Nobel Prize
HIGHLIGHT / Where to Start with Nobel Laureate, Jon Fosse
On 5th October, 2023 the acclaimed Norwegian playwright and poet, Jon Olav Fosse, won the Nobel Prize in Literature “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.”
News report / Norwegian author Jon Fosse wins the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature
He told the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK that he was “surprised but also not” to have won.
Gender gap economist Claudia Goldin wins Nobel prize
American economic historian Claudia Goldin won the 2023 Nobel economics prize for "having advanced our understanding of women's labour market outcomes", the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said today
Nobel Chemistry prize awarded for discovery of quantum dots used in LED lights
Nanoparticles and quantum dots are used in LED-lights and TV-screens and can also be used to guide surgeons while removing cancer tissue.
INTERVIEW / Behind the scenes of the Dhaka Literary Festival 2023
Literature is our main area of interest.But we also want to highlight areas of intersection between literature and science, politics, pop culture, human rights, and new media.
Nobel Prize: Thomas Hardy lost to Tagore, Tarashankar to Neruda
As the Nobel Prize authorities recently declassified the list of nominees and nominators for the for the Nobel Prize of several years, a wealth of information tumbled out.
Five interesting facts about the Nobel prize
Since 1901, the Nobel prizes have been awarded to men, women and organisations for work that has led to great advances for mankind. Here are five interesting facts to know about the prizes and their creator.
POLITICAL SATIRE / And the Nobel Prize for Violence Goes to…
No, silly, there is no such prize for violence. That’s just a conversation starter. After all, what better way to invoke the mighty Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) than with a nod to violence?
Immigrant experience in focus: Abdulrazak Gurnah wins Nobel in Literature
Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has just been announced as the recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature "for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents."
Where to Start with Nobel Laureate, Jon Fosse
On 5th October, 2023 the acclaimed Norwegian playwright and poet, Jon Olav Fosse, won the Nobel Prize in Literature “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.”
Norwegian author Jon Fosse wins the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature
He told the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK that he was “surprised but also not” to have won.
Gender gap economist Claudia Goldin wins Nobel prize
American economic historian Claudia Goldin won the 2023 Nobel economics prize for "having advanced our understanding of women's labour market outcomes", the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said today
Nobel Chemistry prize awarded for discovery of quantum dots used in LED lights
Nanoparticles and quantum dots are used in LED-lights and TV-screens and can also be used to guide surgeons while removing cancer tissue.
Behind the scenes of the Dhaka Literary Festival 2023
Literature is our main area of interest.But we also want to highlight areas of intersection between literature and science, politics, pop culture, human rights, and new media.
Nobel Prize: Thomas Hardy lost to Tagore, Tarashankar to Neruda
As the Nobel Prize authorities recently declassified the list of nominees and nominators for the for the Nobel Prize of several years, a wealth of information tumbled out.
Five interesting facts about the Nobel prize
Since 1901, the Nobel prizes have been awarded to men, women and organisations for work that has led to great advances for mankind. Here are five interesting facts to know about the prizes and their creator.
And the Nobel Prize for Violence Goes to…
No, silly, there is no such prize for violence. That’s just a conversation starter. After all, what better way to invoke the mighty Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) than with a nod to violence?
Immigrant experience in focus: Abdulrazak Gurnah wins Nobel in Literature
Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has just been announced as the recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature "for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents."
Briton, 2 Americans win Nobel Chemistry Prize
US scientists Frances Arnold and George Smith and British researcher Gregory Winter yesterday won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for applying the principles of evolution to develop enzymes used to make everything from biofuels to medicine.
