Rabita Saleh

Living in one’s own bubble is something one has to actively work at to achieve. That is why, realising our own privilege is more important now than ever before, because otherwise we may come across as pompous, ignorant and insensitive.

“It’s not just a sport, it is food for the soul,” enthuses Tanveer Alim as he describes what skateboarding means to him. Sport, art and community all combined into one adrenaline-fuelled activity, skateboarding could emerge as a major form of self-expression for Bangladeshi adolescents.

There’s something about food that makes us happy. We just love it. We love eating it, we love smelling it, and if YouTube views are to

I’ll be honest, this was supposed to be a “How to Do a Food Review” article. However, halfway through I realised I have no qualifications whatsoever that would justify my writing such an article. What I do have is a varied palette, a whole lot of food knowledge

We all remember a time when birthday parties were the norm and you couldn’t just turn up empty handed. The struggle to find something appropriate was real. Did we go the trusted perfume or photo frame route? Or did we try to seem thoughtful with hand-made gifts?

In an age where people are increasingly moving away from board games, I would call myself a scrabble dealer. I’ve had to resort to strangers online, which is never a good decision, except in the case of Words with Friends.

Hridoy: Hey, what are you up to? This feels different.

There are signs in this city that we sweep past every day. We read them purposelessly when stuck in traffic with nothing better to do. Have you ever wondered how they came to be? Here’s how I like to imagine some of the most common ones came about.

A couple days ago my mother walked into my room while I was watching a web series online.

Anyone who’s been online long enough knows that most surface-level content on the internet is hogwash. And the worst of it all—the absolute bottom of the barrel—is clickbait.

As students, we are repeatedly reminded to not plagiarise our work. We are asked to reference all concepts we utilize from any source we peruse, as we should.

It was a regular Wednesday. I was sitting in an auto-rickshaw, feeling like I was being roasted under the Dhaka sun, waiting for the traffic to get moving.

Social media has been under attack since its inception. It’s a useless tool that wastes our time and makes us lose touch with reality.

On March 19, 2019 the formal inauguration programme of the year-long Public Library Campaign “Cholo Gronthagare Cholo, Dekhi Somvabonar Alo” by British Council's Libraries Unlimited Programme and the Department of Public Libraries was held at the conference room of the Sufia Kamal National Public Library, Dhaka.

Being from Dhaka means you've probably experienced a few perks all your life, like empty roads during Eid. However, it also means that you've missed out on some experiences that sound like they would be fun.

Joining a gym is almost always one of those things that people keep postponing. It's either “I don't have the time for it right now”, or “Do I really need to waste money on a gym?

Netflix in Bangladesh really opens up a whole new expanse of shows to the general populace. Shows that would never make it to mainstream TV channels here are now available to those who want something different. And Derry Girls is one show that really hits that description.

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World has just premiered across theatres in Bangladesh, and as an avid fan of the franchise

“I've earned the degree and the job. It's not something that was given to me as a gift,” says Afnan Rudabe Rahman, Project Engineer and Coordinator at Energypac Electronics Ltd. She, like countless other women, has had to coolly answer multitudes of unnecessary questions about her established qualifications, simply because she didn't fit the mental image some people have of workers employed in her field. And like all those women, she takes it in stride as part of the unavoidable struggles of being a female STEM major.

You're almost there. You have toiled away for nearly the last four years and the finish line is now so close it's almost tangible.