A typical Bengali new year lunch may comprise the following items. These are rice, fish curry, daal, shaak bhaji, chutney, meat, etc.

The foundation of Bangla cooking depends not so much on special techniques or expensive ingredients, but on the flavourings, especially, locally grown herbs and spices.

The last two days of Chaitra (the last month of the Bengali calendar) and the first day of Boishaki (Bengali New Year's Day), makes the three day combined festivities of the Boishabi revelry by the aadibasi tribes of Chittagong Hill Tracts.

The newly married brides of the tribe serve the youths with homemade rice wine and encouragements.

People celebrate this cultural festival starting their day having breakfast with panta-ilish.

Who doesn't love spicy, filling and comfort food? Hakka Chinese offers all of that and much more.

Accidents never come with a warning. It can happen at any place, any time with anyone.

Along with summer come the much dreaded heat and humidity. And for those of us who sweat a lot, prickly heat or heat rash is a common problem.

Traditionally, we are keen on indigenous forms like Manipuri, Kathak and Odissi, but these days people want to experience the cultural diversity and are also keen on taking up western, Latin, etc. dance forms.

Drumsticks are pods of plants called moringa oleifera, known as sajna in Bangladesh.

People have believed in alternative medicine like unani, homeopathy, ayurveda and acupuncture for over millennia.

HEXAMITA is a flagellated protozoa (Protozoon) that lives in the intestinal tract of fish. They are ever present in the intestinal tract of fish and are like a certain strain of E.

After a long, tiring day at work, we only wish to return home to a peaceful ambience.

The neem tree has diverse use in the traditional medicine and thus earned its just designation - 'Sorvo Rog Nivaroni' (the one that can cure all ailments).

The Korean franchise in Bangladesh had recently celebrated its one-year anniversary in the country.

Have you noticed that recently some new restaurant hubs are gradually coming into being? Alongside locations like Dhanmondi, Banani 11 and Baily Road, etc. new areas have become hotbeds for hanging out and eating out.

Here's the second part of Lifestyle columnist Reeme Islam's preparation of her Berry Healthy Salad.

Rukhsara Osman takes you through the preparation of the crab topping for her pancake recipe for the World Cup.

Watching a long cricket match can bring about hunger pangs. Waking up to catch an early game in the morning demands a sugar rush and a bit of good food to keep our tired eyes open, as well as keeping our tummies happy throughout the time.

Over the last few decades the fertility rate in Bangladesh declined to 2.1 births per woman and the use of contraceptives rose to 61percent among women between 15-49 years of age (World Bank 2010-2014).