“There is only one life to live— In this lifetime, why should Rajakars have to be seen again?”

How do you pack 25 years of your life in two suitcases?

One of my most vivid memories growing up was discovering the joys of reading during one train journey to Rajshahi, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal's novel of childhood adventures

The first song written by prominent author Muhammad Zafar Iqbal for the film, “Adventure of Sundarban”, will be released tonight. The song titled “Ay Ay Shob Taratari”, was voiced by Emon Chowdhury and Joyeeta Dutt with the music composition by Emon Chowdhury.

The 22 stories are written by popular, contemporary writers with big names such as Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Ahsan Habib, and Mehedi Haque.

A Sylhet court starts the trial of a case filed over the attempted murder of eminent educationist Prof Muhammad Zafar Iqbal at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology campus on March 3 last year.

Eminent professor Zafar Iqbal’s wife Prof Yesmeen Huq expresses hope that her husband will recover quickly and return to his beloved campus to resume classes.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina terms the attackers of Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal as “fanatics” and urges all to keep their children away from militancy, terrorism and drug abuse.

People from all walks of life, mostly students, protest the attack on the eminent writer Prof Zafar Iqbal.

The attacker of Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal has been identified as Foyzur Rahman, a madrasa student.

Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, who came under a knife attack yesterday and is undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka, is now doing well and is out of danger, a doctor in CMH says.

Even with three stab wounds on the back of his head, he talked to his students in a teacherly way. “Don't make so much noise; I am trying to control myself as much as I can. Hold me; my blood group is A positive,” one of the students quoted him as saying.

Eminent novelist Imdadul Haq Milon has expressed his grave concern over the attack on writer Muhammad Zafar Iqbal and blamed an evil force for the attack.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that the attack on renowned writer Muhammad Zafar Iqbal is a part of “plan to catch fish in troubled water”.

Renowned writer Prof Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal is stabbed by an unidentified youth on Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) campus in Sylhet.

One of the greatest storytellers of his time, Humayun Ahmed's unmatched eminence has placed him both in the heart of readers and literary debate.

Eminent writers, scholars and cultural activists have issued a joint statement voicing frustration over failure to bring the killers of writers and free thinkers to justice.

State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan and 6 notable personalities receive death threats from Al Qaeda Ansarullah Bangla Team-13.