When she arrived for her double-date with her friends Simon and Sasha, she had been understandably disappointed with Ki-tae's unprepossessing looks. He was at best cute, if kept under dim lighting. Her taste in men tended towards the hard-bodied and pretty, the disposable sort whose warranty lasted at best three weeks of good fun.

As the countdown begun on the enormous screen, the massive crowd joined in, echoing across the hall, the descending of the numbers.

Given Instagram's very user-friendly interface, the app has recently become a widely used platform for artists of all sorts to exhibit their work.

The SHOUT team recently came into possession of a diary. We are a shamelessly nosy bunch, so we read it.

It all started with a toothache that sent me to the dentist's office, after a simple check-up the friendly man explained I needed braces. “Two years isn't a long time, and they're just braces,” I reasoned with myself, and that's how the torture began.

BRAC University Pharma Society (BUPS) extended a helping hand to those who were in a difficulty due to the recent flood in the country.

Breakout artists release several tracks before that one life changing single is out and they can brag - “started from the bottom, now we here”.

We are living in a golden age of comic book adaptations with more characters making their way to the big screen than ever before. Between Marvel and DC, there are a lot of fights going down off-screen these days. It begs the question, which studio has done it right so far?

Once again Bangladeshis on social media have split like derriere on a particular issue. This time the issue is Margarita “Rita” Mamun, Russian gymnast of Bangladeshi origin.

Did you ever get a creeping urge to listen to six hours of this guy? Me too and I am genuinely interested in the effects Cameron Jibril Thomaz's music will have on my brain. Throughout the next six hours I will monitor myself and write about my state of being as each hour goes by. I am optimistic of Mr Wiz's compositions and am hoping that this will be a pleasant experience.

Let's Go Digital

To the entrepreneurs of the country who want to do justice to that Silicon Valley poster on your wall, and to the college dropouts who seek to make Bill Gates proud, here are four 100 percent solid, totally not-satirical ideas for absolutely doable apps based on the customs of Bangladesh.

Colouring has been proven to be an effective way of de-stressing in a very hectic everyday life. However it's not as easy to get your hands on colouring books, especially adult ones. Neither is it easy to spend that level of time on colouring.

Be prepared for an aerial surprise attack from Spiderman.

Regardless of their repeated promises to accept anyone we love, mothers are genetically engineered to snoop around our love life and ensure that we are dating the people who meet their standards.

While many of us have as much approved freedom as a caged chicken, we all have activities that would raise a lot of eyebrows or even create minor scandals if, God forbid, it gets into the wrong ears.

Long flights are intimidating; especially when there are crying children, pilot announcements, and periodic jerking. Some flights pass by in the blink of an eye; some drag on forever.

I just have to write this article in response to the wide range of annoying questions that I'm often bombarded with when I reveal where my house is located.

They say language is the medium to share our inner thoughts and deepest emotions. Yet we take our ability to be able to communicate in diverse languages for granted.

If you've always wanted to cosplay your favourite character but never knew where to start, you're in the right place.