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Raian Abedin

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POETRY / Your hands shook the whole time

12 September 2025
Winters feel less like winters, the sun burns on my fragile skin. December. Tell me it’s
12 September 2025
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Student involvement in policy and politics

7 August 2025
The future of Bangladesh, much like its history, would have students’ voices guiding it. At least, that was what many of them hoped for.
7 August 2025
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One year post-uprising: How do students view Bangladesh today?

7 August 2025
How much of the students' expectations after the uprising have been fulfilled?
7 August 2025
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The reality of internships for Life Sciences students

10 July 2025
With cutthroat global competition and a lack of streamlined infrastructure locally, students often find themselves questioning where to go and whether their degrees are even worth it.
10 July 2025
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POETRY / Things I have had to forfeit and things I am unable to find

4 July 2025
Patience, like moss, that grows on red soil. Conversations with friends, like inadequate breakfast.
4 July 2025
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How to: live

26 June 2025
My love always arrived wrapped in silence, wrapped in dust. But that was childhood.
26 June 2025
Promotional poster for Sinners

Sinners is Ryan Coogler’s magnum opus

23 June 2025
The story of Sinners shines because of its insistence on straying away from genre conventions.
23 June 2025
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Andor Season 2 imagines Star Wars at its most devastating

11 June 2025
Very few shows are written with the level of competency as Andor
11 June 2025
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Discussion on power inequalities

As the guests arrived, the room brightened up and a conversation began that would eventually go on to deeply invest in exploring the nature of power and of defiantly opposing the status quo.
18 August 2023
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Memory is a treacherous and wonderful thing

Around 14 years ago, I left my life behind in Nigeria. After almost half a decade spent in a land far from home, leaving felt crushing.
16 August 2023
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Skills needed to pursue a career in Biotechnology

In essence, biotechnology focuses on making use of research to develop new techniques to improve biological systems and fight diseases.
3 August 2023
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“Teaching Literature and Interdisciplinarity”: int’l conference at EWU explores the importance of language and literature

English is inherently a subject with interdisciplinarity and variety. In an exploration of this very idea, on July 28, the Association of Teachers of Literatures in English, Bangladesh (ATLEB) and East West University (EWU) inaugurated the two-day international conference titled "Teaching Literature and Interdisciplinarity".
2 August 2023
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An afternoon with Abeer Hoque and Nupu Press: A celebration of creativity

The cozy atmosphere was set up by Bookworm Bangladesh, with the owner Amina Rahman kicking things off. Both Press and Hoque read out excerpts from their own books.
23 July 2023
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Them two dogs

I am asked where I am headed. The expression in the lady’s eyes suggests this is not the first time I was asked the question. I stand there, wondering if the pits around her eyes—white as the sun—are caused by the likes of me, and I tell her where I’m headed.
21 July 2023
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Concert organisers need to do better

Managing sales and picking out the right venue is crucial if Dhaka is headed down the road of indoor concerts.
6 July 2023
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Restrictive upscale areas in Dhaka make commuting a nightmare for students

We, who are meant to grow up and eventually inherit the city, deserve better treatment.
24 June 2023
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Concrete sorrow

We grasp on and we hold tight.
22 June 2023
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The lasting legacy of The Legend of Zelda

Much of the philosophy behind the design of every Zelda game always tends to remain the same.
10 June 2023
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Blurry artwork

It’s God’s funny way of reminding me that all that is received is a gift that is broken.
8 June 2023
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I am found in fields

I am a god when I am asleep, I am found to be inside the shimmer of water as it fights against the brilliance of the screams that emanate from the sky
2 June 2023
Custom painted sneakers by Labaeba

A walk through the art of custom-painted sneakers

The passion the artists put behind these custom-painted sneakers makes them stand out in their own way.
1 June 2023
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The newest addition to the John Wick franchise packs some serious punch

Director Chad Stahelski and his team somehow manage to go beyond any expectations in the fourth entry of the John Wick series.
29 May 2023
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Breaking away from dysfunctional families

Did you grow up in a dysfunctional family?
25 May 2023
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Why you should be worried about Dhaka’s air pollution

No matter where I am in this city, the air is always heavy and thickly laced with pollutants that harm me in many ways.
25 May 2023
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Grief is something pure and stark in Han Kang’s ‘The White Book’

Han Kang explores the nature of her existence and it is all portrayed through objects and ideas unified by a single color: white. 
19 May 2023
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You stand here again

You stand where you always have
18 May 2023
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Why you should care about the legacy of Final Fantasy

There is a particular magic these stories tend to have which creates an unforgettable franchise.
16 May 2023
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Making our city beautiful

The artists behind the Moghbazar flyover artwork.
11 May 2023

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