Understanding psychological reactance
19 January 2026, 17:50 PM
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Why the disappearance of digital third spaces matters
19 January 2026, 17:38 PM
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Youth Anxieties / The distressing psychology of screen time
1 January 2026, 05:46 AM
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Loving films in the age of social media: An intro to Letterboxd
24 December 2025, 06:36 AM
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The troubling ethos behind anti-AI rhetoric
23 December 2025, 06:15 AM
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Everyone’s earning from Facebook: Here's how you can get started too
27 November 2025, 11:52 AM
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Substack’s moment in time: The cultural and the personal
20 November 2025, 11:53 AM
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The highs, lows, and how-tos of a long-distance relationship
19 November 2025, 10:55 AM
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Youth Anxieties / The overwhelming reality of entering the workforce as a fresh graduate
19 November 2025, 10:55 AM
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Nurturing a love for astronomy
11 November 2025, 19:40 PM
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BMSS organises ABC of Surgery workshop
On March 10, the Standing Committee on Medical Education (SCOME) of Bangladesh Medical Students’ Society (BMSS) organised the event “ABC of Surgery” at Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital and Research Institute
14 March 2023, 11:20 AM
The Earth Society successfully organises Climate Expo 2023
The purpose of the expo was to promote sustainable living.
1 March 2023, 12:54 PM
How I learned to not hate dorms
The people living in the hall became the most familiar faces.
1 March 2023, 10:00 AM
The museum with nothing to show, but lots to see
A museum is a place to see things. This is a museum, paradoxically enough, you visit to not see.
25 February 2023, 10:14 AM
Why sports are fun but studies are not
Why are some activities fun while others aren’t?
22 February 2023, 11:48 AM
Shamsin Ahmed is taking us all one step closer to a better tomorrow
Shamsin Ahmed is the CEO and Lead Consultant of Identity Inclusion and the winner of this month’s “Stellar Women” award.
22 February 2023, 11:39 AM
In conversation with Mike Henniger, CEO and President at Illume Student Advisory Services
Mike Henniger visited Bangladesh recently to attend “Canada Application Day”, organised by Osprey Education Canada Inc. and Eduproof Inc. The Daily Star sat down with him for a brief conversation.
16 February 2023, 11:39 AM
The unhealthy relationship between children and screens
Excess screen time among children has become a common occurrence.
24 January 2023, 01:39 AM
Peace Café – How a student-led platform is transforming thousands of lives across Bangladesh
Tahmina Akhter Habiba was always disturbed by the sufferings of others. She helped whomever and whenever she could, but her individual efforts could only benefit a few people.
16 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Jawad Araf Khan’s pathway to success
Jawad Araf Khan, a business student at North South University (NSU), has recently been crowned as the “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” at the Global Platform Icons of Asia Awards 2022. He won this recognition beating 1500 other nominations from across 40 Asian countries.
16 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Coming to terms with your burnout
Burnouts have become an unavoidable part of all of our lives. Whether it’s due to stress induced from academics, work, or even a beloved hobby, we’re all plagued by it no matter how hard we try to avoid it. But the biggest issue with burnouts isn’t just having it. A lot of people are stuck in the denial stage, as they refuse to accept that maybe they’re exhausted.
16 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Journaling in times of turbulence
“Do you sometimes think that the world is unfair?” This is a question I know I will never get a satisfactory answer to. In fact, I would get no answer at all because I always pose this question to something that never answers, only absorbs – my diary.
9 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Sunset Studios is making Bangladesh’s first “anime-style” project
Sunset Studios is an animation studio based in Bangladesh that has recently announced its new project, Dead End, which has been gaining traction as Bangladesh’s first “anime-style” project. Irfan Chowdhury, the co-founder and director of the studio, alongside the technical director and sound designer Ali Arman, and 2D artist Humayra Kabir sat down with SHOUT to give insight into this ambitious project.
9 January 2023, 18:00 PM
How winter has changed for me over the years
Growing up, December was the month I was always most excited for. And why wouldn’t I be? Besides being my birthday month, December also marked the end of a seemingly never-ending academic year, and the much-anticipated beginning of winter.
9 January 2023, 18:00 PM
How insomnia affects the lives of young adults
“Insomnia” has become a word lightly thrown around, one used in casual conversation whenever someone brings up the topic of a chaotic sleeping schedule.
2 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Competitions are not necessary in creative fields
A few years ago, I was sitting in a restaurant when a particular quote that was written on the wall caught my attention. It said, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
2 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Is popularity a high school myth?
In high school, we all fall prey to a hierarchy that dictates our standing and experience throughout those long years. Don’t get me wrong.
2 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Private Universities have a crowding problem
If your university was like a trade fair, riddled with people and you had no place to sit or walk, how would it affect you? Would you feel the urge to go study there every day?
26 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Begum Rokeya A pioneer of women’s rights
Can you imagine what it would be like if the women in our lives did not receive an education? What would happen if women did not have the privilege to pursue their ambitions? Well, that is what used to be the social norm in 20th century British-ruled India, until a woman with a futuristic mind came forward to remove the obstacles that hindered women from chasing their dreams.
26 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Banks no longer opening student files
With many leading private banks discontinuing their services for student files, this past month has been especially stressful for Bangladeshi students living abroad as well as for prospective applicants.
13 December 2022, 18:00 PM