Official transferred to slightly worse area for embezzling Tk 10,000 crore
In a big win for justice, a government official who has abused his powers to embezzle Tk 10,000 crore is facing the harshest punishment the legal system can offer: transfer to a slightly worse work area.
5 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Toilets on temple land and our treatment of minorities
Did the municipal authorities, out of courtesy, even ask whether building toilets on the temple land would be okay?
10 March 2024, 13:00 PM
One more vote, one vote fewer: Why people will and won't go to polls
The Daily Star asked two young voters to explain their decisions as the 12th parliamentary election rolls out.
7 January 2024, 01:00 AM
How did rickshaws become our heritage?
When exactly did we start appreciating the rickshaw, to a point that we now consider it to be part of our collective identity?
22 December 2023, 02:10 AM
Why must journalists put their lives on the line?
Crimes against journalists do not happen in a vacuum.
2 November 2023, 03:00 AM
My love-hate relationship with Eid natoks
Are you aware of the "Valentine's Day on Eid" phenomenon? Eid natoks and overall Bangladeshi natoks have gone through a strange trajectory.
24 April 2023, 09:20 AM
Clash between Patro League and Patro Dal leaves several unmarried
Leaders and activists of Patro League and Patro Dal, the marriage wings of two political parties, locked in a clash in front of a kazi office in the capital yesterday, leaving several unmarried.
24 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Brazil or Argentina? A guide on which team to support
It’s time to revive the age-old fight between South Asian supporters of two South American football teams. From competing to see who can hoist the biggest flag, a clear form of overcompensation, to some good ole’ beatdowns in Brahmanbaria, football fever, alongside dengue fever, has taken over Bangladesh.
18 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Official transferred to slightly worse area for embezzling Tk 10,000 crore
In a big win for justice, a government official who has abused his powers to embezzle Tk 10,000 crore is facing the harshest punishment the legal system can offer: transfer to a slightly worse work area.
5 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Toilets on temple land and our treatment of minorities
Did the municipal authorities, out of courtesy, even ask whether building toilets on the temple land would be okay?
10 March 2024, 13:00 PM
One more vote, one vote fewer: Why people will and won't go to polls
The Daily Star asked two young voters to explain their decisions as the 12th parliamentary election rolls out.
7 January 2024, 01:00 AM
How did rickshaws become our heritage?
When exactly did we start appreciating the rickshaw, to a point that we now consider it to be part of our collective identity?
22 December 2023, 02:10 AM
Why must journalists put their lives on the line?
Crimes against journalists do not happen in a vacuum.
2 November 2023, 03:00 AM
My love-hate relationship with Eid natoks
Are you aware of the "Valentine's Day on Eid" phenomenon? Eid natoks and overall Bangladeshi natoks have gone through a strange trajectory.
24 April 2023, 09:20 AM
Clash between Patro League and Patro Dal leaves several unmarried
Leaders and activists of Patro League and Patro Dal, the marriage wings of two political parties, locked in a clash in front of a kazi office in the capital yesterday, leaving several unmarried.
24 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Brazil or Argentina? A guide on which team to support
It’s time to revive the age-old fight between South Asian supporters of two South American football teams. From competing to see who can hoist the biggest flag, a clear form of overcompensation, to some good ole’ beatdowns in Brahmanbaria, football fever, alongside dengue fever, has taken over Bangladesh.
18 November 2022, 18:00 PM
We had 1 fire extinguisher: Owner of cargo area on safety measures
After the 549th fire incident that could’ve easily been avoided if businesses weren’t absolute pieces of … or if fire-safety measures were a tiny bit better, the nation was shocked once again.
10 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Authorities going all out for ‘2 Fair 2 Free’ polls
Chapasthan is once again gearing up for its Ultra Free, Giga Fair National Election. This time, it’s going to be freer and fairer than ever.
13 May 2022, 18:00 PM
New police station to have play area inside jail cell
After many debates, demonstrations and detentions, law enforcers have finally come to a solution regarding the Lebutala playground issue.
29 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Woman trapped in spiral to renew passport
The following is part of an interview of a woman who is still trying to collect all 634 documents to get her new passpor:.
11 February 2022, 18:00 PM
VC gets intimate about his campus protest experience
The following is an excerpt from the diary of a VC, which Satireday obtained when he left home to get sushi after the end of the students’ hunger strike:
28 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Lockdown will ruin company culture, Mamun from HR warns govt
“There’s no way I’m going to let these people go back home again,” Mamun from HR murmured. “What will happen to the company’s synergy, dynamism and disruption, if there is no one to synergise, dynamise and disrupt at the office?
14 January 2022, 18:00 PM
‘New year, new me,’ say same old people
The people of Chapasthan, who are renowned for being oblivious to the concept of a promise, have once again prepared their New Year’s resolutions.
31 December 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Trust us, we got this, for real this time’
The government of Chapasthan has assured its people that they will be absolutely safe from the Omicron variant of Covid-22, as authorities, under the celestial guidance of the supreme leader, have taken the strictest measures to prevent another wave of the pandemic.
3 December 2021, 18:00 PM
All roads to be converted into racetracks: Minister
The minister of roads and highways recently decided to turn all thoroughfares of Chapasthan into racetracks, as the country’s drivers have a natural inclination towards going fast and putting everyone’s lives at risk.
26 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Previous generation always has it harder than latest one: Study
A recent study has found that every problem the current generation faces is nothing compared to what the previous generation went through.
19 November 2021, 18:00 PM
‘We want our discounts’
With slogans like “We want our half-priced bikes” and “Keep the discounts coming”, thousands of citizens from a specific walk of life held a demonstration at the capital’s Chahbagh intersection.
29 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Country in disbelief after 3,718th episode of majority-on-minority violence
As is tradition, Chapasthan witnessed yet another spate of violence perpetrated by the majority on the minority in the past couple of days, triggering the country’s authorities and experts to recycle their remarks about pluralism, conspiracy and geopolitics.
22 October 2021, 18:00 PM