Kabya Samagra by Moniruddin Yusuf.Edited by Belal Chowdhuri. Published by Liaquatullah, Student Ways, Banglabazar, Dhaka. First edition : Ekushe Bookfair...
‘Firey Dekha Jeebon : Smriti O Onubhob’ (Life in Retrospect : Memories and reflections) by Nurul Amin. Publisher : Ershadul...
Bhenge Jawa Swopner Kotha is a memorable book of writer-journalist Jamaluddin Jamal. The content of the book lies on its...
Nikola Yonkov Vaptsarov ; (7 December 1909 – 23 July 1942) was a Bulgarian poet, communist and revolutionary. Working most...
Bergen Evans :Mr. Evans position is that the dictionary neither snickers nor denounces. It records. He finds the Third International a modern scientific work to which readers may turn to find out how the language is used today, not how it should be used. He takes to task reviewers whose criticisms show that they “seem unable to read the Third International and unwilling to read the Second.” The storm of abuse in the popular press that greeted the appearance of...
(From previous issue)Consider the word fetch, meaning to “go get and bring to.” Until recently a standard word of full dignity (“Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel”-I Kings 17:10), it has become slightly tainted. Perhaps the command latent in it is resented as undemocratic. Or maybe its use in training dogs to retrieve has made some people feel that it is an undignified word to apply to human beings. But, whatever the reason, there is...
Literature Desk :Throughout his career, cartoonist and writer Dr. Seuss (1904-1991) published over 60 books. The Cat in the Hat...
Md Sadat Hussain Rafsanjani :The world that we are living in, are you sure it is real? Is there any...
Shaikh Ataur Rahman :Children’s Literature may be defined as literature composed for young readers and consisting of instructive and interesting stories, rhymes, and poems. Children’s literature is marked by linguistic simplicity, plenty of colourful pictures. It appeals to the imagination with tales of fantastic journeys and adventures or stories of fairies, witches and ogres. Famous western books for children include Alice in the Wonderland and Treasure Island. However, all works that are included as children’s literature were not always written...
Shaikh Ataur Rahman :(from the previous issue)Other works of this period include Ibrahim Khan’s Chheleder Shahnama (1922), Habibur Rahman’s Hasir Golpo (1917), Kazi Imdadul Huq’s Kamarer Kando (1919), Muhammad Wajed Ali’s Sindabad Sowdagorer Golpo (1922), Bande Ali Mia’s Chor Jamai (1929), Meghkumari (1932), Jangler Khobor (1934), and Jangler Raja (1937), Mohammad Modabber’s Hirer Phul (1931), Abul Kalam Shamsuddin’s Kachipata (1932), and Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury’s Omar Faruq (1931).Later writers who wrote for children include Golam Mostafa (1897-1964), Jasimuddin (1904-1976), Kazi Kader...
Literature Desk :Ekhlasuddin Ahmed (15 December 1940-24 December 2014) was a Bangladeshi children’s writer. He was awarded the Ekushey Padak,...
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