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

Feel Good Frappes

The sweltering heat of summer is taking its toll on all of us. The roads glisten in the heat and the humidity lies like an oppressive shroud on all of us, making matters worse.
31 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Flowers in my home

And that was the start. My home has always been adorned with flowers.
31 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Taking a leaf out of nature

After the transitions from the crazy heat of summer and the storms and the drizzles of monsoon, nature seems to relax in autumn.
31 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Pond's presents The Lustrous Runway 2015

In association with BMW, the sixth edition of “Pond's presents The Lustrous Runway”, was held on Friday, 21 August 2015 at the Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel Dhaka. Providing a platform for up and coming local designers to showcase their collections alongside international counterparts, the show has carved a niche for itself as one of the finest promoters of cross-national fashion in Bangladesh.
31 August 2015, 18:00 PM

For More Fun in the Sun

Stepping out of the house, most people are busy squinting eyes, wrinkling noses, trying to avoid the scorching sun.
27 August 2015, 18:00 PM

THIS WEEK'S HOROSCOPE

Your father's moustache wax will be found on your bed.
26 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Bonsai exhibition held

Radiant Bonsai Society had organised an exhibition at W V A Auditorium, Dhanmondi.
24 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Sale at Rang

Hurry till stocks last! Rang is offering up to 70 per cent discounts on a range of products at all outlets, except the Deshidosh stores.
24 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Grand Wedding Fair

The main concept of wedding fair is to bring out each and every element related to weddings, from the matchmaker to the sweets, under the same roof to simplify the process of organising a complete wedding event for the people in Chittagong.
24 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Tale of the beard and moustache

A secret I am about to divulge taking great risk on my own beard. Dear ladies, when men accuse you of spending hours before the mirror, ask them how long they actually take to be satisfied with the trimming of their moustache and beard in an expensive salon.
24 August 2015, 18:00 PM

A revolution made in Bangladesh

There is a long procession marching forward, in perfect symphony, each step a beat attuned to a rhythm yet to be understood.
24 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Branding Bangladeshi cuisine

There are several Korean eateries in Dhaka, as there are considerable number of Chinese, Thai and Indian restaurants serving their respective authentic cuisines.
24 August 2015, 18:00 PM

The Spiral into Teenagehood

One of my mother's favourite things was to scare every new mother by telling them what a monster their new born would turn into during puberty and point to me as evidence.
24 August 2015, 18:00 PM

My Barber, My Friend

Every man will attest to the fact that without their barber they would not look half as good.
24 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Loafers

Although the first ever pair of loafers was developed near the mid-nineteenth century in London, the trend has only recently seeped into our country and is currently spreading like wildfire.
24 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Men and manliness

Imagine, the first man emerges into the world and wanders around, clueless, for two days and on the third day, he has stubble making him a “real” man and the stubble becomes the very first style of facial hair. The road was not easy after that. Facial hair has become the modern male equivalent to a makeover; a solution to all appearance related problems.
24 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Bothersome Blisters

You have an itchy tingling sensation. You see a hint of redness around your lips. Get ready to welcome a cluster of fluid filled pockets on your lips in the next 24 hours!
20 August 2015, 18:00 PM

THIS WEEK'S HOROSCOPE

You will go to your bed tonight to find it already occupied.
19 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Bags worth the brag

Handbag and purse lovers have long been a fixture in the female demographic in any country in the world.
17 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Add volume to your hair

Nobody likes flat, thin hair. Fortunately, adding more volume to your hair is quite a simple job, if you follow some simple tricks.
17 August 2015, 18:00 PM