The Vampires of Dhaka

“Hello, did you reach the graveyard?” the person on the other side of the phone inquired. “Yes, I did. I'm inside now and looking for you guys. Where are you?” “What? No, what the heck, get out of there. Take a left from the graveyard, walk for about five minutes and you'll see a student mess. It's house number 42. Do you have Google Maps? I'll send you the location,” he corrected me.
19 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Superman

Kabir was halfway across his second cup of tea when a sudden noise made him knock the cup across the table, and some of though tea cascaded straight into his lap as well.
19 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Jobs and positions that need to exist

The professional life can be hectic and full of boredom unless your job requires you to do what you do best or at least enjoy yourself while doing it. Thus at times, you search for the job or position that was made for you. If you ever came across one of these job posts, would you hesitate to apply for the position?
19 September 2018, 18:00 PM

International days we need but don't have

We have been recording history and special events for a long time now. Moreover, in the present age, it is far easier to celebrate new things, trends and days than it was before. However, there are still some things that need to be celebrated but unfortunately we don't have special days to celebrate them. Some of them are:
19 September 2018, 18:00 PM

A beacon of hope from Pekua

The strength of youth has a universal presence of energy that can dispel any atrocity if channelled properly. Its omnipresence can be felt anywhere and Tanema Afroja from Pekua, Cox's Bazar proved this to be so.
19 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Common CV pitfalls

More often than not, people fret over making their CVs for that perfect first impression. In fact, a lot of people applying to SHOUT as contributors face the trouble of wondering what to put into their CVs or even what it should look like. Here we explore common pitfalls you can avoid.
19 September 2018, 18:00 PM

An ode to the city life

Hailing from the rooftops of Dhaka, Orfred has been for around 8 years, making music about life, heartbreaks and the rustic beauty of the city-life through indie-rock/urban-folk tunes and lyrical stories.
12 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Signs that you are a bad storyteller

Have you ever tried retelling an amazing story, and realised halfway through that your audience isn't responding to it as you'd hoped? You remember the story captivating you when you heard it, but you've already lost interest in ending it as you look at the expressions of the people around you. What went wrong?
12 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Professionalism

More often than not, I see university freshers or those who are about to graduate worry over what they are going to do in the job market regarding their talents.
12 September 2018, 18:00 PM

How 4G changed my life

The day I got my new 4G SIM was the day I realised my full potential. To think I was going through life with a 3.5G connection is insane. Now every day is so fast and smooth, no buffering. Allow me to illustrate just how much of a paradigm shift this is.
12 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Bulletin Board

On September 7, 2018, team “SILENCE” became the group winner in the “LPG Safety” category in Power & Energy Hackathon 2018. S.M. Akash, Moin Aktar Tanbir, Arafat Hossain Khan, Zahid Hasan, and Rakib Hassan were the team members, all of whom are 29th intake students of Department of Computer Science & Engineering (CSE), Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT).
12 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Underground Football

We all know that cricket took over as the leading fandom in our country just around the time when the new millennium kicked in. But before the craze for the gentleman's game took control of our sporting arena, football sat on the throne for quite a long time. National and club level football were always at the heart of it.
12 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Things you shouldn't assume about anime fans

Anime is Japan's gift to the human civilisation. Ever since they gained popularity as means of entertainment, they ended up becoming an important part of the Japanese culture.
12 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Lies my mother told me

Parenting is hard and children not always lovable. To make this difficult job a little easier, mothers and fathers sometimes resort to little white lies. I've compiled a list of the lies we all probably heard at one point in our childhood:
12 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Board-less games for when you're bored

Get off your computers and spend some quality time with friends or family by playing some of these fun and easy games anytime, anywhere.
12 September 2018, 18:00 PM

DCDC8

Deshi Character Design Challenge (DCDC) is a monthly competition from Cartoon People. The DCDC8 challenge was all about visualising the pirates of the Sundarbans.
12 September 2018, 18:00 PM

ECHOES

Crows, cawing through the dead trees, Dogs barking around the pitch roads knitted with dark memories.
12 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Free

Where the stars aren't at fault, Where rivers don't flow into the sea,
12 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Home

“I'm sorry, Ma'am, but we're closing now.” I look up to see Timothy, a student on scholarship who worked part time in this cafe, standing a few feet away from my table, with his hands folded politely behind him.
12 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Inner Kindling

Hi! My name is Bucks! Well, that is what everyone calls me out of deep affection and love. I hail from the rich, fecund soil of Brazil. The land where I am from, there is a gigantic dormant volcano, which has been inactive for a few centuries.
12 September 2018, 18:00 PM