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

Biryani date at Radisson Blu Chattogram

All around the world, biryani is one of the most favorite delicacies. Biryani, in itself, is a complete meal. You can make moments grand with this celebrated delicacy no matter what the occasion is.
11 March 2019, 18:00 PM

No one's home: the fabled privacy

How many good times can you think of that started with that exclamation alone? If the answer is many, well you are in the right place. If not, well, stick around anyway because why not read up on what you missed out on.
11 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Clean Air in the Home

The first step to clean and breathable air in the home starts with some healthy ventilation. While older apartments come with permanent ventilators, newer ones mostly do not.
11 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Going off the grid

A healthy amount of screen time has never been the root of trouble, but here in 2019, we seem to have surpassed the healthy limit by a lot. So it does not matter if you are staring at a screen for work or leisure, the harm done is equal.
11 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Life Lessons Only Books Can Teach You

Books are a man's best friend. What your surroundings can't teach you, the pages of a book will. But unfortunately, many of us are losing the great habit of reading books.
11 March 2019, 18:00 PM

So close yet so far

I could often imagine the anguish I might feel being away from my loved ones. Distance forces us to accept reality, but I could never imagine how it feels being so close, and yet be so far. Shared moments wrapped in laughter and sorrow shape a life, and those moments move into the rear-view mirror one day, where they can only be cherished afar.
11 March 2019, 18:00 PM

This Week's Horrorscope

That thing you did that's been keeping you up all night? Definitely your fault.
6 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Chobi Mela X International Festival of Photography 2019

The tenth edition of Chobi Mela, one of the most prestigious photography festivals in Asia, started on 28 February, 2019 with an opening rally from Pathshala South Asian Media Institute following an inauguration ceremony at Chhayanaut Auditorium.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM

A queen–sized heart

Modern narratives are wretchedly bare of the stories of powerful Muslim women, and their achievements are rarely emphasised.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Healing Greens

If you have a garden and a library, you basically have everything you need! Leaving books for another day, pipe dreams of green fingers and lush canopies, as opposed to sun-
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Millennial parenting: A father’s role

While both parents work, the concept of a joint family has morphed into something unnatural in today's world. Not only do mum and dad have professional careers to maintain
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Songs, pictures and fashion

Alliance Française de Dhaka, in collaboration with Alliance Française de Chittagong, will be organising an exceptional musical programmed on 8 March, 2019 at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM

The mother and the daughter: that dynamic though

They say, times have changed; maybe they have, but as shocking as it seems mothers possibly still favour their sons over daughters.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM

The revolution begins with us

She is an all through professional, fighting head-on in a grossly male dominated industry. With a tough 'deshi' twang balanced perfectly with a down to earth attitude, she certainly conveys a sense of self-assurance.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Prito Reza's “Na”

One of the books to look out for at the Ekushey Boi mela was unveiled on 20 February by author and photographer Prito Reza, titled “Na.” During the ceremony, cartoonists Ahsan Habib, and
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Cats Eye launches spring-summer collection

Say goodbye to winter and welcome the warmer seasons in a piece from Cats Eye's latest collection, which includes printed smart casual shirts, long tops, round neck t-shirts, polos, chinos, as well as formal attires.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Ensuring safer rides for women

According to a survey of Action Aid, 47 percent of women do not feel safe on the street or when using public transport, and 48 percent feel unsafe when trying to access some sort of public service.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Thawatchai Gapaha joins Amari Dhaka as executive chef

Famed Thai Chef Thawatchai Gapaha (Deaw) joins as the executive chef at Amari Dhaka, working under the guidance of general manager Kelly Lewis. A tremendous excitement surrounds his joining, as he promises to introduce an innovative contemporary line of dishes.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Stop shaming stay-at-home women

The importance of women having financial independence cannot be overstated. It is the number one reason women stay in an abusive
1 March 2019, 18:00 PM

It's hard work being lazy

People say—and it is always people and not a lion or a cat or a cockroach that says things. People are lazy. They use words to get away without actually doing anything.
28 February 2019, 18:00 PM