Surviving Bangladesh's heatwave: AC-Free solutions
15 May 2025, 10:09 AM
Priota Iftekhar: Flying the flag through fashion
15 May 2025, 10:02 AM
Passenger traffic nears twice its capacity at HSIA
14 May 2025, 18:08 PM
Summer's back: Are you drinking enough water?
14 May 2025, 09:21 AM
Geetika Recording Centre: Discover Dhaka's last stand for analog music lovers
14 May 2025, 09:03 AM
Priota Iftekhar: Flying the flag through fashion
Priota Iftekhar, known as the “Flag Girl,” blends fashion and heritage in Sydney, using bold Bangladeshi elements like gamcha blazers and fuchka earrings to celebrate identity, challenge stereotypes, and promote cultural pride globally.
15 May 2025, 10:02 AM
Passenger traffic nears twice its capacity at HSIA
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, the country's main aviation hub, is currently handling nearly twice its intended passenger capacity, leaving airport authorities struggling to maintain expected service standards.
14 May 2025, 18:08 PM
Family travel tips for Bangladeshi parents
17 April 2025, 15:28 PM
Laos named most affordable travel destination for 2025
13 April 2025, 06:42 AM
Avoid the Eid madness: 4 peaceful getaways in Bangladesh
26 March 2025, 23:19 PM
Coast Guard ensures safety of Eid homegoers on waterways
25 March 2025, 13:08 PM
Sip the season: Cooling juice recipes with a twist
11 May 2025, 13:25 PM
Dhaka's food map: Exploring regional culinary gems
5 May 2025, 12:24 PM
Forget love at first sight — try kheerpuri’s magic at first bite
17 April 2025, 15:05 PM
Chef Pam's recipe for success: World's Best Female Chef 2025
10 April 2025, 10:50 AM
Summer's back: Are you drinking enough water?
Stay hydrated this summer with expert tips like starting your day with water, eating water-rich foods, snacking on electrolyte-rich dates, making DIY electrolyte drinks, and avoiding dehydration triggers like caffeine, salt, and sugary drinks.
14 May 2025, 09:21 AM
Perimenopause and menopause: Understanding the hormonal journey
11 May 2025, 13:33 PM
Walk, talk, burn fat: The magic of Zone 2 cardio
3 May 2025, 08:26 AM
Work habits that harm your heart health
16 April 2025, 11:27 AM
Straight from the bazaar: 7 everyday foods that can improve your cardiac health
16 April 2025, 11:13 AM
Infertility: The unseen battle of Bangladeshi women
6 April 2025, 08:21 AM
Beat the heat this Eid: Essential hydration tips
26 March 2025, 23:13 PM
Fasting with ulcers: A guide to a safe and comfortable Ramadan
24 March 2025, 23:48 PM
Unmasking hidden calories: How to eat smart during Ramadan
23 March 2025, 11:56 AM
The tragic fate of stray animals in Japan Garden City
23 November 2024, 05:20 AM
Navigating Dhaka's Eid shopping scene on a budget
28 March 2024, 08:36 AM
Comrade, give me a cup!
30 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Farm to Fork: A responsible way of production by Nestlé
The largest food and beverage company in the world — Nestlé — has been practicing a sustainable approach to production that is beneficial to the organisation, society, the environment as well as the consumers. With their wide variety of Nestlé products, you probably come across at least one every day. To ensure that these products are of standard quality, sustainable, and leave as less carbon footprint as possible, Nestlé globally has an impactful approach, “Farm to Fork” and Nestlé Bangladesh also opted for the approach for their food products.
15 October 2022, 17:00 PM
Thank God It’s Friday: Autumn events
If you want to do something other than have an outing at yet another restaurant, have a look at these upcoming events, and make plans to have an even better time.
