Nuren Iftekhar

The famous words adorned the entrance to the auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum on October 9, 2017, where William Shakespeare's play “The Merchant of Venice” was staged by the students of Sunnydale School.

My first memories of video games were in an arcade near our house. It had a stained floor, a noisy atmosphere and one too many people. It also had little worlds inside. Ones that were easy to get lost into.

The best way to be proficient at something is perhaps the incessant ordeal of trial and error that goes into it. However, repetition alone is not good enough if one doesn't work on the issues that hindered the progress before. Often is the case that one doesn't necessarily realise where their work is falling short of the standard they are striving to achieve and thus fail to improve upon it.

Apart from a gripping story and deep lore, one of the biggest charms of George R. R. Martin's epic fantasy series “A Song of Ice and Fire”, and its subsequent television adaptation “Game of Thrones”, is without a doubt its strong multi-dimensional characters.

And so he did. Brushing off all the times his classmates called him certain things regarding his weight, Rafi made it, with a glorious manoeuvre that would put the acrobatics team to shame. It was nearly perfect.

I've never been a person eloquent with words, so excuse me if my attempt at romanticism fails to grab your attention. And why shouldn't it? Is there any meaningful assortment of words which I can pull together that you haven't heard before?

"Excuse me, can you tell me the time?"

With great releases this year from artists like Gorillaz, Blackfield, Pond, and so on, Foster the People's latest release “Sacred Hearts Club” brought with it a whole lot of expectations to live up to.

Humour at times simply does not make sense. It usually does not have an ulterior motive, an underlying message or a profound

We all can be quite compulsive sometimes. Whether it's chewing on our fingernails relentlessly or tapping our feet to the annoyance of everyone else.

This is the Eid of the Future.

Nostalgia goggles have always been my least favourite accessories.

The video game industry has come a long way.

The merry occasion of Pahela Baishakh is upon us once again, bringing with it the delight of festivities and jubilation of starting anew.

There isn't much that hasn't been said about Pink Floyd. And yet, it's a story that still begs to be told again and again.

It's a common misconception among my peers that the shabby life they see me living is an easy one. This cannot be more far off from the truth. Is it comfy?

From the penny dreadful style of Gothic literature of the Victorian era to the movies of today with multi-million dollars of budget - horror has come a long way. From then to now, the one thing that has remained constant is the love and admiration for this genre.

Like many other wonderful traits we have coded into our system, one happens to be the crippling sense of self-doubt that bursts out of nowhere whenever we are infatuated with someone.

The first cup of coffee we had after our pointless agreement tasted like our outlived relationship, bitter and cold. She looked livelier though,

When Passenger sang “Only know you love her when you let her go” in that melancholic voice I underestimated those words.