As a plea to all huggers-please learn to recognise our breed. If someone you've hugged turns into ice the second you noose them in your arms, they're probably a non-hugger.

Most of us are familiar with the devastating occurrence of a very close friend or relative moving to another country in search of a “better future” and abandoning us for a lifetime.

These are not the regular dinners you see in movies. Dawats are the quintessence of our race: intense cricket discussions, fed up moms running after their young and trying to feed them, and that smell of kacchi biryani that is teasing your salivary glands from the kitchen but is taking eons to be served.

There weren't any animals then.

Most mornings I wake up to ancient photos of the once-pristine Dhaka city from yesteryears. Sometimes photos of our legendary poets, actors, artists or even of the meme-makers surface on a couple of Facebook pages.

What's the weirdest Thursday you've ever had? Hard to say off the bat - and I thought so too. That is, until some dare at the office started trending, and I suddenly found everyone looking to me as the next target.

“We don't meet anymore (x3), like we used to dooo!”

Scholastica's senior students of the Senior Campus Uttara showcased Animal Farm through a Bangla lens at their annual production on October 27-28, 2016.

I was introduced to the Summoner series in a time when I was craving to read and delve into a new world with very little time to spare.

Quite often, when I get on Facebook to browse pictures of Pori Moni all day, I come across stuff like “I've been hacked!” or “That's why I don't add family members on Facebook.”

Most of the big guns deceived us again in Gameweek 9 as we watched Chelsea humble Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United. But it was a

Safe and Sound

I wasn't sure if I would sit down to review this cafe unless, of course, I instagrammed a photo of this GulabJamun Cheesecake (yes, that's right) that I had tasted there and everyone was madly curious to know what this “fusion” of a dessert was like.

Never hurt your mute toys.

Fans of Woody Allen are used to his quirky forays into cultural icons, from a 1970s' “Love Letter to New York” to literary Paris in the Jazz Age.

One of the greatest sports video game franchises, NBA 2K has made a name for itself as both Basketball's and sports' premium video game series.And as expected, this year's NBA 2K was an extremely hyped release.

If you're a student stressed about finals, praying for a miracle to pull you back from distractions and help you focus, you aren't alone.

I can't remember the last time my mind didn't nag about my imperfections in front of the mirror. Voices whisper that I'm not good enough, cajoling me to believe that I don't have sufficient potential for achieving my goals. Wallowing. Ruminating.

Our protagonist, Belal, who likes to be called 'Be' (a name he adores because of the sheer irony – the pointlessness of 'Be'ing), wakes up sweating profusely. He is quite certain it's because of some dream that portrayed the futility of his existence.

I furiously typed seven choice curse words involving horses at the wannabe Wiccan on the messageboard. M'gick or Mgick.com was where practitioners of The Art most often hung out.