Fight back against Chikungunya
Fahmida Hashem :Chikungunya fever is a new panic in Dhaka city. It’s spreading very fast in our capital. The name ‘Chikungunya’ derives from a word...
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Add these face packs to your beauty essentials list, especially for monsoon
Weekend Plus Desk :Detoxification of the skin is essential during monsoon as it prevents allergies, puffiness and skin diseases. Add gram flour, lemon and green...
Outdoor furniture you can invest in during monsoon
Weekend Plus Desk :During the rainy season, sitting outside and soaking in the pleasant weather has a different charm altogether. Invest in hanging chair, teak...
Most women feel monsoon odour strains personal relationships
Weekend Plus Desk :Women feel lingering odour that emerges in the monsoon season is a mood killer and strains personal relationships, according to a new...
Rabindranath Tagore: The Nobel Laureate
Mahmud Shah Qureshi :Rabindranath Tagore, the most celebrated literary figure of the British-India during the past century and earlier, was known as Tagore, all around...
Shiraji: Pioneer of Muslim renaissance
Hossain Mahmud :In the last part of 19th century a renaissance was being a crying need for the development of the Muslims of Indo-Pak-Bengal subcontinent...
Selected works of Tagore in English
Literature Desk :Gitanjali (Song Offerings) ; with an Introduction by W B Yeats – London, 1913 Glimpses of Bengal Life: Being Short Stories from the...
Love for a departed brother
M Zahidul Haque :Montu Bhai is no more. He breathed his last at a hospital in Atlanta on 26 July 2017. The news of his...
Dragon Chop Suey recipe is perfect to beat after office hunger pangs
Weekend Plus Desk :In the words of food historian Alan Davidson, Chop Suey is “a prime example of culinary mythology”. There is a long list...
The Lightness of Being
Weekend Plus Desk :The first performer of the evening, Tahira Nath, plays a woman, who, like Dionysus, loves wine and drama. Teetering on the edge...
Playing crosswords daily may keep your brain younger
Weekend Plus Desk :Love to play word puzzles such as crosswords? It may improve brain function and keep your brain ten years younger, a study...
Delicious variety of monsoon snack recipes
Weekend Plus Desk :Dont just stick to tea and pakoras when the rain clouds gather. Add variety to your monsoon snack list, say experts. Noah...