holiday
Christmas special / 12 films to stream on Netflix this holiday season
Netflix's 2023 holiday offerings cater to diverse tastes, ranging from potential Oscar contenders– such as Todd Haynes' perennial favourite "Carol" to animated family favourites like "Klaus". It also streams timeless Christmas classics like "Love Actually" and a plethora of originals, including Lindsay Lohan's "Falling for Christmas".
5 lightweight books for your hometown commute this Eid
An enjoyable read, easy to carry, can be a good companion to improve the travel experience
5 inspirational movies you can watch
The abundance of options when it comes to finding something to watch these days can be overwhelming to say the least. So, let’s put your mind at ease and also give your palettes some cleansing from all the raunchy reality TV shows Netflix puts out every two days by watching some inspirational movies. Now, we are going to leave out the Shawshanks, the Good Will Huntings and the Forrest Gumps because by now, everyone has watched or at least heard of them. Instead, we will be focussing on more recent flicks.
Top 5 horror movies you probably haven't heard of
Are you tired of watching the same old horror movies with loud eerie sounds and predictable jump scares? Do you crave to be on the edge of your seat and question if someone or something is with you? Then you’ve come to the right place. Whether you’re a fan of found-footage horror, slow psychological burn or gruesome horror, you’ll find these five criminally underrated bone-chilling horror movies able to keep you up at night.
Ways to de-stress this holiday season
Holiday stress is our body's and mind's reaction to the intense responsibilities and demands in our lives. Although holidays should be happy and joyful, these special occasions can often turn rather stressful. We will need to provide a lot of compassion to both ourselves and others throughout this season for everyone to enjoy our holiday.
ECHOES / Religious Festivals and Holiday Blues
Sadly, not all religious festivals are accommodated with breathing space.
Daycation at Kaalmegha Country Club & Resort
The Dhakaites out there who have been grinding hard at the office or at their side hustles tend to believe the only gateway they can have is outside the concrete jungle. Most of the time they are right. However, more than often cannot spare two nights in a week to travel out of town and spend measly few hours in a hotel or resort for a price of an entire day. Why not decompress at a getaway which is within your reach? Maybe in the outskirts of Dhaka only a few hours of drive away? Kaalmegha Country Club & Resort just might be the answer to your woes.
Beating your Monday blues
Does a feeling of dread and anxiety drown you the afternoon before a new work week begins? If not, consider yourself lucky, for a lot of people do feel anxious, irritable, fearful, and restless on Saturday/ Sunday evening, depending upon the day work week begins where you live. Here are a few things that you can consider doing to beat this sinking feeling that overwhelms you before your work day starts.
How to jazz up your chocolate drink
A piping hot mug of classic hot chocolate is the perfect, heart-warming drink for these cold days in the winter season.
The best places in Dhaka for Christmas delicacies
The essence of Christmas in all of its delicious sweets is celebrated by many cafes, restaurants, and hotels in Dhaka.
Christmas: The season for giving and getting creative!
Gifts are not only a customary part of Christmas, but also an endearing way to show our loved ones how much they mean to us. Here are some ideas for the present to make this exchange more personal and wholehearted.
Recipes for the Christmas holidays
Recipes to try for the coming Christmas Holidays.
'Bravo! This is amazing'
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza might be on a holiday at Cox's Bazar, but with Bangladesh's cricketers putting in one of their best Test performances in Chittagong, he barely managed to move away from his television set.
Troubles of Bangladesh's transport workers
The usual eight-hour working time a day is not applicable for him. He has to work almost double the time.
Kenyan woman edits herself into holiday photos with hilarious consequences
A woman from Kenya has edited herself into a series of other people's holiday photographs on her Facebook page.
Durga Puja holiday now Oct 22
The government has decided to shift this year's public holiday on Durga Puja from October 23 to October 22.
Journey home made terrible
People rushing for home to celebrate Eid feel the pinch of inadequate transport and road capacity as well the poorly manned traffic at some points of their journey but for Masud Rana the trip was horrible all through right from the beginning.
Fewer holidays may reduce backlog of cases: CJ
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha stresses the need for reducing traditional long vacations of the Supreme Court in order to increase disposal of cases and lessen the backlogs.