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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.
All international indexes are conspiracies: Minister
Chapasthan has landed at the bottom of yet another international index, but the country’s top officials, like every other time, are not convinced by the report.
Bombshell reporting shows rich and powerful are corrupt, and nobody cares
The Investigative Consortium of International Journalists (ICIJ) recently shocked other journalists by revealing that powerful politicians and top executives around the world have been hiding their money away in offshore shell companies.
Facebook’s global outage creates new poor: The influencer class
Facebook’s global outage has created a new kind of poor, the influencer class.
FB, Insta, Whatsapp crashed because they don’t pay VAT: Minister
Misinformation Minister ATM Meghla Banik claimed on Wednesday that Facebook crashed because they don’t pay VAT on time, or at all.
Abandon literature, history books and embrace start-up hustle: CEO
A world-renowned CEO on Tuesday called on world leaders to abandon literature and history books in schools and colleges in favour of teaching start-up operations, technological innovations, and general profiteering.
Don’t love me: Pitch
The controversial Merepoor Pitch arrived outside the gates of Intergalactic Cricket Council’s (IgCC’s) prison the day before yesterday.
Burnout generation result of social media becoming extension of workplace: Therapists
In a TimeLess Magazine article titled “Minds Turned to Ash” published nearly four years ago, columnist John Cohen explores the global case of burnout.
Destroy the E-cigarette market, says chief wealth officer
In a recent announcement the Ministry of Wealthfare announced that they were going to come down hard with a ban on e-cigarettes. This was in conjunction with their plans to create a tobacco-free country by 2099.
E eager to distance itself from commerce in Bangladesh
The English letter, E, has been traumatised -- much like humans -- by its association with internet commerce in Bangladesh.
Research finds proof of male students’ existence despite continuous absence on news
“Every day, before going to my office, I drop my son off at his school. But I have never seen a male student on the news or newspapers, let alone my son. Does my son really go to school?,” a father of a class 5 student asked.