This week is all about the celebration of Durga Puja. Star Lifestyle showcases the many facets of Durga and her avatars, the goddess as a symbol of a valiant woman, the mysticism of the colour that is red, and much more.

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The Dhakaite's palate was further polished with the advent of the café culture and now, people either crave for a black, sugar-free coffee, or the multitude of flavoured ones, as opposed to the 3-in-one Nescafe affair from about a decade ago.

Occurring annually, Durga Puja has always been one of the largest and most colourful festivals in Bangladesh. It marks the victory of Goddess Durga over the demon Mahishasura, after ten days and nine nights of battling him.

For this week, as Mahalaya is upon us and Durga has descended on this mortal plane on a horse, Star Lifestyle presents to you a quintessential fashion planner for the most festive four days of the puja.

The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son, who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry, against his father's wishes.

The other day, I ran across an old friend, a charming elderly gentleman, who is well known for his charm and impeccable manners. I happened to ask him about his aches and pains. "Oh, there are so many that if we start talking about them, it will take all day," he said, waving it away with a smile.

Do you ever feel like your mind is enveloping you in a hug, and not the nice, warm one, but a tight, suffocating hug that constricts your breathing, makes your skin sweat or your heart race in fear?

1 October marks the International Coffee Day, and Le Meridien Dhaka has been celebrating this day from the time it started way back in 2015.

Keeping Durga Puja as their centre of focus, fashion house Megh has brought out panjabis and t-shirts for boys, kameez sets for girls and fatuas, frocks and t-shirts for younger children.

Fashion brand Artizan now has a new collection of shirts, polo shirts, t-shirts, pants and panjabis. Made with comfortable fabric, the clothes ooze diversity in design.

The festivities are upon us and fashion house Nipun is here to ensure no one falls behind the trend! Considering the blistering heat and comfort, they have incorporated fabrics like cotton, linen, joysilk and tant cotton.

Keeping up with the multilateral fashion trends of the younger generation, Cats Eye is all set with the best of their designs with better prices.

The Bangladesh Heritage Crafts Foundation, held a press conference on 30 September at Baridhara Diplomatic Enclave Club, followed by a two-day exhibition on 5 and 6 October at House 1B, Road 71, Gulshan-2, Dhaka-1212.

Fabrics include handloom cotton, linen, half-silk, endi-silk, endi-cotton, voile etc. Base colours are off-white, white, magenta, red, orange, golden yellow, blue, purple and many more.

Arbab Musa fell in love with food when he was only in second grade. He started spending more time with his mother in the kitchen than anywhere else.

Even though many claim global warming and the entire concept of climate change to be a hoax, it is very evident how global warming is causing various disrupting changes around us.

Khazana restaurant calls upon all the food lovers of Dhaka to experience the incredible diversity of Peshawari cuisine. They are arranging a “Kahani Ek Swaad Ki” with the Peshawari Food Festival, lasting till 14 October, 2018.

I just celebrated 11 years of being married. That too, to the same woman. And this year we both remembered the day, a day late. Which is okay because now we are even. Last year, she forgot, which was hilarious for me. Earlier, I had forgotten. But this balance did not come easily. Here's what we learned over the years.

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