What are the IELTS essentials?
IELTS is an immensely popular standardised exam of English language proficiency.
5y ago
Applying for the best job in the world
The latest start-up in town catering to the digital marketing industry is looking forward to expanding its team. Within only a week of its establishment, it has managed to gather a sizeable share of clientele.
5y ago
Being a klutz
Klutziness is a curse. Your life basically transforms into a slapstick comedy with the laughter tracks echoing through it for real. As a klutz myself, days that do not offer any complementary scratches or bruises are a rare case.
5y ago
Rainy Day Protocol for Dummies
Try not to get hit by all the sentiments listening to November Rain. At least wait till November rolls around.
5y ago
Reminiscing high school romance
Last night I stumbled upon my younger cousin, a high-school student, chatting away with a girl from his class for whom he apparently has a 'thing'. It took me down a dusty memory lane of high school romance and made me feel like a wrinkly 60 year old with a cane and a chronic cough. But I'm just in my 20s having an existential crisis.
5y ago
A guide to shopping in Doza
If you are one of those people who always keep wondering how girls in Dhaka always manage to somewhat keep up with the haute couture despite always complaining about being broke, then you have not been paying enough attention.
6y ago
When you’re not that into make-up
There was once a time when makeup within our geography only meant the face would be plastered with a foundation ten times lighter than the actual skin colour and the eyes would be made to look no less dramatic than Sauron's ablaze eyeballs. But now the times they are a changin'.
6y ago
Urban Dictionary - Dhaka Edition
Badbuzz (can also be substituted by pera): A feeling that demolishes all your happy vibes and kills all the “feel good” hormones in your body. You might wake up a content person, cherishing the rainbows and butterflies with a spring in your step, when suddenly something or someone evokes this “badbuzz” in you and all your vibrations for the rest of the day will be out of tune.
6y ago
November 16, 2017
A day in the life of a deshi conspiracy theorist
The day starts with me suddenly waking up in puddle of my own drool on the table. The laptop screen is frozen. The title on the webpage reads “Alien sightings in Dhanmondi!” I still haven't managed to crack the last case about Hatirjheel being the gateway to Atlantis, but I have decided to give it a rest for the time being. The place discharges a foul stench of waste that lingers in the air like the thick, malicious smell of Mordor.
November 2, 2017
PRESENTING CORPORATE TRAILBLAZERS OF TOMORROW
Business competitions are of monumental significance for all students standing on the edge of the corporate domain. Amongst all these ambitious prizefights, Unilever BizMaestros stands out for good reason.
October 5, 2017
How to raise your Economics CGPA. For real.
From the moment I had stepped into the chapters of a university, life has firmly fastened itself to the tracks of a rollercoaster and not just any regular rollercoaster, but the sort that causes a boom and a recession.
September 21, 2017
Innovative initiative to extract export ideas
On December 3, 2016, The Daily Star, in collaboration with Crown Cement, held the grand finale of 'Rise High Bangladesh'. The winning teams were: champions Brains of Castamere (IBA, Dhaka University), 1st runner-up Inspirebels (North South University), and 2nd runner-up Team Unpredictable (Rajshahi University).
August 31, 2017
OPTIMITY 2017: Where students become “investment gladiators”
Investment, stocks, mutual funds - these concepts may sound familiar to many, using them in everyday scenario but when it actually comes to dealing with them, a lot of them will take a step back.
August 17, 2017
Surviving 6 hours of traffic
Last Thursday, I got ready for yet another long drive and by a long drive I mean the regular commute to my bidirectional university, Dokkhin Uttor.
July 27, 2017
Reasons why my diet never works and it's okay!
It is that time of the month again when I have fallen facedown from my diet plans - that, too, on a chocolate chip pancake.
June 15, 2017
Social media reactions we all need
Your neighbor has smashed the leg day, arm day and every other part of their body and ensures there is a post about it every five minutes.
June 8, 2017
Daily social media things in real life
The frequent power failures, the blistering heat and the fear of the trending chikungunya had forced me to finally rethink my life and sit down with a pen and paper to reevaluate my priorities.
April 27, 2017
IMAGINATION RUNNING WILD
From the grand indoor court, where one was used to the echoes of basketballs being dribbled or the muffled swoosh of a score
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