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

Hot wax; haute couture

The end of the millennium brought style and fashion to every Bangladeshi doorstep. Budding designers experimented with tie n' dye, hand block prints infused with embroidery and other value additions, and local fashion took feeble steps to a full grown industry that we now see.
22 August 2016, 18:00 PM

The tale of the tape

Every once in a while, a meme showing an audio cassette and a pencil does rounds on the social media sites, with the caption -- “future generations will never know about this unique relationship.”
22 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Fashion Carnival 2016 held

A 5-day exhibition of branded clothing, cosmetics and fashion products was held at the Emmanuelle's Banquet Hall in Gulshan 1. The event started on August 17 and ran till 21 August, 2016.
22 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Baluchar's upcoming Eid line-up

With the upcoming Eid in mind, Baluchar have brought out around 200 different designer panjabis. These designs feature embroidery work, karchupi, block-print, etc.
22 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Janmashtami promotions at Le Meridien

With Janmashtami holidays coming up, high-end hotel Le Méridien Dhaka has arranged a Janmashtami vegetarian promotion with influences of India.
22 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Thank god it's frIday

Lubna Charya calls herself a non-academic artist: painting is her passion, her way of dreaming.
22 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Knit-patterned sari - a new discovery in fashion

Sari has evolved into one of the most appealing and popular attires in South Asian fashion. The sari is unique in style, colour and individuality.
22 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Buildings - with or without walls

For past few years, I have been observing a change in the building code as many builders/owners have started thinking about greenery.
22 August 2016, 18:00 PM

THIS WEEKS HORRORSCOPE

Do you think Harambe was a spy?
17 August 2016, 18:00 PM

A parent's love knows no boundaries

Rich or poor, high or low, most parents devote their lives to the family. The humblest rickshaw puller dreams of his sons and daughters having a better life than his own.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM

GOLDEN AGE

Golden Age is when one dotes on one's grand-children and is polite and correct with one's son -in -law.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM

My child doesn't eat anything!

While doctors will vouch for the fact that as long as children are happy and healthy, the quantity of food they intake should not matter...
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM

The sisterhood of sartorial spirit!

Life, with all its twists and turns, is not easy, and looking good and feeling fabulous is not either. Knowing what works best for me is great, but sometimes too much of a good thing can be not so good.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM

A tasty retreat

I am such a gloomy Gus when it comes to celebrating days meant only for vendible gains. I, quite honestly speaking, see no reason to hail Valentine's Day, Mother's or Father's Day; even getting a stale rose on International Women's Day plays on my nerves.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Thank God It's FrIday

In the words of the artist, “Our tormented and turbulent society is going through an agonised phase.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Save when you can

I have been a big fan of this great investor who also happens to be a billionaire. From his various advices, I have learned to live well, and spend money carefully and wisely, but most importantly, to save.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Bang's new lineup

Youth-centric fashion house Bang has brought in elegant and festive attires for their customers. Shoppers will find modern and fashionable formal and casual half-sleeve shirts, T-shirts, polo shirts, fatuas, pants and much more. For more information, please call 01977112264 or visit their website, www.bang-bd.com.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM

THIS WEEK'S HORRORSCOPE

Are you Usain Bolt? Because you might need to run away from your problems this week.
10 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Freelance: how it works

Internet, the apparent source of many modern wonders, also allows for earning money online. You can open an online business and sell goods or services.
8 August 2016, 18:00 PM

On the go make-up kit

Stuck in a gridlock, yet there are miles to go!
8 August 2016, 18:00 PM