Poems: Mayhem
-Dana Ishrat Mahmud Too cold out there to wade In the grays, those never fade But I still keep the blurred line Of your steps and pray to shine. I’m stranded, swoon and lost The...
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Poet Dylan Thomas
Literature Desk :Dylan Marlais Thomas was born on October 27, 1914, in Swansea, South Wales, UK. His father was an English Literature Professor at the local grammar school and would often recite Shakespeare to...
Interview of Alam Shine
The New Nation: For the survival which is your preference – literature or wild life?Alam Shine: Wild life saves the nature, nature saves the human being and human being saves the literature – nothing...
Man Booker Prize winner novelist Anna Burns
Literature Desk :Anna Burns (born 1962) is a Northern Irish Booker Prize winning author. She was born in Belfast and raised in the working class Catholic district of Ardoyne. She attended St Gemma’s High...
Journalist-teacher Moyeenul Alam
Mohammad Amjad Hossain :It was bolt from the blue to me when I was speaking to Nargisul Alam, wife of Moyeenul Alam on 9 October of 2018 in Toronto, Canada from Virginia, USA over...
Great writer Fyodor Dostoevsky
Literature Desk :Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in 1821 and grew up on the outskirts of Moscow. He established himself as a writer starting in middle age. He produced a series of major books: 1864...
Length of fingers can determine sexuality in women
Weekend Plus Desk :The length of a woman’s fingers could indicate her sexual orientation, according to a study published in Archives of Sexual Behaviour. The findings of the study, reported by BBC, state that...
Swapnadal stages 100th show of Tringsha Shatabdee
Sheikh Arif Bulbon :Audience-admired theatre troupe Swapnadal staged the 100th show of its anti-war production Tringsha Shatabdee recently at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) in the capital’s Segun Bagicha area....
The Sailor of the Seven Seas
Farrukh Ahmad :[Poet Farrukh Ahmad (1918-1974) is one of the best poets of Muslim Renaissance. Farrukh’s ‘Sat Sagorer Majhee’ (The Sailor of the Seven Seas), written in 1944, is one of his best known...
Cycling, walking in nature may improve mental health
Weekend Plus Desk :People who commute – walking or cycling – through natural environments are more likely to develop better mental health than those who commute less, according to a new study. Natural environments...
Things to check before buying home furniture online
Weekend Plus Desk :Measure your space first and read the instructions online, follow the product description and know the shipping charges before buying home furniture online, say experts.Raghunandan Saraf, CEO and founder, Saraf Furniture,...
Global Hand-washing Day
Md Altaf Hussain :Hand-washing is one of the most important steps we can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others. Many germs that can make people sick are spread by not...