While Canada, and now some programs in the UK, have also started offering the degree, it is in the United States that it is most common and rigorous.

“Eat, My darling, or else your goulash will become cold”

Star Literature will be hosting a short story reading session moderated by Sarah Anjum Bari, the Books and Literary Editor of The Daily Star, on Friday at 4PM.

Children’s books might end up giving us more as adults than they did to us as children.

In celebration of Gabriel Garcia Márquez, born on this day, March 6, 1927.

An innovative and compact method of training that empowers teachers to conduct classes in an effective manner has to be designed.

'In Extreme Need of Guidance', the book being serialised here, captures the first sixteen years of Sultana Nahar's life. "Mercolized Wax" is the second chapter in the book.

Sukirtharani, a poet from Tamil Nadu whose works of literature explore the lives of Dalit women in India, has refused to accept the Devi Award in a recent award ceremony.

All of it–the material right for my level, the books a bit too adult for me at the time, the texts where I could only guess at the brilliance but would have to shelve until I could revisit them a couple of decades later for better comprehension–all of it has led me to become myself: For better or for worse. 

I was nine years of age the first time I set eyes on a Dhaka street. I received my first welcome from a group of beggars tapping on my car window.

I believe a literary atmosphere is crucial to nourish your writing skills and it’s an essential part of the process.

When I think of the thick limestone walls of the house now I think of the essence of the generations of our family that it has absorbed.

The dance of the tongue is just as beautiful as the word itself. Effulgent wind, effulgent rain of twilight moon, effulgent sky.

Abdus Selim’s translation and compilation is a time machine for all of us living in the new age, where poems have become much neutered.

Historical backdrop and our understanding of the relevant historical backdrop are important when we try to study a material or even enjoy it.

This celebration of the Language Movement which happens in the Boi Mela allows the ideas associated with it to be passed down from one generation to another. Boi Mela has become a focal point for the discussions surrounding the Language Movement. 

Saleha Chowdhury has been nominated in the Ajibon Shommanona (Lifetime Award 2022) category. Translators Venkateswar Ramaswamy and Shahroza Nahrin were jointly nominated in the Borshoshera Onudito Boi 2022 (Best Translated Book of the Year 2022) category.

Here, Rapunzel, Hercules, Bon Bibi, and King Solomon might be having a gala time over tea, or fighting their own battles.

The last day of the 10th Dhaka Lit Fest today began on a calmer note.

The first day saw a relaxed yet diverse range of topics covered in the sessions, from South Asian and world history to women’s rights, publishing, Bangla literature and film, and the legacy of BRAC founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed.