The Korean franchise in Bangladesh had recently celebrated its one-year anniversary in the country.

Have you noticed that recently some new restaurant hubs are gradually coming into being? Alongside locations like Dhanmondi, Banani 11 and Baily Road, etc. new areas have become hotbeds for hanging out and eating out.

HEXAMITA is a flagellated protozoa (Protozoon) that lives in the intestinal tract of fish. They are ever present in the intestinal tract of fish and are like a certain strain of E.

Here's the second part of Lifestyle columnist Reeme Islam's preparation of her Berry Healthy Salad.

Rukhsara Osman takes you through the preparation of the crab topping for her pancake recipe for the World Cup.

Watching a long cricket match can bring about hunger pangs. Waking up to catch an early game in the morning demands a sugar rush and a bit of good food to keep our tired eyes open, as well as keeping our tummies happy throughout the time.

Over the last few decades the fertility rate in Bangladesh declined to 2.1 births per woman and the use of contraceptives rose to 61percent among women between 15-49 years of age (World Bank 2010-2014).

People should listen to music for no more than one hour a day to protect their hearing, the WHO suggests.

A nut is a fruit composed of a hard shell and a seed and is generally edible. Nuts have different nutritional values and offer health benefits as well as help in losing weight.

Yoga is a much deeper exercise than pilates or interval boot camp or running, cycling, jumping rope, because it works on three levels: body, mind and spirit. It facilitates the opening of mental faculties like the blossoming of a lotus flower.

One of the most overused clichés you have probably heard is, “Health is wealth”. It has been used so much that the importance of it has probably been lost. We do not pay heed to our health.

ASSUMPTIONS. When it comes to technology, we assume a lot of things. We assume that with education and access to technology, anyone and everyone should be able to access information.

Kheer Puli Kheer is a kind of concentrated flaky milk that is often used as a filling to make a variety of pitha. Kheer puli pitha is very delicious and easy to make.

With the increasing number of cardiovascular patients, the number of heart failure is increasing. The HVAD® System allows heart failure programmes to treat a broad range of patients, improve patient survival and patient quality of life. This makes the HVAD System the choice for heart failure programmes around the world.

Complications in the thumbs are growing and an alarming issue among texters, gamers and computer users. For every pound of pressure that you push at the tip of your thumb, it is magnified at the base of your thumb. It is estimated that people run a high risk of texting injuries if they text over 80 messages a day. This is about the equivalent of spending one hour a day only texting — repeatedly and rapidly tapping the thumb on a key pad daily makes sustained pressure at the tip of the thumb being magnified at the thumb’s base! Over time, repeated thumb use or injury can lead to problems.

Researchers says in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) that current exercise guidelines are unrealistic and argue that doctors should sometimes advise small increases in activity instead.

The popularity of cosmetic surgery in the UK plummeted in 2014, figures show, reports BBC.

Consuming a healthy diet throughout the life-course helps prevent malnutrition in all its forms as well as a range of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and conditions. But the increased production of processed food, rapid urbanisation and changing lifestyles have led to a shift in dietary patterns. People are consuming more foods high in energy, saturated fats, trans fats, free sugars or salt/sodium, and many do not eat enough fruit, vegetables and dietary fibre such as whole grains.

New Year's Eve is here and those of us who are planning to have a bash at home are all planning menus. Sometimes we forget about the scrumptious finger food we can serve instead of just chips and dip. I'm planning to put things on sticks, shooter glasses and soup spoons this year!