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

My first refrigerator

Refrigerators have come a long way since just being a cold box to store your food. Most modern fridges are just about as smart as many appliances around the home, if not smarter. And as usage had gone up, so had demands from customers, which all modern fridges tend to deliver.
7 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Live life on the cutting edge

A refrigerator is something that is synonymous with any modern urban home. One of the first purchases one makes when starting a new home is definitely a refrigerator, after maybe light bulbs. A fridge, while simple in its core function, has multiple variants with different features and purposes.
7 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Microwave to your rescue

Eid is almost knocking on the doors and here we are, still scrambling through recipe books to perfect the food spread for the special days.
7 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Wash away the grit and grime

Nobody can deny that washing machines are an integral part of our lives today. Without these wonderful machines, we’d have to spend countless hours every day to wash the laundry. And that would certainly mean less time for our personal selves and sanity.
7 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Unparalleled after sales

Whenever you decide to purchase a brand new tech item, you unquestionably take into consideration the cost of the product. But there is also another thing that you pay heed to, and that’s the ‘after sales service,’ or the expense of the product after it is bought and used.
7 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Staying cool the right way

What do you think is the most underrated invention from the 20th century? No, you are quite wrong, it’s the air conditioner. Imagine how many hotel bookings you have cancelled when you found out the room wasn’t air conditioned.
7 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Eid with sunflower oil

Sunflower oil is an edible oil extracted from the seeds of the sunflower plant. It is mild, light yellow in colour, and neutral in taste. There are several types of sunflower oils produced, such as high linoleum, high oleic, and mild oleic.
6 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Noodle-licious

Lots of veggies, some noodles, and a drizzle of sauces with some seasoning, when mixed together, result in a bowl full of refreshing appetiser— a perfect thing to have in the evenings when you feel a little hungry but don’t want to ruin your dinner by having something heavy. Soup with noodles is a dish on its own.
6 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Fishing for saucy dips

PAN SEARED FISH
6 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Pickle meat combo

It is that time of the year again and what better way to prepare ahead than to do some research on which dishes to cook? It saves precious time in thinking and prepping ingredients on the Eid day.
6 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Ice-cream: I love

Here, are a few recipes to complement curries and savouries. Just grab an IGLOO ICE-CREAM tub on the go because the more effort we put into it, the better the spread.
6 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Pan Perfect

For the over 1.8 billion Muslims across the world, Eid-ul-Azha is special for spiritual reasons, and more so for spreading the essence of love, affection, social responsibility, and attachment through sharing meals.
6 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Craving for chocolaty happiness

Craving for chocolaty happiness
6 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Eid-ul-Azha with Artizan

Its new designs galore at Artizan this festive season. The fashion house is all set with panjabis, shirts, t-shirts and polo shirts befitting the occasion. The clothes are made with comfortable fabrics with variations in style and design.
5 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Megh this Eid-ul-Azha

On the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, fashion house Megh is all set with a line of clothes befitting the celebrations. They have included panjabis, t-shirts, fatuas, and frocks, as well as clothes in similar colours and designs for full family matching set.
5 August 2019, 18:00 PM

‘Piya’s Beauty Essentials’ launched in Banani

Renowned cosmetologist, make-up artist and hairstylist Ferdowsi Zaman Piya’s new venture ‘Piya’s Beauty Essentials’ has started operations in Banani.
5 August 2019, 18:00 PM

‘Stay One Night’ Summer Sojourn @ Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden

With a tranquil setting, scenic environment and a breathtaking view of Dhaka city, Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden is the perfect city resort for anyone looking for some quiet time.
5 August 2019, 18:00 PM

SAINT’S CAFE OPENS AT THE PORT CITY

Saint’s Café, a sophisticated, vibrant and lively new addition to the culinary landscape opened in the port city of Chattogram with a grand opening.
5 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Cook it up for Eid

As this festival is all about sacrificing animals, the festivities inevitably revolve around the cooking of meat. Of the many different kinds of preparations, some require the perfectly even heating of the meat on all sides, and that is where the microwave comes into play.
5 August 2019, 18:00 PM

Fancy that!

Jazzing up your beloved animal with garland, ‘mala’, is nothing new, but the enthusiasm with which this is done nowadays by a growing number of people, definitely is!
5 August 2019, 18:00 PM