Event Report / “We do not live outside history”: Dr. Azfar Hussain on humanism, fascism, and the July Uprising
26 July 2026, 16:24 PM
News
“It is one of those questions that politely pretends to be a title, but secretly aspires to be a life’s work,” began Dr. Azfar Hussain on an overcast evening on the July 23, 2026, addressing a packed forum hall at the University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh (ULAB), alluding to the title of his public lecture: What Does It Mean to Be Human in the Age of 'Posthumanism' and Global Fascism?
Essay / The writing’s boring, so he’s a third-class writer
25 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Essay
Poetry / You ask me
25 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Poetry
Book Review: Fiction / The queen who would not stay dead
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Books & Literature
Book Review: Nonfiction / A historian’s vision vis-a-vis Hindutva mythmaking
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Books & Literature
Fiction / Lira’s glasses
19 July 2026, 19:00 PM
Fiction
Event Report / Special Discussion Marks Abul Hasnat’s Birth Anniversary: ‘Nabiner Shahittya: Shwapna O Shwapnabhongo’
19 July 2026, 17:49 PM
News
Tribute / The teacher beyond the classroom
18 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Tribute
Flash Fiction / The knife seller
18 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Books & Literature
Interview / In conversation with Sonia Bahl: Author of ‘Eighteen Inches Apart’
What becomes increasingly evident across Bahl’s three novels is her sustained fascination with the emotional significance of almosts and maybes.
News Report / Kazuo Ishiguro set to return with new novel in 2027
20 June 2026, 15:18 PM
News Report / NSU DEML offers certificate course in creative writing for the second time
16 June 2026, 22:03 PM
Event Report / “Our Story”: Where parents and children made memories by hand
15 July 2026, 21:38 PM
News Report / Jamir Nazir wins 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize following AI review
3 July 2026, 20:09 PM
Event Report / Letters across a lifetime: The 20th staging of Love Letters
21 June 2026, 17:40 PM
Event Report / Dhaka Zine Mela 2026: A celebration of creativity and community
11 June 2026, 17:39 PM
Interview / Kishwar Chowdhury on Bangali culture and culinary storytelling
11 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Interview / Diaspora, national identity and reality TV with Pajtim Statovci
9 June 2026, 21:48 PM
Not every story ends with rejoicing. Not all questions are answered within one lifetime. Not everyone will get to fulfil their dreams. All my protagonists are incomplete until the end. And the end itself offers no catharsis. It’s the same darkness that was present when the reader met them the first time. I write about the world and the people within it the way I have experienced the world.
News Report / Marjane Satrapi, voice of exile and resistance, dies at 56
4 June 2026, 17:58 PM
Event Report / Poetry collection Adivasi Premikar Mukh: The Portrait of an Adivasi Beloved launched at Bangla Academy
19 May 2026, 14:26 PM
The bilingual poetry collection Adivasi Premikar Mukh: The Portrait of an Adivasi Beloved, (Oitijjhya, 2026) by journalist, poet, and fiction writer Ehasan Mahamud was launched on Monday, May 18, at the Kabi Shamsur Rahman Seminar Room of Bangla Academy, Dhaka. The event was organised by Oitijjhya Publications and moderated by Mostafa Mushfiq.
Event Report / Two-day literary memorial and discussion event held at Bengal Shilpalay
17 May 2026, 17:16 PM
The shelf / 7 Asian healing fiction recommendations for rainy days
18 June 2026, 17:04 PM
The Shelf
You know when the sky trades its brightness for a low, silver hue, and you wrap your fingers tightly around your tea, seeking that small, steady pulse of warmth. This is the essence of healing fiction. Often rooted in the Japanese concept of iyashikei, these stories focus on the quiet spirit through small, everyday moments. You may have already heard of Days at the Morisaki Bookshop or We’ll Prescribe You a Cat. While those popular favourites have opened a door for many, there are a few other tales worth the read.
Reflections / In the age of AI allegations
13 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Creative Nonfiction / Our Eids and Puja in Azimpur
30 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Essay / Ghosts in the secretariat: Mapping the Bangladeshi Gothic
7 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Book Review: Fiction / Agency, identity, and the rewriting of Medusa
1 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Fiction / Body Selim
18 April 2026, 00:00 AM
News Report / Two Bangladeshi writers make 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlist
14 April 2026, 16:54 PM
Farewell my friend: A review of 'Babu Bangladesh!'
