Preventing child marriage
Md Atikur Rahman :arly marriage is a common disorder in Bangladesh. In order to achieve Millennium Development Goals, where different remedies are being taken, there can be no conscious citizen’s desire to have a...
Weekend Plus
Beat the heat with these refreshing summer beverages Fresh Bael Fruit Cooler
Weekend Plus Desk :Ingredients1 – Bael50g – Sugar (powdered)1-2 – Lemon (optional)1/2 tsp – Black saltMethod* Take out the pulp of bael in a big bowl.* Add 1 cup of water to the bowl...
Completing first-time marathon ‘reverses’ ageing of blood vessels
Weekend Plus Desk :Training for and completing a first-time marathon reverses ageing of major blood vessels, according to a study which found that the older and slower runners benefit the most. A hallmark of...
Electric vehicles: The inevitable future
Ashish Kalam :ossil fuels have become a major integral part of how the world runs, everything from power, transport to industrial work, all depend on fossil fuels. But our dependency on it has created...
Keep fit in Ramzan
Fahmida Hashem :amzan 2019 was started and fasts will last over 18 hours on some days, making it all the more important to look after your health if you are fasting. The holy month...
Hard water can harm baby’s sensitive skin
Weekend Plus Desk :n the past few years, environmental factors have become very crucial when it comes to their impact on health, including air pollution or the kind of water consumed. Several epidemiological studies...
Poet Sukanta Bhattacharya
Anik Mahmud :oet Sukanta Bhattacharya (1926-1947), Marxist poet, was born on 15 August 1926 at his maternal uncle’s home in Kolkata. His paternal home was in Kotalipara in Faridpur. His father Nibaranchandra Bhattacharya was...
POEM
A poem for 1st May-Sukanta BhattacharyaRed fire flames had spread from one skyline to another,What more can it be while living a dog’s life? How long will you be pleasedAt all the scraps of others?Express...
Novelist Shawkat Osman
Syed Azizul Huq :hawkat Osman (1917-1998), educationist, novelist, short story writer, was born on 2 January 1917 in the district of Hughli, Paschimbongo, India. His real name was Sheikh Azizur Rahman; Shawkat Osman was...
Great Poet Omar Khayyam
Literature Desk :mar Khayyam, Arabic in full Ghiyath al-Din Abu al-Fat Umar ibn Ibrahim al-Nisaburi al-Khayyami was born on May 18, 1048, in Neyshabur (also spelled Nishapur), Khorasan in northeastern Persia (now Iran). He...
POEM
Short StoryJourney for turtleArisha Naveennce upon a time, there was a girl named Lily. At that time there were no iPhones, nothing to learn if animals were friendly or not, if plants were friendly...
POEM
The Holy Ramzan-Anis FatemaThe whole world is enlightened as the Heavenly ‘Noor’ is on earth,The noblest desires are blended with joyous Muslims’ heart.Let us uphold the flag of whiteness as Ramzan arrives with the...