Jobs Aug 18, 2026 'Applicants have to be honest — why don't employers?': Reddit's calls for penalising ghost job postings A Reddit post arguing that companies should face fines for posting ghost jobs has sparked debate online. By Merzsam Singkee
Jobs Aug 18, 2026 'It all just smells fake': Reddit's job seekers on why they hate LinkedIn but cannot quit it A Reddit post calling LinkedIn "cringe" and its content "fake and superficial" has struck a nerve — and the thread's responses suggest the platform's reputation among job seekers has never been lower. By Merzsam Singkee
Jobs Aug 18, 2026 700 applications, 20 interviews, dipping into investments to pay the mortgage: Reddit's response to a year of job hunting A job seeker laid off for the second time in three years has sent 700 applications, had 20 interviews, and is now paying their mortgage from investments while facing the possibility of losing their home. Reddit's response was honest. By Merzsam Singkee
Jobs Aug 18, 2026 'Ignore the naysayers': Reddit pushes back on job market defeatism A post on Reddit's r/jobs has cut against the grain of most job market threads by making a statistical argument for applying anyway — and the responses from people who have actually been hired in competitive pools suggest it is not wrong. By Merzsam Singkee
Singapore News Aug 17, 2026 Sreemangal: The forgotten political frontline behind Bangladesh’s story of resistance Sreemangal: The Forgotten Political Frontline Behind Bangladesh’s Story of Resistance Sangram Datta; When the world thinks of Bangladesh, it often thinks first of Dhaka, the capital; of the 1971 Lib... By Sangram Datta
Jobs Aug 17, 2026 ‘It’s not you, it’s the market’: Reddit rallies behind honours graduate struggling to find work Her résumé includes double majors in Social Work and Criminal Justice, minors in Sociology, fluency in French, German and English, and more than 200 hours of volunteering. By Merzsam Singkee
Jobs Aug 17, 2026 'I realise no one will hire me': A 62-year-old's near-miss job offer and Reddit's honest response to ageism in hiring After HR asked him to apply through the company's system, however, a week passed before he was told the company was “going a different direction”. By Merzsam Singkee
Jobs Aug 17, 2026 '500 applications for that single role': A hiring manager's honest LinkedIn post sparks Reddit's most revealing hiring conversation yet A hiring manager's LinkedIn post revealing 500 applications for one job opening has gone viral on Reddit, with commenters from the other side of the hiring desk confirming the numbers are even worse than that, and AI agents are making it harder for everyone. By Merzsam Singkee
Jobs Aug 17, 2026 25 years at Adobe, ghosted by the industry he served — now he drives a school bus, and Reddit is paying attention A Senior Software Quality Engineer with 25 years at Adobe has gone viral after announcing he is starting over as a school bus driver after a year of being ghosted, filtered out, and discriminated against by the tech industry he gave his career to. By Merzsam Singkee
Singapore News Aug 16, 2026 Bangladesh has five years of gas left. What happens when it runs out? Bangladesh has spent decades building its economy around natural gas. Now its reserves are declining, imports are becoming more important, and the country may have only a few years to prepare for what comes next. By Sangram Datta
Jobs Aug 16, 2026 'If nobody wants to hire us, we'll hire ourselves': Reddit's unemployed job seekers jokingly propose starting their own company A viral Reddit post suggesting unemployed job seekers should stop applying and start a company together has struck a nerve, and the comments range from deadpan humour to a genuinely thoughtful proposal for decentralised worker organisations. By Merzsam Singkee
International Aug 16, 2026 One thousand years ago, the world looked very different — and Europe was not yet the centre of it The world of 1026 looked nothing like the one we know today, and Europe’s eventual global dominance was far from inevitable. By Sangram Datta
Asia Aug 16, 2026 Saptagram (Satgaon) and the Sri Basudeb Temple: A forgotten legacy at Sreemangal in Bangladesh Hidden among the forests and hills of Sreemangal, Saptagram and its nearly five-century-old Sri Basudeb Temple preserve a largely forgotten chapter of Bangladesh’s history. By Sangram Datta
India Aug 15, 2026 India aims to become the world’s largest arms exporter — but the road ahead is long India is increasingly making its own weapons, from BrahMos missiles to Akash air defence systems, and other countries are starting to take notice. By Sangram Datta
Jobs Aug 15, 2026 'The benefits for hard work for the last two generations have evaporated': Reddit's honest reckoning with the economy A Reddit post arguing that younger workers aren't lazy but are simply doing math that no longer adds up has resonated widely — with mid-career workers adding that the promised rewards of hard work have vanished for multiple generations, not just the youngest. By Merzsam Singkee