Post-Eid Reflections: Missing the chaos of the city
It is as if Dhaka has been sleeping for the last few days.
16 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Ushering Baishakh with mishty
Most Dhakaites have a sweet tooth. We just cannot do without a sweet end to our meals, be it licking your fingers on Kashmiri mango achar, tomato chutney, or slurping up the daal (lentil soup) mixed with sweet, jujube and tamarind pickle.
12 April 2024, 13:54 PM
Ikigai Dhaka: Redefining furniture craftsmanship
Nawajesh Salahin Sunny’s fame was sitting at his factory in a zen-like state of mind amidst scattered wooden planks and huge containers. His craftsmen noisily worked all over the place; while he supervised the work being done to give the factory a showroom-like facelift.
7 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Ramadan price surge: the same old story?
Two-thirds of the Holy Month is over, and food prices are at an all-time high. Despite strict surveillance by magistrates to control price hikes and adulteration of food, this Ramadan, like always, traders are doing everything against the law.
31 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Mastercard Dhaka Night Market 2024: An adventure awaits!
Night-time shopping has a certain charm to it, almost a like starry-eyed rebellion. Come Ramadan, staying out late into the wee hours has almost become a trend for Dhakaites.
28 March 2024, 18:00 PM
DNCC in action: Transforming Dhaka with vibrant murals
Dhaka North’s newest venture is painting murals on flyovers, dustbin depots, free walls and spaces to make city streets look vibrant and colourful.
26 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Our last chance to preserve Collegiate School
Haque added, “Instead of bulldozing history, they could have renovated and preserved the school and turned it into a Hall of Fame for all its illustrious alumni. It could have been a library for children of the city schools to come and learn about the country’s famous sons.”
24 March 2024, 18:00 PM
The Jilapi Craze: Crunchy, sweet, and irresistible
Jilapi or jelebi, Ramzan or Ramadan; whichever way you say it, #jilapis is now a trending post on social media. And why not? It is the quintessential iftar delicacy second to none.
17 March 2024, 18:00 PM
When budget shopping meets style
The latest craze for city-dwellers is the cycle vans selling all kinds of things, from undergarments to cushion covers. I leave it up to you to broaden the spectrum of things you get in these footpath vans.
14 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Preserving Family Recipes: Share your legacy with Protibha Flavours
Every family has a special recipe -- a cherished dish that only the mother, a specific aunt, or sister can cook to perfection. The steaming Eid day polao garnished with almonds, pistachios, raisins, and plums may well be the grandma’s speciality, as is the Baishakhi special of the mother.
12 March 2024, 18:00 PM
The world in a bowl of soup!
I am a soup person when it comes to food. With Dhaka’s ongoing coughing feats and sneezing bouts, I needed a bowl of hot soup for my flu-ridden body and soul.
3 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Tiger Nazir and his ‘potchitro’
A popular figure in Dhaka’s art circuits, Nazir Hossain, better known as Tiger Nazir, is a self-taught scroll painter or “potua”. Seen at almost all fairs and folk exhibitions in the city, he flaunts a patriotic, green-and-red bandana with brushes stuck in his unkempt hair.
11 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Dhaka Makers 2: A celebration of youthful zeal
The lively event catered to the growing demand for locally crafted art and craft products.
6 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Dhaka Gate the city’s new splendour
I have crossed the Dhaka University campus and its adjoining areas like Shishu Academy, the Centre for Renewable Energy Research,
2 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Dhaka Flow: When influencers address mental health issues
“Shrink” is the informal noun to describe a psychotherapist. The word gained popularity from the fact that talking about your problems with her/him can hopefully help you reduce the difficulties or make them smaller and more manageable.
28 January 2024, 18:00 PM
The shift from brick-and-mortar to web stores
The popularity of online shopping is not new. We are constantly browsing our social media handles and getting hooked to sponsored pages.
25 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Protest Through Art: A Dhaka fashion designer for Palestine
Art as a form of activism can at times stand against oppression and discrimination. It has always been a medium of expression for struggles that personally or socially affect the artist. In recent times, fashion activism has come to the fore in Dhaka.
23 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Unraveling stories behind an iconic footpath
The long strip of pavement from Tin Netar Mazar near Doyel Chattar to the High Court Mazar, by the east gate of the old court premises, has always been a hotspot.
21 January 2024, 18:00 PM
A new food lane in town
Nights are just the opposite of the mad haste and the chaos that are Dhaka days. As the evening progresses and the rush dies down, the city awakes in a whole different tangent; it is time when the street food scene of this metro comes to life.
13 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Shakrain Celebrations: The art, culture and controversies of a kite festival
Samar Nandi has been in the trade for over 50 years and his tiny kite store, Shonkho Niketon, is a living testament to the popularity of this annual, Hindu festival symbolising unity and friendship of the community.
12 January 2024, 18:00 PM