Various beauty packages are being offered at Akankhas Galmour World at special discounts. They are also offering free haircuts with these packages matching the shape of your face. The packages offer facial, pedicure-manicure, skin polish etc.

As the summer heat draws ever closer, Kay Kraft is all set with their lineup of comfortable wears. Clean designs and optimized colour use with patterns and cuts highlighting utmost comfort is the focus this time. Voile, cotton, linen are the fabrics used this time while the colours fall in off-white, white, green, blue etc. with print, embroidery and tie-dye.

Shab-e-barat is approaching and your neighbourhood grocery stores are already stocked up with ghee and spices. The fish and bhortas of the last week are well behind, and rich sweet and savoury recipes are being dusted out.

When comparing dinner tables of a Bengali and a Westerner, it's hard to understand the importance of bread in our diet as ours mostly consists of rice. That's not to say that bread has no place here, as we have our own way, time and type of breads to consume, making it very much a part of Bengali diet and cuisine. Bread's significance does not merely lie in its many nutritional properties. Its history and significance in culture and different religions is enough to fill tomes in museums across the globe.

Fast forward to today, and you will see that love for traditional Bengali sweets is still going strong. Unfortunately, the only thing that seems to have changed is that we now have literally no time to dabble into the wizardry of sweet-making as the city life has its own set rules, which mostly do not include making desserts at home.

Considering the huge traffic jam in Dhaka city, midnight buffets can be the best time for Dhaka dwellers to enjoy occasions with friends and family. Summerfields in Hotel Sarina is now offering 80 plus items including Thai, Indian, Continental and Chinese cuisines that guests can enjoy for Tk 1599 per person. The buffet starts from 11:30PM and ends at 3:30AM.

Dhaka’s popular Drik Gallery will be hosting an exhibition of postage stamps, currency and match boxes. This exhibition will run through 26 -28 April, 2018 from 3pm to 8pm.

We all know this occurs because none of us have the time today to sit down and organise, especially given our busy schedules. Yet, there are those dull moments when we have nothing to do on our hands, and most of us are guilty of having a ton of stuff in our house that we have not had any use in 10 years.

Bangladeshi photographer, Ashfika Rahman has been selected for the prestigious international platform for young photographers, Joop Swart Masterclass 2018. Organised by World Press Photo, this program announced the 12 young photographers from 9 different nationalities in its 25th edition.

One of the newest brands in the fashion scene, Sailor celebrated their third year in innovative and eye-catching wears on April 6, 2018 at their newest Mirpur-2 flagship outlet in Dhaka.

The subjects of Hossain's works of art are fishermen, farmers juxtaposed with tigers and cobras that are taken from the traditional pattachitra style. The lines and colours take one away to the idyll of the riverine Bangladesh. The fresh breeze, the birds and the bees, the cows, goats and endless 'barret clouds' speak of repose and tranquillity.

A prominent member of the iconic British band Beatles, George Harrison, was one of the main coordinators of the Concert for Bangladesh, held at Madison Square Garden, New York, on 1 August 1971 to raise international awareness and funds for Bangladesh's liberation war. Harrison ended the concert with the song 'Bangladesh, Bangladesh'. The simplicity of the lyrics takes on a new and powerful force.

As the evening gradually flowed into the night, earthen lamps were burned and fairy lights bedecked buildings just like stars adorn the night sky. As the flames flickered in the wind, echoes of laughter and excited voices filled the air already laden with the smell of freshly made halwa-roti. The streets of Dhaka were getting ready to celebrate Shab-e-barat, the fabled night of fortune and forgiveness.

As far as cleaning tech devices, screens in any form and size pose the biggest challenge. The obnoxious trend of wiping off mobile screens with toothpaste was here for a while, but it is simply not recommended.

Even though the use of gamchas started many years ago, more uses have been added to the list of uses. More commonly, the material is used for decorating homes as the fabric is very eye catching and gives the house a true traditional essence.

Every week, in some magazine or the other, there are enthusiastic pieces on some new miracle diet promising to transform us into our dream figures in a matter of weeks, or days even! There are dramatic pictures of 'before and after' and promises of a gorgeous new shape if we eat only bananas, or green peas, or whatever the latest studies claim will have said magical results.

Starting in October 11, 2017, Malaysian café chain Secret Recipe garnered the attention of Dhaka's foodies with its award-winning cakes and other delicious items. Originally, the café began its journey in 1997 in Malaysia and gradually expanded operation overseas in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, China, Brunei, Maldives and most recently in Bangladesh.

Hair roots come with sebaceous glands, which secrete an oily substance called sebum. In fact, this sebum benefits the hair but excessive sebum production is the cause for oily hair.

Bata is gearing up to bring the second edition of the Bata Fashion Weekend to Milan. This year, the whole venue will revolve around the concept “The Sound of Style”, featuring an engaging combination of music, design and craftsmanship.

C.P. customers can now enjoy this Baishakh with the latest campaign from C.P. Bangladesh Co. Ltd. The campaign gives customers the chance to win a smartphone everyday for the purchase of products of at least Tk 200.