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Microplastics Contamination in tea bags of Dhaka

Microplastics Contamination in tea bags of Dhaka

Hasan Sojib 2022-05-13 20:39:40

Microplastic pollution is now a global concern due to its adverse effects on ecosystems and organisms. A research team of Jahangirnagar University has come up with information about the presence of a...

Couple in India sue son for not giving them a grandchild

Couple in India sue son for not giving them a grandchild

-- 2022-05-13 12:17:35

A couple in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand are suing their only son and his wife for not giving them a grandchild after six years of marriage. Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad, 61 and 57, sa...

Birds fall from the sky as heatwave scorches India

Birds fall from the sky as heatwave scorches India

-- 2022-05-12 13:56:27

Rescuers in India's western Gujarat state are picking up dozens of exhausted and dehydrated birds dropping everyday as a scorching heatwave dries out water sources in the state's biggest city, veterin...

'Holy': The spirit of natural goodness in wholesome packages

'Holy': The spirit of natural goodness in wholesome packages

Morium Kulsum 2022-05-10 16:47:55

The popularity of natural skincare and healthcare is ever on the rise. With time, people are becoming more cautious about the health of their skin, hence, the increasing demand for non-toxic healthcar...

Amazing RPG games for your low spec PC

Amazing RPG games for your low spec PC

Fardeen Kabir 2022-05-09 16:50:16

Role-playing games or RPG games are one of the most popular categories of games that exist in the world. One of the nicest features of these games is that they don’t get old with time as these g...

Refusing to be hired: The rickshaw pullers’ side of the coin

Refusing to be hired: The rickshaw pullers’ side of the coin

MONJURE ALAHI 2022-05-09 14:27:52

Have you ever been under the scorching sun looking for a vehicle to arrive at your destination just after finishing your office or on some moonlit night when you are just out to take a ride around whi...

Ukraine's mine sniffing dog Patron awarded by Zelenskiy

Ukraine's mine sniffing dog Patron awarded by Zelenskiy

-- 2022-05-09 10:22:54

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy presented Ukraine's famous mine sniffing dog Patron and his owner with a medal on Sunday to recognise their dedicated service since Russia's invasion. The pint-size Jack...

Woman gives birth to baby boy on moving train

Woman gives birth to baby boy on moving train

-- 2022-05-06 17:58:29

A woman gave birth to a baby boy on her way to Dhaka on a train from Rajshahi on Friday.  Parul, wife of Titu of Rajshahi district, gave birth on the Silk City Express around 11:30 am, Dhaka Div...

An Eid with relatives after two years 

An Eid with relatives after two years 

Lubaba Mahjabin Prima 2022-05-06 16:57:02

Visiting relatives has always been an integral part of Eid holidays. With Covid dampening the festivities of the last couple of years’ Eids, this year the country celebrated Eid with all its joy...

Companies confront a new climate challenge: home offices

Companies confront a new climate challenge: home offices

-- 2022-05-06 14:05:40

Tech and financial companies leading efforts to cut climate changing emissions are finding a new challenge from remote work: the CO2 spewing out of home offices, Reuters reports. A few companies have...

Jacky Hunt-Broersma: The cancer survivor who ran 104 marathons in 104 days

Jacky Hunt-Broersma: The cancer survivor who ran 104 marathons in 104 days

-- 2022-05-03 10:03:43

A woman who took up running after she lost her left leg to cancer has passed the Guinness World Record for most consecutive marathons. Jacky Hunt-Broersma, 46, has run 26.2-miles every da...

Bring variation in your eid day dessert

Bring variation in your eid day dessert

Nowshaba Achal 2022-05-03 00:28:03

On the day of Eid, every household makes some desserts. The most common and traditional desert is shemai. Some other deserts are payesh, jordabhat, pudding, faluda etc.  However, if you are plan...

How Eid salami reminds us of the circle of life

How Eid salami reminds us of the circle of life

SHADIQUE MAHBUB ISLAM 2022-05-02 16:50:54

Eid salami is so entangled with our Eid memories that it still tingles our minds with the fresh smell of new banknotes and helps us to look back on our childhood and teen days, the glorious days of ch...

The snake-rescuers in Chattogram

The snake-rescuers in Chattogram

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-02 16:32:30

Whenever the call comes their way — which could happen several times a week — a group of snake rescuers in Bangladesh’s southeastern city of Chattogram immediately rush to save the r...

Which day is better for outing, Eid day or the day after Eid

Which day is better for outing, Eid day or the day after Eid

Shadique Mahbub Islam 2022-05-01 17:03:18

After nearly two years, the Eid-ul-Fitr is being celebrated without any COVID-19 restrictions. A festive mood is lingering in the scorching summer days, and the Dhaka residents are eagerly waiting for...

