I was late The train left me I”m alone on the empty platform Tweflth-day moon has set Under cloudy sky moon couldn”t be seen I was late The Ferry left the wharf Alone I gaze at the sporty waves Exhausted… Continue reading
Anger doesn”t suits you
Don”t be indignant Don”t get angry Anger doesn”t suits you Soft serene attire Snow-white affection You”re the symbol of love and trust You can”t get angry Anger doesn”t suits you Rivlets sprinkle in your eyes Cataracts in your smile Crushing… Continue reading
Golden Fire
‘It”s such a long way that I can”t reach even in my dreams Love! You”re at so long distance I never thought of Is this the solitude path made by you? or Had I some lapses in my subconscious state?… Continue reading
Sleepless Night
I couldn”t sleep tonight, I am awaking with thirst for stories Fireflies wove those stories many days ago In my distant deserted allies of childhood village Today in the long hours of load shedding I seek Beautiful, eccentric, enchanting stories… Continue reading
Weapon
There was a big crowd at the Police Station. Doubtful soldiers of the city were collecting weapon. Upset citizens, in harmony with the order of the martial law, Deposited their shotguns, rifles, pistols and cartridges Like vow-offerings at some holy… Continue reading
Sleeping Woman
Are you asleep? That”s better. Sleep. I don”t want to wake you up, woman Sleep. At this cold-stricken night If I die bleeding with cold-stroke I don”t care, I”ll sacrifice myself With winter-noose on my neck Still I”ll not wake… Continue reading
Decline
After calling you time and again I went back. I went backwith empty hands empty hearts Into disappointment and deception. Door that was avowedly to keep open all life Was shut by some clever design Not in monsoon but in… Continue reading
Poem of fourteen lines
Do you live in the dark? The stars fall down on your courtyard Still you wake up in the midnight qith eye-full of dreams Fogs gather on the window night swings like banana leaf White flowers will bloom on all… Continue reading
Shahjahan
Emperor Shahjahan, this you well knew Time sweeps away youth, riches, life itself from view. And yet didn”t you want to render visible The grief that consumed your heart and soul? Like a clap of thunder, the might of empire… Continue reading
গবেষক ও চিন্তাবিদ কাজী আবদুল ওদুদের স্মৃতি
১৯৫৩ সালে আমার যখন ছয় বছর বয়স, আব্বা পররাষ্ট্র দফতরের চাকরি নিয়ে কলকাতায় চলে গেলেন। মা ও আমাদের রেখে গেলেন ঢাকায়। আব্বার ইচ্ছা ছিল—ঢাকায় সংসার খরচ কম, এখানে পরিবারটা থাকলে আব্বা অনেক টাকা সাশ্রয় করতে পারবেন। কিন্তু মা চিন্তা করলেন… Continue reading
7 Icons of Bangladesh
Bangladesh was liberated in 16 December 1971 , after a decisive nine months of War of Liberation against the oppressive rule of the then Pakistani Military Rulers. Therefore, December is the month of Bijoy (Liberation). Many statues and sculptures were… Continue reading
Seven Icons of History at Dhaka
Bangladesh was liberated in 16 December 1971 , after a decisive nine months of War of Liberation against the oppressive rule of the then Pakistani Military Rulers. Therefore, December is the month of Bijoy (Liberation). Many statues and sculptures were… Continue reading
Lalbagh Fort: A Mughal archaeological relic at Dhaka
Lalbagh Fort or Fort Aurangabad, is an incomplete Mughal palace fortress at Dhaka on the river Buriganga in the southwestern part of the old city. The river has now gone further south and flows at quite a distance from the… Continue reading
Stream and Roots
Murshida Ahmed On the easel inside a square frame there’s an incomplete painting A tree is going to submerge from the broken river bank I love, so from my love I am moving away from it Now I’ve spread my… Continue reading
Rice revolution in Bangladesh
The National Seed Board (NSB), the authority to approve new crop varieties, is due to give its approval of the country’s first biologically fortified (biofortified) rice variety at a meeting tomorrow , Anwar Faruque, additional secretary and director general (seed)… Continue reading
Pati – Outstanding Bangladeshi artifact
-Siddique Mahmudur Rahman Pati or Madur (Mats) have been in use in Bangladesh from time immemorial, since ancient times and were used abundantly before the introduction of modern furniture in Bengali homes. They were used in daily life and at… Continue reading