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Restaurant hype vs. reality: Are we overspending?

Restaurant hype vs. reality: Are we overspending?

Dhaka’s booming restaurant culture drives rising monthly expenses, often Tk 10,000–15,000 for couples. While dining out feels recreational, mindful spending, saving, or investing in travel or hobbies offers better long-term satisfaction and financial balance.
11 October 2025, 09:54 AM
Things Dhaka should learn from Chattogram!

#Perspective / Things Dhaka should learn from Chattogram!

As someone who has lived in Dhaka and Chattogram for a more or less equal number of years, I am here to tell you that the port city is much better than the capital. Admit it: Dhaka is overrated.
19 June 2025, 10:29 AM
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#Perspective / Real fatherhood according to Don Corleone

The Godfather brilliantly explores fatherhood through Vito and Michael Corleone’s emotional journey, portraying loyalty, sacrifice, and the complexities of being a father and son across generations in a crime-driven yet deeply human family saga.
14 June 2025, 08:46 AM
5 reasons why you should travel to Mymensingh this Eid holiday

5 reasons why you should travel to Mymensingh this Eid holiday

The overall division — the main Mymensingh city and surrounding districts — offers a wide and diverse range of options for tourists. So, when planning a trip this Eid, here are some reasons why you should consider the humble and underrated Mymensingh.
4 June 2025, 22:04 PM
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#Fiction / It doesn’t rain in Shukhno Gram

In dry, forgotten Shukhno Gram, a station master’s dull routine shifts when a runaway bride in blue arrives. Their unexpected bond, painted with longing, art, and fleeting rain, transforms solitude into a moment of magic.
18 May 2025, 08:42 AM
How a Tagore song became my eternal lullaby

#Perspective / How a Tagore song became my eternal lullaby

A Tagore lullaby triggers a vivid childhood memory of a monsoon boat ride, exploring how soft, emotional songs — beyond traditional lullabies — soothe sleep through rhythm, parental love, and deep, subconscious emotional conditioning.
8 May 2025, 10:35 AM
Ahsan Manzil

Heritage / The Dhaka Nawabs and their culinary adventures

Overlooking the Buriganga River, Ahsan Manzil is an architectural and historical gem of Old Dhaka.
28 April 2025, 06:10 AM
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Wedding celebrations at Chawk Bazar!

Bridegrooms in wedding processions used to parade around the area in all pomp and fervour, making one circle, two circles, or sometimes even seven circles. 
10 April 2025, 10:30 AM
BBQ

New additions in the BBQ MENU

The Korean franchise in Bangladesh had recently celebrated its one-year anniversary in the country.
16 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Refreshing

AS REFRESHING AS COENTRO

Have you noticed that recently some new restaurant hubs are gradually coming into being? Alongside locations like Dhanmondi, Banani 11 and Baily Road, etc. new areas have become hotbeds for hanging out and eating out.
16 March 2015, 18:00 PM
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A creative economy

It is true what Dr Seuss had said. If only we try to think, we can think of so many things, in different dimensions and beyond parameters and across boundaries. And that is what sparks creativity.
10 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Crystal

Dhaka in a crystal ball

CONSIDERED as one of the fathers of rocket science, Braun – whose list of achievements included building a booster rocket that helped put the human race on the moon – was a leading intellectual of the twentieth century.
10 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Mobile Banking

The mobile banking revolution

The best ideas, one may argue, are the ones that are most simple.
9 March 2015, 18:00 PM
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The big little revolution

This year's Boi Mela, like those in previous years, has dedicated an entire section to little magazines.
23 February 2015, 18:00 PM
Diet Food

OF FATS, FADS AND FACTS

At one point or another, we have all been tempted to follow a particular diet regime.
17 February 2015, 09:41 AM
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MUNMUN AHMED Made in Bangladesh

She started to dance at about the same time she started to walk. From childhood till today, Munmun Ahmed has been an avid dancer, with a special interest on 'kathak'. She is one of the dancers of Helena Waldmann's Made in Bangladesh, a kathak dance performance about the workers in Bangladeshi garments factories, which has caused ripples across the world. From Dhaka to India to Europe, Munmun and the team has given an enthralling performance.
7 February 2015, 10:00 AM
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