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In Bengali literature there are not too many writers who wrote only for the children. The genre of children’s writing is made popular by two people: Upendra Kishore Ray and his son Sukumar Ray. In this article I am going to write about Sukumar Ray. I first read Sukumar’s poem when I was in class

Through darkness I saw her. Said she, “Where have you been so long?” And raised her bird’s nest-like eyes — Banalata Sen from Natore. (Banalata Sen by Jibanananda Das) One of the greatest examples of metaphor in Bangla literature considered by many specialists is given above. Here, the poet compares his lover’s eye with bird’s

Antony Chekov was one of the greatest short story writers in Russian literature. He had the gift of presenting an ordinary event in a very extraordinary way. Heartache is perhaps such kind of a story in which Chekhov has presented a very ordinary story from everyday life in a very powerful way. While doing it

Children’s literature is a very important field in the world of literature. Almost in all languages there are stories and poems written or unwritten composed for children. Many famous writers in the world wrote stories for children. Recently, J.K Rowling, the author of Harry Potter has earned name and fame around the world. In Bengali

(Here is the translation of a Bangla short story written by Syed Mujtaba Ali a very popular writer in Bangla literature. There has been an article about SYed Mujtaba Ali (http://write-translate.blogspot.com/2006/03/syed-mujtaba-ali.html). The translation of the short story has been done by biplob Kishore Deb, a university student in Dhaka, Bangladesh.) One of my friends often

In Bengali literature Jasimuddin is known as ‘PalliKabi’ (Rural poet). The main subject of his poem was the lives of the people of rural Bengal their simplicity, serenity, suffering, and various other aspects. Jasimuddin was born in the village of Tambulkhana of Faridpur District. He did his M.A in Bengali from Calcutta University and then

Hollywood is the biggest film industry in the world. Many talented actors work in this industry. Here is a list of top ten Hollywood actors- 1 Robert Downey Jr (Top Ten Hollywood Actors) You can call him the “Muhammad Ali” of Hollywood. Just like Ali, Robert Downey rose to fame in the 90s and then

Ananda Ashram Movie Review: Though I watch a lot of English movies it is not that I hate Bangla movies. Of course there are many talented actors and actresses in Bangla cinema. When we talk about great actors of commercial Bangla cinema, Uttam Kumar’s name would come up at the top. No other actor, in

These days, Hero Alom is making a lot of noise in social media. After reading about this person, I have nothing but great respect for him. Those of you who do not know about Hero Alom. His real name is Ashraful Alom. He lives in Erulia Union of Bogra district where he runs a successful

She was a highly successful model with the world at her feet; working with top designers, photographers, top fashion magazines and brands, travelling all over the world, at one point, her agent event suggested her to act in movies. Yet, she gave up all that and returned to her homeland with a dream to do

e-Commerce is already big in many countries around the world. In this post, I am going to write about the top ten e-Commerce companies in the world today. In October last year,  Hamburg based market intelligence organization yStats.com published a report titled “The World’s Leading E-Commerce Companies 2014” which contained a list of top ten

The year 2008 has been an eventful year for Bollywood, the famous Indian movie industry. Many movies were released throughout the year. Some of them did bad, some mediocre, and some poorly. Here is a look at the business of Bollywood in 2008. One of the biggest trends in Bollywood in 2008 was that many

If you are a regular reader of the blog then you must know it very well that I love to interview people from time to time. I am happy to interview April Trent because first of all she loves to travel around the world but more than that she can write about travelling in a

Mobile Phone has become one of the most common gadgets we now use in our daily lives. In South Asia, India is the largest mobile phone market. Already there are several domestic and foreign mobile operators. In this article series, I am going to cover some of the top mobile phone operators in India. Tata

On October 27, 2010, Nokia and Daily Star, one of the most popular English dailies of Bangladesh, jointly launched the Daily Star news widget in the Nokia Ovi store. It is the first local ews widget launched in South East Asia Pacific region. The news widget is now available for free to all the Nokia

On October 27, 2010 at the Westin Hotel in Gulshan, Nokia and The Daily Star launched the first local news widget in the South East Asia Pacific region. Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher, The Daily Star, Prem Chand, General Manager, Nokia Emerging Asia, attended the event and interacted with the media people and talked about

Blog Network is something that is a collection of blogs run by most of the time by a company or rarely by an individual. A blog can based on a similar topic (business, sprots etc) or can have a number of blogs with different topics. The basic idea is to earn money with the power

Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO) is the most important organization dealing with information technology sector in Asia and Oceania region. It was set up in 1984 to promote better relationship among the IT companies in the Asian-Oceanian region. In the last 25 years, it has expanded its activities. Now, ASOCIO has around 10 thousand companies

Except for Bhutan Maldives, remittance sent by workers abroad plays an important part in the economies of 5 other countries of South Asia. Most of these workers mainly work in the Middle East and Malaysia. They worked very hard and contributed in the economic development of the countries that they work in. Most of them

The history of Internet in Bangladesh is just 13 years old. E-commerce is still not legal here and there is no way of online transaction. SO, earning money through websites is a very big problem. I have written a detailed article about it in another blog: Web Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh. However, I am some shocked

South Asia is one of the poorest regions of earth and I live here. It has nearly 1.5 billion people living in 8 countries and India alone has over 1 billion people. Then there areBangladesh and Pakistan with 150 million people each. South Asiais also home to the largest number of poor people on earth

I have been going to Dhanmondi Lake since 1999. It is 10 years now. Well, at first, I still remember that the place was much less crowded than today. In 2001, I used to go there almost every day in evening and stayed until 10 PM. My favorite place inDhanmondi Lake was and still is

According to a report in The Daily Star, 5,29,000 visitors came to Bangladesh during 2006-2010 and the country ‘earned US$ 413.00 million’ during this time. Accepting this figure as accurate, I am writing this post. I also found in that report of the Daily Star that Bangladesh government gave Tk.650.00 million to the Tourism Board

When it comes to e-commerce, it is natural the names of rich and developed countries like USA, UK, Germany etc comes. After all, they have high level of per capita income, high speed Internet and penetration of Internet and mobile phone usage and even ratio of smartphone usage and finally modern financial sector. They should

The art of making a balance between career and spouse is a problem that almost everyone faces in every country. Often, this problem torments a couple to the extreme point of getting divorce. In this article I am going to mention some strategies that may help you to make a balance between your career and