Perween Hasan, professor in the Department of Islamic History and Culture at Dhaka University, recently published her book Sultans and Mosques: The Early Muslim Architecture of Bangladesh (London: I.B.Tauris and Co Ltd).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Though the book originated as her doctoral thesis and is fairly technical in nature, with architectural terms and plans not easily accessible to [...]

I recommend one of my recent favorite movies ‘Deshantori’ by Mridul Chowdhury and Sujan Mahmud to our bloggers.
 
Following is the synopsis of Deshantori: The widely acclaimed film Deshantori tells the story of 26 Bangladeshis who risked their lives in search of a better future by undertaking a perilous journey to Spain through the Sahara [...]

We recommend the following movie ’Ontorjatra’ by Catherine and Tareque Masud. Watching this movie has touched many on different notes. If you have seen it already tell us what you thought of it.

Great writing may be in the blood, but having a window seat on remarkable historical events can help to shape an author. A major new talent, Tahmima Anam, has the advantage of coming from a line of gifted Bangladeshi writers and thinkers, yet it is the damaging experience her family shared with thousands of others [...]

 
We recommend the following book for our readers:
“Sultana’s Dream: And Selections from the Secluded Ones” by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Synopsis
“Sultana’s Dream” was first published in 1905 in a Madras English newspaper, is a witty feminist utopia — a tale of reverse purdah that posits a world in which men are confined indoors and women have taken over the [...]