It was the late nineties of the last century. In a little magazine called ‘UtthanPorvo’ from Dhaka, a novel by an unknown writer was published. Read more
Near the end of Hasan Azizul Huq's novel Agunpakhi, the narrator tries to wrap her mind around the concept of Pakistan. Read more
‘Aarshi’ is a new novel set in Bangladeshi context but written in English. The theme of the story revolves around maltreatment of misfits and independent females in a traditional s... Read more
Imdadul Haq Milon, who has played a vital role in inculcating reading habits among Bangladeshis, is hardly considered for his serious works. He is mostly evaluated as a writer of p... Read more
In Race Matters, Cornel West says, “Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority.”... Read more
After the partition of India-Pakistan, Bangla began to be exposed as an independent field in East Bengal (the then East Pakistan) and with this view the literature here tried to st... Read more
The war of liberation is the most significant event in the history of Bangladesh. Many novels have taken this eventful history as their main themes among which Shaukat Osman’s Dui... Read more
Shahidulla Kaisar (1927-1971) is one of the most noteworthy names among all the highly celebrated novelists of Bangladesh. He was well known as a journalist but more than that he w... Read more
The number of translation of Bangla fiction in English has increased enormously in the present decades. English versions of the novels of Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay, Rabindranath... Read more
Rizia Rahman (b 1939) is one of the most significant writers of Bangladesh who have enriched our fiction with their worthwhile endeavour. Rokter Okshor (Blood Words, 1978) and Bong... Read more