POETRY / Take me to a hibiscus field won’t you
13 December 2024, 18:00 PM
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POETRY / Our Bangla
13 December 2024, 18:00 PM
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THE SHELF / Pages for freedom: Book recommendations for Victory Day
13 December 2024, 18:00 PM
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Alice Munro, Canadian Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 92
14 May 2024, 17:26 PM
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POETRY / Be a tree
15 March 2024, 18:00 PM
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FICTION / The loss of essentiality
15 March 2024, 18:00 PM
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POETRY / THE OTHER WAY ROUND
8 December 2023, 18:00 PM
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POETRY / Soldier amidst the blood moon: An elegy
8 December 2023, 18:00 PM
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ESSAY / Ludic space for Tagore’s fictive children
8 December 2023, 18:00 PM
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POETRY / They raise their fists. Inside, I fall asleep to the sound of rain
1 December 2023, 18:00 PM
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Folk Hero Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
The process through which Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920-1975) became a folk hero in Bangladesh, that is to say, the way in which his
16 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh During those Turbulent Days of March, 1971
The historic announcement of March 7 by Bangabandhu was, in fact, the call for the independence of Bangladesh. The speech inspired
16 March 2018, 18:00 PM
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