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

Manas holds exhibition at Beauty Boarding

Manas, a concept store, recently organised an open-air fashion and lifestyle exhibition at the historical Beauty Boarding in Dhaka on September 3.
26 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Hair care made simple

It may seem counterintuitive, but it is actually true! If you keep getting regular trims, the hair would actually grow longer.
26 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Face wash dos and don'ts

Washing our face is perhaps the most important part of our daily beauty regimen. And it is not a woman thing at all! Women and men alike should take good care of their skin, especially their facial skin, because that is where dirt and dust accumulate the most due to constant exposure.
26 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Art that is useful

There are a variety of designs, many of them traditional, that are stitched onto Nakshi Kanthas. Sometimes the designs are in the form of flowers blooming in a garden, while other times they are the boast more classic motifs such as an array of kalshi (water pitcher) or haat pakha (hand fan).
26 September 2016, 18:00 PM

A darker side of Facebook

Nothing on the Internet is truly private. Not to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but there have always been loopholes in every form of virtual security measure, whether it is in the web-based email services, or Facebook accounts.
26 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Crimes of the cyber space

Many songs of praise can be sung about how the internet has revolutionised our lives. From bridging people across the globe, to opening new platforms for sharing ideas, it has undoubtedly made tremendous contributions to social and technological advancements.
26 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Khazana offers new buffet menu

Khazana recently announced a brand new Thursday and Friday buffet menu. The menu will include starters such as the 'aloo tikkie', 'achari panner tikka', mutton boti kabab and more. Also available are dips including 'hara chutney'.
26 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Bengali Food Festival at Pan Pacific Sonargaon

This year's moto for the World Tourism Day is 'accessible tourism for all'. And this year is marked with the 'Visit Bangladesh 2016' programme by the Bangladesh Tourism Board with a goal to increase tourism in this region.
26 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Sadakalo to celebrate 14th anniversary

Premier fashion house Sadakalo had started its journey on 4 October, 2002. Since then, they have become one of the key players in the Bangladeshi fashion scene.
26 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Etihad Airways to increase capacity to Australia

Etihad Airways will add three weekly flights between Abu Dhabi and Sydney to operate a double-daily schedule from 6 February, 2017.
26 September 2016, 18:00 PM

THIS WEEK'S HORRORSCOPE

Practice some tongue-twisters today. It'll help one day.
21 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Jatra’s future by Anusheh Anadil-- A new road to commerce

Dressed in her usual attire of cotton dhuti and kurti, Anusheh Anadil gave out an aura of purity and simplicity.
19 September 2016, 18:00 PM

BANGALIAANA REINVENTED!

For centuries, poets and playwrights alike have tried to describe her beauty through their literary creations and artists have tried to capture her elegance on their canvases. Such is the mystique and allure of a Bengali woman's grace.
19 September 2016, 18:00 PM

The Belle From Bengal

Ah, where does one begin with the rich cultural heritage and tradition of the magical land of Bengal? From the high pedestals of art and culture to the everyday humdrum of daily life, it is deeply steeped in age-old customs and traditions.
19 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Happy days at school time

The days were full of sunshine and laughter. Teachers in huge can-cans taught us, as if by magic. What they taught us was simple.
19 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Revolution in the making: A jute story

The geography of Bangladesh is perfect for jute cultivation, and Bengal historically has been known as a formidable player in the global jute industry.
19 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Raise a child who loves nature

Our ancestors picked wild berries, hunted untamed animals, caught fish in lakes, and scooped up water from streams to quench their thirst and satiate their hunger.
19 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Stronger than a sword

“Ceasar had perished from the world of men, had not his sword been rescued by his pen,” Marcus Valerius Martial Pens and their owners, with a flourish here and a twist there, have shaped history, spurred revolutions, formed nations, and created great works of art, with lasting effects on the collective human psyche.
19 September 2016, 18:00 PM

The online dilemma

Security is key! You never know when you can be a victim of identity theft. Believe it or not, there are plenty of fake online stores that are just waiting to steal your credit card details the minute you enter them.
19 September 2016, 18:00 PM

The Feast of Sacrifice

The Russians have a penchant for using meat to their fill, in soups, in porridges and cereals and mixed heartily with vegetables too.
19 September 2016, 18:00 PM