‘Belonging’: Sonia Gandhi memoir set for November 10 release
19 August 2026
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Books
John Cusack backs NEET protesters, shares Arundhati Roy’s article
24 July 2026
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Entertainment
Flash Fiction / The knife seller
18 July 2026
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Books & Literature
Veteran singer Ferdausi Rahman’s autobiography launched at Bengal Shilpalay
8 July 2026
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Books
What Jamir Nazir’s Commonwealth win tells us about literature in the age of AI
3 July 2026
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Literature
The Shelf / The quiet grief of becoming ordinary
19 June 2026
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The Shelf
What to read / What we’re reading this week
14 May 2026
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What to read
Book Review: Nonfiction / Fara Dabhoiwala’s history misses the one thing that truly matters
1 May 2026
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Non-fiction review
Reflection / Harper Lee at 100: An enduring echo of justice
28 April 2026
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Literature
Tribute / Humayun Azad and the courage to dissent
24 April 2026
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Books & Literature
Kafka in the age of the internet
“I see, these books are probably law books, and it is an essential part of the justice dispensed here that you should be condemned not only in innocence but also in ignorance.”
13 April 2017
Nature
Not by rules
7 April 2017
SPQH
Celebration was in the air and the temperature was dipping fast. No-one seemed to care as children were out enjoying snowball fight
7 April 2017
The Book of Air
I was about to write my promised piece on Anna Karenina, when my editor suggested that perhaps it would be a good idea to mention
7 April 2017
Poet Sazzad Quadir no more
Noted poet and journalist Sazzad Qadir dies of old age complications at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in Dhaka. He was 70.
6 April 2017
Je Ful Kotha Koy o Banglar Lokajosahitto
Je Ful Kotha Koy o Banglar Lokojo sahitto, is a collection of folklores compiled by Lutfun Naher Anam. This book consists of two parts -
2 April 2017
Preludes to an avalanche of anger
Perhaps, as a writer, Mahbub Aziz is a helpless lonely person, like many out there, in the face of the incurable human injustices around us.
2 April 2017
Strumming nostalgia!
SOMEONE once said: people who listen to music fervently, retain a sense of innocence in them till death. The proof is right here in
2 April 2017
KABUL DIARIES
ON a work trip to Kabul in 2008 I was meeting the only friend I had who lived in the city.
2 April 2017
Bangajayi
Bangajayi is a book of poetry by Md Shazzad Hossain, a textile engineer by profession.
2 April 2017
Bob Dylan accepts Nobel Prize at last
After months of uncertainty and controversy, Bob Dylan finally accepted the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature at a jovial, champagne-laced ceremony, the Swedish Academy announces.
2 April 2017
Poor Man Eating
Were I a painter
31 March 2017
Our Muktijuddho and the Americans
Prof. Mahmudul Huque concludes his book From Autonomy to Independence: The United States, Pakistan and Emergence of
31 March 2017
ARCADIA ON THE JALANGI
It was not all utopian: Jones expected his researches, like his law codes, to have practical benefits. While enjoying his Arcadia, he was
31 March 2017
Bohemians and Others
Polyphony of expressions, identity, skill and perspective are the dominant links that connect the books by Khademul Islam, Sayeeda T
24 March 2017
ARCADIA ON THE JALANGI
The Jalangiriver snakes across Bengal, as changeable as it is beautiful and impervious to the political divisions that would separate the eastern arm of its mother river Ganga from the western.
24 March 2017
Sukumar's Myth and Magic
Silly rhymes, nonsensical verses, absurd characters - that's how Sukumar Ray introduced poetry in to my life with his book Abol Tabol (Rhymes without Reasons), an amazing collection of classic Bengali nonsense poetry.
23 March 2017
A Surprisingly Not Overdone Fantasy-Romance
A few weeks ago, flipping through TV channels brought me to Beautiful Creatures.
22 March 2017
Abul Mansur Ahmad: A Versatile Genius
It was in a most turbulent period of the history of Bengal that Abul Mansur Ahmad fought hard against social prejudice and religious bigotry.
17 March 2017
New Books
Akshata Ayna
12 March 2017