Today is the 83rd anniversary of the birth of one of the acclaimed fiction writers of Bangla language Mahmudul Haque.

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The British actress has revealed which Hollywood A-lister she did not enjoy working with, labelling the funnyman a “c**t”. A collection of poems about the death of the author’s father has taken one of ...

The Kenyan author, who died in 2019, ruthlessly took down the clichés of writing about the continent. His work is as relevant ...

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