The only reason you are not rioting about this sweltering summer heat is because it coincides with the season of the ‘King of fruits,’ Mangoes. Auspicious, fragrant, juicy, pulpy, having mangoes is nearly therapeutic. Sour or sweet, ripe or unripe, mangoes in any form never fails to hit your taste bud right.

The pandemic has significantly impacted overall mental health of the general population. Extent and severity of symptoms would vary from person to person, depending on the balance between adversities of life and available resources to cope with it.

Even if you want to play a game of bridge with your friends, it’s a good idea to have a TV playing in the background. And did we mention that the Euro has started?

Mango crepe is a pancake using fresh mango purée topped with fluffy whipped cream and mango chunks, wrapped with a thin, moist crepe. A pillow-shaped creamy dessert to die for.

I first came across the word pen pal when I was a student of 4th grade. There was a very clichéd letter in the syllabus which was about describing your country to a foreign pen friend.

For over a year, and since the pandemic was with us, I started writing a diary of my days in quarantine. Looking back at what I wrote a couple of days back, I thought: why not share a few of the thoughts that came to me over the year in a concise way with Star Lifestyle readers?

Ratul Hasan, 6, lives on St. Martin’s Island, the southernmost point of Bangladesh. On a nighttime magical journey with “the Old Man of the Winds,” Ratul sees two kinds of possible future for his country and the world — one bleak and one bright.

Milk has always been considered an ideal food and therefore, the demand was always there. If you live in a village and you know a farmer, you can get freshly collected milk every morning. But what happens if you don’t know a farmer (it happens) or what if you live in a city like Dhaka?

The dairy industry is diverse with several milk-based products, and with so many available options to choose from, consumers now demand a higher degree of safety and nutrition from their food. Not only that, consumers in all sectors depict an increasing level of awareness and seek more information regarding the food they purchase.

Peer pressure, commercials or even siblings at home, encourage children to take up junk food at the beginning, and then the battle from there to get them rolled back into a healthy lifestyle becomes an uphill struggle

The dairy industry of Bangladesh, in all its glory, is one of the primary economic drivers of the nation. It has developed considerably in the past few decades with the incorporation of advanced technology along with better methods of processing and packaging.

Have you ever wondered about the process your store-bought milk goes through before safely reaching your home? Well, among many other factors that facilitate this process, dairy hubs play a crucial role in ensuring milk security and availability for all.

Since time immemorial, safeguarding food safety and hygiene, especially for perishable products such as milk has remained a challenge. Fortunately,

“Currently, there are so many alternative forms to consume milk which were not available previously, such as cheese, yoghurt, milk powder and flavoured milk. So, although milk is not directly consumed as it was done before, people are consuming it via other means, which also reduces the dependency on plain milk,” he said.

Let’s zero in on food safety! After all, it is World Food Safety Day today. And it is also a major issue to be dealt with in Bangladesh, as it is all across the world; during the pandemic, it is even more crucial.

The month of June celebrates something we all love — food! There have been many technologies innovated and introduced globally that serve to ensure that absolutely the safest and best food is delivered to consumers.

Time and again we have been reminded of the dire condition of food safety in Bangladesh. Although positive steps are being taken and some praiseworthy initiatives are in place, we still have a long way to go in ensuring safe food for all.

Concerns related to safe food processing, packaging and transport, while a constant area of monitoring and innovation, have come to the fore anew due to the Coronavirus pandemic that has gripped the world for over a year now.

Today’s consumers are extremely well-informed; they not only want safe food from manufacturing companies and brands, but also do not want this access at the cost of the planet.

Daily skincare routines, oral health practices and all the things we do to maintain our health are included in personal hygiene. Maintaining these practices not only keeps us physically healthy and strong but also makes us more confident, positively impacts our personal relationships, and caters to our mental well-being as well.