Taslima Nasreen, Bangladeshi writer and activist, strongly criticised the interim government in Bangladesh and said the ...

As the Ekushey Boi Mela drew to a close, an air of bittersweet nostalgia enveloped Suhrawardy Udyan and Bangla Academy.

Ditlevsen, however, once wrote that she did much of her best work in poetry. There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die, the first English translation of those poems, starts with selections ...

Nasrin Nawa is a strategic communications expert based in Lincoln. Originally from Afghanistan, she has worked with various broadcasting platforms in her homeland, most recently with BBC Persian TV.

Unfavourable economic conditions and uncertainty regarding the country’s law and order situation has led to slump in book sales at the fair this year ...

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I have slept in many places, for years on mattresses that entered,” by Diane Seuss, and his own poem “This Is a Test of the Federal Emergency ...

He asked me if I would be interested in presenting a paper on Taslima Nasrin’s work at my alma mater. I was delighted by this opportunity. Finally, the Centre for Studies in Literature at Portsmouth ...

Poets should and must document the destruction and horrors of war. But can poetry ameliorate a war or hasten a peaceful resolution? Perhaps, but only if poets and readers can slip behind enemy ...

A dispute broke out on 10 February over Sabyasachi Publications stall displaying Taslima Nasrin's book. The police shut it down ... not just historical books but also stories, novels, and poetry that ...

Eminent Sindhi poet Allah Bux aka Dr Akash Ansari died on Saturday. He was 69. Police have opened a probe to dig out the facts behind his death apparently caused by a fire in his room. The poet ...

Lalon, also known as Lalon Shah, Lalon Fakir, Shahji, was a Bengali spiritual leader, philosopher, mystic poet and social reformer ... Fair in Dhaka over the display of book written by Taslima Nasreen ...

The commemoration of philosopher and Sufi saint Lalon Fakir in Bangladesh has been cancelled following objections from various Islamic groups, local media reported on Thursday. The Tribune, now ...