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

Faberge's imperial designs

Karl Gustavovich Faberge (1846-1920), was a Russian jeweller, best known for making decorated Easter eggs using precious stones and metals. His legacy is the series of Imperial Easter Eggs made for the Romanov Tsars of Russia, before the Bolshevik Revolution.
14 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Muslin story: a way it has never been told before

How fine was the Muslin fabric? So fine that an entire garment could pass through the inner circle of a ring! So exquisite that it had been romanticised that the fabric was spun 'by fairies with the thread of winds'!
14 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Sewing together pieces of fabric

Patchwork has been extensively experimented on, by designers from all over the world, to produce exquisite bags, wall-hangings, cushion covers, skirts, waistcoats, jackets, even saris and kurtis.
14 November 2016, 18:00 PM

How To Age Gracefully

Human skin, especially facial skin, is one of the most important factors in attractiveness. Skin acts as a barrier between the internal and external environments, protecting the body from mechanical damage, toxic substances, and radiation.
10 November 2016, 18:00 PM

THIS WEEK'S HORRORSCOPE

7 is your lucky number for everything today.
9 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Moving houses

Moving houses is not easy, and needs a lot of planning and coordination. The fact that most people have offices to attend every day makes it more difficult.
7 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Food and Art at Favola in Le Méridien Dhaka

Le Méridien Dhaka has brought a wonderful combination offer of art and food together at their Italian signature restaurant Favola.
7 November 2016, 18:00 PM

The death of individualism

After a tiring day at work, you come home and lazily scan through the channels.
7 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Barbecue and grills

Vegetarians aside, few, if any, does not relish that intense, smoky flavour that comes from grilled meat.
7 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Cookups - home cooked to order

The owners, Namira Hossain and Misha Ali, almost equally passionate about gastronomy, and blessed with an entrepreneurial instinct, saw how often people looked for homemade comfort food and sought to fill that void when away from home.
7 November 2016, 18:00 PM

A breakfast breakdown

A traditional breakfast can be composed of a type of bread, jam or gravy, cereals of any type and finally tea, coffee or juice, which may seem quite simple and regular.
7 November 2016, 18:00 PM

The Cotton Chronicles: Tale of the white gold

Cotton, a natural fibre is often termed as 'White Gold' of the textile industry. It is a soft, absorbent and breathable material.
7 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Iconic Fashion Garage brings fast delivery service

Renowned lifestyle brand - Iconic Fashion Garage - has started a new 'Fast Delivery' service for the benefit of their customers.
7 November 2016, 18:00 PM

THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY

Anamika means a 'nameless lady.' It is a concept tying humans and deities, but in this case the symbolism of mermaids has been used for the portrayal of the character of the 'lady of the dreams'.
7 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Accolades for The Westin Dhaka

The Westin Dhaka was awarded the Best Luxury Business Hotel in Bangladesh at the World Luxury Hotel Awards 2016.
7 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Amari offers for BPL

This BPL season is going to drive Amari guests in a new way with some exciting offers. Amari Dhaka will be offering live screening of the action-packed BPL matches at Cascade Lounge from November 4 to December 10.
7 November 2016, 18:00 PM

THIS WEEK'S HORRORSCOPE

Don't use Arial font in your assignment tonight.
2 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Meet the Cartoon People!

Cartoon Show Dhaka is Bangladesh's first ever cartoon/drawing based show. Channeled officially through YouTube, it was launched on 27 October, 2016.
31 October 2016, 18:00 PM

My Pink Movember

Bangladesh is ranked 2nd by WHO in terms of mortality rate from breast cancer. About 16% of all female-cancer patients are victims of breast cancer according to a WHO study.
31 October 2016, 18:00 PM

O2 - A one-stop solution to shopping

Men's collection at O2 is plentiful, having an abundance of options for different sizes, fits and cuts.
31 October 2016, 18:00 PM