Host: Good evening, and welcome to another edition of TAILORS OF DOOM!

So, what happens when such a call comes when we are out in strange lands outside out homes? How will we relieve ourselves of such a crucial duty?

If you’ve ever had to study Chemistry, even if it was for a brief second, I am sure you have wondered which element in the periodic table you would be.

Yesterday my parents dropped a bombshell on me and my two siblings. It went something like this:

We are sharing our world with 8.7 million species. The vast majority, almost 86 percent is yet to be discovered, studied and ultimately, catalogued.

Master Reader, an initiative by The Daily Star in association with Igloo Ice Cream, took the competition to the Dhaka branch of International Hope School Bangladesh (IHSB) on November 2, 2019, at Uttara.

YouTube in Bangladesh is in its budding stages in terms of quality, but its potential is easily visible. There are hundreds of channels, and some have over thousands of subscribers and millions of views. You will find videos on food, health and nutrition, and study tips along with the regular music and comedy.

In the first week after bringing her home, Missy was lost. It took a family of four to hunt down a two-and-half-inch-long, walking dust bunny from under the study table.

As a millennial you want to name your baby something unique. You’re horrified at your parents’ decisions to name you after random household objects like Shampoo, Shaban, Balti, and anything they found in their garden, like Apel, Peyara, and Lichu. How lazy.

Season One of a new Netflix Original series, Living with Yourself, starring Paul Rudd, was released on October 18. The show deals with human cloning gone wrong and all the hilarity that follows. Given my bias for the lead, who I admit I absolutely adore, I had high hopes for the show and was not disappointed.

While we grew up listening to our parents’ generation recount how many miles they walked, swam or cycled to attend school, we are often called the entitled or the “soft” generation. However, we wish our problems were as cut-and-dried like attending school, getting grades, applying for jobs and getting married.

Inktober comes with a few simple rules: a. Make a drawing in ink or with pencil, b. Post it on social media (or your refrigerator if you are so inclined), c. Use the hashtag #inktober, d. Repeat for rest of October. Inktober 2019 is a landmark year as the art challenge celebrates its tenth year. The challenge is just as big in Bangladesh as it is around the world. Our social media feeds have been blessed with Inktober’s creativity over the past month. Here are some of our favourites.

The Daily Star’s new campaign, “Master Reader”, in association with Igloo Ice Cream, recently travelled south of the country to encourage the habit of reading among young children. The programme was arranged in three schools in the port city of Chattogram on October 29-31, 2019.

A daylong international conference on “Challenges of SDGs for Developing Countries and Way Forward” was held at the International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT) recently.

A meeting of the Executive Committee of ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Contest) Asia Regional 2019 - Dhaka Site hosted by Southeast University (SEU) was held recently.

A workshop on ethical and safe use of internet was organised by UNICEF, Grameenphone and champs21 at Heritage School, Narayanganj at October 21, 2019.

Since it first began in 2010, Unilever BizMaestros has promised the university students and delivered upon the thrill of real business; they have groomed the participants to take on real business challenges, even before they officially join the workforce.

Host: Hello, and welcome to another edition of TAILORS OF DOOM! [Audience claps and screams out name of the show in unison.]

We all consider learning musical instruments. After deciding, however, we have to weigh the cons and the pros, wondering whether this new hobby would be something worth investing our precious time in.

One of the most anticipated talent recruitment platforms in the country, Battle of Minds, is stepping into its 16th instalment this year. Following its first ever global launch in 2018, the stakes are higher than ever before this year with the global champions getting an opportunity to do a global internship almost anywhere in the world at a country of their choice.