Lifestyle
Innovative fashion designers lead the way on sustainability
Innovative fashion designers are turning to such things as horseradish and nettles to make sustainable clothing and accessories to the delight of a growing number of buyers.
Writer Syed Shamsul Haque remembered in Kurigram
The 85th birth anniversary of celebrated writer and poet Syed Shamsul Haque was observed in the district town on Friday through various programmes .
Newseum hailed free press, but got beaten by free museums
In 2008, the Newseum — a private museum dedicated to exploring modern history as told through the eyes of journalists — opened on prime Washington real estate.
Longtime political writer William Greider dies at 83
William Greider, a longtime political writer for The Nation, Rolling Stone and The Washington Post, died Wednesday at the age of 83, according to his former editor.
China opens first museum on ancient book repairing
Southwest China's Sichuan Province Thursday unveiled the signboard of China's first museum on antique book repairing, an endangered craft vital to the country's huge inventory of ancient texts.
'Colors of the Mountain' author Da Chen dies at 57
Da Chen, the brilliant storyteller who drew from the hardships he suffered as a persecuted child growing up in the midst of China's cultural revolution to create the critically acclaimed memoir "Colors of the Mountain," has died at age 57.
San Francisco cafes are banishing disposable coffee cups
A new cafe culture is brewing in the San Francisco area, where a growing number of coffee houses are banishing paper to-go cups and replacing them with everything from glass jars to rental mugs and BYO cup policies.
Dancer born with one hand makes Radio City Rockettes history
A dancer born with one hand is the first person with a visible disability ever hired by New York's famed Radio City Rockettes.
Guatemala town celebrates patron saint with dance, fireworks
With dances and fireworks, indigenous residents of a town in the Guatemalan highlands on Saturday came to the end of a festival celebrating their patron saint, Thomas the apostle.