Sunday | February 08, 2026 | Dhaka
In our country, books published in English usually remain unnoticed by the readers. It is quite presumable how many people read books in English, a country in which books published in Bengali have a...
Pollution-Ataturk Kamal PashaVery thirsty people are todayAnd they areIn quest of satisfying their thirst only No need to see the peopleWhat consequences they faceUntil and unless their thirstIs satisfied, they dig and digAnd continue...
Weekend Plus Desk :Although you have painted the walls of your abode, replaced your old tile flooring and given a new lease of life to your old wooden furniture, there are chances that you...
Weekend Plus Desk :While ‘you are what you eat’ is a contested statement, what we consume over many generations can shape the way we evolve as a species. Diet, in more ways than we...
Weekend Plus Desk :That winky-face emoji that you use at the end of a text isn’t just a fun picture added to your sentence. It can convey linguistic meaning that changes the interpretation of...
Weekend Plus Desk :Water benefits skin in many ways, but it is surprising to know that frozen water has many uses in beauty care if applied properly. Shahnaz Husain, founder, Chairperson and Managing Director...
Weekend Plus Desk :Chemist shop and pharmacies are flooded with Vitamin D supplements these days. Suddenly people are being told they aren’t getting enough sun. Just spending time outdoors won’t do. Their Vitamin D...
Weekend Plus Desk :An acne vaccine sounds nothing less than a magic bullet – one pinch, and no more pimples. More so, when it claims to not disturb your hormones. Entering into a world...
Weekend Plus Desk :Teenagers who drink and smoke are more likely to suffer a heart stroke later in life than those who abstain, according to a study published in the European Heart Journal. The...
Weekend Plus Desk :There are hundreds of fitness gurus out there preaching diet fads to their followers. But remember this, every diet plan works differently depending on a person’s body type, and should be...
Weekend Plus Desk :Workers tend to be more active and less stressed in open-plan offices and workspaces as compared to those working in cubicles and private offices, according to a new research. Since open-plan...
Zillur Rahman Siddiqui :Shamsur Rahman (1929-2006), poet and journalist, was born on 23 October 1929 in his grandmother’s house at 46 Mahuttuly in old Dhaka. His ancestral home was at village Pahartoly in Raipur...