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Sheikh Arif Bulbon :Over the span of a decade, Nasir Ali Mamun recorded the one-man journey of the ‘fugitive’ and bohemian painter SM Sultan – his pathos, darkness and struggle as he went about...

Weekend Plus Desk :You probably spend more than 40 plus hours in a week at your office desk, so personalising your space with things that make you happy and inspire you will surely help...

Muhammad Quamrul Islam :In the morning of September 8, 2018 we started from our residence at Uttara well ahead in order to reach in time the scheduled meeting at New DOHS, Mohakhali, Dhaka. Luckily...

Weekend Plus Desk :If you wake up in the morning after an incomplete sleep, wishing you could sleep some more, it is always a good idea to tweak a few things in your lifestyle...

Weekend Plus Desk :According to WHO, of the 20 most polluted cities in the world, 14 are in India and indoor pollution is as bad as outdoor pollution. Stagnant indoor environments allow pollutants to...

Sambaru Chandra Mohanta :Girish Chandra Sen (1835-1910), religious scholar and translator, who made the first creditable and full translation of the holy Quran into Bangla, was born in the village of Panchdona in Narayanganj....

Weekend Plus Desk :No matter how cool and exciting traveling to far off places looks like on social media, you can’t avoid the baggage it brings with it – horrible jetlags that make you...

Weekend Plus Desk :Pregnant women can safely limit their weight gain with diet and exercise interventions, the results of a group of trials by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) show. Many overweight...

Weekend Plus Desk :10,000 steps a day is often touted as popular culture’s answer to fitness. With the arrival of the ‘cool’ fitness bands, keeping a track of how much you cover in one...

Weekend Plus Desk :In a country like Bangladesh, asking people not to consume coconut oil can pass off as blasphemy. A dietary staple in most south Indian households, this clear liquid has been used...

Literature Desk :The social reformer who strived to make life better for the women of India and pushed the British government to pass the Widow Remarriage Act, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was a Bengali polymath...