Where Did I Put That Damned Pendrive
I remember the first time I saw Rafiul bhai. We just moved into our new Mirpur house, and I accompanied my mom when she decided to visit our next door neighbours. Rafiul bhai was sitting in front of a
2 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Question leaks: a rot in the core
I write from my experience of being part of the most recent batch of HSC graduates, and being familiar with people a couple of years either side of my own age, question leaks isn't a new phenomena. It has been there as a thorn at the side of students for at least 5 years (in its current form of online leakage), but has taken an abnormally long time to find the public spotlight it merits.
28 February 2018, 18:00 PM
The cricket coach conundrum
The Bangladesh national cricket team is without a coach again, and an array of experienced foreigners are being interviewed for the job while former captain Khaled Mahmud Sujon acts as interim coach.
3 January 2018, 18:00 PM
4 WAYS A BEARD CHANGES YOUR DAY TO DAY LIFE
It's a well-known scenario when a young man or even a middle aged one can be seen feeling distraught because a lack of facial hair has diminished his standing in the world as a male.
15 November 2017, 18:00 PM
LOOKING BEYOND THE FIRST HURDLE
There are 40 public universities in Bangladesh, a couple of international universities, and 92 private ones (as of February 2016).
2 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Villains: QotSA's seventh from heaven
I'm one of those people who could listen to Josh Homme scratch a chalk board with his nails and then go, “This is the sort of innovation that makes Joshua a musical genius.”
6 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Monkeys and Monsters
Jalal ud-Din Muhammad was the name Mughal Emperor Akbar was born with; it was also the name of a man clinging for life to a sewage pipe, hanging from the side of a five storey building in the middle of the night in a dingy neighbourhood inside the city that was first established in the name of Akbar's son.
16 August 2017, 18:00 PM
HSC Results 2017: The fallout
As the sales at sweetshops return back to normal, the dancing students in schoolyards go back home to prepare for admission tests...
2 August 2017, 18:00 PM
A family man through and through
There were certain rules in this house. Every morning, while dad and the kids were still asleep, mom woke up around 6 and took it upon herself to pull back the drapes and swing open the windows.
26 July 2017, 18:00 PM
EID SAFETY GUIDE
When Eid comes around every year and everyone is busy reminding themselves of the happiness and celebration that comes with these festivities..
21 June 2017, 18:00 PM
When YouTube is your history teacher
History is one of those things everyone can enjoy, as long as it's presented to them in some easily palatable manner.
7 June 2017, 18:00 PM
“THE WEATHER” is perfect for a swim in the POND
When people refer to Pond as a Tame Impala offshoot because they're both psychedelic rock acts from Perth, Australia and share a bunch of members, it irks me.
24 May 2017, 18:00 PM
GREENTEXT
We've been friends for a long time and when I went to her house last night to borrow her chemistry notes so I could copy them, I won't say I didn't foresee what was about to happen.
24 May 2017, 18:00 PM
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN INSPIRATION ENGINEER
Arman Khan has a busy day ahead of him. As he dresses himself, he contemplates his first social media post of the day.
29 March 2017, 18:00 PM
An Out of This World Grilled Chicken Experience
One-quarter grilled chicken. Naan. And a hell of a story.
8 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Your Handheld Sports Central
If you're an avid follower of a sport team, but school and/or work is starting to catch up with you, and you're sad because there was a match tonight that you probably could have seen but didn't even know was taking place, 365Scores is the app you are looking for.
22 February 2017, 18:00 PM
A Noob's Guide to Bangla Literature
A person's reading can happen in different ways, and in different languages.
15 February 2017, 18:00 PM
TYPES OF PEOPLE YOU MEET AT OLYMPIADS
If you aren't familiar with them, Olympiads are gatherings of young people interested in and fascinated by academics, where they go up against each other to prove who's more interested in and fascinated by a certain subject than everyone else.
1 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Learning Bigotry from the Textbook
News had emerged in local media over the last couple of weeks about the changes in the new NCTB textbooks in circulation at the beginning of 2017 academic year.
1 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Essentials for a successful coaching centre 1.0
From crossing seas and continents to learn by travelling, to leaving home in search of tutelage from a hermit in an unknown land, human endeavour for gaining knowledge has seen many changes over centuries.
18 January 2017, 18:00 PM