The first 20 years of Babu's life are entwined with the stories surrounding the Sangsad Bhaban. The description of the building is an ode in prose form, vibrating with emotion, bringing the building to life.
2 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Literary Tourism: Exploring Charles Dickens’ Rochester
When my niece Mubasshira and her husband Morsed told me that they had moved from East London to Kent, I had little idea of the area in which they relocated. Prior to my two-week trip to the UK this year, they gave me their address which contained the name of
2 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Inner Battle
Please for once do not judge -
2 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Ocean bloom
Aqua blooming ripples of ocean, wisping hair
2 August 2019, 18:00 PM
I Sing the Sea
I sing the sea
2 August 2019, 18:00 PM
The Story of Kusum’s Family
When the twelve-year old Kusum was returning home, she stole a glance at the setting sun for one last time. It was dipping over the heads of tallest coconut trees lined along the furthest edge of horizon. She let out a sigh — for some indefinable reason she wanted to
2 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Silent Words
There was a faint sound of an old dog crying somewhere. It was as if a blind man was trying to play an ancient untuned violin. Its shrieks turned Rubi’s blood cold. She almost fell asleep but woke up at the howling sound.
26 July 2019, 18:00 PM
The Thai Massage
We had gone on a package tour to South East Asia and on the last day of our trip we spent the whole day in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand.
26 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Mothers and Daughters
Atia crossed over to the window and looked out into the rain-soaked streets. A rickshaw-puller had taken refuge under the mango tree and was huddled in the passenger seat.
26 July 2019, 18:00 PM
On Writing in a Second Language
Writing entices me. But every time I get down to writing something, I feel like a bumbling idiot. Nothing emerges. Ideas evaporate. Thoughts tangle. Language languishes. My frustration mounts.
26 July 2019, 18:00 PM
What do you read on the road?
My copy of Zadie Smith’s Autograph Man is special for a number of reasons. Firstly, it’s the only one of my favourite author’s books that I haven’t read in its entirety.
25 July 2019, 18:00 PM
On Becoming
Do not judge a book by its cover; notwithstanding the glamorous becoming photo profile that graces this book. Do judge a book by its title. A more appropriate book title is hard to conceive of. Becoming in a single word summarises the passage of the extra-ordinary
19 July 2019, 18:00 PM
The Guest
The total number of guests adds up to forty-odd. It is too many, yet Nishat and I are not prepared to drop any. I have just finished my PhD and we are leaving America to take up my new job in Saudi Arabia. It is time for celebration, it is time to say goodbye.
19 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Micro Fiction
And we two—a lovey-dovey couple, get married one day. Always be true to the truth, be honest to each other—we harmonized on that point. Years later, it is our fifth marriage anniversary evening. She dresses up gorgeously, stands before me and asks, “How do I look?”
19 July 2019, 18:00 PM
A First-Class Ghost
We had just moved to Kolkata for our schooling. Not that we thought Kolkata schools were better than mofussil ones. Schools are the same everywhere—cast in the same mold. All schools force-feed lessons but sadly no one becomes educated; and even if they do, it is
19 July 2019, 18:00 PM
The Most Unforgettable Humayun Ahmed Novels
Ten long years have passed since Humayun Ahmed’s demise but his novels still tend to intrigue readers.
17 July 2019, 18:00 PM
The Rainy Day
Oh, a rainy day
Drips of water
Falling from the sky
17 July 2019, 18:00 PM
A Mother’s Plight
After a heavy shower the city life sighed a breath of relief. I can still hear the clogged up rain water streaming down the rooftop and beating against the exhaust machine of the air cooler, affixed right outside the hospital cabin where my mother has been admitted.
12 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Starstruck
I see starlight on my walls in dark nights
I see it on my windows.
12 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Two Haibuns
Once oysters are nowhere to be found, he searches for shunks. 130 Indian rupees for an hour of diving.
12 July 2019, 18:00 PM
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