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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.
‘I cannot speak’, Paddya Bridge admits in a press conference
People, especially politicians, think that a bridge, that costs a huge sum of money, should be able to speak for itself.
‘You-first’ policy shows country’s generosity
The recent declaration by the unhealthy minister of the country that no VIPs, VVIPs or even VVVIPs would take the much-wanted vaccines first has spread a sense of camaraderie throughout the country.
Empty government bank vaults to store Covid-19 vaccines
Chapasthan’s benevolent leaders yesterday came up with the decision to use the country’s bank vaults to store the Covid-19 vaccines.
Bangladeshi comment warriors dream of getting higher degree on victim blaming
Victim blaming has become ‘almost an art’ in Bangladesh. Whenever any news portal publishes news of any violence, comment warriors start their war of blaming the victim, especially when the victim is a girl.
Corrupt officials come up with list of immoral activities to avoid
A section of corrupt officials, using their expertise in, well, corruption, have come up with a list of immoral activities that citizens are to avoid at all costs.
Men’s rights NGO releases list of activities men can do in public
In yet another twist in the tale of growing demands by men and men’s rights activists to recognise the dwindling rights of men, the group has now released a long, winding list of things men can in fact do in public without any shame or worry.
WhatsApp group discovers cure for crippling anxiety
WhatsApp groups comprising pandemic doctors -- or people who used their free time to research important causes using choice keywords -- recently announced a surefire way of curing anxiety in the country.
Citizens visibly shaken by ‘Visible 2021’
On January 1, 2021, Chapasthan transformed into a “utopia”. Weeks have passed, but Chapasthanis are still struggling to face reality.
CID to launch ‘Find the perfect bride’ service to curtail bad marriages
Recently, the Couple Investigation Department (CID) arrested a happily married couple for not fitting into the mould of a happily married couple.
Roosting ducks: Confused Americans still wondering if that was a coup or not
The United States of America, a former colony of the United Kingdom, may not yet be ready for democracy.