Poet Abul Hossain passes away
Abul Hossain, one of the pioneers of modern Bangla poetry, has breathed his last on the night of the 29th June at the age of...
Literature
Bangla literature through ages
Mohammad Daniul Huq and Aminur Rahman :(From the previous issue)Unlike other branches of literature in this phase, plays did not flourish to any significant extent....
Poem
Life and purpose Fariduddin AttarIn the dead of night, a Sufi began to weep.He said, “This world is like a closed coffin, in whichWe are...
Munshi Mohammad Meherullah : A reformer
Mohsin Hussain :Munshi Mohammad Meherullah (1861-1907) poet, religious leader and social reformer, was born in his maternal grandfather’s home in Ghopegram under Kaliganj thana of...
Bangla literature through ages
Mohammad Daniul Huq and Aminur Rahman : (From the previous issue) In the phase of essay literature of the thirties those who were noted for...
Poem
That love of yoursSufia Kamal I’ve taken possession of that love of yoursthat fills the earth’s vessel till it overflows,filling my eyes, filling my heart,and...
Literary contribution of Sufia Kamal
Ahmad Kabir :Begum Sufia Kamal (1911-1999) poet, litterateur, social activist, feminist, was born on 20 June 1911 in a landowning family of Shayestabad, in Barisal....
George Orwell : Novelist, essayist and critic
Born Eric Arthur Blair in Motihari, Bengal, India, in 1903, George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist and critic, went on to become best known for...
Bangla literature through ages
Mohammad Daniul Huq and Aminur Rahman :Madhusudan was followed by Dinabandhu Mitra whose Nildarpan (1860) has considerable historical value as it depicts the merciless exploitation...
Book Review: Tin Bigha Jomi
The book deals with the famous statement ‘ All happy families are same, every unhappy family is unhappy according to its own kind’ of Anna...
Poem
Between the linesM. Mizanur Rahman “When the lamp is shatteredThe light in the dust lies dead. When the cloud is scatteredThe rainbow’s glory is shed.”...
Nobel Laureate Poet Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda was a Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet who was once called the greatest poet of the 20th century in any language.Born in Parral, Chile,...