Romance abound at Dhaka Regency and Amari Dhaka
Weekend Plus Desk :haka Regency Hotel & Resort has arranged a host of events and promotions to keep its guests plenty engaged this year on Valentine’s Day. Celebration in the hotel’s all day dining...
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From chair dips to foot drill: Smart ways to exercise at your work desk
Weekend Plus Desk :Most of us these days are constantly tapping away at the keyboards and hardly find the time to be away from our computers. Several studies have established the relationship between sitting...
Nagging sore throat can be a sign of cancer
Weekend Plus Desk :ersistent sore throat, according to a recent research, can be symptomatic of cancer. The report that was quoted in BBC states that if a nagging sore throat is accompanied with earache,...
Firoz Mahmud dismantles British Imperialism through paintings
Selima Quader Chowdhury :istorical narratives have existed in art since humans first learned to express themselves. Visual representations of the past serve as historical documents that enable us to understand and interact with history....
Dismantles British Imperialism
Contd from page 4 :In (fig 7), Firoz depicts a female figure within finitely long hair which is strangling a white man like a venomous serpent, demonstrating the potential of the threat Indian women...
Moniruddin Yusuf: Poet and translator of Shahnama
Ayub Hossain :oniruddin Yusuf (1919-1987) writer and translator, was born on 13 February 1919 in the zamindar family of Boulai in Kishoreganj. His father was Maulvi Misbah Uddin Ahmad. It is said that his...
Bangiya Sahitya Bisayini Mussalman Samiti
Wakil Ahmed :angiya Sahitya Bisayini Mussalman Samiti, a Bangali Muslim literary society, was set up in 1899 in Kolkata at the initiative of Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury, zamindar of Dhanbari, who became its founder...
Rocking like a baby helps adults sleep better
Weekend Plus Desk :leeping or the lack of it has always been a topic of discussion and it never gets too old. According to a recent report, as quoted in BBC, rocking adults, much...
Air pollution and climate change are global threats in 2019: WHO
Weekend Plus Desk :limate change, according to a list published by the World Health Organization (WHO), features as one of the top 10 global threats in 2019. The list also mentions that air pollution...
Optimism may cut diabetes risk in women
Weekend Plus Desk :ositive personality traits such as optimism may help reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a study conducted on postmenopausal women claims. The research based on data from a long-term...
Novelist Emily Bronte
Joyce M S Tompkins :mily Brontë, in full Emily Jane Brontë, pseudonym Ellis Bell, (born July 30, 1818, Thornton, Yorkshire, England-died December 19, 1848, Haworth, Yorkshire), English novelist and poet who produced but one...
Novelist James Joyce
Literature Desk :ames Joyce (1882-1941) was an Irish, modernist writer who wrote in a ground-breaking style that was known both for its complexity and explicit content.James Joyce was born on February 2, 1882 in...