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Published October 27, 2013

When You’re Friends Forever

Mirza Momo Ushra

Like pizza and Lionel Messi, another universally known entity is the 'friend zone'. It's been there since the beginning of time; well in classic literature any way. Some have applied it, some have experienced it and others await that one inevitable experience to come their way. However, to really put our fingers on it, what really is the friend zone? The friend zone is where Spongebob put Sandy, where Pattie Boyd put Eric Clapton and where Rachel put Ross till ...

Dissecting the Friendzone

Pangashkhan & Tehgoatlord

Back in the day men made jokes about marriage being like hell. Yet in recent years another relationship status has trounced matrimony's fearsome reputation: the friendzone. From what we see on Facebook news feed and what we hear from people, it is one of the foremost evils of this decade. Everyone fears those simple words: “Let's just be friends”. Tear-stained, people cry out that they have been friendzoned, and are immediately surrounded by sympathetic bystanders: “I know That Feel, bro.” ...

They All Have Their Own Styles

In any part of the world neither mugging nor begging is considered as an occupation, although they both require advanced skills and techniques. Plus, muggers and beggars both earn money, be it through “snatching” or “nagging”. These people are extremely talented in their respective careers. Though they were never taught by experts, they take lessons from the school of hard knocks to get better. Muggers In Dhaka, two areas infamous for mugging/getting mugged ...

VBD-BC Active Citizen Youth Leadership Training at EMK

Volunteer for Bangladesh and British Council jointly organised a 4-day long youth leadership training programme entitled “Active Citizen Youth Leadership Training (ACYLT) with the goal of creating a new generation of young leaders.” The programme ...

MASTERING THE MUN: BANGLADESHI duo at UN Headquarters

The concept of Model United Nations (MUN) is not absolutely unfamiliar in Bangladesh, thanks to some progressive educational institutions in the capital. However, it's not a widely familiar concept or trend here yet. Recently two ...

DAN BROWN’S INFERNO

Dan Brown's most celebrated character Robert Langdon is back with “Inferno” -- the fourth installation of the series. Despite an interesting story-line, “Inferno” was not as strong as the first two novels with the same protagonist. Robert Langdon wakes up at a hospital in Florence but has no recollection of how he got there when he was supposed to be conducting his classes at Harvard. Before he can process what he ...

Why knock when you can just barge in?

Bangladeshis (in general) have issues with knocking on doors. And I am specifically talking about bedroom doors, and not the main entrance of the household, for we have “calling bells” for the latter, which we ...

Amateur Surgeon 3: Tag Team Trauma

Grab your chainsaws, staplers, pizza cutters, knives and lighters for Adult Swim's third addition to the Amateur Surgeon series, Amateur Surgeon 3: Tag Team Trauma. In this series, you play the graduate surgeon, Ophelia Payne ...

Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

A god awakens, and he is nothing like the pseudo-deities found in the Dragon Ball Z universe. He is Lord Billis, a god who destroys planets and life. Someone who is known as the strongest ...

STABBED IN THE BACK

B is for Brutus and betrayer You betrayed me How could I not see? The eyes of Judas You are an enigma to me The fifth columnist You should be in sack cloth and ashes To share, my brother and patches My dear ...

Club 3

Windows down, lights out, consoles up. Gleaming in neon lights is the setting of Club 3, a small gaming zone set at the breach of Dhanmondi 3/A. Furnished as creatively as its name, it's a pretty ...

BETRAYED BY A CLOCK

What a ridiculous situation it was at a Malaysian Hotel! I was sleeping in our room. There were two beds in the room -- for me and my sister. While I was having a mellow dream, ...

EYE TO EYE DANCE MIX

What sort of sick human being demands a dance mix of “Eye to Eye” from Taher Shah? “Hey, Taher, I loved the music video and your spectrum eyes. I would really like to dance to ...

CONDUCT MANAGEMENT

A growing problem our society is facing these days is a wayward current generation. With drugs and alcohol available and few social outlets for the younger crowds, parents are finding it increasingly difficult to keep ...

Orientation Ceremony at ULAB’s CSE Department

Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), organised an orientation programme for the freshers of Fall-2013 on October 3 at its campus. The event comprised of presentations on the ...

Seminar on Career Planning at BUBT

Faculty of Business, Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT), organised a seminar titled, “Career Planning and Development”, on October 6, 2013 at the BUBT campus. Dr. A.K. Shamsuddoha, Dean of the faculty, gave the ...

Daffodil University signs MoU with University of Nebraska at Kearney

Daffodil International University (DIU) and University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK), USA recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the advancement of education through exchange and cooperation in teaching and research sectors. Dr. Yousuf ...