Osama Rahman

Government offers information streaming service Proper Gander for only 300 BDT per month

The government yesterday declared that not all citizens had the right to information, but they could get it by paying a modest amount.

3y ago

Bill to open up to sympathetic Bangladeshi online media instead of Oprah

“She forced me to take weeklong vacations with an ex-girlfriend. She forced me to spend days on the beach with my ex.”

3y ago

Morally upstanding preacher loves wife so much, he wants two of them

A morally upstanding preacher, who made a name for himself by spewing violent vitriol against more liberal members of his community on a daily basis, yesterday disclosed to the media that he had a side-wife as well.

3y ago

‘Homelessness a great excuse to work harder’

Is it better to stay in a toilet for seven months with four others or is it better to work 10-hour shifts with no toilet breaks?

3y ago

People who ‘managed’ crucial vaccine despite not meeting criteria still proud of themselves

Of all the people who inundated the country’s social media feed with pictures of them getting vaccinated, more than half had not met the criteria, data from a public health watchdog shows.

3y ago

Government employees donate 25% of salary for city’s decorations

Red lights. Green light. Then blue lights. And some yellow lights. It doesn’t matter when the colours stop representing what they are meant to because we don’t have enough of those colours.

3y ago

Country’s image more fragile than male ego? One country finally opens up

Osama Rahman [OR]: We all want to know one thing and I want to get right to the point. Why is your image being tarnished so easily? Do critical words really take away from how far you have come since you were declared a basket case by a racist, mass murderer?

3y ago

Government officially launches The Snitches Club

The Government of Chapasthan officially launched The Snitches Club earlier yesterday. An initiative of the Ministry of Misinformation, the club was inaugurated by the country’s leader, who attended virtually from their official residence.

3y ago
November 4, 2016
November 4, 2016

Bangladeshi-Origin Agency wins GAG Prize

In a glitzy affair in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, The prestigious GAG (Greatest Award Getter) will be bestowed upon BAIMAN, an elite security-apparatus formed in the year 2008 to combat whoever the bad guy is according to the Party Line.

November 1, 2016
November 1, 2016

My Pink Movember

Bangladesh is ranked 2nd by WHO in terms of mortality rate from breast cancer. About 16% of all female-cancer patients are victims of breast cancer according to a WHO study.

October 21, 2016
October 21, 2016

Mirpur Camp in Numbers

In a world post-Syria, 'refugee' has almost become a dirty word. It is no longer an individual seeking solace from a terrible monster or a family leaving everything they have known behind because a fire has come to consume them.

October 21, 2016
October 21, 2016

Let's Talk about Ben-Stokin': An Open Letter to my English Son

After an English Gentle Sir goes rogue, a victim to BenStokin, an English father writes this hard-hitting open letter that everyone will now read instead of just writing a simple, private letter which could have served the purpose easier. You won't believe paragraph 7, line 8.

October 18, 2016
October 18, 2016

Are you being entertained?

Watching these children play a simple game with such passion and joy, one can't help but wonder why they never complain about how Dhaka has nothing to entertain us with.

October 11, 2016
October 11, 2016

Meet Kali

A dangerous culture of impunity cloaks this ever darkening city of ours. Dhaka, a metropolis of over seven million people cramped together, has steadily become a breeding ground for all kinds of criminal elements and the future seems bleak.

September 23, 2016
September 23, 2016

The Poor Drainage System of Blood

A Kashmiri Indian, an Israeli settler in Palestine, a Bangladeshi politician/businessman, a click-bait journalist from a click-bait national daily...

August 19, 2016
August 19, 2016

Straight from the Elephant's Mouth

One of our brothers remained stranded on your side of the water. Stranded is actually a polite way to put it; in reality he was trapped only....

August 5, 2016
August 5, 2016

The Great Wall

“We are gonna build a wall. And we are gonna make the terrorists pay for it,” Debaish Taran, Builder of Cities.

July 22, 2016
July 22, 2016

Naushad Noori Bangladesh's Greatest Urdu Poet

There are two kinds of people in this world: those that love to read and those that love to write. Snuggled between these two groups, smack-dab in the middle of the dividing line, are those who are simply enchanted with words.