A chat over coffee with the food bloggers

Last Wednesday, in the suave setting of North End Coffee Roasters inside Lakeshore Gulshan, SHOUT met with a few individuals from the budding Bangladeshi Instagram food blogging scene. At the scene, the idea that food blogging needs to be about pictures and stories of expensive food, was the first myth they wished to bust.
25 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Alternative Meanings of Economic Terms

Instead of just money, rationing devices can be intensity and loudness of screams and how much sass you can show during a discussion that morphed into a debate that morphed into a full blown super-aggressive argument. Whoever screams the loudest is the person who is heard. Logic and reasoning doesn't matter if you aren't loud enough.
25 July 2018, 18:00 PM

No Murakami left behind

In the world of fiction, one name you are bound to have come across is Haruki Murakami. With his recent surge in popularity, you can now find an assortment of Murakamis in any old bookshop. That is why now is the best time to get stuck into his works.
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Post Steam Summer Sale Thoughts

Another year, another summer sale on Steam where our PC gaming overlord Gabe Newell promises us discounts on discounts with our wallets bleeding cash harder than if the economy crashes.
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Downsides of one (almost) successful robbery

The Primetime Emmy Award nominee Christina Hendricks has that unique charm of confusing anyone in Good Girls. You never know when she is joking and when her head is steaming.
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Facial animations: An often overlooked feature

It's no secret that games are better in terms of graphical detail. Along the way we've had games which have almost perfectly rendered the human face, and others which had faces that looked like badly smudged finger-paintings. As things get even better, you can't help but wonder how far the level of detail can go.
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Return of the Pilots

368 days. That is how long Twenty One Pilots were gone. During this “hiatus”, there has been no activity from the band, online or otherwise. Until now.
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Interview etiquette you should know

Getting the call for a job interview is something quite exciting yet frightening at the same time. The call up means that you have the necessary qualifications the employers are looking for, now they just want to choose the best one[s] from the lot.
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Travelling with parents who aren't open to experiencing different cultures

Growing up, I've been privileged enough to have had the opportunity to travel to many exotic places. The city streets bursting with creatures from all walks of life in Thailand, the tranquil hillsides of Nepal, the haunting frozen foods aisle of a Walmart at 3am in Nowhere, Florida.
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM

We should've been taught these in school

“I knew this would come in handy some day!” I scream in excitement as I whip out my logarithm table in front of my manager to discuss the viability of my project.
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM

A friend named Meme is a friend indeed!

We are all lone walkers. Our roads commence and conclude the same way – all by ourselves. So why think of befriending a similarly emotionally overwhelmed creature just for the sake of feeding our need for support and empathy?
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM

How the rain drips into my heart

The rain means a lot of things to a lot of people. It might be a feeling of nostalgia, a longing for someone or simply a need to pee.
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Real vs. Fake: Friends Edition

People seem to have more plastic friends than there have been plastic World Cup fans this year and that says a lot about how much we truly value friendship.
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Youngsters Talk Parenting

Aysha Zaheen, 19, an HSC graduate, thinks that the privacy of young people is an important matter that parents sometimes do not respect. “I guess it'd be nice if parents respected their kids' privacy.
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Awkward situations you don't want to be found in

Circumstances will often get you into awkward situations you never wanted to be in. At times, it's not just the awkward moments that bother you, it's the people around you who witness the awkwardness unfolding that makes you question your very existence at those particular moments.
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM

IBA, DU team wins the Global Round of Battle of Minds in London

After several exciting rounds that lasted for about 4 months, from idea submission to crossing phases one after the other, Battle of Minds finally concluded with a triumph for Bangladesh with Sourodip Paul, Arijit Saha, and Ramim Ahmed and their team “Je Ne Sais Quoi” from IBA, DU.
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Bulletin Board

A memorandum of agreement (MoA) was signed between the Federation of Bangladesh Human Resource Organizations (FBHRO) and United International University (UIU) on July 14, 2018 at UIU campus to organise the National HR Convention for 5 (five) consecutive years. UIU agreed to be the title sponsor of the event.
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM

This week's Horrorscope

If you're really looking into buying that self-help book, you're really not helping yourself.
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Teenage Dream

Teenage Dream
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Water for birds

Most months in the city were hot. One competed with another. As though they were trying to see which one of them sizzled more.
18 July 2018, 18:00 PM