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Tips May 20, 2020

5 Most Secure Mediums To Connect Your Distant Family And Friends

Reading Time: 4 minutes In the world of the rapid outburst of technology, there are thousands of mediums and applications, with which you can easily connect to your family and friends living abroad or in a distant place. But are you doing it securely? Is there any privacy concern? Many of these apps are phishing scams, which can intrude inside your personal information and can easily collect your passwords, credit/debit card credentials, and bank account information, even your digital signature. Even while being productive during stay at home, security concerns are legit. So let us find out about the top five mediums to connect distant family and friends securely and maintain your overall privacy. WhatsApp WhatsApp is an app popular worldwide for its strict privacy policy. All the calls and messages of the app are end-to-end encrypted, and there is no way someone can intrude inside your account unless they have access to your…

Pulse May 19, 2020

Remote cities in the world

Reading Time: 5 minutes Determining the remotest cities in the world is not easy. Because remote can mean many things and there are a lot of parameters you have to take into account such as physical distance, lack of accessibility, lack of services. Then there is the issue with the definition of the city itself. How big does a settlement need to be? How many residences or developed infrastructure does it have to have? The process is hard but not impossible. That being said, here is a list of the most isolated cities in the world. Amazonian city of Iquitos, Peru Also known as “the capital of the Peruvian Amazon”, Iquitos is the capital city of Peru’s Maynas Province and Loreto Region. This city is so remote that it will take a 4-day journey by the amazon river that still requires a drive over the Andes Mountains. Although it has a small airport that…

Tips May 18, 2020

Designing a more special needs-friendly home

Reading Time: 4 minutes In 2019, Prothom Alo reported that more than 7% of people of our total population have a disability of some manner. According to a survey conducted under the Disability Identification Program of the Ministry of Social Welfare, the number of people with disabilities is currently 16 lakh 65 thousand 608 people. Many children are born every day with disabilities because of genetic disorders, others are just the victims of accidents or diseases. Now if the house is not properly designed, it can suddenly become challenging for people with disabilities to move around the house freely. Thankfully there are ways to make it easier for them. Here is what you need to do to make a more handicap friendly home. Widen doors As doors are not that wide nowadays, wheelchairs and walkers can’t easily enter the door. This is really crucial if you want to access the entire house yourself. Although…

My Home May 17, 2020

Useful Design Tips For Your Small Bedroom

Reading Time: 5 minutes If you’re thinking about decorating your small bedroom, remember that it is something that requires a lot of time and effort. Some might even see it as challenging, but personally I find it to be fun. With the right ideas, you can create the small bedroom you’ve always dreamt of. Small homes and small bedroom design ideas have always been a trending topic. Utilizing space-saving multipurpose furniture can create a lot of space in your home, which is something that you need in a bedroom. After all, it is where we come to rest after a long day! This is why today, we’ll be discussing small bedroom design ideas. Let’s take a look, shall we? Color Palette We all get excited when it comes to colors! We love a bit of color in our lives, but it doesn’t mean that we can go crazy with color when it comes to…

Tips May 16, 2020

4 good habits to build when at home

Reading Time: 4 minutes A study showed that approximately 45% of our everyday actions are performed out of habits! That means 4 out of 9 tasks are subconsciously done each day. Habits are an undeniably integral and powerful part of our life; there is no denying in that. But be careful, just as good habits can propel you further in life, bad ones can hinder your progress. Building good habits or replacing bad ones is by no means an easy task. It requires strong commitment, will power, and unwavering resistance to our natural tendencies to act, think, or feel in a certain way. But for most people, the main obstacle is they don’t know how to or where to start. So to make things easier, here is a list of 4 good habits to build at home for a healthy and successful life. Breakfast and lemon water Remember the saying about breakfast being the…

Trends May 15, 2020

International Day of Families – “Families in Development: Copenhagen and Beijing + 25”

Reading Time: 3 minutes The International Day of Families is observed every year since 1994 on May 15. The day is to celebrate the bond between your family members and to cherish the memories you have with them. People belonging to different families establish an intergenerational interaction to mark the importance of the day. International Day of Families is not only a day to engage with your family. It is also a day to perform social responsibilities, uniting as a collective whole. On this day, you can make your stay at home meaningful. The History and the Mandate 1993 was the year when the UN officially passed a mandate that showcased a resolution of the organization. This was to enhance and upgrade living standards and socio-economic progress of all families residing across the globe. With such a view and notion, the United Nations declared the International Day of Families in 1994. From then, we…

Pulse May 14, 2020

Land reclamation in Bangladesh

Reading Time: 3 minutes Although land reclamation literally means the reclaiming of land from water, in a broad sense it has a lot of scopes. This is a scientific way to reclaim the sea, river, canal, or any submerged land and make it suitable for human use, especially for agriculture. But what is it, why is it done, what is the need for it, what is the plan to recover the submerged land of our country? Today, we will discuss all this. What is submerged-land reclamation? This is basically a special kind of scientific process. In this process, a shallow part of land is recovered from any submerged area and to be made usable. Basically irrigation or drainage methods are used in this process, where landfill is also used in many cases. Not only due to natural causes, land can be submerged due to calamity, or man-made causes also and is made useful through…

Tips May 13, 2020

Arrangement for the education of your child at home

Reading Time: 5 minutes At the time of Covid-19, the condition of houses all over the world is almost the same. Offices, courts, roads – everything is closed. It feels like a public holiday all over the country. Of course, our state of mind may not be the same as before. We have all become restless about when we would see the empty streets of the city filled again. Where we will walk again! So much for ourselves, but what did you think about the youngest member of your house? Did you think about the arrangement for the education of your child at home? They also had a routine – they would go to school and run around. They would play in their homes and sometimes go out to eat with their parents, but today the same situation is very difficult for the little ones. Their young minds do not understand the cautious practices…

Pulse May 12, 2020

The Different Houses of Bengal

Reading Time: 4 minutes “If all you want to see is Asmani Visit Rahimuddin’s small house in Rasulpur. Not a house, but a bird’s nest made with ‘venna’ leaves The slightest rain lets water pour inside.” Remember Asmani? What would her tiny house look like with a roof made of leaves? How can they live such a simple life inside a Palm Leaf Hut with rainwashed windows, open balconies, and a small attic? It’s as if there’s a home within a home. Sometimes, the whole country is our home. Sometimes home is a city or town. A homestead that we left behind. Or the familiar alleys of a small town. You can never define a home within the confines of four walls, which is why, today, we will be exploring the traditional home of Bengal – a traditional Bengali village house and its variations. Palm Leaf Hut Imagine village roads winding through the greenery.…

Tips May 11, 2020

How to Clean Your Electronic Devices

Reading Time: 5 minutes Gadgets are dirt and germ magnets. Despite taking good care of your devices, sooner or later you are going to start seeing dirt, spots, and fingerprints all over them. If you don’t know how to clean and disinfect electronic devices properly and routinely, you can’t keep your home dust-free no matter how much you try to. Not just dust, these devices can also be infested with germs and bacteria and that eventually can infect you with various kinds of infections such as strep throat, stomach flu, and so on. We use smartphones when we are eating, drinking, driving, and even in the toilet. So there are ample opportunities for bacteria to travel from our hands to our face, nose, lips. Luckily, preventing all these from happening is really simple. Before You Begin There are some specifics to be careful about before you jump into cleaning your electronic devices. First, always…