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

Sun baked fun and picnics

On the contrary, a little bit innovation from our ends could turn things around. After all, isn’t this what the pandemic has taught us? That we can, and must work with whatever options we are given.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Heritage in the threads

Being an airline professional for the past two decades, I had the opportunity to travel around the world, learning about places and people belonging to unique and diverse cultures.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Sports as a life-style brand, featuring LOTTO

For any emerging athlete, apart from raw talent, the correct guidance and tools are keep to gaining and maintaining fitness and health. A large element of sports involves the use of one’s feet,
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Kacchi Wala

Rarely has a restaurant been more celebrated by its patrons and new customers within such a short time. Since opening its doors to the world in 2019, this authentic kacchi serving restaurant, Kacchi Wala, has been celebrated throughout Uttara, and the surrounding areas.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Slogans for Freedom

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence, The Daily Star, proudly presents a theatrical performance focusing on slogans that stirred the various movements of Bangladesh between 1952 and 1971.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM

A look back in time with Shahrukh Amin

Even the colours evoke a sense of nostalgia, with soothing hues such as ivory, beige, ocean blues, greens, and corals to sizzling hot blood reds and wine, he has every colour for the differing moods of women. But it is his personalised couture, especially his regal evening wear and bridal wear, that gives away his true nature as a romantic.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Must-try Surf and Turf recipes

HERBY STEAK AND SHRIMP SKEWERS WITH CHIMICHURRI SAUCE
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Slogans for freedom: The Daily Star celebrates 50 years of Independence

On the occasion of the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence, The Daily Star presents a theatrical, audio-visual production featuring slogans that were chanted during various movements up to the Liberation War.
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Maternity Leave is a basic worker right

A woman becomes a mother not only because of her own right, but also because this keeps the ball rolling for family, society, and the nation. From the day a child is conceived to the time it is born, the development of the child is not the sole responsibility of the mother. Then why are women still being forced to sign away their right to motherhood while seeking a job?
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM

QRIUS celebrates Golden Jubilee of Independence

QRIUS, a fusion lifestyle brand, observes the 50 years of Bangladesh’s independence as they arrange their interior with a completely new aesthetic outlook inspired by the nostalgic ‘Letters of 1971’. As you step foot in their outlet, you cannot help but feel you are from a nation born out of strife and turbulence.
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM

EBL: Committed to Women’s Empowerment

Bangladesh’s journey of five decades since its independence in 1971 from a ‘bottomless basket’ to a developing country has been enviable.
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Exciting features on SINGER Washing Machines

A washing machine, one of the wonders of modern science, has made washing as easy as pressing a button. One no longer has to slam their clothes against a stone on the bank of a body of water. Instead, just install a washing machine and life will become less tedious and more comfortable.
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM

KFC opens new outlet in Dhanmondi 5

KFC Bangladesh, run by Transcom Foods Limited — a subsidiary of Bangladesh’s leading business group Transcom — has recently opened its 23rd outlet at Dhanmondi Road No. 5 in the capital.
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Honouring women entrepreneurs

Based on the theme of Women’s Day 2021 — ”Women Leadership in pandemic, building a new world of equality,” Ujjwala honoured seven women entrepreneurs who have started or are doing good business during the time of crisis period in pandemic.
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM

MUJIB 100: Magnificent art of Bangabandhu in Bangkok

Red heart in the middle of a red-green canvas. In the middle of that heart is the face of Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM

The story of Ranyaful

In Chakma literature, Ranyaful refers to a kind of wildflower that grows without much care in the mountains. In Rangamati, a production house has started its journey under the name ‘Rannayful,’ to reintroduce and revive the ethnic crafts through their products.
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM

The untapped potential of the healthcare industry of Bangladesh

In regards to this, Dr Shagufa Anwar, Director of Communication and Business Development at United Hospital Limited, shares her opinions and experience.
28 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Slogans for freedom

On the occasion of the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence, The Daily Star presents a theatrical, audio-visual production featuring slogans that were chanted during various movements up to the Liberation War.
26 March 2021, 06:01 AM

SINGER Microwaves with new offers

Or imagine slow cooking a chicken for a special occasion. A microwave oven will let you have all of that.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Age-old travelogues: Rare glimpses of Bengal’s forgotten past

But with the experiences they have penned down, we can travel back in time! And hence, we present five such travellers and some highlights of their tours.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM