Life Style

Learn ways to calm your stress

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Relaxation techniques are a great way to help your quest for stress management. Relaxation isn't just about peace of mind or enjoying a hobby. Relaxation is a process that decreases the wear and tear of life's challenges on your mind and body.

‘Rickshaw capital’ sees first ever rickshaw festival

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Dhaka, known as the 'rickshaw capital of the world', saw its first ever rickshaw festival on Saturday.

Why bad jokes are easier to remember than the good ones

The greatest jokes work by subverting usual thought patterns, making them less memorable but funnier, according to new research.

March 25 today

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Today is March 25 and the nation today recalls with horror the night 38 years ago in 1971 when the Pakistani military junta began one of the history’s worst genocides in the erstwhile East Pakistan leading to a nine-month war of independence of Bangladesh.

The voice behind the scene

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March 26 this year is tinged with a shade of darkness, with the atrocities of the past month still fresh in our minds.

Task force on global financial crisis: An introspective note

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It was October 2008. The world was witnessing an apparent liquidity problem in an obscure corner of a highly leveraged and apparently risk-free financial market in the largest economy of the world. But this was increasingly turning into a global solvency and confidence problem beyond any pessimistic prognosis.

A withering tradition

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Nasreen Khanam, Pamru, her daughter, and Musharrat Khatun, her colleague, boarded a horse-cart on their way from Gulistan to Sadarghat, back from a suppliers’ store at the bustling part of Old Town.

Nasreen, an entrepreneur, would have otherwise opted for a CNG taxi or a bus. ‘Pamru insisted we travel by a horse-cart and so here we are!’ says Nasreen with a wry smile.

Beauty Talk: Skin

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Skin Facts
The Skin is the body's largest organ, measuring 2 square yards and accounting for 15 percent of body weight. It is thickest on the back of the palms and soles of the feet and thinnest on the eyelids. The skin serves several functions- it protects the body from the external environment; expels waste and regulates body temperature.

Grand finale of Style Icon tonight

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Grand finale of the beauty pageant "Style Icon" will be aired live on ATN Bangla tonight at 7:45 pm. The event will be held at the theme park, Fantasy Kingdom, in Ashulia.

Permanent solution to sweaty armpits

Bad body odor can definitely be a huge embarrassment. While you stack up your favorite deodorants to fight off the sweat this summer, scientists have just found a permanent solution.