Book Review
‘Firey Dekha Jeebon : Smriti O Onubhob’ (Life in Retrospect : Memories and reflections) by Nurul Amin. Publisher : Ershadul Haque Bulbul, Rekhachitra Research Center, Dhanmondi, Dhaka. Date of Publication : January 2015. Cover...
Literature
poem
Orion at the Shaheed MinarShahabuddin Nagari It was before zero hour when I stepped on to the pavement,In a few moments the Shaheed Minar will be flooded by people,Wet flower petals will cover the...
Ekushey February
Ahmed Rafique :Ekushey February now also called just Ekushey, 21 February, Shaheed Dibas (Martyrs’ Day) and, since 2000, International Mother Language Day. On 21 February 1952, corresponding to 8 Falgun 1359 in the Bangla...
Moniruddin Yusuf : Bengali translator of Shahnama
M. Mizanur Rahman :Moniruddin Yusuf (Born 13 February 1919- Death 11 February 1987) was myriad minded genius in Bengali literature. His literary knowledge knew no bound. He earned a vast experience of different languages...
Down the rabbit hole
Lewis carroll :Alice and her sister sat on the green grassy bank which was encircled by clumps of daisies. While her sister was busy reading a book, Alice began to feel very drowsy, as...
Book Review
Kabya Samagra by Moniruddin Yusuf.Edited by Belal Chowdhuri. Published by Liaquatullah, Student Ways, Banglabazar, Dhaka. First edition : Ekushe Bookfair 2013, Falgun 1419. Cover : Qaiyyum Chowdhury. Compose : S. Ways Computer, Banglabazar, Dhaka....
poem
I, the old man and my dream(Bridhyo ami o swopon)Moniruddin Yusuf I knew an old man a long time ago. He used to walk every afternoonattired by long white dress.I knew him. He had...
Poet Satyendranath Dutta
Satyendranath Dutta (1882-1922), a Bengali poet, is considered the ‘wizard of rhymes’ (or-‘chhonder jadukar’ in Bengali). He was an expert in many disciplines of intellectual enquiry including medieval Indian history, culture, and mythology.He was...
Short Story: A mystery of heroism
Stephen Crane :Crane’s short story ‘A Mystery of Heroism’ is similar to his famous novel The Red Badge of Courage, in that it concerns a common soldier in the War Between the States and...
Poem: Three years she grew in sun and shower
William Wordsworth :Three years she grew in sun and shower, Then nature said, ‘A lovelier flower On earth was never sown; This child I to myself will take: She shall be mine, and I...
Madhusudan Datta
Michael Madhusudan Datta (born Jan. 25, 1824, Sagardari, Bengal, died June 29, 1873, Calcutta a great poet and dramatist was the first great poet of modern Bengali literature.Datta was a dynamic, erratic personality and...
Researcher M. Akbar Ali Ali Nawaz
M. Akbar, Ali (1911-2001) was an educationist, researcher and writer. Akbar Ali was born on 1 March 1911, in the Gopalpur village of Sujanagar upazila, Pabna. He passed the ISc examination from the Pabna...