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Prince Harry’s Spare

I don’t have the book. Neither do the bookshops in Bangladesh. Amazon does not deliver to Bangladesh either. So, I will get it sooner that’s not going to happen. I have to wait, at least till the time the book leans back in most of the Nilkhet bookshops. But first

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Dhaka Lit Fest 2023: My Takeaway

I think the very first thing while writing about this year’s Dhaka Lit Fest (DLF) should be to thank the founders, directors and producers of DLF for making it happen after a long three years gap due to COVID triggered circumstances. The 10th edition of DLF which is also deemed

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The Archer by Paulo Coelho

The Archer by Paulo Coelho

Today I have finished reading The Archer by Paulo Coelho. I started the read yesterday. It’s a small book of around 130 pages with some beautiful illustrations in it. I could not appreciate the full beauty of these illustrations because I had bought this particular print of the book from

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World Book and Copyright Day

International Day of the Book 2021

Today 23rd April is celebrated as the International Day of the Book worldwide. This day is also called World Book and Copyright Day or simply World Book Day. This day is celebrated every year with a specific theme across the world organized by UNESCO. ‘To share a story’ has been

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Diego Maradona with football

Briefly on Diego Maradona

I didn’t have a chance to watch Maradona playing live as I was only seven years old when his active playing ended on around 1997. He was banned in 1994 as he tested positive of drugs during USA World Cup.Maradona has played actively from 1976 to 1997 in different teams

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Necrophilia in Bangladesh

Necrophilia in Bangladesh

Recently, like many other I have come across a news report on a boy who works at a morgue in one of the public hospitals of Dhaka. He is allegedly engaged in having sexual intercourse with the dead bodies of girls and women sent to the morgue for autopsy. This

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