Shout | The Daily Star

Published December 12, 2013

F -COMMERCE

Zoheb Mashiur

Humaira Shams is The Crazy Bag Lady. Usually this would imply that she is a senile old woman who owns multiple cats and beats up passing strangers with a fearsome handbag. Much to the disappointment of our imagination, Humaira is an A-level student, who makes and sells handbags. She is part of a growing number of creative young people who are using Facebook as a platform to sell their goods and services: 'f-businesses' engaging in 'f-commerce'. Humaira made her first bag ...

Making the Most of Facebook

Ahmad Ibrahim

With the country going through yet another fresh batch of blockades and hartals, there really seems to be no reprieve in sight. With the politicians hell-bent on limiting our daily lives to just the confines of our homes, it's no surprise that social media has turned into a more vocal outlet of thoughts than ever before. We have people ranting, trying (and failing, in most cases) to be funny or even indifferent about the whole situation. There's even people trying ...

Asimbonanga, MANDELA

In March 1997, two icons of freedom visited Bangladesh. The country was celebrating a milestone in its nationhood, the silver jubilee of independence. Nelson Mandela of South Africa and Yasser Arafat of Palestine were at the green fields of Suhrawardy Uddyan. It was here that another icon of his people's freedom, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, had created history quarter of a century earlier with a speech that went down as ...

MONASA: NOT JUST ANOTHER COACHING CENTRE

The Monasa Learning Centre is an after school programme which is quite different from the countless coaching centres. It is a new addition to Dhaka's education sector, having opened on September 1, 2013. It caters ...

THE BRAZUCA STARTS ROLLING

We're almost there, and yet it's so far away. The FIFA World Cup 2014 draw has been concluded and the groups have been defined. Now comes the painful stage where we must wait patiently for ...

Patterns of Life

Patterns are all around us. We see repetitive objects, lines or shapes within nature, and some are created by us. Sometimes they require conscious efforts, and sometimes they form miraculously -- demonstrated by recurring geometrical forms that grab our attention. Many of these patterns are relatable and some are inseparable parts of our everyday lives. Photos and Text by Saud Al ...

Historical Feuds: Clapton vs. Harrison

Ever listen to those wonderful love songs and wish that they were written for you? Ever imagined what sort of magnetism a woman would possess to inspire songs out of Eric Clapton or George Harrison? ...

Portraits: Death

One of the first things that I remember about that night, now as I look back on it, is the almost purified stillness that marked the night even as a thousand vehicles lined up behind ...

Daawat Etiquettes

“No, bhabi, I insist it was no trouble.” “No, bhabi, I WILL apologise for putting you through trouble which you're insisting I did not.” I once heard somewhere that putting four separate groups of people, in pairs, ...

Badminton Court

As the Sean Bean memes around the networking sites suggest, winter is coming (at a glacial pace it seems). And with winter comes our seasonal fondness for badminton. But not many get to play badminton ...

INTERNET TREASURES

If you're designing a poster for your favourite boy band or if you're trying to make a nice little cover photo to show the world how creative you are, dribbble.com is a good place for ...

Red Ghungoors

Blank faces. Painted faces. Mature faces. Faces holding passion and sacrifice. Faces all around me, smeared with blood red lipstick, fish shaped kajol. Smiling faces and nervous faces. Faces who want to prove some kind ...

BULLETIN BOARD

Workshop on Creative Question at Eastern University Eastern University organised a workshop on Creative Question Setting on November 29, 2013 at EU campus as a part of their Corporate Social Responsibility. The workshop was designed especially ...