Vargas Llosa’s crusade, a failure that seeded literary triumph, whispers a question: can stories outlive the frailty of those who write them?
SN Bose’s recruitment at DU was by the institution’s first vice-chancellor, PJ Hartog.
You didn’t expect someone like Andrew, who would have turned only 50 this December 16, to exit the world so abruptly.
Sigma Huda’s legacy for the empowerment of women, be it at the home, on the roads or in the courtroom, lives on.
Matia Chowdhury was usually seen donning a cotton saree and avoided luxurious attire.
As we commemorate Latifur Rahman, we miss his presence, warmth and personal touch in championing the cause of independent journalism.
It is difficult to put into words the contribution that Prof Azizur Rahman Khan made to academia and the nation.
Abed bhai defined a great and worthy leader as someone who always steps down to accommodate a worthier leader.
Widely known as a polite and cool-headed person he was an ideal teacher, persuasive enough for innovative application of modern method and tools of education.
It was around 7 pm in Dallas, Texas on April 27 (6 am on April 28 in Dhaka), when I received a phone call from a colleague at BRAC University.
There was every reason for Jamilur Reza Choudhury not to return to the Dacca of 1968 after completing his PhD at the University of Southampton, UK.
Dr Saadat Husain, a career civil servant of Bangladesh, passed away on April 22 at United Hospital after suffering from meningitis and renal complications.
It often takes the life of one man for a nation to wake up or to gather the courage to call a spade a spade.
It was about ten or twelve years ago that Ruhul Amin Mazumder called me one day to say, “Ramendu, I am giving you a responsibility.
A Bangladeshi pioneer departed this world on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Architect Bashirul Haq was a poet who crafted his poems with the language of brick, green, light, air, and tactility.
Abul Mansur Ahmad is a revolutionary name in the history of our culture and literature. A star in our literary firmament, he emerged at a time when society was plagued by ignorance, bigotry and superstition, and his bold messages of social reform and intellectual freedom were largely a response to that time.
February 21 is an important day for our country and for the world. This is the day when we remember the sacrifice that brave martyrs made for the Bengali language and culture.
Mohammad Badrul Ahsan, the inimitable author of the sparkling “Cross Talk” column in The Daily Star and Editor of the now defunct biweekly “First News” is no more, his life cut short abruptly at the age of 60, when his full potential as a writer was yet to blossom.
