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Satire / BBA student gets married, calls it the best networking experience of his life
Nothing is impossible – if you believe in your ability to make the right connections, that is.
Satire / iPhone 16 users claim biggest feature is a scam
The iPhone 16 series launched a couple of weeks ago, coinciding with a sudden rise in online ads by people selling human kidneys.
Government losing ‘Aandar’ control trying to bring it under control
In an unprecedented twist, the government keeps losing Aandar control while attempting to bring it under control. Aanda, or egg -- whatever people choose to call it doesn’t matter anymore as they are having breakfast without eggs.
Holy League unveils new leftist wing
“We represent the thoughts, feelings and experiences of the majority of Bangladesh. Our policies, philosophies and ideals are all BLESSED. You must understand this,” he yelled at the crowd.
A tale from the future: Ordinary students celebrate lynching 100th person
The year is 2028. Ordinary students have done something extraordinary yet again. Yesterday, they organised “Lunch for Lynching” to celebrate beating a hundred people to death since the “lucky seventh independence”.
Satire / ‘Natok Kom Koro Pio’
“Natok kom koro Pio,” the man said, his white beard shaking with fury.
Altruistic prisoners demand work-from-jail permission
When the world is busy inventing and discovering new things, the people of Chapasthan 2.0 are busy coming up with new demands with every passing hour.
Satire / Nation struggles with newfound freedom of speech
Who would have thought? From the yoke of authoritarianism, where everything you said had to be checked for the presence of words that could anger the powers that be, today, Bangladeshis can say whatever they want to.
Obsessed with rainbows, ex-faculty member slapped with restraining order
When the former part-time lecturer of Crack University was let go last year for his discriminatory language and actions, he was at a loss. Why had the university dismissed him for tearing up a book as an educator?
The Cancelling
The TV hummed slowly, filling the room with a soothing sound. Almost acting like a form of white noise.
Tyrant wakes up after 15 years, becomes good person
A tyrant who was on a drip of liquefied sleeping pills for the last 15 years because another tyrant had usurped him, woke up on August 7 and became a good person.
PC defends Bangladeshi salon’s ‘white supremacy’ caption
Bollywood escapee Priyanka Chopra Jonas spoke out in support of a Bangladeshi beauty salon that recently attracted the wrong kind of attention for including the words “white supremacy” on a Facebook post.
Tomorrow’s forecast
This poem is an ode to the poet Brian Bilston who knows it and writes about the human condition, relationships, and buses (according to his bio on his Facebook page)
What to do if you like Nahubo
There have been few songs in the history of this country that united as many people as Coke Studio Bangla’s Nahubo has.
Not such a good boy after all
What this correspondent is about to break to you is a story of betrayal, heartbreak and of course, utter and complete disappointment.
Juniors massaged student leader’s legs because he was preparing for the Olympics
The country erupted in joy at news that a student leader from Bangladesh Mountains University is going to partake in running events of the Paris Olympics next year.
Content creator rules her own universe of 5
A content creator recently declared that she had made her own social media universe where everything revolves around the number 5.
PARKOUR!
The city corporation has started a noble initiative to improve the fitness and wherewithal of the city dwellers. “Mission Parkour!” will encourage residents to jump over central reservations, dodge buses, trucks, rickshaws, private cars, CNG-run auto-rickshaws and other pedestrians as they go about their daily business in the city.
Team can only win if board officials are shown on TV during matches: study
Chapasthan’s national cricket team has recently gone on an unexpected winning streak, romping to victory in matches against opposition no one expected them to beat.
Scientists have discovered a new parasite and it could be your lab project partner
Like a parasite sucking on its host, Rafsan Plasmodium feasted on all his groupmates' intellect.
Is there really a demand for cats and dogs in restaurants?
A host of cats and dogs in the capital have recently sought asylum in Europe because of a rumour that has spread like wildfire.