Lifestyle
Two-day Nazrul Fest ends
Dhaka, July 26 (UNB) – The two-day Nazrul Fest organised by leading cultural organisation Chhayanaut to pay tributes to National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam ended here on Friday.
Weight loss among fat-acceptance influencers a fraught topic
New York, Jul 25 (AP/UNB) — Fashion and lifestyle blogger Maui Bigelow has always been curvy and built a social media presence by embracing every pound.
From Zen to zany, backyards with style and personality
Dhaka, Jul 25 (AP/UNB)- For some people, backyards aren’t just backyards anymore.
Chicago thieves steal 3 mannequins wearing designer clothes
Chicago, Jul 25 (AP/UNB) — Chicago police say three thieves smashed a display window of a high-end department store and stole three mannequins dressed from head to feet in designer clothes.
Nepal woman spends her day feeding temple monkeys
Kathmandu, Jul 25 (AP/UNB) — In the forests of Nepal's capital Kathmandu near the revered Hindu temple of Pahsupatinath, some 300 monkeys eagerly await their pieces of roti, or flat bread.
Sex with HIV still a crime? Updated laws divide advocates
Atlanta, Jul 24 (AP/UNB) — As Sanjay Johnson describes it, his sexual encounter with James Booth on Oct. 2, 2015, was a one-night stand. But it would bind the men inextricably two years later, when Booth walked into an Arkansas police station and accused Johnson of exposing him to HIV.
Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood on Booker Prize list
London, Jul 24 (AP/UNB) — Booker Prize winners Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood are contenders again for the coveted fiction trophy.
Diplomats' brain scans show differences, add to Cuba mystery
Chicago, Jul 24 (AP/UNB) — Advanced brain scans found perplexing differences in U.S. diplomats who say they developed concussion-like symptoms after working in Cuba, a finding that only heightens the mystery of what may have happened to them, a new study says.
GOP, Dems offer compromise to reduce drug costs for seniors
Washington, Jul 24 (AP/uNB) — Two veteran senators — a Republican and a Democrat — unveiled compromise legislation Tuesday to reduce prescription drug costs for millions of Medicare recipients, while saving money for federal and state health care programs serving seniors and low-income people.
Miss America pageant leaving Atlantic City for Connecticut
Atlantic City, Jul 24 (AP/UNB) — There she is. Here she isn't.