The man who dug his own grave
Everyone gathered around the east end of the Shashipur to watch Sharafat Miah dig his own grave. The local kids lurked around Sharafat’s old hut, keeping a watch on the progress of the grave until their mothers came to pick them up after Maghrib.
1d ago
Why Buet students are resisting student politics
Since the murder of Abrar Fahad, every time student politics has tried to make a comeback in Buet, current students have opposed it vehemently.
3w ago
Guy sells ancestral property to afford restaurant’s iftar platter
Man sells ancestral property to afford an iftar platter at a high-end restaurant.
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The loss of essentiality
Umar stood in line with all the patience in the world. He could smell the anxiety and fear in the air. The room was filled with people once glorifying death and taking pride in solitude, now filled with panic in the face of reality.
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Preparing for the BUET admission test
BUET students share some valuable admission test preparation tips.
2m ago
Undergraduate thesis: What students should know
Research at the undergraduate level poses itself as a massive hiccup for most Bangladeshi university students.
2m ago
The NCTB's approach to English language education needs to be better
The lack of creativity in the English textbook makes the students uninterested in the subject.
3m ago
The Melancholic Man
The whole courtroom held their breath, waiting to hear Nizam's answer. As he nodded in affirmation, the enraged audience got off their seats to beat up the accused.
3m ago
October 27, 2023
3 hours past midnight
As she looked up, Rukhsana noticed her eyeballs missing.
August 19, 2023
Youth forced to start eating healthy as soft drink prices cross Tk 100
Earlier with the price hike of potato chips, inflation dawned upon the youth of Bangladesh for the first time. But our young generation somehow recovered from that inflation and continued to devour packaged food like the very concept of cholesterol doesn’t exist. However, as the price of 1-litre soft drinks has finally hit the sweet spot of 100 bucks, our youth is going through their worst crisis to date -- having to live without soft drinks.
August 5, 2023
Concert organisers play victim after things go wrong for 100th time
After attendees were left suffocated and sick in a mismanaged concert for the hundredth time in a row, the event management firm unSound Event Management has decided to play the victim yet again.
August 3, 2023
Being stuck with the wrong major
How to do you deal with it when you realise your chosen major was never right for you?
July 25, 2023
All characters are fictitious
Suddenly, a giant shadow covered up the ground beneath their feet. When she looked up, she couldn’t see the face of the figure until it came closer and sat on the edge of the branch they were sitting on.
July 15, 2023
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning proves Tom Cruise can do no wrong
Tom Cruise and his crew somehow continue to surprise us.
July 8, 2023
Dhanmondi Lake insecure as entire Dhanmondi becomes a lake
Thanks to poor drainage systems and infrastructure, residents of the capital no longer need to visit Cox’s Bazar to feel waves of water crashing at their feet.
July 8, 2023
An aftertaste
“Can’t a man even get payesh and shemai on Eid in this house?” Altaf Shaheb screamed from the drawing room while watching the news, “There used to be so much joy in this house. It used to feel like Eid. But your mother has grown so sluggish now, Saadat! She used to be such a good cook. Our neighbours back in the old neighbourhood were crazy about your mother’s chicken bhuna. But now I can’t even get a plate of payesh the night before Eid.”
July 6, 2023
How student politics impacts the lives of students
Student politics is a reality that Bangladeshi university students have to deal with on a day-to-day basis.
July 6, 2023
Storytellers
“It was where people crafted stories, my boy!”
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