How to exist
When there’s a lull in the air, I get the feeling that I’ve scraped the bottom of my fleshy insides.
17 May 2024, 18:00 PM
'Small World City' Issue 04: Another dosage of the beautiful and the haunted
The latest offering from the online literary journal feels, in many respects, like their most polished work yet
17 May 2024, 15:00 PM
The prospects of pursuing postgraduate education in Bangladesh
For many, a Master’s degree is an important opportunity to build their skill set and to create networks that will lead to newer opportunities
16 May 2024, 00:00 AM
Bangladeshi, int'l students worried amid pro-Palestine protests in US campuses
US university students protest Gaza war, face arrests, suspensions, expulsion threats.
4 May 2024, 15:22 PM
The First Slam Dunk is sports anime distilled to its essentials
The First Slam Dunk has, in many ways, perfectly distilled everything that makes sports anime good.
25 April 2024, 12:27 PM
Kissing strangers
Kissing strangers only feels good
29 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Monster: A devastating, delicate, and layered film by Kore-eda
From start to finish, the movie plays with expectations as it unfolds each new layer only to reveal another aspect of the story.
14 March 2024, 00:00 AM
With Ramadan returning, should classes be online?
When we speak of learning being efficient, it is important to remember that the traffic in Dhaka city really works against everyone.
13 March 2024, 21:00 PM
Baby killed/baby found dead: On the use and abuse of language
To the politicians and their vetoes and dismissals of any proposals that might bring some change—what language do you use with them? What of their language that otherises an entire people to dehumanise them?
1 March 2024, 04:45 AM
The lack of fantasy at Boi Mela
With Ekushey Boi Mela now in full swing, the excitement surrounding the discovery of new releases should be hanging palpably in the air.
21 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Matching university education with contemporary needs
Tertiary education and the outcome provided by it are factors that are constantly in need of revision. In today’s world where new in-demand jobs and special fields of expertise explode into popularity at unprecedented rates, universities have a responsibility to respond by adapting quickly and efficiently.
17 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Prospects of studying Fashion Design in Bangladesh
For fashion designers or those aspiring to be one, the journey may be long and arduous in Bangladesh.
15 February 2024, 11:09 AM
The publishing journey for young writers
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen a major decrease in not just the number of books being published per year, but also in the profits made by publishing houses.
8 February 2024, 00:00 AM
James Joyce was never more profound than in 'Dubliners'
The universality of Dubliners is found not just in its structure as a short story collection, but also in the minute details of the way the people inhabit the stories, the city, and the world at large. The way they breathe help the city come to life, and the geography of the city has never been better realised by Joyce than right here
4 February 2024, 12:31 PM
Circular
In abated breaths in freshly-packed, measly-charged tin can rides across the city, two lovers held hands, as if they were born that way.
26 January 2024, 18:00 PM
The diverse world of Public Health and why you should care
Public Health as a field is vast and houses anyone willing to bring about positive impacts at societal levels.
11 January 2024, 00:00 AM
Campus picks the best movies of 2023
Here are a few movies that have moved us deeply, enough to land as our favourites of the year.
30 December 2023, 09:56 AM
Why university students should consider using AI in research
While some may say that using AI is ethically dubious, popular research journals have already started conversations on how to use it.
14 December 2023, 00:00 AM
On the many flavours of horror in children’s literature
What do we make of the mysterious thread that connects these stories not by genre, but by an imagination so wondrous they leave room for an underlying horror, and the many things that can mean?
5 December 2023, 13:45 PM
They raise their fists. Inside, I fall asleep to the sound of rain
The dumpster diver
and the plastic smoker
raised their fists. I was
in the solemn, trapped
1 December 2023, 18:00 PM