Fatima Jahan Ena

The first-ever conference for hashtags is held to give them a chance to meet old friends and make new ones, mingle, betray, and network. Our coverage of the conference begins with a conversation among some influential hashtags. Enjoy.

Whenever my father talks about his experience of the war, there’s one story that he always tells us about with a warm smile and tired eyes. During the war, he was around ten years old, so his mother refused to let him join the brutality. Instead, they opted to feed the freedom fighters who were stationed near their hometown in Brahmanbaria. Thus began my father’s life as the rice boy.

How do people learn about the history of our country? When they teach us at school, do we retain any of that? Does it do enough to inform and inspire younger generations on what it took to gain independence? On Independence Day 2020, let’s try to answer some of these questions.

Have you ever gazed into your pet’s eyes and asked, “Do you have what it takes to be an online sensation?” If no, disregard this article and move on. Otherwise, look no further.

It’s been 15 years since Avatar: The Last Airbender made its debut on Nickelodeon. Co-created by Bryan Konietzo and Michael Dante DiMartino, Avatar has been critically acclaimed and has also amassed incredibly positive reviews from audiences of all ages.

It’s our responsibility to put biases aside and break the silence.

Life in Dhaka can have a lot to offer. Warm street food on a cold winter night, vibrant rickshaw art in every corner, air pollution that will end us all in due time, and old, historical streets brimming with new life are just some of its offerings.

Over the last couple of years, Hollywood has certainly delivered by bringing us multi-faceted female characters in shows and movies

The term “maladaptive daydreaming” was coined by a University of Haifa professor named Eli Somer, one of the leading researchers on the topic. Somer’s definition states that maladaptive daydreaming is a condition of “extensive fantasy activity that replaces human interaction or interferes with academic, interpersonal, or vocational functioning.”

In the age of social media, it is hard to escape bad news. The hurdle becomes even more difficult when the “bad news” entails the drastic effects of climate change taking their toll on our planet.

I’m already hungry. Let’s get to the point.

Growing up in a life of great privilege, I’ve always thought that the world of politics was a faraway abstract concept. It always seemed like a world reserved for grownups, mostly middle-aged men in suits. As an adult, I know that could not be further from the truth.

Have you ever found yourself riddled with questions about your existence?

Toxicity in a person can be defined as behaviour that may harm others or even themselves.

In a galaxy far far away lies the Bangladeshi equivalent of Mordor, the land known as Gawsia. Feared by many but revered by even more, the strange land seemed like a completely different planet. One fateful day, four friends took it upon themselves to bravely venture into the heart of this land they’d heard so much about.

Ramadan is upon us, which means that it’s now the time for an abundance of dawats. You’ve been attending them for as long you can

We all have different opinions on the activity of shopping. If I were to generalise my own, it would have three staples: children throwing tantrums, mothers being true warriors with their bargaining, and a variety of paraphernalia with incomprehensible mumbo-jumbo written on them.

It may be safe to say that action movies are liked, even loved, by the majority of the general population. Action movies, when they are well-executed...

You groggily wake up to beautiful sunlight pouring into your room through the windows. Birds are chirping outside and the weather seems a bit… too pleasant.

Fear has been embedded in humans since the beginning of time. It has allowed us to survive, adapt, and thrive. It is an essential pillar in the core of being human.