Want better focus and health? Add more fish to diet

Saltwater fish like hilsa, koral, and rupchanda offer heart, brain, and eye health benefits due to omega-3s. Nutritionists recommend lighter cooking methods and mindful portions to maximise seafood’s value while minimising health risks.
16 October 2025, 11:36 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

Fashion

With an extended smudge of kohl to the outer-third of your crease, create a half-wing that’s bold yet wearable. Turn up the glam with shimmery eyes.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Delicious dishes featuring pistachios

Pistachio is undeniably one of the best gifts of nature. A precious ingredient that invigorates both senses, being not only stimulating to the taste palate, but also appeasing to the eyes with its subtle green hue. Albeit being a simple ingredient with humble origins, a little bit of pistachio adds a touch of royalty to any dish.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Memories of my father

Where are you, Abbu? It has been almost seven months we are looking for you. I have been looking for you for such a long time but you don’t even come in my dreams these days.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Daydreaming about holidays

If you are like me, someone who jumps at the idea of exploring a new place, but have not travelled in the last one year, you will understand my plight. On some days, I so want to catch a flight and visit another state or country, inhale the air of a new place, and try a new cuisine.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM

“The Velveteen Rabbit” — On love, loss and life

In a nutshell, “The Velveteen Rabbit” is the story of a stuffed rabbit made of velveteen who, through the love of a boy, become real in the end of the story.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM

5 ways to upgrade and diversify your garden

Ornamental foliage plants can bring in just as much colour to your garden as flowering annuals. Coleuses, triostars and fittonias help add striking
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Kindness to all kinds

One of the silent and often unseen casualties of our towers and glass buildings are the birds of the regions.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM

How to make a mini sanctuary for city birds

Due to the dispersed nature pockets and nooks and crannies in concrete buildings,
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Vaccination and immunity thoughts

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last year or so, you know all about the rampaging pandemic. How it has literally changed the world and how it’s wreaking havoc all over the globe. So, having a vaccine against such a disease that has come in the form of Hades himself is certainly a fact worth celebrating. But don’t throw a party just yet.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Antioxidants — your everyday ‘elixir of youth’

Antioxidants are compounds produced by the human body that fight free radicals, substances that are by-products of our body’s regular metabolism. These radicals do not pose much threat when present in moderate amounts. However, excess amounts jeopardise human health and have been linked to a wide variety of diseases.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Resuming at half capacity: Restaurant owners face reopening challenges

On the day the government announced that restaurants can resume live dining under certain conditions, a restaurant owners’ group said today that Covid-19 restrictions have hit the industry hard and many outlets are facing bleak prospects.
23 May 2021, 16:56 PM

Jazz Workshop with Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory At EMK Centre

Date: Saturday, May 22, 2021 Time: 2 PM – 5 PM (BST)
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Five ways to ease into decluttering in 2021

While we are extra cautious about the expiry dates of substances entering our body, we are negligent about the things that touch our skin.
17 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Children’s Day-care: Mothers moving forward

To combat this particular issue, institutionalised day-care centres and preschools around Dhaka are trying their best to provide working mothers with reliable and safe places for their children during work hours, along with providing the children with fun activities and basic early foundation.
17 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Post-COVID nutrition

When our body is fighting an infection, it needs more energy and fluids, more building blocks (from protein foods) to support the immune system and help repair our body tissues during recovery. Vitamins and minerals help these processes along.
17 May 2021, 18:00 PM

The dining etiquette

But worry not because this week, we will be discussing how to master dining etiquette rules which will have a decent and playful impression over your clients.
17 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Eateries of ‘60s: A walk down memory lane

Dhaka those days was still a small town. It was old Dhaka centric. The train station, the river traffic terminal, the main trade and commercial activity and important government offices were in old Dhaka.
17 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Choosing the right career

Freshers, job seekers and sometimes, even professionals find themselves in a fix when choosing the right career. Like all others, I too faced the same issue at the start of my career path.
17 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Sumaya Khan Couture continues to create magic with the Festive Saga Series

With so many couture designers making a name for themselves in the local arena of fashion, why does Sumaya Khan Couture have a cult following? Was it because of her wholehearted devotion to authenticity or because of her colourful creations, which brighten up an industry bogged down by pandemic blues?
17 May 2021, 18:00 PM

Things to binge-watch in OTT platforms this holiday

From Rajkumar Rao and Priyanka Chopra’s latest appearance in a movie, to Chanchal Chowdhury’s mystery-thriller, OTT platforms are all the rage at the moment.
10 May 2021, 18:00 PM