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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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Fare solution for air pollution?

Dhoka, the highly developed city of Chapasthan, has yet again been ranked second in the list of most polluted cities of the world.  
17 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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Country to export rich people to poorer nations

Why Chapasthan is still considered to be an underdeveloped country, despite being the largest producer of rich people, is a question that the nation’s economists are wracking their brains over at countless seminars, webinars, roundtables and views-exchange meetings.  
3 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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Cricketers plan to build biggest pillar of success with continuous failures

One will rarely come across anyone who has not heard the old adage “failure is the pillar of success”.  
26 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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Ex-poor people start appointing accountants after becoming filthy rich overnight

The per capita income of Chapasthan has reached a new soaring milestone yet again. On the occasion, the country’s emperor recently said, “Unbeknownst to us, with each passing night, the people of Chapasthan are getting richer. Development, development, development.”    
12 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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Sundarbans refuses to let in any more ‘tigers’

After a successfully failed mission of “at least semifinal”, the cricket team are home, the place where tigers roam.
5 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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Usain Bolt started running after hearing motivational speaker say ‘life is a race’

Legendary Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has revealed the secret behind his immense success.  
29 October 2021, 18:00 PM
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Life after Messi: Barcelona to shift focus from football to mining

Fans of FC Barcelona have been left scratching their heads as the much-loved Spanish football club has announced that they will transition to becoming a mine-exploring organisation.
15 October 2021, 18:00 PM
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E eager to distance itself from commerce in Bangladesh

The English letter, E, has been traumatised -- much like humans -- by its association with internet commerce in Bangladesh.  
24 September 2021, 18:00 PM
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Research finds proof of male students’ existence despite continuous absence on news

“Every day, before going to my office, I drop my son off at his school. But I have never seen a male student on the news or newspapers, let alone my son. Does my son really go to school?,” a father of a class 5 student asked. 
17 September 2021, 18:00 PM
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Jeff Bezos named baldest rich man alive; locals believe they have better candidates

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos was named the baldest rich man alive, but that has raised an outcry around the world – especially in Chapasthan.  
10 September 2021, 18:00 PM
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Public transport owners cut their vehicles in half after government decision

After a series of comedy of errors, Chapasthan has come up with another revolutionary idea: only half the fleet of any public transport will be allowed to ply the roads to tackle the spread of Covid-22.  
13 August 2021, 18:00 PM
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Country plans to hold its own Olympics to win medals

After every 4 years, Chapasthan wallows in the sorrow of not being able to win an Olympic medal despite partaking in the Games since 1984.
30 July 2021, 18:00 PM
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Ministry of Avoiding Responsibility surprised to be held responsible

The political sphere of Chapasthan has recently been in turmoil because other ministries have started blaming the Ministry of Avoiding Responsibility.  
16 July 2021, 18:00 PM
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Brazil and Argentina to give Copa America trophy to B-baria after final

The football teams of Brazil and Argentina have decided to send the Copa America trophy to Brahmanbaria after the final tomorrow.  
9 July 2021, 18:00 PM
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There lie multiple hidden treasures under every street: WASHA

Some of us heard of the story of the old farmer telling his sons to dig up their field to find hidden treasure.
2 July 2021, 18:00 PM
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Urban solutions: The world’s first beach without a sea

There must be a sea when you talk about a “sea beach”, right?
11 June 2021, 18:00 PM
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While Twitter says Kanga-NOT, FaceCrook welcomes her and other bigots

Freedom of speech is a so called birth right, but it’s merely a line that has no application in social media.
7 May 2021, 18:00 PM
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Iphone starts ‘Watermelons offer’ in new genius marketing strategy

While the scorching sun is delivering its unbearable gift, people seem to pay no heed to the heatwave as there are bigger fish to fry: the price of watermelons.
30 April 2021, 18:00 PM
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Country to go for Mockdowns, not lockdowns

Is it the third wave of the pandemic or the second? While that question is up for debate, there’s no question that Chapasthan, popularly known as Singapore and the America of the east, has been witnessing its second country-wide lockdown.
9 April 2021, 18:00 PM
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Transfer is the greatest punishment: ICJ declares

The International Court of Jokes (ICJ) has recently declared that a transfer is one of the worst punishments and is a fitting form of ‘capital’ punishment for many government officials.
2 April 2021, 18:00 PM

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