13 October 2022, 11:45 AM
Tanvir Shahriar: An inspiration for young entrepreneurs in Bangladesh
Tanvir Shahriar Rimon is currently serving as the CEO of Ranks FC Properties Ltd. He procured, marketed, supervised, built & handed over more than a thousand homes to the City Dwellers in Chittagong. He brought numerous innovative efforts to uphold the Real Estate Industry. Under his inspirational leadership, Ranks FC became a top-notch real estate brand in less than 5 years. Apart from professional work, he is involved in various social activities.
13 October 2022, 11:39 AM
Relationship Matters: Understanding personal space
Our relationships and how we navigate them keep evolving with the times. Often, we find questions or worries so personal that they can only be shared with a stranger, but any random stranger is no real solace! Nor is the advice safe. With that in mind, Star Lifestyle brings to you a brand-new relationship advice column from certified experts. This hopes to tackle the host of worries, questions and forks in roads of the relationships plane that includes the personal, professional to psychological. Read on for insights, and shoot us your concerns, even anonymously at lifestyleds@yahoo.com, or send us a message on Star Lifestyle's Facebook page.
13 October 2022, 11:32 AM
Day job and side hustle — How to juggle like a master
It is often seen that work pressures cause passion projects to take something of a backseat. Setting aside time for your side hustle and following it strictly will help keep both jobs on track. Use that calendar app on your phone to the limit. Schedule everything, even if it does not seem like a chore, like family time. Weed out unproductive time (30 minutes or so) from lunch time, or in the early hours of the day to devote to your side hustle. You will be surprised by how many hours you can redirect to your side job this way.
13 October 2022, 11:17 AM
5 runway trends to take to the streets this autumn
The leaves are falling, the weather is turning, and the wardrobe is calling for an autumn revamp. If you are itching to get your hands on the newest collection, hot off the ramps, here are 5 staples that can take your fall fashion game to another level altogether.
12 October 2022, 12:03 PM
Parenting: Mothers open up sharing their biggest regrets
It is not uncommon for parents of young children to wish their children would grow up faster and not need their parents quite as much, especially after his fourth public meltdown, or on her third consecutive nightmare interruption in a night. However, here’s presenting the biggest contradiction of them all: parents miss this connection when it’s gone. Mothers, especially those whose children have hit puberty or flown out of the nest, often feel the absence of this kind of connection much more acutely than others because they have understood how fleeting it is.
12 October 2022, 11:43 AM
Smart ways to arrange furniture
Arranging furniture can be tricky. One needs to consider multiple variables while setting the room. For instance, the purpose of the room, the lighting, how spacious they want the room to be, how many walls the room already has and so on.
Here are some ways to arrange rooms to fulfil the purpose of the room and to make it more welcoming.
10 October 2022, 13:02 PM
Guide to street shopping in Dhaka
Let's be honest, almost all of us have seen the multiple vans and carts (thela garis) filled with various clothes, jewellery and accessories while going about our day and wanted to stop and shop. But truth be told, it does seem kind of intimidating, which is where this guide to street shopping comes in!
10 October 2022, 11:51 AM
World Postal Day: Is this the end of stamp collecting?
Can you remember the days when we used to receive letters from the postman? Many collected stamps from the envelopes and stuck them on albums made especially for this purpose. In this age of online platforms, when the postman hardly even makes his visit, it may seem that stamp collecting is a dying hobby, but many are still passionate about collecting stamps. On this World Postal Day, we examine the hobby of collecting stamps — the passion that is so closely tied to the postal service — and explore its rich past, glorious present, and possible future.
9 October 2022, 12:50 PM
Kamrul Islam: A doctor who has won the hearts of the general people
Free medical care and consultancy, year after year – the words may sound like fantasy but in reality, it is a benevolence that is being offered by many. One of these people is Dr Kamrul Islam, who has been winning the hearts of people across the country with his compassion. He has been performing kidney transplants free of cost for the last decade, along with providing his patients follow-up services.
