Lifestyle
The Doll Makers
Dhaka, July 12 (UNB) - At Delhi’s Khirki Extension, a group of women can be seen creating fabric dolls, while music in Dari, plays in the background. Gunjan, one of them, is a refugee in Delhi, who had to leave her entire life behind in Afghanistan’s Bamyan — a place known for its monumental Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. She moved to Delhi in 2015 along with her husband and three children. Her husband, who knows Pashto, Hindi and French, works as a translator, while she runs a stitching enterprise, reports The Indian Express.
Will Travel for Food
Dhaka, July 12 (UNB) - When Christiaan Stoop decided to study the culinary sciences and become a chef, his parents asked him to begin by taking a solo trip to a country with contrasting culture, reports The Indian Express.
Traveling with a group? Here’s how to plan and stay friends
Dhaka, July 12 (UNB)- From bachelor parties to family reunions, group trips are opportunities to explore the world with the people you love. They also have the potential to be planning messes, with scheduling, decision-making and sorting-out finances coming together in a seemingly endless and possibly disappointing snarl. But they don’t have to be. We’ve rounded up tips, tricks and tools to help plan your next group getaway, hopefully allowing everyone to focus on the fun, not the logistics, reports The Indian Express.
Writing the perfect auto-response email
Dhaka, July 12 (UNB) - When Lisette Sand-Freedman, 42, took a four-day family trip to the Dominican Republic in February, she chose her out-of-office email message carefully. “In case of emergency, please call 911” was what rolled into the inboxes of chief marketing officers, publicists and celebrities who were trying to reach Sand-Freedman, chief executive of Shadow, a marketing and communications agency with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Her goal had been to offer a moment of levity and remind her contacts to pause and rethink their definitions of urgency, reports The Indian Express.
22 ancient amphoras found off Albanian coast
Albania, July 12 (AP/UNB) — A joint Albanian-American underwater archaeology project says it has found amphoras that are at least 2,500 years old in the Ionian Sea off the Albanian coast, which might yield an ancient shipwreck.
Rallies erupt on 'dog meat day' in South Korea
Seoul, Jul 12 (AP/UNB) — Dozens of people opposing dog meat consumption, including American actress Kim Basinger, have rallied in Seoul to mark a "dog meat day" in South Korea.
Aussie study links fiber intake during pregnancy to babies born with allergies, autoimmune disease
Sydney, July 12 (Xinhua/UNB)-- An Australian study has revealed that eating a high fiber diet during pregnancy could dramatically reduce the risk of preeclampsia, a serious illness which the study has also shown could lead to allergies and autoimmune illnesses in babies later in life.
2-day ceramic art project begins in city
Dhaka, Jul 12 (UNB)- A two-day ceramic art workshop titled '50 Artists 100 Mugs' began at Cosmos-Atelier71 Printmaking Studio in the city’s Malibagh area on Friday.
Photo shows black bear relaxing at New Hampshire hotel
Bretton Woods, Jul 12 (AP/UNB) — It seems bears enjoy a good view just like any other visitor to the White Mountains in New Hampshire.
80-90% world population suffer from Vitamin D deficiency
Dhaka, July 11 (UNB)- Some 80-90% of world population have been suffering from Vitamin D deficiency but mostly ignored and undiagnosed.