satire

Satire / Guy sells ancestral property to afford restaurant’s iftar platter

Man sells ancestral property to afford an iftar platter at a high-end restaurant.

Satire / Student demands extra credits for being single on Valentine's Day

Rahul Aman, a frustrated Engineering student, believes that universities need to offer emotional compensation in the form of extra credits, a sentiment shared by most others in their department. 

A day in the life of a social butterfly!

Another winter, another dozen weddings to attend. The pomp and circumstance surrounding a wedding is on steroids these days in Dhaka and you are here for it! Having secured your invitation to the most extravagant ones of the season, your outfits have been sorted, each more extravagant than the last.

Satire / Guy freezing in Dhaka winter aspires to pursue higher studies in Canada

Like hundreds of his fellow escapists, Shadman Sakib also dreams of moving to Canada for higher studies and hopes that education will somehow magically work out for him in Manitoba.

Satire / Faculty member shocked to realise that a high CGPA doesn’t make him a good teacher

While good grades are a reasonable basis for the primary evaluation of a candidate’s capabilities, it doesn’t seem to automatically translate into adequate teaching skills.

Satire / How to force yourself to have fun on New Year's Eve

SATIRE: The first step to having fun on December 31 is to manage a BBQ party invite at some over-enthusiastic friend’s rooftop.

Satire / Friends of BBA student tired of filling up Google Forms

What’s more difficult than being a BBA student? Being friends with one.

ESSAY / We still dream of the things that Sultana dreamed of

As long as the problems addressed in Sultana’s Dream continue to exist and be relevant, we must uphold Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s work, values, and ideologies

Satire / Kid who can draw surprised it's not enough for an Architecture degree

For an individual who took pride in their creativity, Shilpi resorted to the most unoriginal solution to this problem of hers. She aspired to become an architect.

June 27, 2023
June 27, 2023

When political humour lands in troubled waters

More often than not, governments have issues with political humour because they don’t want to be called out for their incompetencies.

June 10, 2023
June 10, 2023

Satire article: Mayor Taposh threatens to sue The Daily Star

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh's lawyer Mejbahur Rahman today threatened to file a case against The Daily Star as the newspaper's answer in reply to a legal notice over a satire article was "not fully acceptable"

May 17, 2023
May 17, 2023

Studio planning reboot of show that hasn’t been created yet

Studios are running out of unique ideas and are taking drastic measures.

May 16, 2023
May 16, 2023

The Devil unable to rent an apartment in Dhaka amidst heatwave

For the occupants of the netherworld, Dhaka has become a rather attractive vacation spot.

May 13, 2023
May 13, 2023

Creeps and stalkers consider filing lawsuit due to mental trauma caused by friend request glitch

“The real victims in this tragedy are the ones who didn’t get any friend requests despite the glitch and me,” said Mark. 

April 23, 2023
April 23, 2023

Man who has never entered kitchen complains about food on Eid

Mr Gordov was saying how his wife's hours of effort in the kitchen in this scorching heat just couldn’t live up to his outrageous expectations as a Bangladeshi male.

April 17, 2023
April 17, 2023

Summer lover changes favourite season after air conditioner stops working

Everything changed when the inverter broke down.

April 15, 2023
April 15, 2023

Girlfriend breaks up with boyfriend because he’s obsessed with chikon jilapi

How obsession with chikon jilapi led to the end of a relationship.

April 10, 2023
April 10, 2023

Weather forecast department to predict weather based on Wi-Fi turbulence

The weather forecast department has decided to sell all of their expensive equipment and solely rely on the Wi-Fi router in their office to indicate chances of rain.

March 22, 2023
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