Summer is here in full swing, and apart from the cloudy days, choosing the appropriate attire to counter the heat becomes a challenge. Over the past few weeks we have tried to give you quirky wardrobe ideas to brave this weather and look great; these ranged from footwear to trousers to tops. This week, [...]

  They say that youth is often wasted on the young — that we can’t appreciate great skin and a fast metabolism until we get older and both start going in a direction we wish they hadn’t. I have devoted my career to helping people live longer through good nutrition by focusing on inner health. [...]

  An archaeologist believes a wall carving in a south Wales cave could be Britain’s oldest example of rock art. The faint scratchings of a speared reindeer are believed to have been carved by a hunter-gatherer in the Ice Age more than 14,000 years ago. The archaeologist who found the carving on the Gower peninsula, [...]

  The draft of the much-awaited Financial Reporting Act (FRA) that received approval of Finance Minister AMA Muhith last week will soon be placed before the cabinet for consideration, sources said. Banks, chartered accounting (CA) firms, financial institutions (FIs) and listed companies will come under a set of strict and uniform regulations incorporated into the [...]

  Facebook’s iPad app could be a lot closer to launch than we thought. A full-sized, fully-functional version of the iPad app is hidden inside the current iPhone app. That means that, if you are running the iPhone app you already have the iPad executable on your phone. Discovered by M.G Siegler, Apple writer for [...]

  Norway’s police believe Anders Behring Breivik probably acted alone in killing 76 people last Friday, and Norwegians united in revulsion against the worst attack in the Nordic nation since World War Two. A source close to the investigation told Reuters of Breivik’s talk of other cells: “We feel that the accused has fairly low [...]

  The battle between Barack Obama and the Republicans over the national debt reached a new level on Monday night when both claimed slices of prime-time television to blame one another for the looming crisis. Obama, in a 15-minute address to the nation, finally took the option that his Democratic colleagues have long urged on [...]

  England captured the prize wicket of Sachin Tendulkar during a tense afternoon session on the final day of the first Test against India at Lord’s on Monday. Tendulkar, whose highest score in nine innings at Lord’s is only 37, fell lbw to James Anderson for 12 after a laborious 85 minutes. At tea India, [...]

  Recalling the contribution of late Indira Gandhi to the Liberation War in 1971, prime minister Sheikh Hasina says India not only gave asylum to the refugees from Bangladesh, but also supported in diplomacy – politically and strategically. After handing over ‘Swadhinata Sommanona’ ((Bangladesh Freedom Honour) to her daughter-in-law Sonia Gandhi on her behalf on [...]

  President of the Indian National Congress Sonia Gandhi on Monday praised Bangladesh’s success in reducing fertility rates, underweight children, infant mortality and increasing immunisation, school enrolment, and life expectancy and said Bangladesh is ahead of India in these sectors. “Bangladesh has achieved economic and social success beyond anything thought possible at the time of [...]