Dhaka, Sept 10 – The High Court on Thursday stayed the decision of Copyright Office Bangladesh for one month that gave the copyright of 260 Masud Rana books and 50 books of Kuasha series to Sheikh Abdul Hakim.
Category: Literature
Anything, but not about future
Sudhirendar SharmaWater future is in the hands of an archaic water sector, predominantly under government control, and afflicted by business-as-usual approach.Cape Town achieved ‘Day Zero’ not too long ago, sending alarm bells ringing across the urbane world to set in…
Delhi’s Subterranean Truths
Sudhirendar Sharma It is not the distance but the approach that creates a connection of convenience between shades of insecurities and vulnerabilities. Hold it tight. The rickshaw ride could turn unruly as it meanders through the underbelly of an unalike…
Unearthing past without discrimination
Sudhirendar Sharma National chauvinism does not go very far – even where it goes it only acts as a delusive will-o’-the wisp.
Wordsmith par excellence
Sudhirendar Sharma No contemporary poet has been capable of engineering thoughts on social awakening through poetic lyricism. Such has been its lyrical contemporariness that ‘main zindagi ka saath nibhata chala gaya’ has been taken to heart by even the millennial…
What’s in a name?
Sudhirendar Sharma Names may not always define the nature of a thing but certainly represent historical lineage when referred to a place.
Will everyone get a Ferrari some day?
Sudhirendar Sharma Even if everyone were to get a Ferrari, it will only be the Fiat of its generation With Covid-19 having slowed down everything, and with frugality in thoughts and actions set in, the idea of ‘de-growth’ may seem…
Tagore’s birth anniversary Friday
Dhaka, May 08 – The 159th birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Poet Rabindranath Tagore is being celebrated on Friday.
Indeed, it is a rough road ahead
Sudhirendar Sharma A slowdown of economy must lead to de-globalization as the answer to unrestricted acceleration that has over exploited natural resources at the cost of increasing inequality.
The road to highways
From the confines of the truck cabin the humane dimensions of hard-earned livelihoods unfold in its varied forms. This debut travelogue has two characters: one, a techie who hits the road to escape the stationary world of desktop mobility and…
Behind a ravaged Tara
Sudhirendar Sharma The gut-wrenching cars smashing scenes in Rohit Shetty’s films have their share of dirty secrets too. We all love watching movies – at home, in theatre or on phone – little realizing that we are complicit in the…
The fallacy of the new-normal
Sudhiendar Sharma Unless the wisdom of limitations becomes the mainstream thought, it is unlikely that the human enterprise will reduce its multiples stresses on the biosphere.
LINKED DANGERS TO CIVILIZATION, by John Scales Avery
A new freely downloadable book I would like to announce the publication of a book, which discusses the most serious dangers which the world faces today. The book may be freely downloaded and circulated from the following link: http://eacpe.org/app/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Linked-Dangers-to-Civilization-John-Scales-Avery.pdf
Record 4919 books out during the Ekushey Fair; sale Taka 23m
Dhaka, Feb 29 – The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair ended on Saturday amid a record publication of books and fanfare. State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid was present as the chief guest while President of Bangla Academy Emeritus…
Little known elderly author’s book hot cake at Ekushey Fair
‘Bangaleer Joy, Bangaleer Berthota (Victory of Bangalees, Failure of Bangalees)’, a book by little known author Dr Faizur Rahman Al Siddique, has become a new attraction for booklovers at Amar Ekushey Book Fair-2020 after the publication of its second edition.
ভাষা শহীদদের যথাযথ মর্যাদার আসনে ভূষিত করুন – আইএবি
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ এর প্রেসিডিয়ামের অন্যতম সদস্য অধ্যক্ষ সৈয়দ মোসাদ্দেক বিল্লাহ আল-মাদানী বলেছেন, রক্তক্ষয়ী সংঘর্ষের বিনিময়ে অর্জিত সেই অমর একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারি আজ। আমাদের প্রাণপ্রিয় মাতৃভাষা বাংলাকে রাষ্ট্রীয় ভাষার মর্যাদায় প্রতিষ্ঠিত করার জন্য স্বৈরাচারী সরকারের পুলিশের গুলিতে শহীদ হন সালাম, রফিক,…
Don’t neglect mother tongue while learning other languages
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said in the global village one needs to learn other languages but the mother tongue must never be neglected.
Love for mother tongue reunites thousands at BD-India border
Thousands of people from Bangladesh and India gathered at no-man’s land here on Friday, marking ‘Amar Ekushey’, the Language Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day.
UN Bangla font being launched Friday
Dhaka, Feb 21 – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Bangladesh is going to celebrate the International Mother Language Day by launching the UN Bangla font and Bangla version of the Human Development Report 2019 on Friday.
পাকিস্তানে কিভাবে পালিত হয় আন্তর্জাতিক মাতৃভাষা দিবস?
জাতিসংঘের ঘোষণা অনুযায়ী গত বেশ কয়েক বছর ধরে সারা পৃথিবীতেই ২১শে ফেব্রুয়ারি দিনটিকে পালন করা হচ্ছে আন্তর্জাতিক মাতৃভাষা দিবস হিসেবে।
Language Martyrs Day on Friday
The nation is set to observe ‘Amar Ekushey’, the Language Martyrs Day (Shaheed Day) and the International Mother Language Day on Friday, marking the supreme of sacrifice of the language heroes for upholding the right to speak mother tongue Bangla.
Ekushey Padak given away; Spread culture, literature: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday stressed the need for paying a special attention to further spread Bangla literature and culture in the world arena.
2,475 books released in Ekushey Book Fair so far
DHAKA – In the ongoing Ekushey Book Fair, the country’s largest literature festival, poetry volumes continue to rule as 720 of the total 2,475 books released so far. Novel books came second with the publications of 399 books while short…
He spoke the Language of the rivers: Rabindranath Tagore
This was one of the last poems written by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. Bard of Bengal, Kabiguru, Bishwakabi: world knows him by many names. He revelled in life with the curiosity and wonderment of a child.
Three poems from Siti Ruqaiyah Hashim
PRAYERS FOR AISHA LULU Today Aisha Lulu, 5 years old An orphan from Gaza Died alone Ah! The small martyr Nobody from her family Allowed to follow her to hospital in Jerusalem Because that’s the rules Of checkpoints soldiers of…
PM for more translations of Bangla literature
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday stressed the need for more translations of Bangla literature as her government wants to spread it across the world.
‘Adrisho Deyal’ book cover unveiled
Mymensingh, Jan 28 – The second novel ‘Adrisho Deyal’ written by Ahmed Shimu, joint secretary of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) Women’s’ Association is coming to this year Amar Ekushey Book Fair. Last year, her two books were published named ‘Sporshito…
Similar, but different nonetheless
Sudhirendar Sharma In their quest to create an identity distinct from India, Islamic identity has only proved regressive for a vibrant plural society. For the people of any country engagement with their lived reality plays a significant role in renegotiating…
Librarians honor books by Luiselli and Higginbotham
New York, AP/UNB, Jan 27 – Valeria Luiselli’s novel “Lost Children Archive” and Adam Higginbotham’s nonfiction “Midnight in Chernobyl” have been awarded the Andrew Carnegie Medal, a $5,000 prize presented by the American Library Association.
10 chosen for Bangla Academy Literary Award
Ten personalities have been chosen for the Bangla Academy Sahitya Puroshkar (Bangla Academy Literary Award) 2019. Bangla Academy Director General Habibullah Siraji announced the names at a press conference at the academy’s Poet Shamsur Rahman Auditorium on Thursday. The award…