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Book Fair 2022: Young writers venture into new literary genres   

Book Fair 2022: Young writers venture into new literary genres  

Shadique Mahbub Islam   2022-02-19 16:48:53

The annual pilgrimage for Bengali bibliophiles ‘Amar Ekushey Boi Mela’ has commenced last Tuesday, much to the delight of book readers'. Thousands of writers, poets, researchers, essayist...

Fabulous fish-oil: All the benefits you can get

Fabulous fish-oil: All the benefits you can get

Shuvodip Biswas Turja 2022-02-19 15:51:30

Fish oil? Well, that is quite something unnecessary and, in some cases, unknown in the daily life of most of the ‘Maachhe-Bhaate Bangali’ people.  As fish is the principal source of...

Faces of bad parenting - what changes do we need?

Faces of bad parenting - what changes do we need?

Nameha Jarin Khan 2022-02-17 18:00:30

A common question that frequently pops up in discussions is why do many parents torture their children and drain their mental health. It is speculated that since parents do not have a guidebook about...

The evolution of co-working spaces in Bangladesh

The evolution of co-working spaces in Bangladesh

Samiha Mizan 2022-02-15 16:45:26

As easy as it may seem, the establishment of office space to start a business venture encompassing all the essential amenities means a sky-high cost as well as monumental logistical challenges. This...

Food habits that help sound sleep

Food habits that help sound sleep

Sirajum Munira Tuli 2022-02-14 17:35:38

Those who suffer from insomnia know how painful it is. The whole day is ruined without a proper night’s sleep. Taking sleeping pills to go to sleep is, at best, a short term solution. Regular i...

Most generous billionaires in the world - how to reach them for donation

Most generous billionaires in the world - how to reach them for donation

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-02-13 16:58:16

Despite the world having a huge amount of people who live below the poverty line, the number of Billionaires in the world is increasing fast. Although a lot of billionaires have been criticised for t...

Sugar to sweeten tea/coffee? Have some Cinnamon instead

Sugar to sweeten tea/coffee? Have some Cinnamon instead

Sirajum Munira 2022-02-12 15:04:50

It is not mandatory to involve sugar to satisfy a sweet tooth.  Since, sugar raises cholesterol, increase the chances of diabetes, can overload your liver, affects teeth, impacts brain function,...

The sad, sorry story of Dolly the diseased, doomed dinosaur

The sad, sorry story of Dolly the diseased, doomed dinosaur

-- 2022-02-11 13:12:24

In a warm and humid Jurassic Period landscape lush with plant and animal life in what is now southwest Montana, an adolescent long-necked dinosaur was miserably sick with flu and pneumonia-like sympto...

Koalas listed as endangered in Australia's two eastern states

Koalas listed as endangered in Australia's two eastern states

-- 2022-02-11 12:17:37

Australia on Friday listed koalas along much of its east coast as endangered after the native marsupial's habitats were hit by prolonged drought, bushfires and developers cutting down trees, Reuters r...

Rhino calf meets zebras, giraffes at Dutch zoo

Rhino calf meets zebras, giraffes at Dutch zoo

-- 2022-02-11 11:55:54

Stark the rhino calf touched noses with a zebra but found an inquisitive giraffe a bit too tall for comfort when he ventured out of his Dutch zoo enclosure for the first time on Thursday, reports Reut...

Tyre-bound crocodile finally freed after six years!

Tyre-bound crocodile finally freed after six years!

-- 2022-02-09 10:52:35

An elusive Indonesian crocodile, which has swum around with a motorcycle tyre stuck around its neck for six years, has finally been freed by an animal lover on the island of Sulawesi, Reuters reports....

These Indian 'Rotis' are popular in Bangladesh

These Indian 'Rotis' are popular in Bangladesh

Sirajum Munira 2022-02-08 19:49:00

Suppose you went to try Indian cuisine in a restaurant, ordered Chola-Bhatura but the waiter came with Chanar-Dal and a huge size Luchi. Ordering an expensive dish, that too with an Indian name, but e...

Reading books can reduce prison sentence in Brazil

Reading books can reduce prison sentence in Brazil

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-02-07 12:35:47

Brazil has a unique way of reducing the prison term of the inmates. Inmates who read books during their time in prison get their imprisonment time reduced, as per a report by Reuters. Brazil is one o...

2 game changers in regular meat curry

2 game changers in regular meat curry

Sirajum Munira 2022-02-07 12:17:36

There are few Bangladeshis who are not acquainted with the fame of Chui-Jhal Beef from Khulna and Shatkora Beef from Sylhet.  Chui is basically the stem of Piper Chaba or piper chilli which is u...

Foods that make you feel tired

Foods that make you feel tired

Sirajum Munira 2022-02-06 20:10:19

You might have lots of things to do but sometimes your body does not give permission at all. It is not like you are just about to sleep, you just feel sluggish.  Have you ever wondered if there...

