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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.
Social media celebrities will soon become Tagores and Nazruls
A recent, very confidential study has projected that very soon, Bangladesh will become home to not one, not two, but very many Nazruls, Tagores and Shakespeares.
The 5 stages of grief are now 7 because of inflation
How much more grief will this market cause?
How to not get mugged as a student
A startling lack of street-smartness has been cited as primary reasons for this crisis.
The nine-to-five grind too much even for the Taliban?
After decades of fighting them, it appears that the West had the answer to defeating the Taliban in Afghanistan right in front of their eyes -- leave the country and let them have a go at running it.
5-second rule is now the 10-second rule: mother
A mother in the capital has introduced a new rule in her household, instructing her three young children to eat off the floor whenever possible.
The lord of water and sewers
You may have heard of Poseidon, lord of the seas. But do you know about our very own lord of water and sewers?
Engineering graduate declared “parkour champion” after switching to BCS
The Office fans of Bangladesh deemed it as the greatest parkour stunt ever after Michael Scott.
Disappointment as dream of seeing Boi Mela from metro rail still unfulfilled
Some people in the capital have reacted with disappointment as their supposed dream of looking at the Boi Mela will not be fulfilled this year as the section of the section of the elevated railway that passes near the book fair venue is yet to come into operation.
ChatGPT actually run by customer service firm in Bangalore: Study
A bombshell new study has discovered that the AI chatbot that has taken the world by storm, is in fact not artificial intelligence at all.
Realistic things to do in Dhaka traffic
Talking about Dhaka traffic and talking to a wall is almost the same thing. You can scream and shout all you want, but at the end of the day you realise that it feels like talking to a wall, and unfortunately, this wall doesn’t have ears as the Bangla saying goes.