Nafis Imtiaz Onish

Plaantik’s ode to the football culture of Bangladesh

To celebrate football culture of Bangladesh, Plaantik has launched its sports anthology.

THE SUN THAT SHONE THE BRIGHTEST

As the scrawny 9-year-old told me all about how he played in the hay in his beloved village, he clutched on to my finger like he had known me forever. Brishti, his little sister, tepidly scampered closely behind us as the three of us marched on towards the hospital.

Build your own dream team

Football is arguably the biggest sport in the world. It can unite people who are on the same bandwagon with a sense of shared identity, or it can destroy friendships based on apparent club rivalry that in all honesty does not make much sense from thousands of miles away yet it certainly spices things up.

The ultimate mobile office suite

While Google have perfected a lot of things, an all-in-one office suite is certainly not on that list. Almost all Android users have gone through the ordeal of trying to use Google's office apps as their daily driver and ended up downloading Microsoft's apps instead.

An Escape

Navid shivered. Drops of cold sweat trickled down his forehead. The marble bench felt colder than death. He agitatedly tapped his fingers on his knees. “How long have I been sitting here?” he wondered. He glanced at the bruise on his wrist where his watch used to be.

Admission Tests - What you need to know

Admission test — the one ominous exam standing between you and your dream university, a test more gruesome than the Twelve Labours of Hercules. Admission tests can be highly challenging not only due to the sudden leap in difficulty, but also since your result directly reflects on the undergraduate programme you choose and the path your life takes thereafter.

Life lessons you get as a finance major

Real philosophies you learn as a finance major.

Take the Plaantik

Football is the author of Cinderella stories; whether it is Iceland reaching the quarter finals in the Euros and qualifying for the World Cup or Gabriel Jesus going from painting streets only four years ago to spearheading the Brazilian national team's attack on the biggest stage, football has its own unique way of amusing people with tales of joy. We have our very own version of such a success story today, the story of “Plaantik”.

November 9, 2017
November 9, 2017

The art of taking class notes

Taking hand-written notes is a lost art in the current digital era. Thankfully, owing to our “digital” country's reluctance in converting our classroom into a digital ecosystem, the art is not yet obsolete in this part of the world.

November 3, 2017
November 3, 2017

Should I really study this?

I sat for admission tests back in 2014, and things were no easier for me than they have been for you in 2017. Everyone told me to

October 12, 2017
October 12, 2017

An abundance of local business competitions

Much has already been said about the importance of student competitions. To reiterate, these competitions are pivotal in aiding students to develop themselves.

September 28, 2017
September 28, 2017

Back to lazy superhero shows

The Devil of Hell's Kitchen, the unyielding girl, the man with unbreakable skin and the sworn protector of K'un-Lun — an ensemble of heroes you did not know or care about until MCU's bold ventures into the TV screen.

September 28, 2017
September 28, 2017

Video Essay channels on YouTube

YouTube constantly sees through the rise and fall of trends over time. Some trends leave a longer lasting impression, while others fizz out quickly.

September 7, 2017
September 7, 2017

Ludo STAR

If there is one board game that every Bangladeshi kid grows up with, it has to be the legendary “Ludo”. It is super cheap, easily available in even the smallest grocery stores and immense fun for all ages.

August 17, 2017
August 17, 2017

Artsy milkshake refilled for the season

In the melancholic humdrums of a hectic city, we are like rusty old machines gruellingly running from one job to the next.

August 17, 2017
August 17, 2017

Teaching through Tech

Smallfoot, a youth-driven initiative for educating underprivileged children, inaugurated its new social project titled "Smallfoot-Teach through Tech" on August 12, 2017. "Teach through Tech" is a technological education programme that aims to provide children from slums with training on necessary skills based on their passion.

July 20, 2017
July 20, 2017

The best TV adaptation of a video game

Netflix has just released the first season of Castlevania, an animated TV show based on the classic series of horror-fantasy themed action-adventure video games created and developed by Konami.

July 13, 2017
July 13, 2017

Can you really spin your fidget away?

I have never been much of a "collector" myself. I was never into Pokémon cards, and I remember, to a lot of my friends' dismay, putting down my ever-so-benign dad's offers of buying me one of those metal beyblades that all the cool kids back in the day had.

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