Reuters/Bdnews24.com . Dubai Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden called for jihad (holy struggle) over the Israeli offensive in Gaza in a new audio tape that appeared on Islamist web sites on Wednesday. The Saudi-born militant said the global financial crisis had exposed the waning US influence in world affairs and would in turn weaken its ... Read more
Month: January 2009
Four-party MPs to take oath today
Staff Reporter BNP-led four-party alliance MPs is going to take oath today at 4:00 pm at the Jatiya Sangshad Bhaban. The outgoing speaker Barrister Jamir Uddin Sircar would officiate the oath taking ceremony. All preparations have been completed for conducting the oath, Speaker office sources said. Talking to the New Nation senior leaders of BNP, ... Read more
NBR asks CAAB to clip Best Air wings
Tk 2cr travel tax remains unpaid Unb, Dhaka The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has requested the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) to cancel permission for all Best Air flights as the private airlines has failed to pay travel taxes amounting to Tk 2 crore. In a letter sent to the CAAB on January ... Read more
Illegal blood bank busted in city: 2 held
Staff Correspondent Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two people yesterday from Barobagh area of Mirpur in the city on charge of preserving and selling blood illegally to different city clinics and hospitals. The arrestees are Mijanur Rahman Milon, owner of a blood bank and his brother-in-law and partner of his illegal business, Mohammad Sujan. Acting ... Read more
Opportunity for skilled BD workers in UK
Staff Correspondent Bangladeshi origin British businessmen on Wednesday sought cooperation from government to set up a curry school in Dhaka to produce skilled manpower for curry industry to fulfill the growing demand of BD workers in Britain. “In Britain, there are 12 thousands restaurants which are mainly operated by the Bangla-deshi migrants. As many as ... Read more
Global meltdown hits overseas job
Bangladeshi workers in Singapore feel the crunch Porimol Palma Bangladeshi expatriates have started experiencing job cuts in Singapore due to slowdown in businesses, especially in the shipping and construction sectors, following the global financial meltdown. “We’ve received information from the Bangladesh mission in Singapore that a good number of our workers are jobless because of ... Read more
It will take time to be at top level: Sania
PTI NEW DELHI: She toppled the world number 25, dished out a tough fight against world number 18 and is moving faster than ever on the courts, yet Sania Mirza — on a comeback-trail — does not want to jump the gun in saying that she has got back the touch which once perched her ... Read more
‘Like a final’
Grameenphone Tri-Nation Cup, Bangladesh – Srilanka – Zimbabwe ‘Like a final’ It seemed that the whole Bangladesh team wanted to take inspiration from the very familiar words ‘anything can happen in cricket’ ahead of their do-or-die challenge against the Sri Lankans in today’s tri-series
Cristiano wins FIFA Footballer of the Year award
Agence France-Presse . Zurich Manchester United and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo was on Monday named FIFA World Footballer of the Year for 2008. Ronaldo, who is also holder of the prestigious Ballon d’Or for the European Footballer of the Year, beat off competition from
New Zealand beat Windies to take rain-hit series
Reuters, Wellington New Zealand beat West Indies by nine runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method in the rain-disrupted fifth one-day international at Mclean Park in Napier on Tuesday to win the series 2-1. Chasing 294 for victory after Chris Gayle’s 135 and Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s 94 had lifted the visitors to 293 for nine, New Zealand were ... Read more
Mohammedan gains crucial victory over Brothers
Sports Correspondent Dhaka Mohamme-dan Sporting Club claimed a crucial 3-1 victory against Brothers Union in the Citycell 2nd B. League football championship at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city on Tuesday. Title aspirant Dhaka Mohammedan started playing attacking football form the outset of the game and got the reward after 24 minutes when Nasir struck ... Read more
Barisal take solo lead beating Khulna
Sports Reporter Barisal Division took the top spot of the Ispahani Mirzapur Tea 10th National Cricket League when they defeated Khulna Division by seven wickets in their one-dayer match at the Narayanganj Osmani Stadium on Tuesday. Barisal led the points table securing 10 points from seven matches while Khulna remained with six points from as ... Read more
I am extremely proud of Akshay: Big B
Superstar Amitabh Bachchan’s surprise visit to the premiere of film Chandni Chowk to China literally floored the action hero Akshay Kumar who was overwhelmed by the presence of the Shahanshah of Bollywood. Welcoming the “Big B”, Akshay Kumar said, “I would like to invite Amitabh Bachchan whom I adore.” Admiring the rapid progress made by ... Read more
Priyanka agrees to lock lips with Shahid in new film
Spicezee Bureau Mumbai: The kiss-me-not Priyanka Chopra has readily agreed to go for a full-fledged lip-lock with Shahid Kapur in her forthcoming film ‘Kaminay’. Directed by Vishal Bharadwaj, the film is also in news due to close proximity between the lead couple. Priyanka’s readiness to do the kissing scene comes as a surprise because earlier ... Read more
Style Showdown: Kelly Brook Vs Amanda Holden
Following the announcement yesterday that Kelly Brook is to join the panel of Britain’s Got Talent, we imagine Amanda Holden to not be feeling too happy right now. Someone who is younger, arguably sexier and fresher than she is has been hired by Cowell to give the third series of the show a boost- similar ... Read more
Priya Dutt shocked over Sanju’s choice
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt’s decision to contest Lok Sabha election on a Samajwadi Party ticket has shocked his sister and Congress MP Priya Dutt. Speaking to NDTV, Priya said, “I was shocked to learn that Sanjay is contesting on Samajwadi Party ticket as our family has always been a Congress family.” Referring to an ... Read more
Shah Rukh Khan speaks on his experience at the 66th Golden Globe Awards
By ZeeNews After being introduced as the ‘King of Bollywood’ at the recently held ‘Golden Globe Awards’, Shah Rukh’s joy seems to have no bounds. The actor is not just ecstatic about AR Rahman’s victory but also charged up about the fact that India’s finally getting noticed abroad. SRK, who graced the Golden Globe red ... Read more
Aamir’s Taare Zameen Par out of Oscar race
While A R Rahman dazzled the world by winning the first Golden Globe for India, Aamir Khan’s much hyped directorial debut couldn’t make it beyond the initial round of screening of nominees for the Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Out of the sixty-five films that had originally qualified in the category, nine ... Read more
BKSP, Barisal starts admission though construction work incomplete
Our Correspondent, Barisal Barisal center of Bangladesh Krira Shiksha Pratisthan (BKSP) a sports institute, has started admission procedure while the construction work of the institute remains incomplete, even after expiry of dead line. Although the construction of the project remains incomplete, materials and fittings used in the construction work are of sub- standard, local people ... Read more
Pro-AL teachers lobbing for posts of RU VC, Pro-VC
Teachers having ‘active role during AL’s crisis period’ sortlisted as per desire of education ministry RU Correspondent Pro-Awami League (AL) teachers of Rajshahi University are lobbing with government high-ups for appointment as vice-chancellor and pro-vice-chancellor of the university. The lobbing increased after the education ministry recently got a list of pro-AL teachers who performed active ... Read more