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Short film Meenalaap (Fish Monologue) screened

Sheikh Arif Bulbon :The screening a 28 minutes-length short film, Meenalaap (Fish Monologue), directed by Suborna Senjutee Tushee, was held at Goethe-Institut Bangladesh auditorium in the capital’s Dhanmondi area recently. Prior to the above...

Poet Shamsur Rahman

Literature Desk :Nhamsur Rahman (23 October 1929 – 17 August 2006) was a poet, columnist and journalist. A prolific writer, he produced more than sixty books of poetry collection and is considered a key...

POEM: Sings the song of human status

(Great Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam) -Abdul Muqit Chowdhury Sings the song of human status-Equality, fraternity-noble vision.Upholds Injunction Divine thus Poet of the world with great mission. ‘Rebel’ to level all disparity, He didn’t come...

Poet, lyricist Atulprasad Sen

Khan Md Sayeed :Atulprasad Sen (1871-1934), poet, lyricist and singer, was born in Dhaka on 20 October in 1871. His family hailed from a village called Magor situated under South Bikrampur in Faridpur. While...

Journalist, writer Abu Jafar Shamsuddin

Saumitra Sekhar :Abu Jafar Shamsuddin (1911-1988) journalist and writer, was born on 12 March in 1911 in the village of Dakshinbagh in Gazipur, Dhaka. He was the son of Mohammad Akkas Ali Bhuiyan. His...

Nostalgia of childhood: Dipu Number 2

Faridul Ahasan Shourav :If you ask any 90’s kids of Bangladesh that what is their most favorite children’s film? You might get a common answer from them. In our generations BTV days, we the...

Sukanta spent his childhood at their house at Nibedita Lane, Bagbazar. He was sent to Kamala Vidyamandir, a local primary school where his literary career began. His first short story was published in Sanchay, the school's student magazine. Later another

Sukanta Bhattacharya: Poet of the have not’s

Literature Desk :Sukanta Bhattacharya was a poet and playwright. Along with Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam, he was one of the key figures of modern Bengali poetry, despite the fact that most of...

Writer and filmmaker Zahir Raihan

Abu Sayeed Khan :Zahir Raihan (1935-1971) filmmaker and writer, was born on 19 August 1935 in the village Majupur of Feni. Zahir had his early education in Mitra Institute and later, he studied in...