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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Sailor products at huge discounts

Fashion and lifestyle brand Sailor is offering 30 to 50 percent discounts on its products. Varieties of outer winterwear like coats, blazers, sweaters, etc. are part of this discount.
22 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Scottish beauty — Edinburgh

The capital of Scotland is an unparalleled beauty as the city is full of Georgian and neoclassical architecture. Edinburg has two distinguished parts, just like as we have old and new Dhaka, and both these parts boast specific sites worth visiting.
22 January 2018, 18:00 PM

A tailored performance

If you need some fashion inspiration to warm you up during the cold wave sweeping across the city, look no further than Samuel Hoque's Spring/Summer 2018 collection, which includes variations on his greatest hits and innovations so far, and two new standout additions in his stellar line-up of bomber jackets.
22 January 2018, 18:00 PM

How to breakfast!

You've hit the snooze button on your alarm twice already, proving how difficult it is to get out of bed on winter mornings. But then the delicious smell of 'niramish' and 'chholar daal' comes wafting into your room.
22 January 2018, 18:00 PM

The Butterfly Park & Research Centre

Floating about like flying colours and always a little out of grasp, butterflies are graceful creatures. To shed light on why these alluring insects exist and what seemingly-underrated role they play in nature, the Butterfly Park and Research Centre was opened at Jahangirnagar University in 2015.
22 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Thali: House of Spices

Located on the 6th floor of Kazi and Ahmad Tower at Dhanmondi Road #2 (beside Shimanto Square), Thali has already won the hearts of its customers since its opening on 1 December, 2017.
22 January 2018, 18:00 PM

GuruGuru Sushi

In a bid to satiate our never-ending cravings for Japanese cuisine, my friends and I stumbled into this quaint beauty of an eatery located in Banani.
22 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Dinner ideas for winter nights

Put cold meat in a frying pan over a medium-high heat and cook until crisp. Drain on kitchen paper.
22 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Singling out singledom

There is something that rubs an entire segment of people the wrong way when a thirty-something single person is concerned. Push the age to forty-something and you would think the social structure as you know it is crumbling.
22 January 2018, 18:00 PM

BE YOURSELF; BE STYLISH

You consider yourself a fashionista. Coco Chanel quotes grace your social media cover page, and you believe in them wholeheartedly. A lady should be two things — classy and fabulous, is your mantra in life.
22 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Brunei Darussalam - Paradise on earth

On November 26 last year, my wife and I decided to visit Brunei on a long-pending invitation from our son, Shahriar Shams Rony, who works as a teacher at the Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB).
18 January 2018, 18:00 PM

This Week's Horrorscope

There is no way my brudda.
17 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Of fair and faux leather

Leather is often associated with risk when imagining an ensemble beyond belts, shoes and wallets. Catwoman and Batgirl are the queens of leather.
15 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Sturdy and fashionable bags from Max Bag

Any travel is incomplete without a durable bag to haul all the essentials. Max Bag, a bag brand imported from China, is here to answer the carrying needs of the people.
15 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Life hacks to beat the chill

It is not possible to avoid winter, but what we can do is avoid the unwanted results with some at-home hacks and a few small changes and tricks around the home.
15 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Thank god it's frIday

As promised, ToyCon BD brings you Pop Shop, an initiative brought to life where countless vendors will sell their merchandise under one roof, one Friday every month.
15 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Ensuring a pet friendly winter

As the temperatures are finally starting to drop in the city we prepare ourselves with an army of winter goodies to keep us insulated throughout these months, and stock up on herbal essentials to avoid catching a cold.
15 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Go nuts with almonds

We all experience cravings and often end up snacking on unhealthy food. Almonds are not only a great snack, but also the most nutrition packed nuts of them all.
15 January 2018, 18:00 PM

Give peas a chance

One of my earliest childhood recollections of Dhaka winters include peas. I can still remember that big, white, tin plate — one that was usually taken out after a big grocery haul — with blue flowers drawn on it.
15 January 2018, 18:00 PM

The Bangla Appayon

Let us make this clearer. Although we hated being ruled by the British, some of us did become ardent fans of their lifestyle and upbringing. Hence the emergence of the many garden parties a.k.a tea parties in our subcontinent, today! But do these tea parties have to be an exact copy of the British? Not necessarily so!
15 January 2018, 18:00 PM