Rayaan Ibtesham Chowdhury

I should have known I was making a big a mistake when I told her SpongeBob was my favourite anime character.

For the past few years, board exams in Bangladesh followed a common trend: each year there was a higher passing and GPA 5 rate than the year before.

It’s rare that the death of a former Indian president, such as APJ Abdul Kalam, would be mourned all over the world, being fondly remembered by many who wouldn’t bat at an eye at the passing of other politicians.

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As the rooster's call slowly shook the whole ranch awake, Xavi got up with the same feeling of indifference he had every morning.

There are a number of things that come together to make Eid as special as it is. Would the end of Ramadan be this special if we spent it alone, away from friends and family? Probably not. After all, Eid has always been about bonding and catching up. But when reality strikes and some of us have to be away from home on this special day, experiences can vary greatly. This Eid, SHOUT caught up with several young Bangladeshis studying abroad about their experiences of celebrating Eid away from home. Here's what they had to say.

With all the event requests you get on Facebook every day, it's easy to assume that organising events is easy.

It was a misty November morning in 2011 when she told me what her name meant. She had just gotten rid of her braces so the sight of her without them was still new to me.

Was it you that let the candles fade out?

Rantages started when Bangladesh didn't have too many humour sites. Started in 2010, TehGoatlord's website has had a stop-start journey, rising in popularity and then going into indefinite hiatuses.

Anime is a global thing now. But back when anime wasn't so mainstream, there were a few shows that slowly opened anime to a wider audience.

Bangladesh's reputation has been growing exponentially in the debating world.

The time right after our A Levels/HSC examinations is probably the most crucial in our lives. We've just finished our schooling and we are ready to take the first big leap into the grown up world.

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The bruise looked particularly bad today. Even her dirty blonde hair, that she adjusted every five minutes, couldn't hide it.

It's no secret that schools are a huge part of our lives. We spend a large chunk of the day there and while you're still in school, the way your school does things will have a large bearing on how often you smile in a day.

In the year 2015, it's almost impossible to imagine a time when the only place a white man and a black man could be together without ending up in a fistfight was a blues bar.

Absentia are a young metalcore band from Uttara, Dhaka and they recently released “Super Namek”, the first single from their upcoming EP

Despite being inspired by bands such as Green Day, Bloc Party and Arctic Monkeys, he sounds nothing like them. He's released three EP's so far and in a scene diluted with the same old, 23-year-old Rakib Erick is a breath of very fresh air.

There are a few different reasons why people make the jump. One very obvious reason is where they'd like to get their higher education from.