OMMWRITER

When I sit down in front of my laptop to write, I keep getting distracted by the Facebook notifications and YouTube videos and whatnot.
1 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Phases of a Skype call

Welcome to Bangladesh, a land where the internet connection is as fragile as our CGPAs. If you talk about the duration of the call connection, it is as infrequent as my concentration during Chemistry class.
1 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Misconceptions about To-be Engineers

Imagine how it would feel if you're an engineering student and you're working hard for that degree and then all of a sudden your...
1 June 2016, 18:00 PM

What about your friends back home?

Right after O Levels were done with and we stepped into our magical summer, friends started dropping like flies left and right over the next two years.
1 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Bad Gift Giving Etiquette

Bad gifts themselves are often excusable but bad etiquette, not so much. Not everyone's a maestro when it comes to the art of gift giving but the gesture surely counts.
1 June 2016, 18:00 PM

How to Win an Argument Online

Winning an argument on social media is quite impossible - or so you've been told. Don't kid yourself into thinking you can win internet squabbles with logic and reason.
1 June 2016, 18:00 PM

A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FROM A DAEMON

When I say I wake up next to a daemon every morning with a dry laugh, men think that it's my wife and share a good laugh.
1 June 2016, 18:00 PM

WHY SHAME ONLY THE STUDENTS?

The education system in Bangladesh is flawed, and a TV station recently took it upon themselves to point out exactly how flawed it is.
1 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Grade (and Other) Boundaries

Minutes before the start of the exam, all Afzal could focus on was the nervous clicking of a pen by the girl next to him, 2855.
1 June 2016, 18:00 PM

1st Day at Magic School

Rawnak still remembers that odd, fateful day on Shiddheshwari Lane. The bearded rickshawala suddenly turned towards her, on the passenger seat, and uttered some weird words.
1 June 2016, 18:00 PM

WHY SHAME ONLY THE STUDENTS?

The education system in Bangladesh is flawed, and a TV station recently took it upon themselves to point out exactly how flawed it is.
29 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Should you sit through 2.5 hours of “X-Men: Apocalypse”?

I’ll start with something that’s been bugging me since “X-Men: First Class”: Jennifer Lawrence is nice and all but #‎BringBackRebeccaRomijnAsMystique.
28 May 2016, 18:00 PM

BULLETIN BOARD

University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) organised an orientation for freshers titled, “ULAB Summer Orientation Fest” at its own campus in Dhanmondi on May 22, 2016.
25 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Nailing a Rochona

In a usual Bengali second paper exam, we allocate a period of 45 minutes to an hour for writing an essay.
25 May 2016, 18:00 PM

WAVES

Waves of Galveston
25 May 2016, 18:00 PM

How Parents React to Your Success

We all dream of winning the world some day and make everyone around us super proud. However, life is not a movie and most Asian parents just seem to suppress their reactions.
25 May 2016, 18:00 PM

FADING LIGHT

In Fading Light you control a pixel of light and navigate by tapping left or right on your screen.
25 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Social Media - Where Introverts become Extroverts

The internet, in particular, the social media seems to have allowed introverts to be involved in the social scene more often than not.
25 May 2016, 18:00 PM

THIS WEEK'S HOROSCOPE

Take a grain of rice. Now sniff it.
25 May 2016, 18:00 PM

The Spy who Lives on

It was the summer of 1965. A tall, young man with dark shades in his early 30s got on his motorbike and embarked on a long arduous journey of over 350 kilometers starting from Dhaka and finally arrived at Kaptai...
25 May 2016, 18:00 PM