POEMS: To get your touch
-Mohammad Mamun Mia To get your touchI fly like steam in the blue horizonGo to the unknown edgeGet mixed in white and black cloudsFloat in the Himalayan mountainsIn the valleyIn the gulchIn the moonlit...
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POEMS: I was holding that flag
-Tahia Tabassum A sweet bizarre it was!The beneficiary to narrate the cause.I was holding a flagTo delete an ugly jag. The flag to spread out the love,The equality without any curve.The birth to diminish...
Jungle Book
Surbhi Gupta :At the peak of winter in 2016, wildlife biologist and photographer Latika Nath decided that she wanted to meet the snow leopards in Leh and Ladakh. Soon, she found herself 16,000 ft...
Mediterranean diet may curb air pollution’s effect on health
Weekend Plus Desk :Consuming Mediterranean diet rich in antioxidants could reduce the adverse effects of air pollution on health.A diet which includes antioxidants present in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, olive oils, fish and...
Married couples share the risk of diabetes
Weekend Plus Desk :Your partner’s body mass index (BMI) can predict your risk of developing diabetes, according to a which found study has found that men are particularly more prone to developing the metabolic...
Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, the city of yearing
Maruf Zakaria :Roman architecture was unlike anything that had come before. The Persians, Egyptians, Greeks and Etruscans all had monumental architecture. The grandeur of their buildings, though, was largely external. Buildings were designed to...
Secret ingredients for a cool summer
Weekend Plus Desk :With the mercury soaring, days of heat and dust are upon us. Beat the heat with the cold comfort of seasonal produce and time-tested recipes.When the sun beams brighter than the...
Secret ingredients
It’s something I have two-three glasses of in a day and it keeps the stomach in check,” says Mita Kapur, founder and CEO, Siyahi, and author of the food memoir, F-Word (HarperCollins, 2013). Found...
Rinse, exfoliate, moisturize: Pros and cons of men’s facial
Weekend Plus Desk :A lot of men don’t pay attention to their skin and let it suffer. Just take out a few minutes from your busy schedule and rinse, tone, exfoliate, moisturise daily without...
Ramzan and your health
Tamanna Chowdhury :Appropriate food selection can help to maintain good health during Ramzan. So, we should take healthy and balanced diet during iftar, sehri and dinner because during this time and type of diet...
Less Education, Child Marriage, Superstition: Women empowerment of Manta village in darkness
Sultana Parven :Skin wrinkled, body filled with ornaments glittering. Imprint of old age at furrowed face. By eyes no longer is seen well. Born in this village her body is hump now by spending...
Humanity dominates Nazrul’s works
Mizanur Rahman :Kazi Nazrul Islam is generally known as a ‘Rebel Poet.’ The description is only partially true. The Rebel in Nazrul mellowed down into a poet of love, lyrics and music by 1930...