Oktoberfest to go ahead in 2022 after pandemic break

Oktoberfest to go ahead in 2022 after pandemic break

-- 2022-05-01 13:19:14

The annual Oktoberfest, the world's largest beer festival, will take place this year without any coronavirus restrictions after being cancelled for the past two years due to the pandemic, Munich mayor...

Things you get wrong about self-care

Things you get wrong about self-care

Morium Kulsum 2022-04-30 13:09:59

According to ASD Market Week, a massive retail marketing trade show publication, the global self-care market has grown from USD 10 billion to over USD 450 billion in 2020. The trending #SelfCare hash...

Should ‘cancel culture’ be cancelled?

Should ‘cancel culture’ be cancelled?

Nameha Jarin Khan 2022-04-28 16:58:05

Did you ever kick a person out of a group for a particular reason, whether in person or online? Or did you ever get ostracised by your familiar circle due to some specific reasons? This bitter act of...

The struggle for writing captions for social media photos

The struggle for writing captions for social media photos

Nowshaba Achal 2022-04-27 17:01:42

You have gone to a fancy restaurant, and clicked tons of photos; even some photos turned out aesthetic and perfect. But it took a while to upload because you could not think of an appropriate caption...

Modern life problems that have no ‘solution’

Modern life problems that have no ‘solution’

Nowshaba Achal 2022-04-27 13:22:55

No doubt technology and many digital inventions have made our life easy. Yet we ourselves create unique problems every day. These problems are not crucial yet irritating. However, everytime we try to...

Elitism and personal insecurities that lead to cringe-tagging

Elitism and personal insecurities that lead to cringe-tagging

Shadique Mahbub Islam 2022-04-26 17:21:45

What is cringy? Anything that creates the feeling of embarrassment or awkwardness in our mind is cringy. And it is not us only who can make ourselves cringe, it can be anyone in our society who can ca...

Easy mash recipes: A bachelor’s tribute to mom

Easy mash recipes: A bachelor’s tribute to mom

Shuvodip Biswas Turja 2022-04-24 16:56:46

“It was the time when I left my house for my graduation,” said Md Jobayer Al Salehin, a student of the English Department of Shahjalal Universities of Science and Technologies. “I s...

Getting back to the Childhood in a snap

Getting back to the Childhood in a snap

Iftekharul Islam 2022-04-24 15:23:20

It’s the 2000s. Coming back home from school, turning on the television and tuning to Cartoon Network. I wanna be the very best Like no one ever was To catch them is my real test To train...

German man took 90 COVID shots to sell vaccine certificates

German man took 90 COVID shots to sell vaccine certificates

FE Online 2022-04-23 14:21:48

Many people across the world have tried dodging Coronavirus vaccines for plenty of reasons. However, a 60-year-old man got himself vaccinated as many as 90 times to sell those vaccination cards to peo...

Bikers - the real ‘kings’ of the Dhaka streets?

Bikers - the real ‘kings’ of the Dhaka streets?

GALIB NAKIB RAHMAN 2022-04-21 17:31:02

The footpath is defined as a path for the pedestrians, those who are not in a vehicle, and rather use their foot instead. Dhaka traffic has always been a clichéd topic, there is nothing new t...

Four most thrilling hanging bridges in Bangladesh

Four most thrilling hanging bridges in Bangladesh

MORIUM KULSUM 2022-04-21 17:23:44

Keeping Eid holidays in mind, many of us are planning to go on trips. Some of us are selecting surreal natural destinations like Rangamati, Bandarban, and Khagrachori to wipe out any remnant city-indu...

Healthy drinks in iftar - doctor’s recommendation

Healthy drinks in iftar - doctor’s recommendation

Shuvodip Biswas Turja 2022-04-20 17:14:31

Who wants to have a typical healthy drink after fasting for at least 15 hot hours during the month of Ramadan?  Well, probably nobody, because everyone would like a tasty drink, a refreshing dri...

Sleep Routine: anytime vs nighttime sleep

Sleep Routine: anytime vs nighttime sleep

Dr Imtiaz Ahmed 2022-04-20 16:40:38

The sleep requirement for adults aged 18-64 is between seven to nine hours. If we can get this as an uninterrupted sleep at night, that is preferable. However, there are a lot of people who have to ta...

The missing natural sounds of Dhaka: Drawing a picture long lost

The missing natural sounds of Dhaka: Drawing a picture long lost

SHADIQUE MAHBUB ISLAM 2022-04-18 16:40:11

‘The Romantic City of the East’ - this was the name given to Dhaka by the European travellers to Bengal. The city has been around for four hundred years, and, though it may be hard to imag...

These are the reasons your router is slowing down

These are the reasons your router is slowing down

Fardeen Kabir 2022-04-18 13:24:03

Slowing down of your WiFi router is a common experience. And there are certain things most users are not aware of that slow down a router. Here are the most common ones that slows down your WiFi netwo...