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

Cut it short or blow it out

Voluminous hair with bouncy locks is a universally flattering look. Blowout hair adds shine and makes all types of hair look healthy, soft and classy.
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Keeping acne in check

Although it may not seem to pose as a serious problem, left untreated, acne often leaves long-lasting scars on your facial skin. Acne can develop at any age and for multiple of reasons — food allergies, hormone imbalance, nutritional deficiencies, poor detoxification, chemically induced reactions — even stress!
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Aranya a journey back to the wilderness

Since its inception, Aranya has been revered and supported by patrons from both home and abroad. At a time when markets are flooded with synthetic, mass produced fabrics, and boutiques using them thriving and dying out at the same pace, Aranya has been going strong for almost three decades. A visit to the shop will reveal the secrets behind its success.
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Top five places to try out

Foodies of Dhaka have had a chance to savour various new cuisines and their delicacies for the recent boon in the culinary industry over the past few years. And with the constant photo and sharing on social media has only helped to whet appetites further.
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Orchids: A pleasant love story

Remember Silsila? The iconic film of the '80s, the song 'Dekha Ek Khwaab,' the location and the expansive fields of tulips? I had my 'Silsila moment' last Friday while visiting the Camelia Duncan Orchid project at Shahbazpur.
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Ecstasy at Bashundhara City

For the fashion forward city dwellers, Ecstasy has opened up its flagship store on the seventh floor of Bashundhara City. This new store boasts of trending patterns, latest designs and the best of western wear. Ecstasy's Tanjim and Zarzain brands are also featured here with their line-up of casual and party wear.
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Day trip to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park

On this World Tourism Day 2017, TripZip is launching an exclusive 'kids and moms day trip' to the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park.
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Dinner with a view

Four minutes from Bashundhara 'Teensho feet' road, Lake City Restaurant and Party Centre is serving up scrumptious local, Thai, Chinese, Continental, and Indian delicacies. Not only the food, the restaurant's design and mesmerising interiors are bound to give visitors an experience to remember.
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

A chocolate dream

Chocolate is a mouth–watering temptation loved my almost everyone. But where exactly does it come from? Chocolate is produced from beans of the cocoa tree, which originated in South America. These trees are also widely grown in tropical humid climates such as Africa, the West Indies, tropical parts of America and the Far East.
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Samdani Architecture Award winner announced

The Samdani Art Foundation has announced the winner of the inaugural Samdani Architecture Award. In early 2017, the award invited, through open calls, individuals or groups of 3rd and 4th year Bangladeshi Architecture students to propose new models for learning in abandoned urban spaces across Bangladesh, using ecologically sustainable and locally sourced materials and technology.
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Pure joy

I love tea. Any time is perfect time for a cup, preferably with nan khatai, or chocolate fudge cake, ginger biscuits, carrot halwa, or simply on its own — first thing in the morning, in the afternoon, or whenever I feel like it.
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Project exhibition at Alliance Française de Dhaka

La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka is hosting 'River Rhapsody: Museum of Rivers and Canals', a project exhibit undertaken by third year architecture students of the Department of Architecture at BRAC University.
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Handy tools for better health

Medical treatment and healthcare in today's fast-paced world is costly.
11 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Profiting from our poor unsuspecting workers

It saddens me, and I am sure many others, to see how unethical some people can be.
11 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Giving peace of mind: Understanding life insurance

Not only does life insurance offer the peace of mind of knowing your family would be alright, but policies can also help with saving for retirement and even paying medical bills, making it an important financial asset to have.
11 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Premium crafts by nature

When it comes to weddings, you do not leave any stone unturned, do you? From stage decor to the most minor of details, everything needs to be picture-perfect and extraordinary.
11 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Off-field cricket quirks

As a sports loving (or sports watching) nation, our one-ness with the game is unique in any way you see it. Starting from buying new TVs to arguing over fantasy teams and quoting (questionable) match statistics to decimating the living room over an LBW-- our love of sports has to be seen to be believed!
11 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Mummylicious

An expectant mum is likely to experience many changes during her pregnancy. The most crucial one is the change in physical appearance, which tends to affect self-esteem and confidence levels. In such a difficult time one's wardrobe can play a key role.
11 September 2017, 18:00 PM

A beginning to the circle of life

The miracle of birth will forever remain an inexplicable worldly experience; and while we traditionally associate the magical feeling solely to the mother, the father too has his own way of wandering through this un-tread path.
11 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Mummy knows best?

“Generally, just as any mother of any species, all are biologically hard wired to protect the child from birth. The difference is every other animal eventually lets their offspring be, but the humans continue to nurture and care for the offspring well into adulthood."
11 September 2017, 18:00 PM