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Mahbub Alam Munna

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Government losing ‘Aandar’ control trying to bring it under control

In an unprecedented twist, the government keeps losing Aandar control while attempting to bring it under control. Aanda, or egg -- whatever people choose to call it doesn’t matter anymore as they are having breakfast without eggs.
4 October 2024, 18:00 PM
4 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Altruistic prisoners demand work-from-jail permission

When the world is busy inventing and discovering new things, the people of Chapasthan 2.0 are busy coming up with new demands with every passing hour.
20 September 2024, 18:00 PM
20 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Hibernating influencers awaken as flood visits Bangladesh

“Please send money to my bKash and Nagad accounts (bKash 01*******, Nagad 01*******),” was how Superstar Kumon, one of the country’s unrivalled social media legends, finally broke his silence on social media since the student movement began.
23 August 2024, 18:00 PM
23 August 2024, 18:00 PM
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Seeking affordable dates, Bangladeshi opens Tinder account

A man from Basabo has opened a Tinder account after he learned from one of his friends that dates on Tinder and Bumble were more attainable than in the current market.
15 March 2024, 18:00 PM
15 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Motivational speakers at a loss after 12th Fail

“As soon as the movie ended, I opened my laptop and applied for BCS at the eleventh hour,” Munna, who recently promised to himself to be a cadre if someone like Shraddha invaded his life like a bolt from the blue, said after being heavily inspired by the movie 12th Fail. 
5 January 2024, 18:00 PM
5 January 2024, 18:00 PM
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Deshi Christopher Nolan ready with local Oppenheimer to fight against imported Jawan

Whoever thought the battle between Oppenheimer and Barbie was over, is actually living in a fool’s paradise.  
8 September 2023, 18:00 PM
8 September 2023, 18:00 PM
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Cities that looked like Europe from the sky now looking like the Pacific

Once one of the greatest actors of our galaxy compared the cities of Chapasthan with those of Europe. He was so overawed by the celestial appearance of his country’s cities that he could not resist rating European cities lower. 
1 September 2023, 18:00 PM
1 September 2023, 18:00 PM
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Comment Warrior Association in disbelief after India’s lunar triumph

The netizens of Bangladesh, the epicenter of social media-based intellectuals, stormed the internet once again following India’s historical astronomical leap.
25 August 2023, 18:00 PM
25 August 2023, 18:00 PM
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Guardians no longer sad about their children scoring eggs in exams

In an epic U-turn in the outlooks of Bangladeshi parents, eggs -- once considered to be the worst possible outcome -- have now become the most desired marks in the exam papers of their children.
18 August 2023, 18:00 PM
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Girls’ football jerseys leave several injured, doctors helpless

The days of getting injured by just deadly weapons or human assault are past as Bangladesh witnessed its first ever case of people sustaining serious injuries from the shorts worn by female footballers. Doctors said these injuries were incurable.
4 August 2023, 18:00 PM
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From bird to X: Bangladeshi boy sues Twitter for appropriating his love story

Who would have thought that the introduction of Twitter’s new logo, from blue bird to X, would trigger a Bangladeshi boy and give birth to a new controversy?
28 July 2023, 18:00 PM
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Accusing Threads of copying Twitter, Elon Musk threatens to block thoroughfares

“If he cannot make something original, why doesn’t he just leave this country and go to China?” Elon Musk said in acute rage while alleging that Mark Zuckerberg copied his Twitter to make Threads. 
21 July 2023, 18:00 PM
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Man loses fingerprint after slapping cows’ rear ends

With Eid just around the corner, the number of slaps on cows’ backs has surged by leaps and bounds, keeping pace with the price of the sacrificial animal. 
23 June 2023, 18:00 PM
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‘Marriage aspirants’ joining ‘Chirokumar Sova’ after decision on marriage tax

The Dhoka West City Corporation (DWCC) has taken the notion of thinking outside the box to another level. 
26 May 2023, 18:00 PM
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Real seek entry into Farmgate coaching centre after failing English test

Real Madrid players have reportedly come to Bangladesh hoping for admission to a well-known coaching centre of Farmgate after they failed their English test, held in Etihad exam hall on English soil.
19 May 2023, 18:00 PM
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Guardiola promises to cut his hair if City fail to beat Real in UCL semi

Pep Guardiola, who is popularly known for bottling Champions League campaigns, is once again dreaming again of winning it, even at the cost of his hair.
12 May 2023, 18:00 PM
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Farmers confused by helmet-wearing seasonal farmers

Chapasthan has employed student leaders of universities and colleges, especially those who wear helmets regardless of whether they have bikes to boost agriculture.
5 May 2023, 18:00 PM
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Heroes sparring over who had the better movie create local Avengers plot

“Eid without our local heroes’ fighting over their movies’ supremacy is like sweet without sugar. You cannot enjoy the festival wholly if they don’t fight,” Tausif, a local movie freak from Basabo, said while sharing a movie meme in his timeline on Facebook.  
28 April 2023, 18:00 PM
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Man stays in Bangladesh despite apparently acing IELTS, goes viral

It is a given that someone who secures a commendable score in the IELTS exam will go abroad, and not stay back in Bangladesh.  
7 April 2023, 18:00 PM
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Juniors massaged student leader’s legs because he was preparing for the Olympics

The country erupted in joy at news that a student leader from Bangladesh Mountains University is going to partake in running events of the Paris Olympics next year.  
24 March 2023, 18:00 PM
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Content creator rules her own universe of 5

A content creator recently declared that she had made her own social media universe where everything revolves around the number 5.  
17 March 2023, 18:00 PM
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Is there really a demand for cats and dogs in restaurants?

A host of cats and dogs in the capital have recently sought asylum in Europe because of a rumour that has spread like wildfire.  
10 March 2023, 18:00 PM
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Fighting over being called ‘Murgi’ stops after price of chicken skyrockets

Being called “Murgi” has always been a source of extreme offence for all students of Bangladesh, although they can often been found queueing up to have fried chicken.
24 February 2023, 18:00 PM
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Social media celebrities will soon become Tagores and Nazruls

A recent, very confidential study has projected that very soon, Bangladesh will become home to not one, not two, but very many Nazruls, Tagores and Shakespeares.
17 February 2023, 18:00 PM
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Disappointment as dream of seeing Boi Mela from metro rail still unfulfilled

Some people in the capital have reacted with disappointment as their supposed dream of looking at the Boi Mela will not be fulfilled this year as the section of the section of the elevated railway that passes near the book fair venue is yet to come into operation.
3 February 2023, 18:00 PM
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Science can’t answer why people get the most important calls inside elevators

Science has been the prime source for answers ever since humans learned to remain silent about questions they couldn’t answer. However, with one particular question, “why people get the most important calls while they are inside elevators?”, science can only respond with silence time and again.
27 January 2023, 18:00 PM
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99% of Bangladeshis could get ‘exposed’ before the end of 2023: researchers

Bangladesh holds the record for having the highest number of people, per square kilometre, to have been exposed on social media at least once in their lives.
20 January 2023, 18:00 PM
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‘I own many houses in the US only to make better sewerage systems back home’

Task Jong Un, one of the most intense workaholics in Chapasthan, exhibited his diligence once again by taking his responsibilities to another level.
13 January 2023, 18:00 PM

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