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Manash Ghosh, 82, the author of a new book that peels the power and the plot behind the assassination of the first President ...
In February this year the authorities in Bangladesh took Shamsuzzoha Manik, a 73-year-old publisher, into custody for publishing a book titled “Islam Bitorko” (“Debate on Islam”).
With every arrest and vigilante attack, Bangladesh’s culture of repression deepens. ‘You can’t paint, act, or write while ...
Police in Bangladesh have raided the home of an opposition leader and seized copies of two books he has published. Abu Sayeed of the Awami League Party said plainclothes police entered his house ...
Members of the Academic and Creative Publishers Association of Bangladesh reckon that more than 75% of books are launched during the Ekushey Book Fair, the country’s biggest book event.
DHAKA, BANGLADESH, FEBRUARY 2022- Amid the global pandemic national book fair began in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Feb. 15, 2022, (Photo: Md. Kamruzzaman) ...
Book review: 'Being Hindu in Bangladesh' is brilliantly researched story of the untold plight of a people of minority religion 1971 has not ended. Can discussions on Hilsa and Jamdani take a break?
Bangladesh needs to formulate a national book policy, as well as a comprehensive bibliography policy, alongside guidelines for the rights of authors and publishers, for contracts, ...
For all the global acclaim Bangladesh has received for programs intended to alleviate poverty for women, successive governments have allowed personal laws that drive women into poverty to linger on ...
Unease over Bangladesh entry in book fair: Turmoil casts cloud over neighbouring country's participation in mega Calcutta event in 2025 Unlike previous years, the organisers — the Booksellers and ...
Bangladesh rewrites its history books to suit new orthodoxies Last year, a student-led revolution overthrew the government of iron-fisted premier Sheikh Hasina when public anger over her ...
Kamal Lohani, a cultural icon with a background in radio, fondly went back to the day in January 1972 when Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had returned from captivity in Pakistan to an independent Bangladesh.