8 October 2022, 10:11 AM
Amar iSchool – An opportune educative platform for job seekers
The first outcome-based and employment-focused online educational platform in the country is called Amar iSchool (AiS). The portal intends to equip BD job seekers for positions both domestically and abroad. It provides expert training programmes on various subjects pertaining to the fiercely competitive and ever-changing career requirements.
6 October 2022, 10:50 AM
The troubled life of Donatella Versace: Fashion designer extraordinaire
In the news recently for her botched Botox and badly filled lips, Donna Donatella Versace is far more than just a ruined facial surgery. Behind the droopy eyes, undefined lips, deceptively smooth forehead and lifted brows is an indomitable force that serves as the creative mind at the fashion house, Versace.
6 October 2022, 10:44 AM
Mila Kunis opens up about personal hygiene
Call it a post-COVID phenomenon or a general obsession over the ins and outs of celebrities’ lives, people have started exhibiting weirdly obsessive curiosity regarding celebrity hygiene. Milena Markovna, better known as Mila Kunis is one such celebrity who has been in the limelight recently for what some may call ‘oversharing’.
6 October 2022, 10:39 AM
Relationship Matters: Solving Trust Issues
Our relationships and how we navigate them keep evolving with the times. Often, we find questions or worries so personal that they can only be shared with a stranger, but any random stranger is no real solace! Nor is the advice safe. With that in mind, Star Lifestyle brings to you a brand-new relationship advice column from certified experts. This hopes to tackle the host of worries, questions and forks in roads of the relationships plane that includes the personal, professional to psychological. Read on for insights, and shoot us your concerns, even anonymously at lifestyleds@yahoo.com, or send us a message on Star Lifestyle's Facebook page.
6 October 2022, 10:32 AM
5 Heartfelt and inspirational teachers in pop culture
A good teacher inspires, motivates and encourages their students to believe in their potential and pushes their students to go beyond their comfort zones. A good teacher also encourages students to carry their own weight, demystifies even the most terrifying journeys, and joins in on the celebrations when their students succeed. This Teachers’ Day, let’s take a moment to appreciate the teachers who go above and beyond for us. They sometimes may do things we do not enjoy but nevertheless, their teachings remain timeless and valuable.
5 October 2022, 10:23 AM
The latest in trend: the latex dress
When you are thinking of latex, the words that do not come to your mind are — fashionable clothing! However, Kendell and Kylie Jenner’s eponymous label begs to differ, bringing the unique style to the forefront of global runways. And thanks to a number of celebrities like Bella Hadid and Rita Ora, the trend has gone viral. But is it comfortable enough for the Thursday night celebration of the regular crowd? There are some controversies, and we are here to discuss them.
2 October 2022, 10:26 AM
Paris Fashion Week, Bella Hadid and a spray-painted white Coperni dress
It would not be Paris Fashion Week without a special queue that made you stand up from your seats. This year’s fashion week was no different, with Coperni SS23 concluding the show with a ‘spray-painted dress’ on Bella Hadid, who walked the ramp in the dress that was literally sprayed on her.
2 October 2022, 10:17 AM
Autumn has arrived!
I smell the fragrance of fall in the air. The morning air is crisp, the leaves are turning, the days are getting shorter, and the temperature is dipping. The quilts are out, the comforters are in. Summer dresses are out, sweaters and light jackets are in. While the aforementioned changes are easier to adjust to, it is my garden and its changing appearance that asks me of my patience, for it is going to be a long wait before my garden dresses up in a myriad of colours afresh.
1 October 2022, 10:41 AM
Chinese Zodiacs: What do ancient scriptures say about you
Did you know Chinese astrology dates back to 256 BC? In fact, it was during the era of Zhou Dynasty that the Chinese started taking a keen interest in zodiac signs. Chinese astrology employs notions that are not present in Western astrology, such as the Wu Xing teachings, the 10 celestial stems, the 12 earthly branches, the lunisolar calendar (moon calendar and sun calendar), and the time calculation after year, month, day, and time.
29 September 2022, 12:20 PM