Podcasts for literary nerds

As students, we would be expected to spend most of the time of our day at educational institutions. Instead, we end up spending excruciatingly long hours on the road.
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM

10 Hours of TED Talk

One fateful day, I decided to spend my entire waking hours watching Ted Talk videos. You may ask “why?” Well, because why not?
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Amateur Writing Mistakes

The best way to be proficient at something is perhaps the incessant ordeal of trial and error that goes into it. However, repetition alone is not good enough if one doesn't work on the issues that hindered the progress before. Often is the case that one doesn't necessarily realise where their work is falling short of the standard they are striving to achieve and thus fail to improve upon it.
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Stages of dealing with the new iPhone

With smartphones crowding the market, the iPhone has remained as one of the most expensive and popular line ups ever, even with its fair share of equally competent rivals. However, with the release of a new series and the mass mania, here is a story of how one gets over the new range.
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Bulletin Board

Different student organisations of Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) jointly undertook a relief distribution programme among the flood affected people of remote villages in Kurigram's Ulipur upazila on August 26, 2017. Relief goods, including money, rice, oral saline, clothes, biscuits, and medicine were distributed among affected families.
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM

A wholesome addiction: Masterchef Australia

In the year 2010, my simple life as a ninth grader consisted of me going to school, getting back home and watching TV, and then talking to my friends about the stuff I watched on TV. There was Supernatural, number one fan favourite among our pubescent selves.
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM

The struggles of being a bookstagrammer

I have been a book lover since childhood and I found various ways to spread the joy of reading. Now as a teenager, I have access to social media, which has not only broadened my horizon as a reader but also as a “bookstagrammer”.
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Untimely Existential Crises

Human emotions are similar to the weather. Sometimes it'll be sunny, sometimes it'll be rainy, sometimes it'll be snowing and then you start wondering why the sky is blue, what the origin of the colour blue is and why Nolan finished Inception on a never-ending cliffhanger (thank you for the countless sleepless nights afterwards).
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Innovative initiative to extract export ideas

On December 3, 2016, The Daily Star, in collaboration with Crown Cement, held the grand finale of 'Rise High Bangladesh'. The winning teams were: champions Brains of Castamere (IBA, Dhaka University), 1st runner-up Inspirebels (North South University), and 2nd runner-up Team Unpredictable (Rajshahi University).
20 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Twitter says its controls are weeding out users advocating violence

Twitter says its internal controls have been allowing it to weed out accounts being used for the "promotion of terrorism" earlier rather than responding to government requests to close them down.
20 September 2017, 11:35 AM

Digital Innovation Challenge for Women-2017

When she sat among the mentors, the participants were a little confused. She looked too young to be part of the challenge.
14 September 2017, 18:10 PM

Project Pothchola's Hambaa Hoii Choii!

The excitement for Eid-Ul-Azha is noticeable mostly among kids. Their enthusiasm surrounding animals before the Eid day is known
14 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Building an inclusive and empathetic society

People suffering from learning disabilities are often left surrounded by social stigma, and treated with indifference. This happens due to the fact that, most people are not aware of the horrors those with disabilities have to face.
14 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Youth Opportunities

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14 September 2017, 18:00 PM

How long till the roads are safe for girls?

As we continue to wait for a legal system that protects girls and women from transportation woes, it's important to discuss and undertake effective measures.
13 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Bulletin Board

Long gone are the days of studying engineering just for the sake of science. Students nowadays have progressed to the heights where they are talented enough to combine their science knowledge with business ideas. In short, they are becoming entrepreneurs.
13 September 2017, 18:00 PM

How to deal with resurfaced pictures

Everybody has done something in the past that they're not entirely proud of. Be it a ridiculous haircut, embracing a goth look or simply being friends with the wrong crowd,
13 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Where did natoks go wrong?

This isn't going to be some light-hearted jab at the industry, I'm genuinely disappointed with the way we handled a creative medium
13 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Everybody Needs a Rick

Given the ubiquitous memes and short clips all over the internet, you must have come across one of the best motivational speakers of our time. No Ron Dumsany can even come close to the eighty year old mad scientist named Rick Sanchez from Adult Swim's animated
13 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Results Day Blues

Obviously it feels great to perform well in an exam, but nothing takes away from your moment of glory other than finding out that your close friends failed. Badly.
13 September 2017, 18:00 PM