In this concluding part, we start with the questionnaire from the last Echoes (published Dec 6, 2018) that tested a participant's online addiction.

In January 2010, Steve Jobs unveiled Apple's first iPad. For more than one hour, Jobs tried to argue that everybody should own an iPad.

You arrive at Subarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. After passing immigration you search for the taxi stand. While waiting, you feel hungry. Three vendors are selling pizza.

The word empathy entered the English dictionary in 1909 when the British psychologist Edward Titchener translated the German word einfühlung. He defined empathy as “feeling into”. Titchener was working with the German psychologist Wilhem Wundt at Leipzig University. Experimental psychology was emerging as a new branch that studied how people see their world and how they respond to it.

Time was first measured by observing the moon or the sun through calendars. In 1582 AD, Pope Gregory XIII modified the Julian Calendar of Julius Caesar. The objective of the Gregorian calendar was to mark

Robots and artificial intelligence (AI) are here to stay. They'll only become more and more efficient and intelligent. It's not unnatural to ask the question: will these robots make us all redundant one day? Only time can tell how the future unfolds. The question to ask now is: what to do?

Bangladesh is located at the crossing of two mighty rivers: the Ganges and the Brahmaputra. This is one of the reasons why Bangladesh is the largest delta in the world. Being the largest delta has made the land one of the most fertile in

Muhammad Bin Abdullah Al-Fihri Al-Quaraouiyine (pronounced “karaween”) was born in the city of Al-Qayrawan in today's Tunisia. He migrated to Fez in today's Morocco. Fez was then under the Idrisid dynasty.

The neoclassical school was based on rationality. When making decisions, people maximise things they like and minimise things they don't like.

In April 2015, the British tennis player, Andy Murray, married Kim Sears. Andy tweeted in celebration. The tweet was unusual.

For centuries, since the first university, Al Quaraouiyine in Fez, Morocco (est: 859 AD), universities have been a centre of learning.

In my undergrad, a text was mentioned. Bangladesh: The Test Case for Development by Just Faaland and Richard Parkinson, in 1976.

At some point in your student life you'll need to hand in written work. This may be an assignment, a term paper, or a thesis.

Two of your friends work out. After the workout, one friend receives 12 oranges to eat.

Have you ever wondered why the price of the ink (toner) of a printer is a large part of the price of the printer itself?

From where are you reading today's 'Echoes'? You must be laughing. You take out your smart device. Connect to the web.

Undergraduate life happens during the time of youth-hood: 18 to 22/23 years, when a person is the most productive in learning and acquiring skills.

Today people have more food to eat than ever before. Technology has made it possible to produce surplus food in many countries.

Once a target audience is fixed, a brand needs a platform to advertise their products. As time has passed, platforms have changed. Brands also use people to endorse their products.

As a nation progresses, it faces new challenges. The road that brought it to where it stands is usually never the road that will take it forward furthermore. University admission (entrance) exams have undergone changes to keep up with the times.