Indian man turns smoked cigarette butts into toys

Indian man turns smoked cigarette butts into toys

RASSIQ AZIZ KABIR 2022-02-01 16:48:58

Never in our wildest imagination could we be able to think of things like toys, pillows, earrings and so on made of Cigarette butts, until a certain man from India made it possible. Naman Gupta from...

K-beauty’s Popularity in Bangladesh

K-beauty’s Popularity in Bangladesh

MEHENAZ SULTANA TISHA 2022-02-01 16:44:20

The Korean wave that landed over in Bangladesh with PSY's enigmatic track, Gangnam Style, has been cascading this country with the popularity of K-pop and K-drama. Thanks to South Korea's entertainmen...

Chinese superfan collecting memorabilia for 20 years, counts down to Winter Olympics

Chinese superfan collecting memorabilia for 20 years, counts down to Winter Olympics

-- 2022-01-31 10:34:30

Beijinger Zhang Wenquan is looking forward to this week's Winter Olympics more than most residents of the Chinese capital, Reuters reports. Zhang, who works in logistics for a construction company, i...

Should we replace sugar with molasses?

Should we replace sugar with molasses?

Sirajum Munira Tuli   2022-01-29 17:17:58

There was a time when every good news used to be greeted with a variety of sweetmeat made from molasses, such as - pitha-puli, naru, mowa, goja, murki, batasha, khaja, kodma, etc. Over time, the fo...

Wordle: The most popular online game in the world right now

Wordle: The most popular online game in the world right now

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-01-29 17:05:35

In the last few days, if you have spent a tad bit of time online, chances are high that you have seen people playing a new game and sharing their scores. The game of words, which is completely base...

Letters delivered 50 years after they were posted

Letters delivered 50 years after they were posted

-- 2022-01-28 09:46:05

A letter written to a 12-year old girl in Lithuania was delivered in December, almost 51 years after it was sent by a pen pal in Poland, Reuters reports. "I thought that someone was pranking me", sai...

'The Enigma' goes up for auction

'The Enigma' goes up for auction

-- 2022-01-28 09:31:15

A black diamond weighing a staggering 555.55 carats is going up for auction at Sotheby's and living up to its name "The Enigmam," Reuters reports. Bidding opens on Feb. 3 at 6 a.m. PST (1400 GMT) and...

Secrets of perfect ‘Biye-bari’ roast

Secrets of perfect ‘Biye-bari’ roast

Sirajum Munira Tuli 2022-01-27 16:42:39

Winter hasn’t yet faded, neither has the wedding season. Plenty of wedding ceremonies are happening right and left. Even if you are not attending it, you are bound to be tempted by the tradition...

Authoritarianism throughout the world keeps ‘Animal Farm’ relevant

Authoritarianism throughout the world keeps ‘Animal Farm’ relevant

Rassiq Aziz Kabir   2022-01-27 16:37:47

"All Animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." These two lines from George Orwell's ‘Animal Farm’ have perfectly portrayed the authoritarian regimes of the world an...

Foods that bring back back the taste of the tongue

Foods that bring back back the taste of the tongue

Sirajum Munira 2022-01-24 15:41:36

There are few people who do not suffer from colds and coughs during the change of seasons, especially when it is winter. In case of cold or fever, the taste in the mouth also seems to fade away. In s...

'Touch and go' for rare twin baby elephants

'Touch and go' for rare twin baby elephants

-- 2022-01-21 10:21:30

Suckled by their mother Bora and guarded by a watchful male, rare new-born twin baby elephants ingested nourishment that conservationists hope will enable them to survive a perilous start to life in a...

British-Belgian teen the youngest woman to fly solo round the world

British-Belgian teen the youngest woman to fly solo round the world

-- 2022-01-21 10:18:42

A British-Belgian teenager became the youngest woman to fly solo around the world on Thursday and the first person to do so in a microlight plane after a five-month, five-continent odyssey in her Shar...

Lebanese museum returns artefacts from Syria's ancient city

Lebanese museum returns artefacts from Syria's ancient city

-- 2022-01-21 09:16:18

Five Roman artefacts from the ancient city of Palmyra, a site damaged during Syria's decade-long conflict, were returned to Damascus on Thursday by a private Lebanese museum where they had been on dis...

Political correctness in media: Necessary or not?

Political correctness in media: Necessary or not?

TAHSIN TASNIA SIMI 2022-01-19 17:26:53

'Political Correctness', a popular buzzword, is being thrown around a lot these days. There has been a steady rise of intense debate surrounding its merits, demerits and even the validity of its exist...

World's only Caravaggio mural finds no bidders

World's only Caravaggio mural finds no bidders

-- 2022-01-19 10:19:36

A villa in Rome containing the only known ceiling painted by Caravaggio went on a court-ordered auction block Tuesday, thanks to an inheritance dispute pitting the heirs of one of Rome’s aristoc...