Turn heads this summer with bold party outfit choices

22 June 2026, 16:48 PM Fashion & Beauty
Celebrate vibrant Dhaka fashion by embracing sensual summertime styles like chocolate brown bodycon dresses and versatile black jersey numbers. These lightweight, breathable fabrics ensure boss ladies look chic while effortlessly conquering hot seasonal soirées.

5 epic destinations in Asia that won’t cost a fortune

Discover budget-friendly Asian travel destinations from Bangladesh, exploring Nepal, Bhutan, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand to experience breathtaking landscapes, vibrant culture, and world-class street food while creating unforgettable memories without breaking your bank account.

Your favourite snacks may be loaded with hidden salt

11 June 2026, 10:56 AM Health & Fitness
Control dietary sodium with insights from Dr Chowdhury Tasneem Hasin of Continental Hospital. Reducing hidden salt in processed snacks prevents hypertension and silent kidney damage, protecting the heart health of young adults across Bangladesh.
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Easy's trendy Eid collections

Check out well-known fashion house Easy's Eid lineup, aimed squarely at the trendy individuals.
4 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Eid must-haves the right accessory for a fashionable Eid

Let's start with some figures. Would it be wrong to say that near about 25 percent of your styling expenses every month should go to accessorising? A bit farfetched, you might think, but is it?
4 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Sananda Jewelers' Eid offer

Leading jewellery shop, Sananda Jewelers, is displaying various diamond jewellery items ahead of Eid and is offering customers a 30 percent discount in diamond jewellery purchases.
4 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Amari's Eid treats

Celebrate Eid with style at Amari with their exotic Asian buffet. Enjoy special room rates and exclusive accommodation offers.
4 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Design Dhaka's Eid collection

Fashion house Design Dhaka has brought an exclusive design lineup for this Eid. The collection includes varieties of shalwar kameez sets, tops, panjabis, etc.
4 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Le Reve's Eid

Le Reve recently launched its Eid collection, which is full of amazing designs and patterns.
4 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Ramadan of 1954

It was 1954; Dacca. The summer and Ramadan vacation of our school started together. It was summer. The sun was glowering. I was a student of class III; a boy of 7.
30 June 2016, 18:00 PM

THIS WEEK'S HORRORSCOPE

Your life is as complicated as that jilapi you are having.
29 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Chicken and spice, and everything nice!

Twist your taste buds with this mouthwatering recipe of chicken for a hearty meal on Iftar. This subtly spiced protein is great with plain white bastami rice, oven fresh bread, or paratas.
29 June 2016, 09:57 AM

Missing home in Ramadan

While some of us still prepare ‘chhola’, ‘peyaju’, ‘beguni’ and lemonade to break our fasts, others do not. We drag our drowsy selves from the bed to eat the early morning meal, yet it does not feel the same. Fasting in a foreign country is a different experience altogether. Read the experiences of people fasting in a foreign land.
29 June 2016, 06:18 AM

Bangladesh shows progress in child survival

In recent years, Bangladesh has made solid progress in reducing mortality rates among children under age 5. Part of its success can be traced to the expansion of community-level health interventions.
28 June 2016, 18:15 PM

Investing in EDUCATION pays DIVIDENDS

IN the next 15 years, the world's population of 15- to 24-year-olds will increase by nearly 100 million.
28 June 2016, 18:00 PM

A chance to dream

Shampa wants to be a banker when she grows up. She's studying commerce in school, and it's her strong suit. But she's worried that she'll never be able to realize her dream.
28 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Shaping his life

Arieful has never had the chance to consider what he wants to be when he grows up. At just 12 years old, Arieful has been working for longer than he can remember.
28 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Poverty is about more than money

In 2012, almost 900 million people struggled to survive on less than US$1.90 a day – the international extreme poverty line – and more than 3 billion remained vulnerable to poverty
28 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Breaking the cycle

Eventually, Jhuma's mother allowed her to return home. But every day after school, Jhuma would head to work, going door-to-door to beg for rice. One day...
28 June 2016, 18:00 PM

A fair chance

Its a typical Friday afternoon in the city. Amena has prepared an elaborate family meal of dal, rice, stewed greens, pumpkin, chicken curry and fish...
28 June 2016, 18:00 PM

A Wake up Call

Unless the world immediately focuses on the plight of its most disadvantaged children, 69 million children will die from mostly preventable causes, 167 million children will live in poverty...
28 June 2016, 18:00 PM

A call to action

The life prospects of children trapped in intergenerational cycles of poverty and disadvantage might seem like a matter of chance...
28 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Through the Lens

Susmita Mondal, 18, an 11th grade student, at her home in Dacope sub-district, Bangladesh on March 30, 2016.
28 June 2016, 18:00 PM