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

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

The many forms of art

Women of the World (WOW) is an international festival that celebrates the achievements of women and girls and looks at some of the obstacles they face across the world. For more details, please keep an eye on their Facebook event page. Register at the link: http://bit.ly/WOWDHK2019
1 April 2019, 18:00 PM

WINGS celebrates 48 years of independence of women in Bangladesh

On 23 March, 2019, seven Bangladeshi women of exceptional personality and accomplishment were awarded by WINGS at their celebration.
1 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Baishakh with Aarong

Rudmila Siddique, the PR and Communications Officer at the renowned fashion house, tells us why. Siddique gives us a vivid description of what consumers can expect from the Pahela Baishakh 2019 collection, and it is certainly something that the fashionable segment of the society would be most thrilled about.
1 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Life of the party

My friend is a brilliant orator; even her most illogical arguments seem reasonable because of how she narrates them.
1 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Zoom in for a better future

When Evergreen Zoom Bangladesh Foundation started its first school in 2016, it had just 13 students and about 50 volunteers. Today, the organisation runs five schools with approximately 450 students and more than a 1000 volunteers.
1 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Le Reve Pahela Baishakh 2019 collection

The Bengali New Year is just around the corner, and if you are worried about what look you want to pull off on the occasion, look no further, because Le Reve has brought out a wide and colourful range of dresses for men, women and kids.
1 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Reviving a spirit

It’s undeniable that as a nation, we are very expressive with our style choices, and with Klubhaus, the Dhaka fashion scene rides new waves.
1 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Summer on the Orient Route

With almost nine months of amazing warmth, comfort is on the top of the list, but that does not mean your own style has to take a back seat. Put your best foot forward in the trendiest of summer looks that go easy not only on the skin, but mind too.
1 April 2019, 18:00 PM

The curious case of Pahela Baishakh

Two weeks to go till the day-long Pahela Baishakh celebrations, and we are busy setting the menu, wishing it to be slightly different from the previous years. We are also worried about what to wear on D-day. Fashionistas will say red and white is overdone, and some variation of it is necessary to make things as remarkable and fascinating as
1 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Channel your inner flower child!

Among other things, flowers are truly Mother Nature’s best gift. In any form, their beauty and aura brings joy and happiness that is quite unlike anything else.
1 April 2019, 18:00 PM

How to decipher seemingly innocent Bangladeshi sale posts

It is the weekend and you sit back hoping to satisfy your greedy capitalist inner demon—but within reason. (You do not want to anger the wife by buying a Honda manual transmission because, hey, it seems like a good deal even though you are driving a Nissan.
28 March 2019, 18:00 PM

This Week's Horrorscope

There is a time and place for everything except your incessant recording for social media stories.
27 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Charcha: the quaint little book store

Walking down the seemingly random lanes of Mohammadpur, you don't expect anything but chaos. Charcha bookstore is a completely unexpected sight, almost a relief to the eyes as you stumble upon it while trying to dodge the unruly bike that nearly runs you over.
25 March 2019, 18:00 PM

DIY Crafts for your home

If there is anything we are always on board with, it is a newly spruced up home. Same old décor, no matter how fun, gets mundane and boring, until we seek that little change to liven things up again.
25 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Domino's Pizza Now in Bangladesh

Domino's Pizza was officially launched on 15 March, 2019 with the grand opening of its first restaurant in Rangs Fortune Square, Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
25 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Dumplings of Fury for the hungry

Dumplings, sui mais and potstickers—call them whatever you want but they are all the current rage right now. Bringing to you the latest is Dumplings of Fury that offers an array of authentic Chinese dumplings.
25 March 2019, 18:00 PM

The bard of Bengal: Nazrul

If there were to be a name synonymous to fearless righteous rebellion and prolific emotional connections, that is Nazrul's, Bengal's romantic bidrohi.
25 March 2019, 18:00 PM

The power of one

History has witnessed the rise and fall of countless valiant leaders who came, fought, and conquered. Some failed with dignity, having never left the battle scene.
25 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Refugees across the World

A home is one's sanctuary — somewhere where they can feel safe, loved, and secure. But when one is faced by the perils of invasion, imprisonment, rape, murder and/or mass persecution, there is no other way than escaping from the place they call home. And when they do so, they become what the world knows them as — refugees.
25 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Life and its seasons

Morning, with its first pale pearling of the sky, its slow shading into pink and coral, and its final blossoming into gold, is a never-ending miracle.
25 March 2019, 18:00 PM