Danielle Nierenberg Food Tank has selected 20 books that will inspire and inform readers on topics ranging from food justice to urban composting to local food systems. These books highlight the important authors and change-makers whose creativity and innovation are…
Sudhirendar Sharma Women in the Middle East have begun to question those aspects of their culture that injures them in the name of religious protection. More often than not, prohibition of any kind triggers hidden human desires to surface with…
Sudhirendar Sharma It is a sheer enigma that the feel-good ideology of pluralism has outlived four decades of populist viewing.
The publication ceremony of a book ‘President Zia of Bangladesh: A Political Biography.’ by journalist Mahfuz Ullah was held at the BRAC Centre Inn in the capital. Author of the book, Mahfuz Ullah said he wrote the 670-page title having…
Novelist Pat Conroy, who announced last month that he was suffering from pancreatic cancer, has died, according to a statement from his publisher. Conroy was 70. He announced his diagnosis on Facebook almost three weeks ago, saying “I intend to…
Sudhirendar Sharma There is no denying the fact that the society needs to host intelligent, civil conversations about controversial and often heated issues, with the aim of widening them both in scope and participation.
haka – The Amar Ekushey Book Fair saw the largest crowd as well as sale on Sunday, the International Mother Language Day and Martyrs’ Day. The fair was crowded from the morning after it opened today at 8am.
Underscoring the importance of learning mother language first, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged all to uphold the dignity of Bangla. “I call upon to all uphold the dignity of our mother language which was achieved in exchange for…
Dhaka – The nation is observing Shaheed Day paying homage to the martyrs of the 1952 historic Language Movement from midnight past Saturday with due solemnity. The day is also the International Mother Language Day. Walking barefoot processions to the…
Dr. Sadiq deserves credit for bringing out such a timely book, which not only celebrates the progress we have made so far but also alerts us to what to focus on in the coming years. Dr. Alamgir and Dr. Mujeri…
Dhaka – The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair began in the capital on Monday amid foolproof security. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the fair on the Bangla Academy premises on Monday. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, she said every year…
Eleven personalities have been declared recipients for Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar for 2016. Director General of Bangla Academy Shamsuzzaman Khan unveiled the names at a press briefing on Thursday at the Bangla Academy auditorium.The recipients are Altaf Hossain (poetry), Shaheen…
By Nava Thakuria A near-completion monument in the heart of Guwahati city of northeast India has emerged as an issue of un-ending debates among Assamese academician, writer, journalist and ex-service personalities. While a section of prominent citizens have raised voices…
Sudhurendar Sharma In exporting 35 per cent of the country’s ore, mining has used 8 per cent of the state’s richest land mass, and returned just 4 per cent to its exchequer by pocketing the rest.
Robert J. Burrowes It has been argued that nonviolent struggles to liberate occupied countries – such as West Papua, Tibet, Palestine, Kanaky and Western Sahara – have failedfar more often than they have succeededbut that secessionist struggles (that have sought…
Sudhirendar Sharma Mark my words, uncanny hair growth in one of the most undesired of places on our body is likely to script a new style statement. No freak idea this, those who may have plucked these protein filaments into…
Sudhirendar Sharma Systems and rules are for the fools, and it needs power of imagination to fool the system. Piyush Pandey’s writing is like an onion with endless layers that seamlessly unravel clues in simplicity of everyday living. Such is…
Reverses Earlier Ruling of 4 Years, 800 Lashes (Beirut) – A Saudi court sentenced a Palestinian man to death for apostasy on November 17, 2015, for alleged blasphemous statements during a discussion group and in a book of his poetry.…
Sudhirendar Sharma GDP may have worked despite its fallibility till now, but it is unlikely to serve henceforth as the economy gets driven more by innovation, services, and intangible goods. It is a ‘made up entity’ that has become the…
Thirty-eight intellectuals in a joint statement yesterday demanded punishment of persons those were involved in the killing of writers and publishers. “The killers are being encouraged as the trials of perpetrators are somehow being escaped,” said the statement. The statement…
The government has initiated a registration process for online newspapers, aiming to ensure various government facilities for those and also check yellow journalism.
Robert J. Burrowes For many people, it is easier, safer and more comfortable to live in a world of delusion, particularly when this delusion requires no effort to seek out and understand truths that might prove unpalatable. If the delusion…
Sudhirendar Sharma What you read, see, and eat (and even think) is under gaze of self-styled moral custodians of social and cultural behaviour. If freedom of expression is what democratic societies aspire for, then the use of ink to smear…
The publication cereemony of a book ‘People of Many Rivers edited by Prof. Imtiaz Ahmed of Dhaka University and published by actionaid Bangladesh and the University Press Limited was held at a city hotel on Tuesday.
Taslima Nasreen attacked Indian writers, many of whom are not returning their awards, of ‘double standards’ and said nobody defended her when she was hounded of Kolkata by Islamist radicals.In an interview to the ‘Times of India’, Taslima said many…
By Alexander Kan Svetlana Alexievich – this year’s Nobel laureate for literature – says her approach is to let “human voices speak for themselves”. She first came to prominence in 1985 when, as a 23-year-old journalist in the Soviet Union,…
Danielle Nierenberg From the California estuaries to the research labs of the United States military, the 22 books we’re highlighting will take you on a journey to learn about where food comes from, where the food system is heading, and…
Sudhurendar Sharma Indian husbands worship their mothers because they have seen cows being worshiped throughout their growing years!! Twinkle Khanna writes so beautifully that you read her words slowly, relishing them, enjoying them and rolling over them till a radiant…
Sudhirendar Sharma Drone-led covert war against terrorism is loaded with hitherto unheard social and political implications. With wars increasingly being fought between states and non-state actors, weapons armed with artificial intelligence have replaced erstwhile indiscriminate bombings with targeted killings. Fought…
The Asia Foundation Bangladesh organized a book donation event on Sunday, August 30, 2015, at Upazila Hall Room, Upazila Complex, Islampur, Jamalpur, to donate approximately 5,376 Bangla and English language books worth approximately 24.5 lakh taka to 32 local schools.…