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ESSAY / Who is feminist literature for?

For today’s feminists, the focus isn’t just on challenging or breaking social norms, but also on asking, who gets to break these norms? And to what extent?
26 June 2025, 18:00 PM
26 June 2025, 18:00 PM
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THE SHELF / Diverging perspectives: Exploring Bangladesh’s history through controversial narratives

When it comes to the history of Bangladesh both pre-and post-Liberation War, certain aspects have either remained hidden from the public or been deliberately obscured.
4 September 2024, 18:00 PM
4 September 2024, 18:00 PM
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THE SHELF / 3 essential reads on Julian Assange’s impact on journalism

With news of his newfound freedom making headlines, many may struggle to recall the original charges against him and the debates he sparked on free speech and journalistic practices
10 July 2024, 05:00 AM
10 July 2024, 05:00 AM
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Decline of the Oscars and the American Dream

This excitement has diluted to simply a morning discussion of whatever highlight persists through the night.
12 March 2024, 13:30 PM
12 March 2024, 13:30 PM
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Do women need the separate metro rail carriage?

And what purpose does it serve?
8 March 2024, 00:00 AM
8 March 2024, 00:00 AM
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BOOK REVIEW: NONFICTION / Navigating culture, history, and nostalgia in ‘My Life in Tea’

Review of Anwarul Azim’s book ‘My Life in Tea’ (The University Press Limited, 2023)
8 January 2024, 13:30 PM
8 January 2024, 13:30 PM
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ESSAY / The ethics of ghostwriting in fiction

Ghostwriting is not new, and Millie Bobby Brown is not the first celebrity to hire a ghostwriter. But, soon after she published her book, she came under fire for using one.
28 December 2023, 12:32 PM
28 December 2023, 12:32 PM
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Event report / Discovering enlightenment and creativity at Dhaka Flow Festival

In addition to the activities, the event offered an array of distinctive stalls for festival goers, featuring sustainable and healthy products rooted in Bangladesh.
15 November 2023, 15:55 PM
15 November 2023, 15:55 PM
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Why call it a “chick flick”?

Why do we need to use an extra adjective with a negative connotation to describe comedy movies with a female protagonist/cast?
30 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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Where is the music?

For a while, fans were satisfied with listening to their favourite music on online platforms. Now it is a question if artists are able to retain that connection with fanbases.
16 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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What is oomph?

"I just don't think there is any 'oomph' between us, you know?"
2 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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Graphic Design Is My Passion.

What is graphic designing? Although it's a term we hear often, most of us are unaware of what graphic designing actually is and what a job in this field really entails.
19 August 2020, 18:00 PM
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The Lores of Folklore

On June 23, Taylor Swift announced the release of Folklore and in less than 24 hours, she rolled out the album for the public to devour.
5 August 2020, 18:00 PM
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The Background

The fading away seemed palpable to me. It was a tangible rope on a continuous journey of gliding away. A force pushing me back while I tried to hold on until at one point I slipped way back into the background.
29 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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Music of summer days and winter nights

Embers in Snow is the solo musical project of singer/songwriter Rakat Zami who has been a part of the underground indie scene of Bangladesh for about a decade now.
22 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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Have we been kind to our teachers?

What we fail to acknowledge here is the side of the teachers who are actually faced with these circumstances with little to no previous knowledge as to how to deal with these situations. Our present state is just as new to the teachers as it is to the students.
8 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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Hashtags

The first-ever conference for hashtags is held to give them a chance to meet old friends and make new ones, mingle, betray, and network. Our coverage of the conference begins with a conversation among some influential hashtags. Enjoy.
24 June 2020, 18:00 PM
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Our fight with pandemics

Throughout history, time and again outbreaks have taken populations by surprise but human beings have always been able to walk out of the other end, although not completely unscathed but with new lessons that have helped them fight their next battle with the invisible enemy.
15 April 2020, 18:00 PM
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An uncertain future for students amidst Covid-19 outbreak

“I find it unfortunate that the University decided to take such a decision without even considering the opinions of the students who are paying hefty fees for the whole semester.
1 April 2020, 18:00 PM
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1st International Conference on Love & Various Emotions (ICLoVE 2020)

Days one and two consisted of keynote presentations exploring romance of all depths from different angles, with discussions and potential solutions to some critical problems.
12 February 2020, 18:00 PM
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The Art of Doing Nothing

It’s not wrong to spend a couple of hours doing nothing.
22 January 2020, 18:00 PM
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Why you should read travelogues

Before I mention why you should read travelogues, let’s go over why travelogues are read in the first place. Travelogues are basically short travel stories.
16 October 2019, 18:00 PM
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Midnight Train

Every day at 3 AM I’d see her. She’d be in the second compartment of the subway sitting with her legs crossed with a book in her hand. Always with a book in her hand. She’d sit so perfectly and so still, you’d mistake her for a china doll. If she did not occasionally flip the pages of her book, I would actually think so. Even when she flipped the pages she’d do so with the utmost grace.
25 September 2019, 18:00 PM
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Double shot espresso

I hadn’t slept for days and I could feel my body finally giving in and drifting away. It felt like I was in a dream when I heard the phone ring. I patiently waited for the ringing to stop then closed my eyes. It hurt to even keep them open at this point. But, there it was
24 July 2019, 18:00 PM
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The perfect partner

What is considered a perfect partner? When I was a teenager, I had a list of attributes inside my head regarding my future partner. At that time, the thought had never crossed my mind that I might never find any man, let alone “the perfect man”. Why would I? I grew up on rom-coms
19 June 2019, 18:00 PM
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THE GAME OF GAWSIA

In a galaxy far far away lies the Bangladeshi equivalent of Mordor, the land known as Gawsia. Feared by many but revered by even more, the strange land seemed like a completely different planet. One fateful day, four friends took it upon themselves to bravely venture into the heart of this land they’d heard so much about.
22 May 2019, 18:00 PM
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First date

“I see you haven’t touched your food yet.”
15 May 2019, 18:00 PM
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The power of makeup

There was a point in my life where the closest thing to makeup that I owned was a clear lip gloss and the longest I could go on wearing
10 April 2019, 18:00 PM

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