The Bangla Academy has apologised for shutting booths selling sanitary napkins at Amar Ekushey Boi Mela allegedly because of complaints from religious groups.
A series of unsettling incidents over recent years has cast a long shadow over the fair’s foundational principles.
After a brief suspension, Bangla Academy has published a revised list of winners for its prestigious Literary Award 2024. The finalised list was announced yesterday night, following a reevaluation meeting by the Bangla Academy Executive Council.
Selina Hossain is a celebrated novelist in the realm of Bangla literature.
Kazi Nazrul Islam, the national poet of Bangladesh, turned the hardships of poverty and betrayal into profound sources of creative inspiration. He embraced his grief and expressed it through the evocative rhythms of his poetry and the melodies of his music. His works capture the pain of betrayal, alongside deep expressions of love and a relentless pursuit of equality.
Most of the students from Dhaka University did not know about the fair and simply happened to pass by.
Set in the backdrop of a nameless forest, the narrative of the play 'Ekti Moragachh O Charjon Narir Shopnobhongo' revolves around characters of William Shakespeare’s creation.
A screenshot of a message saying that seven letters will be dropped from the Bangla alphabet from next year is not true, said officials.
Both the Dhaka Lit Fest and Ekushey Boi Mela offer sobering insights into the underlying socioeconomic challenges that have hamstrung Bangla publishing.
With the fifth murder of a blogger spreading a wave of frustration among the general public, The Daily Star talked to people on the Dhaka University campus today to know what they were thinking about the situation.
Noted Tagore singer Sadi Mohammad receives Rabindra Award-2015, conferred by the Bangla Academy, for his outstanding contribution to the practice of Rabindra Sangeet.
Rafida Ahmed Bonya, wife of murdered blogger-writer Avijit Roy, says she did not get proper cooperation from law enforcers when they came under attack on February 26.
A Dhaka court today ordered the Detective Branch (DB) of police to get a DNA test of the Avijit Roy murder evidence done by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
A four-member team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and detectives are inspecting the crime scene at Dhaka University where writer-blogger Avijit Roy was killed on February 26.
