Chintito since 1995 / Truth shall prevail
15 March 2024, 18:00 PM
And so now the Pope is wrong because he is calling for peace and trying to save lives. He advised Ukraine to show the “white flag”, which other than meaning surrender is also a symbol of peace.
15 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Twisted thoughts, warped words, and despicable deeds
1 March 2024, 18:00 PM
You have all been invited for “daal-bhaat to a gorib’s house” by (surprise, surprise) a well-to-do host. Obviously, he is far from being poor. Or else, he would not have invited you.
1 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Chintito since 1995 / This land is not for sale
2 February 2024, 18:00 PM
The present landlords have been living on their land, happily, merrily, for eons with their elders and children.
2 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Chinito Since 1995 / In search of an apt pasture to graze
19 January 2024, 18:00 PM
There is a reason why you do not see me singing on television.
19 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Chintito Since1995 / No way out for the poor
5 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Relaxing on the deck of his 50-metre yacht, off the Grand Resort Lagonissi in Athens, a quadrillionaire was sipping on his orange juice before a late breakfast. It was spiked with a dash of lemon and fresh mint sprigs.
5 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Gulshan Fire / Why we need proper fire safety plan for each building
21 February 2023, 01:30 AM
Grenfel Tower in London was entrapped in the myth that a single staircase under mechanically-induced positive air pressure was safe for a 24-storey block of apartments.
21 February 2023, 01:30 AM
Pelé: Unseeing is believing
31 December 2022, 12:16 PM
The world is grieving for Pelé, one of its most gifted sons, who won the universe with his football skills.
31 December 2022, 12:16 PM
When in Qatar, be a Qatari
10 December 2022, 13:30 PM
In the days leading up to the greatest show on earth, miserably apt was the Bangla saying, "Jare dekhte nari, tar cholon banka."
10 December 2022, 13:30 PM
The ball is not in my court
If the perpetrators of the law and order situation are from the camp we do not see eye to eye (not because all politicians wear dark glasses), then we heave a sigh of relief because we will be above blame, realising little that either way our nation is one more step closer to going to the dogs.
15 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Leading from the front
That our Sangsad has become dull and drab since the ascension to Bangabhaban of the previous Speaker would be discourteous to the existing fellows that constitute our house of parliament, but it is a fitting compliment to our president Abdul Hamid.
8 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Fear is not the key
THE Nepal earthquake of April 25, its worst in four decades, has again given free fodder to even freer speculations from the layman to the experts...
30 April 2015, 18:00 PM
No ahsan at the manzil
JUST as we do not like to have shik kabab with Chinese noodles (hopefully I am right), or expect someone to wear a red tie over his ...
24 April 2015, 18:00 PM
But, thank you India
ONE cannot thank India for having a hand in drying our rivers across which today ply bullock carts, not by any act of magic but by
17 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Withering tulips on moral grounds
A hobu-diplomat has been caught (The Daily Star April 8; Shoplifting in The Hague: Bangladeshi diplomat to face music) far away in the Netherlands, having criminally pocketed a mobile handset.
10 April 2015, 18:00 PM
No big deal, but yes big deal
DATELINE New Delhi, 27 February 2015: BCCI's side-lined president N. Srinivasan (World Cup's booed trophy handler) apologised unconditionally to the Supreme Court for presiding over the February 8 BCCI Working Committee meeting in breach of the January 2015 Court order.
3 April 2015, 18:00 PM
An ad for a people
NO one was spitting on the street, right, left and centre. Sometimes the wind can take it backwards, I have discovered to my obvious displeasure.
27 March 2015, 18:00 PM
The choice of the (unaware) 'elakabashi'
I had a dream, which is not unusual given the time that we get to sleep during the traffic jam, which is the hallmark of the ongoing hartal imposed by the opposition out of parliament.
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Yours sincerely …
WE will sign on the dotted line without ever reflecting on why we are signing a letter off by expressing our sincerity to known and unknown persons, to people whom we love to hate and people whom we will perhaps never meet.
13 March 2015, 18:00 PM
These rules are made for breaking
OUR (yours, mine, his and hers) general attitude towards any law is that firstly, it is meant for someone else (perhaps), and secondly, it does not really harm anyone...
6 March 2015, 16:58 PM