Book fair brims with holiday crowd
Shawdesh Desk: Bookworms, in thousands, thronged the Amar Ekushey Book Fair venue on the Bangla Academy and Suhrawardy Udyan premises on Saturday, soaring up sales of books and broadening smiles ReadMore
Publishers previously barred from Ekushey Book Fair now granted stalls
Shawdesh Desk: Several publishers denied stalls in the Amar Ekushey Book Fair under the previous Awami League government have finally been granted space to showcase their books this year. Many ReadMore
Bangla Academy declares revised list of its literary award recipients
Shawdesh Desk: Bangla Academy on Wednesday night declared the revised list of its literary award recipients after a review meeting of the executive council. Bangla Academy director general Mohammad Azam ReadMore
497 killed in road accidents in November: report
Shawdesh Desk: At least 497 people were killed and 747 others were injured in 415 road accidents across the country in November, said a report published by the Passenger Welfare ReadMore
“O Procrastination, I am Your Romeo!”
Shawdesh Desk: I fell for a lady so beautiful, for whom my heart bounced back and forth like a sound-box playing hip-hop. Blessed with well-defined features and petite lips, she ReadMore
The Measure of Time
Shawdesh desk; On my bookshelf sits a small metal box, rusted with age, barely larger than an index card. The outside is adorned with brightly colored flowers. Stuffed inside, many ReadMore
‘Buk Petechhi Guli Kor’ under way at Drik
Shawdesh Desk; A 16-DAY group photography exhibition titled Buk Petechhi Guli Kor is under way at Drik Gallery. The exhibition is showcasing various photographs of the student-led mass uprising in ReadMore
Kamal Lohani remembered
Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigosthi observed the fifth anniversary of the death of its former president and journalist Kamal Lohani organising a programme at its central office at Topkhana Road ReadMore
