Music and play keep us human — our schools need them more than ever
Bangladesh should not make a move which will further deteriorate the quality of public school education
3 December 2025, 02:00 AM
3 December 2025, 02:00 AM
Teaching in the age of AI
As fast as AI applications are evolving, we will need to find new solutions as we go and not get too comfortable with any temporary fixes.
9 October 2025, 04:00 AM
9 October 2025, 04:00 AM
BOOK REVIEW: NONFICTION / Behind the screens: Unpacking the power of Bangladeshi TV ads
Consuming advertisements on television is a fixture of modern life—we are constantly aware when watching TV that we can buy more things, be better looking, have more fun, and treat ourselves to more.
10 January 2025, 18:00 PM
10 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Navigating culture shock when moving abroad
Remember that you will feel isolated, you will feel homesick but know that it takes time for a new place to feel like home.
17 August 2023, 12:55 PM
17 August 2023, 12:55 PM
MONSTERMANIA
Ghost stories for a local Halloween experience.
31 October 2022, 10:53 AM
31 October 2022, 10:53 AM
Brahmastra: Bollywood’s failed superhero experiment?
How can one describe “Brahmastra” as anything but a Marvel movie set in India? Director Alejandro Iñárritu had famously labelled superhero movies as cultural genocide, adding “They have been poison… because the audience is so overexposed to plot and explosions… that mean nothing about the experience of being human.”
12 September 2022, 12:40 PM
12 September 2022, 12:40 PM
Editorial
I’ve had to make countless adjustments to the way I go about my day thanks to my back pain. No high heels, no slouching, no watching TV from the living room couch, because there is no position of sitting on a sofa for more than 30 minutes that won’t cost me dearly.
30 June 2022, 00:00 AM
30 June 2022, 00:00 AM
Is bite-sized news making us lazy readers?
Bite-sized news portals essentially operate as highlights, without the full story.
13 June 2022, 14:13 PM
13 June 2022, 14:13 PM
WORLD BOOK DAY 2019
April 23 is World Book Day and in its honour I took a trip to Dhaka’s unrivalled book buying and selling hub – Nilkhet. With rows after rows of alleys circling around each other and tiny lanes that lead to an unending number of shops, Nilkhet sells just about every type of book one could possibly want.
17 April 2019, 18:00 PM
ONLINE COMMUNICATION TODAY
The most popular online communication platforms today create a framework for an open environment where every move of one person is clearly visible to the other.
10 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Jobs from the past, today
We have read online that our jobs will no longer exist 40 years into the future because of rapid changes in technology and society. Besides scaring us, this thought also leads us to wonder what life would be like if jobs from the past - and jobs currently at the threat of extinction - continue to shape our days.
3 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Making a Case For the News
Who needs more mundane updates about the world when your own life is stressful enough? Surely a dose of environmental disasters, pictures of one foreign leader shaking hands with another, and news of a Chinese robot mastering yet another task that makes you less valuable as a human being isn't going to lift your spirits at the start of the day.
20 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Honest Beauty Pageant Responses
Beauty pageants were always an interesting affair, even before the Miss Bangladesh contest propelled them to national attention.
13 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Struggles of the Mathematically Challenged
I have never been great at math. Let's just get that out of the way. Am I the one who looks around helplessly to friends when the waiter approaches with the bill because I have no clue what my share is?
13 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Food grading systems that could be helpful
With new restaurants springing up in Dhaka faster than you can say “overpriced”, it's hard to choose a place to dine everytime you want to eat out.
6 March 2019, 18:00 PM
SHOULD YOU ASK THEM OUT?
If you've had your eyes on them for a while, take this quiz to find out if you should make a move. Award yourself points as you go.
13 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Circles
This was going to be quick. She knew it; it had to be.
2 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Struggles of the Bollywood Obsessed
For those of us who are swept up in the world of Bollywood, we live for the dance numbers, the dramatic monologues and montages of flashback sequences accompanied by emotionally exploitative music. The harsh truth of reality is that life doesn't exactly pan out like a Bollywood movie. As Bollywood fans, we have to go through certain struggles
26 December 2018, 18:00 PM