Realisations that hit us too late at university

You know how we always realise the mistakes we make only when it is too late for us to undo them? Well, it turns out that this instinctive habit of ours ends up haunting our university life as well.
17 April 2019, 18:00 PM

The Culture of Piracy in Our Institutions

As students, we are repeatedly reminded to not plagiarise our work. We are asked to reference all concepts we utilize from any source we peruse, as we should.
17 April 2019, 18:00 PM

When a book isn’t the answer

If you’re thinking about the title of this article, let me clarify: I’ve always believed the opposite.
17 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Misconceptions from action movies

It may be safe to say that action movies are liked, even loved, by the majority of the general population. Action movies, when they are well-executed...
17 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Which O Level essay to write

The creative writing section of the O Level English exam may seem daunting to most people. The ideas need to be extremely original and raw, straight out of the depths of a person’s mind.
17 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Things you can do in a business competition but not in an arranged marriage

The resemblance between the two is uncanny no matter how you think about it. Yet, when you rally all your brain cells together and think deeply enough, you will realise how the two are not so different from one another yet, why one of them might be better than the other.
10 April 2019, 18:00 PM

From the Graam to the Gram

Alone on the outskirts of Cumilla city is the home of Hamidul Faader, an up-and-coming politician.
10 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Jobs from the past, today

We have read online that our jobs will no longer exist 40 years into the future because of rapid changes in technology and society. Besides scaring us, this thought also leads us to wonder what life would be like if jobs from the past - and jobs currently at the threat of extinction - continue to shape our days.
3 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Celebrity Obsession

Being a fan of someone's work is absolutely fine. It's healthy even, to a certain extent, since it helps liven up our otherwise monotonous daily schedules.
3 April 2019, 18:00 PM

How to Rekindle a Faded Friendship

Friendships also require active effort to flourish and sustain.
3 April 2019, 18:00 PM

To Seenzone or Un-seenzone

The way we interact with each other has changed and taken many faces in the passing of time. Cavemen wrote on walls and used different sounds that would seem unfathomable to us but somehow made sense to them.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Trends worth starting

Trends have no positive outcomes other than the inflation of egos of the trend followers. Therefore, we should strive to start trends that are in the best interest of the people
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

You're Allowed To Be Stressed - Last Minute HSC Preparation

The most stressful period of my life by far has been the time I sat for my HSC. It was the worst of times, and no, in no way was it the best of times. I sort of scraped through it in 2017, and having had two years to reflect upon (read: recover from) this crazy ordeal, there are a couple of things I'd like to share.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

When you have a curfew at home

Although some parents are slightly more lenient than others, most of them are very strict about the curfews they impose on their children. We have all had to deal with curfews and questions like ''Where are you going?
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Confessions of an online shopping addict

My love for not leaving my bed coupled with my crippling social anxiety has made home delivery my number one go-to for any kind of purchase. Be it food, clothing, or beauty products, you can bet your hopefully-more-active-butt-than-mine that I won't be heading out to physically buy any of it.
20 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Of Spring and Books

“What I say is, a town isn't a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it's got a bookstore, it knows it's not foolin' a soul.” – Neil Gaiman.
20 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Making a Case For the News

Who needs more mundane updates about the world when your own life is stressful enough? Surely a dose of environmental disasters, pictures of one foreign leader shaking hands with another, and news of a Chinese robot mastering yet another task that makes you less valuable as a human being isn't going to lift your spirits at the start of the day.
20 March 2019, 18:00 PM

The silver lining of living with your parents

Growing up we have all glorified the idea of moving out of our parent's homes and into our own abodes. Be it the ban on pets or the rigid
13 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Honest Beauty Pageant Responses

Beauty pageants were always an interesting affair, even before the Miss Bangladesh contest propelled them to national attention.
13 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Struggles of the Mathematically Challenged

I have never been great at math. Let's just get that out of the way. Am I the one who looks around helplessly to friends when the waiter approaches with the bill because I have no clue what my share is?
13 March 2019, 18:00 PM