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
December 25, 2015
December 25, 2015

No Moja, No Loss- Just a song

(This is just a song for you to sing along.

December 22, 2015
December 22, 2015

The Super Chef Stories: Parables from the beaches

As we entered the last few audition rounds of Rupchanda-the Daily Star Super Chef 2015, participants knew this would be the very last

December 4, 2015
December 4, 2015

I got 99 problems but Facecrook isn't one

Rapper Harainai Selim has really created a buzz in recent weeks with the lecture following her latest single, 'I got 99 problems but Facecrook isn't ...

December 1, 2015
December 1, 2015

The stories behind the scenes: from Rajshahi to Rangpur

After the end of the regional round in Khulna, the Rupchanda-The Daily Star Super Chef team continued their journey onwards.

November 28, 2015
November 28, 2015

Laughs, giggles and applause

2014 could well be singled out as the scenario-changing year for the then six-year old band who called themselves “Circus Police”.

November 20, 2015
November 20, 2015

Why Terrorists shouldn't carry their passports and other things

Syrian passports must be bombproof. It's a strange world we live in these days. Thank God we have our passports to fall back on when stuff hits the fan.

November 10, 2015
November 10, 2015

Coated in Style

Come winter, and winter is coming, if you don't have a coat in your closet, you are probably a degenerate.

November 6, 2015
November 6, 2015

Don't Mock the Man-God

Jerusalem Syndrome: This is a mental condition, when people, especially tourists, start believing themselves to be reincarnations of important religious figures after a visit to the holiest of holy cities.

October 23, 2015
October 23, 2015

Too ill for justice

With so many busy talking about depression, breast cancer, ebola and AIDS, we tend to neglect one of the biggest psychological and physiological illnesses of current times- Affluenza.

October 11, 2015
October 11, 2015

Tips for a friendlier home

Often while building the home of your dreams, you forget a few aspects that can create headache in the future. Therefore, apart from