Colonel Harland Sanders is a name directly associated with fried chicken. His secret recipe of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) still remains a secret. Col. Sander’s 129th birthday was this year, on 9 September.

If you are thinking this is yet another piece on our fantasy regarding the quintessential Bengali belle and their mesmerising eyes, then pause. This is exactly that…and perhaps, a little more.

The three worlds trembled – a deity was created with celestial powers. With all her blessings, she transformed into this beautiful form, and marched against the demons, on her mount. Unsurpassed in beauty; she is eternal. She is the protector of the realm, and a clear manifestation of energy. She is all women, in their truest form. She is Durga, the life-like expression of divine energy.

Durga Puja is synonymous to celebration, none of which are complete without an elaborate table spread, with dishes ranging from the simplest ‘bhortas’ to the most delicious variety of fish.

Cinque Terre means ‘five villages,’ because this band of five picturesque fishing villages are bound by a single thread, as if to tell a collective tale, along the Mediterranean coast of Liguria, Italy.

You know that feeling when you take out your laundry and still find unsavoury clumps, or stains of powder detergent, the same detergent that was meant to clean your clothes.

Regular lineups and products aside, YoungKay is all set for Puja this festive season, with special kurtis and shirts for women.

The Palace Luxury Resort in Habiganj — on the outskirts of Sylhet — is a treasure trove of sorts. With rich flora and fauna and a wide plethora of facilities for vacationers, the 150-acre resort is a true wonderland.

If you are not blessed with 20/20 vision, and if lenses or surgery — no matter how trivial, is one that you shall avoid till you breathe your last, then you are left with no choice but to rely on your glasses as your ‘vision partner.’

Exuberance was the call of the day for this year’s New York Fashion Week, featuring the Spring-Summer 2020. While the runways were highlighted with fashion houses and their latest lineups, the backstage was busy as ever with prepping the right look.

Kurry Accent, an Indian restaurant in Gulshan-2, had recently organised Awadhi Food Fest. Food festivals by eateries, particularly by hotels, have become rather commonplace nowadays.

As Star Lifestyle enters into the last quarter of the year, running strong on promoting all things local; #deshialways, Chondon marks its 10-year celebration of its jewellery line with an exhibition, held from 19-21 September, at their very own showroom.

The largest festivity of this season is just around the corner, and Anjan’s is all set with a delightful line to suit the season. Colourful and gorgeous clothes are the rage and Anjan’s latest collection is here to set the score with clothes in various patterns and designs.

It’s a chilly weekend afternoon and snuggled up on a cosy rocking chair by the bedroom window, you are about to finish reading this fabulous novel. After having basked quite a while in the feel-good vibes of the novel’s climactic finish, you decide to rise from your chair for a brisk walk around the house.

Beguiling lost hearts and charming old souls, orchids have blessed the earth for the longest time among all other species of flowers. A true championship of orchids, Dhaka’s Annual Orchid Show, held at Gulshan 2, therefore, aims to unite orchid enthusiasts from all parts of the city to indulge in nothing but the floral stunners of nature.

My mornings are pathetic. Like all the ladies out there, juggling work and family; with crying toddlers or school going kids, with angry teenagers, or nerdy university-going grown-ups, and not to forget a difficult child-like adult heading for work — our mornings are worse than any migraine headache.

A fading yellow line separates the growing throng of people behind me from entry into the People’s Republic of China. In front, a

Greece is possibly one of the last countries you would expect to find rocky, snow-capped mountains, interjected by stone forests and gurgling streams.

Feel like ordering a TV for the football league final in a couple of days, but have no time to shop? Head to Aladeiin.com for the Sony A9F 55 Inch 4K Android Television for just TK 2,72,990, much lower than many other retail prices out there! Coupled with attractive

I found paradise at a quaint pond on the crack of dawn last Friday. I must jot down the exact moment before memory fades, as I wish to return to that exact moment time and again, even if it is only through the words I write.