By Samiul Bashar Samin Most people assume that torturing another human being is something only a minority are capable of doing. Waterboarding requires the use of physical restraints – perhaps only after a physical struggle – unless the captive willingly submits to the process. Slapping or hitting another person, imposing extremes of temperature, electrocuting them,…
By Aziz Ansari “DON’T go anywhere near a mosque,” I told my mother. “Do all your prayer at home. O.K.?” “We’re not going,” she replied. I am the son of Muslim immigrants. As I sent that text, in the aftermath of the horrible attack in Orlando, Fla., I realized how awful it was to tell…
Her name is Shukkhur Hirja. She is a transgender. She has been living beside the railway station of Sreemangal for over 4 years. She is often subjected to disrespect from people, just because she is different than us. There is nothing they can do about it because they have been made that way by the…
Myisha Nawar Istanbul: Also known as Turkey’s economic, historic, and cultural heart, Istanbul is a city with many faces. This city is a huge tourist, cultural, industrial, and entertainment hub. It is the largest city in Turkey, and has been named the European Capital of Culture in 2010. The Istanbul Sapphire, which is Turkey’s tallest…
Abul Kaiser Wahasuddin Ahmed Imagine you are enjoying a bath in your favorite beverage. How would that feel? Amazing, right? Yunessun SPA in Japan is giving this opportunity. They have pools filled with different popular beverages. And each pool has different Detoxing health benefits. Such as, a green tea bath may keep skin look younger,…
Marilyn Thipthorpe On June 20, 1840, Samuel Morse received a patent for an electric telegraph. His ideas for transmitting and recording signals helped revolutionize long-distance communication. Fast forward 176 years and you’re likely to be reading this on a tab, in a future Morse couldn’t possibly have predicted. Our long-distance signals pass through the air….
Eshan Maitra There is no denying that how important mobile phones are to us. Specially smartphones have become 2nd need after oxygen among the teens. If you are a Bangladeshi teen you can probably relate to your parents’ warnings like, “Don’t keep it too long near your ears, it might cause you go deaf or…
Samiul Bashar Samin Jeff Beck is one of rock’s true virtuosos and among its most dynamic instrumentalists. He is not strictly a “rock” guitarist, having taken much from the world of jazz as well. His style is largely based on improvisation, and he’s cut hybrid jazz-rock albums on his own and with jazz-fusion titan Jan…
Nobonita Chowdhury Most people in Bangladesh apply abroad after finishing high school. My situation, on the other hand, was a bit unique. I started applying abroad before I was even done with my O’Levels. My main reason behind applying was neither independence, nor the opportunity to have a cool experience (well, maybe partially). It was…
We all want to make the perfect choice. Although it is not easy, there are many ways to improve our chances and one particularly effective technique is critical thinking. This is a way of approcahing a question that allows us to carefully deconstruct a situation, reveal its hidden issues, such as bias and manipulation, and…