Paul Eluard : Poet of change
On December 14, 1895, Paul Eluard was born as Eugene Grindel on the outskirts of Paris. He was an excellent student as a young boy, but after his family moved to Paris, Éluard was...
Literature
Short story: Friendship
There was a very beautiful garden, full of lovely flowers and wonderful creepers. A section of garden had really very sweet fragranced and beautiful flowers. Of those flowers, a few were roses of marvelous...
But what’s a dictionary for?
(From previous issue)Consider the word fetch, meaning to “go get and bring to.” Until recently a standard word of full dignity (“Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel”-I Kings 17:10),...
Book Review
Case Management and Court Administration in Bangladesh By Dr. Md. AkhtaruzzamanAdditional District and Session Judge“Justice delayed is justice denied” is a common proverb not only in developing countries, it is equally applicable for the...
Poem
Haiku :Ashraful Musaddeq Waiting good nighttime everyone sweet dream is on the pillow waiting for sunrise Wish grief and anguish two petals of lovely plant happy morning friend Worship the last day of spring...
Poem
Holy touch :Shamsul Alam Belal When a touchstone touches a metal,It becomes a piece of gold, When a butterfly sits on a rose petal, It becomes unusually bold, When a King only kisses his...
But what’s a dictionary for?
Bergen Evans :Mr. Evans position is that the dictionary neither snickers nor denounces. It records. He finds the Third International a modern scientific work to which readers may turn to find out how the...
The old gentleman
Gilbert Highet : (From previous issue)He rarely saw his land and seldom visited his home. His Christmases were formal and public; brilliant, but not warm; not holidays. But now, after his final retirement, he...
The old gentleman
Gilbert Highet :The old gentleman was riding round his land. He had retired several years ago, after a busy career; but farming was what he liked, and he knew that the best way to...
In memorial
Journalist Sayed Eqbal Rezvi :Sayeda Dolly EqbalYesterday, the 15th January was the 4th death anniversary of my father Sayed Eqbal Rezvi, a renowned journalist of the country. He had a long career of 50...
Jasim Uddin : Poet of folk lyrics
M. Mizanur Rahman :(From previous issue)‘He collected more than 10,000 folk songs, some of which has been included in his song compilations Jari Gaan and Murshidi Gaan. He also wrote voluminously on the interpretation...
Poem
A few unreal moments :Shamsul Alam Belal I want to ride on the chariot of love, I want to play my flute day and night, I want to sing the song of a Spring...