Literature

Publishers previously barred from Ekushey Book Fair now granted stalls

Shawdesh Desk: Several publishers denied stalls in the Amar Ekushey Book Fair under the previous Awami League government have finally been granted space to showcase their books this year. Many

Bangla Academy declares revised list of its literary award recipients

Shawdesh Desk: Bangla Academy on Wednesday night declared the revised list of its literary award recipients after a review meeting of the executive council. Bangla Academy director general Mohammad Azam

497 killed in road accidents in November: report

Shawdesh Desk: At least 497 people were killed and 747 others were injured in 415 road accidents across the country in November, said a report published by the Passenger Welfare

“O Procrastination, I am Your Romeo!”

Shawdesh Desk: I fell for a lady so beautiful, for whom my heart bounced back and forth like a sound-box playing hip-hop. Blessed with well-defined features and petite lips, she

The Measure of Time

Shawdesh desk; On my bookshelf sits a small metal box, rusted with age, barely larger than an index card. The outside is adorned with brightly colored flowers. Stuffed inside, many

‘Buk Petechhi Guli Kor’ under way at Drik

Shawdesh Desk; A 16-DAY group photography exhibition titled Buk Petechhi Guli Kor is under way at Drik Gallery. The exhibition is showcasing various photographs of the student-led mass uprising in

Kamal Lohani remembered

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigosthi observed the fifth anniversary of the death of its former president and journalist Kamal Lohani organising a programme at its central office at Topkhana Road

Ekushey Padak-winning linguist Mahbubul Haque dies

Shawdesh Desk: Ekushey Padak-winning linguist-researcher professor Mahbubul Haque died on Wednesday while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka at midnight past Wednesday. He was 76. Mahbubul Haque was suffering