Gold prices are up—but should you invest now?
23 October 2025, 10:57 AM
Life & Living
Can being too nice weaken your body’s defences?
23 October 2025, 10:49 AM
Life & Living
Struggling with weight? Your sleep could be the missing piece
23 October 2025, 10:43 AM
Life & Living
Why is Sweden prescribing holidays for health?
22 October 2025, 10:13 AM
Life & Living
Mother-to-be? Try these safe yoga poses for your second trimester
22 October 2025, 10:04 AM
Life & Living
How Neeshat turned hair loss into DIGHAL’s herbal success
21 October 2025, 08:24 AM
Life & Living
#Women Empowerment / How Sara Hossain is redefining Bangladesh’s leather industry
20 October 2025, 09:44 AM
Life & Living
Get your body moving: Athleisure at its best!
Athleisure dominates 2025 fashion, blending fitness and everyday wear for modern lifestyles. With versatile, sweat-wicking designs, local Bangladeshi brands now rival global labels in quality and style. Comfort meets chic minimalism as workwear and activewear seamlessly merge post-pandemic.
20 October 2025, 09:38 AM
Life & Living
How SIZ Is reviving Nakshi Kantha as the future of fashion
12 October 2025, 09:37 AM
Life & Living
Fashion & Beauty / Shades of style: The fashion power of eyewear
8 October 2025, 07:03 AM
Life & Living
Forever silk: Reinventing a classic for every generation
8 October 2025, 06:53 AM
Life & Living
Another travel scam takes off: Fly Far Int'l shuts down amid fraud allegations
Company’s office and website go dark
15 October 2025, 16:16 PM
Life & Living
Thai Airways plans to resume flights from Ctg
12 October 2025, 19:31 PM
Life & Living
Holidaymakers defy rain and rough seas
2 October 2025, 18:09 PM
Environment
Only 2,000 people daily at Saint Martin’s – reopens from this November
2 October 2025, 12:49 PM
Life & Living
5 underrated Bangladeshi tourist spots to visit during Durga Puja holidays
29 September 2025, 09:12 AM
Feature
Want better focus and health? Add more fish to diet
16 October 2025, 11:36 AM
Life & Living
Make your favourite Bengali snacks at home with these easy recipes
13 October 2025, 11:12 AM
Feature
Restaurant hype vs. reality: Are we overspending?
11 October 2025, 09:54 AM
Life & Living
Netrokona’s iconic balish mishti gets GI recognition
4 October 2025, 10:59 AM
Life & Living
7 recipes that celebrate the spirit of Durga Puja
29 September 2025, 08:50 AM
Life & Living
Can being too nice weaken your body’s defences?
Chronic people-pleasing triggers persistent stress, causing immune system dysregulation and inflammation. This may increase autoimmune disease risk over time. Prioritising self-care and reducing chronic stress supports immune health and reduces long-term biological harm.
23 October 2025, 10:49 AM
Life & Living
Struggling with weight? Your sleep could be the missing piece
23 October 2025, 10:43 AM
Life & Living
Mother-to-be? Try these safe yoga poses for your second trimester
22 October 2025, 10:04 AM
Life & Living
Say goodbye to back pain with these simple yoga poses
16 October 2025, 11:44 AM
Life & Living
Why many moms lean toward home remedies during pregnancy
15 October 2025, 10:18 AM
Life & Living
Is tea really healthy or just a comforting habit?
12 October 2025, 09:47 AM
Life & Living
Detect breast cancer early: Know these warning signs today
11 October 2025, 09:54 AM
Life & Living
Why dengue is getting deadlier — even when we know the rules
9 October 2025, 08:37 AM
Life & Living
#Health & Fitness / Eating right without starving: A practical nutrition plan for women
7 October 2025, 04:17 AM
Life & Living
#Perspective / The tragic fate of stray animals in Japan Garden City
23 November 2024, 05:20 AM
Life & Living
Navigating Dhaka's Eid shopping scene on a budget
28 March 2024, 08:36 AM
Life & Living
My Dhaka / Comrade, give me a cup!
30 May 2023, 18:00 PM
News
The colourful cauliflowers of Bangladesh
6 February 2023, 02:17 AM
Star Multimedia
Shankha Dasgupta: Meet the genius behind Guti
1 February 2023, 12:48 PM
Life & Living
Despite charging fees, needs of passengers neglected
23 January 2023, 04:33 AM
Star Multimedia
#Perspective / Wasfia Nazreen: Don’t let ageism break your spirit
31 October 2022, 12:17 PM
Life & Living
Bromley Bee Early Years — a boon for your baby
As most parents would agree, sending your precious little one to school for the very first time can be a daunting experience.
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM
May Day — how it came to be
The Day has its origin in the USA. In the late nineteenth century, the working class was in constant struggle to gain the 8-hour work day. Conditions were severe, and it was quite common for labourers to work 10 to 16 hours a day in unsafe conditions.
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Mermaid Beach Resort charms foreign journalists
Bangladesh Tourism Board had invited 26 foreign journalists and tour operators from 10 countries to visit some of Bangladesh’s most at-tractive tourist destinations.
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM
A serene spot amidst city chaos: Samadi Yoga Studio
How do we satiate a soul that is tired of city iving? Samadi Yoga Studio — a dedicated yoga place, that opened its doors on 5 April, 2019 in Gulshan, Dhaka, might be the perfect answer.
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM
55-inch Android LED TV from Minister
Bangladeshi electronics company, Minister Hi-Tech Park Ltd, has launched their new 55-inch Super 4K Resolution Super Slim and Frameless Android LED TV in the local market.
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Chef’s Table: let your food craving take control
Six partners, working together for 40 years of and becoming one big family in the process, came up with the concept of Chef’s Table — one food court with the biggest names of the country’s culinary scene under one roof!
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Aggression: It’s the name of the game now
What separates man from animal? The fact that we can speak? Or the fact that we have opposable thumbs? How about that fact that we have a complex society and technology that hurtled us to the moon?
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Wildlife we can still save
Since 1970 we have lost 60 percent of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles around the world as a result of large-scale deforestation, loss of wetlands, grasslands and marine environment.
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Reforest the world
“Bella”. So was the bright green parakeet called at grandmother’s residence in Sylhet. I remember spending hours with her as she pecked on some grain from the tiny bowl, carefully placed on a minute pedestal.
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM
The elephant in the Room
An animal in all its grandiosity, yet so calm and gentle. They travel in herds and exhibit incredible intelligence; they say elephants never forget, from which, the phrase “elephant’s memory” was coined.
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM
KFC’s Smoky Grill’d has a visiting addition!
Smoky Grill’d chicken, launched late last year, has been a hit with KFC Fans from the very beginning. A new, limited time burger for the same Smoky Grill’d line, has been launched at the end of March, and like every burger at KFC, this too is “Finger lickin’ good.”
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Handcrafted goodness awaits at Pizza Hut Bangladesh
More often than not, we use the word pizza as a synonym for comfort food full of cheesy goodness that lifts our mood on the worst of days.
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Neem: a time-tested ingredient
For all natural beauty and skin-care routines, Neem (Indian Lilac, Azadirachta indica) holds an unparalleled place.
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Turmeric: a godsend for skincare
An age old remedy for not one but a plethora of problems, Turmeric is a godsend to help us deal with all our skin problems and more.
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Gentlemen do not plagiarise
Fashion is not for the fainthearted — true! When one argues that trends are important, we do not disagree, but we prefer to equally reason that any man can be his own couturier — with practice, patience, and some thought.
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM
This Week's Horrorscope
Sundays are the best of the worst.
24 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Time tricks
You have a lot on your plate. You are so-busy. To that I say, like Shania Twain: “That don’t impress me much.” Because everyone these days has a hectic schedule and a million things to do and in a constant race against time. Nothing new!
22 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Depression and the mind
Wake up in the morning, get dressed, scarf down your breakfast, and get to work as fast as you can, only to rush back home hours later. Insert days of socialising here and there and that is what life has become.
22 April 2019, 18:00 PM
The march of a dreamer
As I sip my smoking hot coffee in the flickering light of the fireplace, looking out the window, I feel the incessant rain has almost turned bland for my imagination.
22 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Block printing – an artistic legacy
Indeed, it has been many years since that time. The technique has well diffused into Eurasian countries, and has since then thrived in the textile industry of Bangladesh.
22 April 2019, 18:00 PM