Novelist Leo Tolstoy
C. D. Merriman :(from the previous issue) He was buried at Tula. Leo had a hard time accepting this inevitability of life; the loss of...
Literature
Philosopher Dewan Mohammad Azraf
Prof. Nurul Amin Chowdhury :(from the previous issue)His life-style was very simple, had saint-like personality and child-like nature. During his Rome journey, he gained great...
Itibrittanto (History) by Shaikh Tofazzal Hosain
Publisher: Farah Bilkis, Uttarkal, Shalmara Bhaban, Bardeshi, Aminbazar, Dhaka. Date of Publication : Boimela 2012, Falgun 1418. Compose : Md. Aktar Hosain. Printer : Rubel...
The flower and the butterfly
M. Mizanur Rahman :What fascination that nature creates between the flowerand the butterflyis yet to be known. This is certainly the mystery of nature. While the bee...
Jibanananda contributed modernism in Bengali poetry
Jibananando Das was a great poet, writer, novelist and essayist. He took on the modenist project, reinvigorated the poetic diction, and refreshed the police lexicon...
Qazi Motahar Hossain : Author and scientist
Qazi Motahar Hossain was a Bengali author, scientist, statistician and journalist. He had intimate friendship with poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, Kazi Abdul Odud. He was...
Recalling Principal Akhter Hamid Khan
Muhammad Quamrul Islam :Thanks to old Victorians (ex-students of Comilla Victoria College) and ex – Civil Service trainees at Comilla Academy under his guidance, held...
Poem
I travelled amongunknown menWilliam Wordsworth I travelled among unknown men, In lands beyond the sea; Nor, England ! did I know till then What love...
Poet Kamini Roy
Kamini Roy (12 October 1864 – 27 September 1933) was a leading Bengali poet, social worker and feminist in British India . She was the...
Book Review
‘Universal humanism in mystic poetry of Sabir Ahmed Chowdhury’ by M. Mizanur Rahman. Publisher : Sabir Sangeet O Samajkallyan Parishad, Lalmatia, Mohammadpur, Dhaka. First Edition...
Man Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan
Richard Flanagan, prominent Tasmanian author, wins literary award Man Booker Prize 2014. The Tasmanian took out the 50,000-pound ($88,000) prize, which was announced at an...
Poem
HaikuAshraful Musaddeq Passed (To D Elizabeth R Taylor)Deplete calyxIs weeping from the orchidKitten Taylor passed PeoplesPeoples quarrelingAround circumference Worrying context PetalPetal of the timeFalling slowly...