Fida, Riaz, and Shoumen decide to run away and never come back! The reason behind this -- their midterm results. They are students of Physics at Dhaka University as was the writer of this book.

Isteaque Ahmed is an outstanding writer where short stories are concerned. For some reason, after publishing a book of shorts, he switched to novels – which, in my opinion, failed to stand out. But as I walked through his latest- 'Shilpi Studio', it's clear that he has finally been blessed with the gift of writing novels.

To many readers 'Professor Jhomlu' is not an alien, neither are his strange inventions and even stranger adventurous expeditions. In fact, the writer claims to learn about all this from emails written and sent to him by the Professor himself.

The writer calls it a 'novel', which to an extent it is, but it walks straight on a tight rope between fiction and non-fiction. Like the name suggests, it is the journey of Bengali Rock Music but seen through the eyes of a young boy who is a crazy fan of the world rock music.

The 'hero' of the novel Majnu, unlike his very backward name is pretty forward as a character. His life story, may not be the same but just as diverse and struggling as the writer himself.

This is one of those books which right after you finish reading, all you want to do is -- NOTHING! Maybe just sit at the corner of a dark balcony, with no-one around you to talk to, nothing in front to look at, or anything in your mind to think about – just utter silence is what you need.

The word 'courage' comes to mind upon reading Muhammad Zafar Iqbal's works of literature.

Billie JD Porter, a young British documentary filmmaker and journalist, presented a talk and film screening at the Public Library in Dhaka and at the Rangpur Shilpakala Academy for the young audiences of the 10th International Children's Film Festival Bangladesh 2017.

“No matter how little they helped, whatever we get in such disasters appears to be a big support for us,” said Fatema.

If you are an Anjan Dutta fan, you would surely know 'Haripado Kerani' very well. If not, you may give a quick youtube search. Because, knowing that song will make this amazingly fun story even more fun to read.

This book does not play chimes and jingles, the way a child's book would, of course. Rather, it’s a musical, which is to be read and not listened to!

Getting back to consciousness after three days in a hospital in New York, multimillionaire Delwar Hossain looks for his son Tanjil with a mysterious smile on his face. As Tanjil enters the cabin, he knows right away that there is something behind that smile.

Being a poet myself, I know how difficult it is to fit an entire story in a few words and two lines. Not only did Kingkor Ehsan do exactly that in the novel, but also created the poems, broke them into pieces and turned them to stories again.

Don't think I'm crazy when I say this book is meant for people aged from eight to eighty and over! You may read it to your child as a bedtime story, at the same time you may laugh and sigh while reading it as a political satire.

Amirul Islam -- a teacher of Bengali Children's Literature is publishing a book of 6 rhyming stories, this year at the Boimela -- 'A Cat Named Katus Kutus in the Grassland'!

An unbelievable discovery took place yesterday in the capital's traffic-congested streets when a 17-year old girl produced an original HSC certificate which showed that she had gotten an unheard of 2.5 GPA. Reporters, Education Ministers and NGO workers rushed to the spot to verify the truth behind this remarkable news for themselves.

As February begins, book lovers in and outside Dhaka get excited about the Ekushey Boimela, a yearly congregation of Bengali literature, and an incredible reunion of readers with the intoxicating scent of new books.

As the month of February reaches our doorstep, we get ready to embark upon the wonderful journey of Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela— bringing to us not only the sweet smell of freshly printed pages but also filling our hearts with the wonder that is literature.

On 24th of February, 2017, the English and Humanities Department of BRAC University arranged the launching ceremony of Dr. Tamina Mahmud Chowdhury's book titled Indigenous Identity in South Asia: Making Claims in the Colonial Chittagong Hill Tracts at its GDLN Centre.

New technology has accelerated books' migration to digital arena. In 2015, about 64 percent of adults read digitally, up 5.9 percent compared with 2014, while 58.4 percent read paper books, only 0.4 percent increase, an annual survey conducted by Chinese Academy of Press and Publication shows.