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

Uber users in Canada's Ontario can place cannabis orders on its food delivery app

Uber Technologies Inc will allow users in Ontario, Canada, to place orders for cannabis on its Uber Eats app, marking the ride-hailing giant's foray into the booming business, a company spokesperson said on Monday.
22 November 2021, 16:33 PM

Adele persuades Spotify to remove shuffle option from albums

Adele has persuaded Spotify to remove the shuffle option from all album pages to ensure that tracks are played according to the artist's order, reports BBC.
21 November 2021, 19:25 PM

Bachao: App to prevent sexual assault and rape

The Bachao App was created to help prevent rape, a crime that remains to be constantly on the rise. The Bachao app is an excellent initiative to fulfil this purpose. We should all contribute by registering as volunteer so that if the time comes, we can save someone from something horrible.
21 November 2021, 09:02 AM

Food blogger in China blacklisted by buffet restaurant for 'overeating'

A Chinese food vlogger has said he was blacklisted from a grill buffet restaurant for “eating too much”, reports BBC.
19 November 2021, 13:22 PM

House of Gucci: Not just about a fashion empire

House of Gucci has fashion fans hooked. The star-studded movie with Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Salma Hayek and Al Pacino in lead roles premiered at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square, London on the 9 November and is set to make its US release on 24 November, 2021.
18 November 2021, 11:52 AM

Dwayne Johnson as the next James Bond?

Dwayne Johnson expressed interest in being the next James Bond.
18 November 2021, 11:23 AM

Ava: An e-commerce platform interweaving traditional handicrafts and modernity

Ava highlights Bengali handicrafts and the regional specialties of Sirajganj, while also promoting the entrepreneurial skills and craftsmanship of the women in the area.
15 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Spread happiness with Shah Cement’s Housefull Offer

A gentle ray of sunshine slowly seeps through the corner of an empty room — a less than usual Friday morning for Afreen.
15 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Araaz Ceramics: A new enterprise providing fine quality dinnerware

Good food rarely fails to please our palate, and if such delicacies are served on aesthetically designed ceramic and porcelain dishes — they will certainly satisfy the five senses of any enthusiastic gourmand.
15 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Bond with the birds

That’s just one little part of it. Birdwatching involves identifying, cataloguing, learning, researching about birds, their nature and habitats. And the best part of it is that you get to see the birds in their natural setting and once you learn about their nature, you get to truly appreciate the beauty of it.
15 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Al1F: Reinventing Wedding Food

This wedding season, AL1F, the Australian based merchant of fresh produce, extends to customers the opportunity to make their wedding truly unforgettable by offering some of the most premium meats and seafood.
14 November 2021, 06:49 AM

Rays4Hope: Spreading electricity in the peripheries of Bangladesh

Rays4Hope is one such organisation led by two NRB brothers, Zaid Nasr and Saif Nasr from Northern Virginia, U.S.A. Their story begins humbly, with the younger brother Zaid visiting Bangladesh, a few years ago to set up a medical camp along with his father.
13 November 2021, 05:16 AM

Celebrating 700 years of Dante

You know or at least have heard of Dante. It is almost impossible not to! Well, you may not have read his works, but it is inevitable that you have at least come across the Divine Comedy.
1 November 2021, 18:00 PM

The ultimate kitchen experience with My Kitchen

If a house is compared with an office, the kitchen is its workstation, and it is of utmost importance that any workstation is built to be functional. My Kitchen, a concern of Tilottoma Bangla Group, offers complete kitchen solutions while ensuring optimal design, functionality, and quality.
1 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Token of passion: Collecting cricket memorabilia

The story of Zunaid Paiker is one such story that will make you believe that anyone can achieve such a feat should they be passionate enough.
1 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Picsmela Organized Photographers Meetup2021

Picsmela is the first online photo technology tools operator in Bangladesh. The company organised a meetup programme for photographers at Brac Inn in Mohakhali, Dhaka on 24 October, 2021.
1 November 2021, 18:00 PM

The curious hobby of collecting matchboxes

Just like stamps, coins, etc. matchboxes can be collectibles too. But what’s so special about matchboxes, you ask?
1 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Fiesta Hispana at Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden

Just imagine an evening full of colour, great music, delicious burritos, cheesy nachos, filling churros and tacos, and a variety of desserts. Fiesta Hispana — a Spanish/Mexican buffet dinner, organised by Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden offers you just that and more.
25 October 2021, 18:00 PM

Doting daughter-in-law to a magnanimous parent

The devastating pandemic seems to have defined this year and the last rather definitively; the country lost many icons, activists, leaders and entertainers.
25 October 2021, 18:00 PM

Bloom: Art for plants one pot at a time

House plants have gained a boost in popularity since the onset of the pandemic. While dozens of online nurseries emerged to cater to this rising demand, finding plants with suitable pots which seamlessly blend into pre-existing room decor remained an issue for plant lovers.
18 October 2021, 18:00 PM