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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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NASA to hire Bangladeshi ‘scientists’ to get authentic images

The fact that NASA is famous for producing fake images of space and celestial objects, has again been proven.  
15 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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All oil used for flattery, none left for energy production

Due to the national habit of applying generous levels of oil to slide one’s way to the top -- or most often, barely middle, levels -- of organisations, Chapasthan has been facing an oil crisis for the past few days.
8 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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VIP criticises Dr Strange for not practising medicine

“How is he even a doctor if he doesn’t treat people or at least own a dispensary?” Naambolle Chakrithakbena, a Verbosely Impotent Person (VIP), asked about Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero Doctor Strange.
1 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Internet Explorer has been closing for 27 years

The news that has been circulating of Internet Explorer retiring at the age of 27 is basically a lie. It’s actually the world’s longest and slowest closure, taking 27 years.  
17 June 2022, 18:00 PM
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PK joins race with Saudi man to marry Amber Heard

Being hit by serious penury, when Amber Heard was totally unable to pay Johnny Depp the $10-million compensation, the amount lost in a bet over the Liverpool-Madrid UCL final, an altruistic man from Saudi Arabia came to the rescue with his fat bank accounts.  
10 June 2022, 18:00 PM
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Women’s attires are reason the country is bad in all indexes: Study

“Corruption is high in Chapasthan. Do you guys really know why? Because of the dresses and clothes the women of this country wear,” Jamanai Mia, the chief researcher of Meyeder Poshak Gobeshona Institute (MPGI) said yesterday while announcing the findings of the institute’s latest study. 
27 May 2022, 18:00 PM
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Musk froze Twitter deal after hearing about PK

Elon Musk, the multi-billionaire with millions of social media followers, has talked about his worst nightmare -- PK Maldar, the former Chapasthani candidate for the world’s richest man.  
20 May 2022, 18:00 PM
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Banks offer ticket loans for powerfully powerless cousins

Even as Chapasthan’s per capita income continues to surge, people are failing to buy transport tickets. And so, the heart-touching reality of relatives of rulers being unable to afford train tickets has come to the fore
13 May 2022, 18:00 PM
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Coaching centres introduce crash courses on collecting more salami

“Pera Nai, Just Chill”, the country’s leading coaching centre located in Farmgate -- the worldwide capital of such centres -- just introduced their new crash course to teach students how to collect more Eid salami with minimal effort.  
29 April 2022, 18:00 PM
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Country launches 18-plus launch service

The country yet again took another traffic-jam changing decision by deciding not to sell any tickets to persons without NIDs. People have already started to call this measure an “18-plus launch service” as someone must be 18 or above to get an NID card.
15 April 2022, 18:00 PM
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Being in the gallery same as playing on the field: Football chief on Qatar’22

Khelauddin, the king of the country’s football federation, once promised that the national team would surely play the 2022 Qatar World Cup. To qualify, he promised to do everything, although he is famous for doing nothing.   
8 April 2022, 18:00 PM
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Petition launched to fine people covering Pasoori

“I haven’t seen my girlfriend’s photos on my newsfeed for the last 50 days because it’s flooded with Pasoori covers.
1 April 2022, 18:00 PM
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Employees demand Work-From-Road permission

Just as the Work-From-Home saga is dying down, Chapasthan employees have come up with a new demand – Work-From-Road.  
25 March 2022, 18:00 PM
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Per capita income fails to buy 1-litre soybean oil bottle

“How many bottles of soybean oil could Elon Musk buy with all of his money?” a man wondered after failing to buy one litre soybean oil with his limited money despite having been blessed with a spiffy figure of per capita income.
11 March 2022, 18:00 PM
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Schools to be shifted to shopping malls to avoid closures

The country has broken records for keeping schools, colleges and universities closed for the longest time after local scientists discovered that Covid thrives and is transmitted only in educational institutions.  
11 February 2022, 18:00 PM
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Country in shock after finishing 2nd on corruption list despite 1st-class performance

The country is in sheer despair after becoming the second most corrupt country in South Asia. The year-long endeavours and performances were rendered futile in just a matter of seconds as soon as the Winning Opacity Worldwide (WOW) list was published.  
28 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Silence is SUSTainable education: VC

“If silence can be the sign of consent, why shouldn’t it be the sign of sustainable education?” the spokesperson of VC, a group of meritorious students popularly known as Valo Chatra, asked during a press conference.  
21 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Food bloggers outnumber diners at city restaurants: Study

A revolutionary new study has revealed that there are more food bloggers and vloggers than actual customers in a majority of the capital’s restaurants.  
14 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Man who planned to be millionaire in 2021 borrows money for date in 2022

Bapparaj, a Chapasthani man who was supposed to be a multi-millionaire by 2021, ended the year by borrowing money from his friends to go on a date in 2022.
31 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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Behind every successful women’s team, there are men

Behind every successful women’s team, there is a team of even more successful men. 
24 December 2021, 18:00 PM

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