Don't we all know at least one person who claims to be broke all the time, 365 days a year? Maybe not always flat broke, but you ALWAYS have to chip in for them?

It's been over a year I've been working here at SHOUT and I still abstain from telling anyone that I do. The absurd requests that I'm bombarded with shortly afterwards is something I don't look forward to at all.

You're not a true Bangladeshi unless you have stared at a marathon of TV commercials as you patiently waited for a show to resume.

From the day we started complaining about our studies back in school, we were promised that our lives would change after we leave college and enter university.

Facebook's policies diminish our privacy and make our profiles locatable leading to a vast number of unpleasant surprises in our pending friend requests lists.

While the world is going crazy over it, Bangladesh has not yet been blessed with Pokémon GO. Excited Bangladeshis are still boarding the hype train with activities ranging from creating refurbished Pokémon memes or using fake GPS apps to become "Poke-Masters".

Growing up, not all of us were the smartest peas in the pod. Even if you were, you probably weren't immune to the ridiculous superstitions that the adults taught you. I decided to take a trip down memory lane to remind you of the most common of the bunch.

Today I realised that my birthday is just a few days away, and soon I will have to go through the turmoil of typing fake thank yous on quite a large number of insincere birthday wishes.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. Really? Twenty-first century and we're going to obediently...

Ever had a break up where the pangs of despair turn you into a psychopath and make you want to hold your ex hostage in a dungeon or keep their heads in a jar?

If celebrities think they have it hard because paparazzi give them no freedom and privacy, then they clearly have never heard of the lives of teenagers in Bangladesh and their dear aunties and uncles.

Like a great many other things, movies and memes have generated a general and often flawed perception of programmers.

Apart from the essentials like water, food and basic clothing, gamchha tops the list of things that make life easier during travel.

I'm still new to the world of Snapchat. It's fun but most of the time, it won't detect my face and will frequently face-swap with my neck.

Landing that perfect job is as treacherous as the road to the Iron Throne – it's valar morghulis for all but one.

Most of you reading this article may wonder “What exactly is hangry?” Well, in my belief, it is a state of anger that arises with a lack of food...

Whenever we go online these days, or flip through magazines even, we see articles or blog posts with obnoxious clickbait titles such as “7 Ways to Meh”.

Networking is important. It can help you build the right connections with the right people.

The high point of a graduation ceremony is not being reunited together as a batch to say farewells, no, it's obviously when the top nerd...

Mothers. You might think of them as a person with a single mind, soul and personality but as you grow up, you realise you couldn't...