
20 March 2024
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