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Maisha Islam Monamee

The author graduated from Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka and is a contributor at The Daily Star. Find her @monameereads on Instagram.

rape culture in society

Rape culture and the ordinary men who sustain it

2 October 2026
The allegations surrounding a Cornell University fraternity house offer a disturbing entry point into a much larger problem.
2 October 2026
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When we become the people in Manna Dey’s ‘Coffee House’

1 October 2026
Last week, I was sitting in a café in Delhi with a group of friends I have known since childhood when I suddenly understood an old song differently. We had spent years growing into people our younger selves could barely have imagined. We now live in different cities, have different careers, different relationships with money and work, and very different ideas of what constitutes a good life. Some of us have become very serious adults. Some are still figuring it out. And yet, around that table, the old dynamics returned almost immediately.
1 October 2026
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Next Step / A first-timer’s guide to filing your income tax return

29 September 2026
Filing your first income tax return can feel overwhelming. Here's everything they need to know for the 2026–27 tax year.
29 September 2026
Why we keep coming back to ‘Friends’

Why we keep coming back to ‘Friends’

27 September 2026
“Friends” has spent three decades becoming one of television’s great comfort shows, the kind of series that asks almost nothing from you and gives you a familiar little world in return.
27 September 2026
19 years later, ‘The Big Bang Theory’ still feels like home

19 years later, ‘The Big Bang Theory’ still feels like home

26 September 2026
Nineteen years ago, on September 24, 2007, TBBT premiered on CBS. Created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, the sitcom introduced viewers to a group of extraordinarily intelligent, socially complicated and deeply ridiculous people living in Pasadena, California.
26 September 2026
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Next Step / How to make LinkedIn work for you before graduation

22 September 2026
In an age where employers look up candidates before interviews, recruiters actively search for talent online, and networking increasingly happens digitally, LinkedIn has become one of the most powerful career-building tools available.
22 September 2026
How pop culture changed the way we see teenage sadness

How pop culture changed the way we see teenage sadness

19 September 2026
The troubled teenager arrives in pop culture with a familiar visual vocabulary: rain-streaked windows, messy bedrooms, slammed doors, lonely walks through school corridors and teenagers staring dramatically into the middle distance while an appropriately melancholic song plays in the background. Teenage suffering was usually big, beautiful and legible.
19 September 2026
iPhone Duo VS Galaxy Z fold8

iPhone Duo v Galaxy Z Fold8: Can Apple challenge Samsung’s foldable lead?

18 September 2026
Apple has entered the foldable-phone market several years after Samsung established itself in the category. Its first attempt carries the familiar ingredients of a flagship iPhone: premium materials, custom silicon, tightly integrated software, and a price firmly at the top of the market.
18 September 2026
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Decoding Bangladesh’s ambitious budget for startups

The proposed national budget for the 2026-27 financial year appears to challenge that approach. It does more than offer a handful of incentives: it recognises that startups create value differently and therefore require a distinct policy framework.
12 June 2026
How World Cup songs predicted global music trends

How World Cup songs predicted global music trends

Long before streaming platforms and social media made cultural trends easier to identify, the World Cup was already showcasing where popular music was heading.
12 June 2026
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An IBA Gold Medalist’s blueprint for success

IBA Gold Medalist Monamee shares the lessons, habits, and mindset that helped her thrive.
9 June 2026
Clicks culture

Clicks, culture, and the curious feminisation of marketing

The post-war consumer economy depended heavily on household purchasing, and it quickly became clear that these decisions were not made in boardrooms or sales meetings, but in kitchens and living rooms.
26 May 2026
Tagore and the art of getting love wrong

Tagore and the art of getting love wrong

His characters feel deeply, sometimes overwhelmingly so, but they do not always understand what they feel, or what others feel in return.
8 May 2026
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This website lets you compare salaries in Bangladesh

In Bangladesh’s job market, salary information rarely circulates in the open. Candidates are often expected to negotiate, justify expectations and make career decisions with limited visibility into what roles actually pay.
5 May 2026
‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ revisits fashion, power and media decline

‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ revisits fashion, power and media decline

What makes this return more interesting than the usual legacy continuation is that the world it depicts has not politely waited in place.
4 May 2026
The cultural reinvention of Pahela Baishakh

The cultural reinvention of Pahela Baishakh

What is now one of the most widely celebrated cultural events across Bangladesh actually started as an administrative solution, and its transformation over the centuries offers a surprisingly layered look at how traditions evolve.
14 April 2026
Webcams

Webcams for your online class setup: our picks

From affordable entry-level devices to more advanced options with specialised features, here is a wide range of webcams to choose from for your online class needs.
13 April 2026
Learning from execution

How we learn from work and what we often miss

The idea of “learning from execution” challenges the tendency to treat results as self-explanatory and argues that without deliberate analysis, both success and failure can mislead.
8 April 2026
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Understanding the science, salience, and surge of ‘Project Hail Mary’

The theatrical experience has been under quiet negotiation for years, reshaped by streaming, shrinking attention spans, and an industry increasingly inclined to design films for quick consumption rather than sustained engagement. Into this landscape arrives “Project Hail Mary”, a film that feels almost defiant in how fully it leans into what cinema can achieve when it assumes the audience is actually watching.
5 April 2026
Casting, controversy and cultural memory in the age of adaptations

Casting, controversy and cultural memory in the age of adaptations

A visible portion, however, reveals something more uncomfortable: how quickly aesthetic preference can blur into racial bias when long-held images are challenged.
3 April 2026
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How World Cup anthems became a global phenomenon

The FIFA World Cup has always extended beyond the ninety minutes on the pitch. It operates as a cultural convergence point where identity, commerce, and memory intersect. Within that ecosystem, music plays a precise role: it frames the tournament, translates its energy across borders, and leaves behind an auditory record that often outlives the matches themselves.
2 April 2026
Eid gifts

Here are 7 gadget gift ideas for this Eid

From devices that encourage reading and creativity to gadgets that improve productivity, entertainment, or health awareness, the right tech gift can remain useful long after the festivities end.
17 March 2026
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The spin-off age: How supporting characters now lead the narrative

For most of film and television history, supporting characters existed with a clear narrative function: assist the protagonist, provide comic relief, move the plot forward, and quietly exit when the hero’s journey took centre stage. They were memorable, sometimes even beloved, but rarely powerful enough to reshape the story’s structure. Yet the modern entertainment landscape, particularly in the age of sprawling franchises and long-form streaming series, has begun to shift that balance.
10 March 2026
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The power of female rage in cinema

For much of cinematic history, women have been permitted to suffer beautifully. They mourn, endure, forgive, and sacrifice. What they have rarely been allowed to do—at least without consequence—is rage. Female anger has often been framed as instability, hysteria, or moral decline, something to be corrected or contained before it threatens the social order.
8 March 2026
Violence against women and children in Bangladesh

Have we grown desensitised to violence against women and children?

When perpetrators act with confidence, it is often because consequences appear uncertain, distant, or negotiable.
4 March 2026
Ramadan productivity

A guide to navigating the workplace in Ramadan

In Bangladesh, Ramadan reshapes not only personal routines but also institutional rhythms. Office hours adjust, traffic patterns shift, and workplace energy follows a different arc across the day.
3 March 2026
The emotional cost of female ambition on screen

The emotional cost of female ambition on screen

When every powerful woman on screen is depicted as overworked and cold, the idea of feminine leadership becomes tied to self sacrifice and emotional distance.
24 February 2026
Understanding the annual monetisation of love

Understanding the annual monetisation of love

Netflix pushes a carousel titled “Love is in the Air”. Disney+ resurrects old romances under pastel banners. Amazon Prime quietly rearranges its homepage so that longing appears algorithmically convenient. A month before February 14, the emotional groundwork is already laid. The annual romance rollout has begun.
14 February 2026

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