Nobel Prize

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."

Pioneering Work in Evolutionary Science / 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.

Nobel Prize for Physics: Winners include first woman in 55 years

Three scientists yesterday won the Nobel Physics Prize, including the first woman in 55 years, for inventing optical lasers that have paved the way for advanced precision instruments used in corrective eye surgery, the jury said.

2018 Nobel Literature Prize's fate to be announced Friday

The Swedish Academy is to announce on Friday whether or not it may postpone the 2018 Nobel Literature Prize, its administrative director says, after it plunged into a crisis over links to a man accused of sexual assault.

Pablo Neruda did not die of cancer: Experts

A team of international scientists says that Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda did not die of cancer or malnutrition, rejecting the official cause of death but not laying to rest one of the great mysteries of post-coup Chile.

December 15, 2022
December 15, 2022

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.

October 11, 2022
October 11, 2022

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.

October 3, 2022
October 3, 2022

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.

June 8, 2022
June 8, 2022

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?

October 7, 2021
October 7, 2021

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."

October 4, 2018
October 4, 2018

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.

October 3, 2018
October 3, 2018

Nobel Prize for Physics: Winners include first woman in 55 years

Three scientists yesterday won the Nobel Physics Prize, including the first woman in 55 years, for inventing optical lasers that have paved the way for advanced precision instruments used in corrective eye surgery, the jury said.

May 3, 2018
May 3, 2018

2018 Nobel Literature Prize's fate to be announced Friday

The Swedish Academy is to announce on Friday whether or not it may postpone the 2018 Nobel Literature Prize, its administrative director says, after it plunged into a crisis over links to a man accused of sexual assault.

October 21, 2017
October 21, 2017

Pablo Neruda did not die of cancer: Experts

A team of international scientists says that Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda did not die of cancer or malnutrition, rejecting the official cause of death but not laying to rest one of the great mysteries of post-coup Chile.

October 12, 2015
October 12, 2015

Angus Deaton wins Nobel Prize in Economics

Scotland-born Angus Deaton wins the Nobel memorial prize in economics.