Amitabh Bachchan has apparently slammed the crew and unit of his lastest film, Teen Patti through his blog. The Bollywood star has been in London filming alongside Sir Ben Kingsley, but apparently wasn’t happy with the way the shooting was conducted. He was also reportedly shocked to see the unprepared unit in the last shooting ... Read more
Month: May 2009
Lily Allen’s Collins’ Cold Shoulder
Lily Allen was snubbed by Joan Collins. The ‘Not Fair’ singer met the former ‘Dynasty’ star at a London party and went to give her a friendly greeting kiss last night (30.04.09). However, Joan – famed for her outspoken remarks – seemingly refused the offer, claiming she didn’t exchange kisses with strangers. Speaking about the ... Read more
Rakhi Sawant’s 12,500 proposals
Rakhi Sawant is not going to struggle to find a man as the actress has received over 12, 500proposals. The Bollywood star received 12, 515 proposals in just 20 days after announcing she will get married through a reality show. The proposals have come from around the world and the potential suitors include doctors, NRI’s, ... Read more
Asin Denies Salman Gift
Asin Thottumkal had denied that Salman Khan has given her a house. The Bollywood sensation has had to cope with constant speculation revolving her personal life, and this is just the latest rumour to come to the surface. Apparently she isn’t happy with these latest reports, as she has already been linked with Salman in ... Read more
Screening of Oscar titled movies in city
All of this year’s Oscar awarded movies are hitting at the screens from today in the city, as the Alamgir Kabir Film Centre organises a film festival to host the movies at its auditorium in the Science Laboratory Road. The screening will be held at 6:00pm. The organisers will screen today, the biggest blockbuster of ... Read more
Going beyond hedonism
4th National Dance Festival ends with high hopes Curtains came down on the 4th National Dance Festival on April 29 — marking the International Dance Day — at National Theatre Stage, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA). Chief guest at the programme — organised by Bangladesh Nritya Shilpi Sangstha (BNSS) — was Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid. ... Read more
Hundred years of Boli Khela
Boli Khela (or Bali Khela) is a traditional form of wrestling in Bangladesh, particularly popular in the Chittagong area. ‘Boli’ means a powerful person in Bengali, while ‘Khela’ denotes a game. It is particularly played in the Bengali month of ‘Chaitra’ (March-April) of the Bengali calendar. This is one of the most anticipated events of ... Read more
Rokeya Prachi turns director
Talented actor Rokeya Prachi recently made her debut as a director. Her maiden directorial venture was a TV play that was aired on Rtv as an Independence Day special. The play was challenging for Prachi, as the central character was a ‘razakar’ (Pakistani collaborator during the Liberation War). “Many have worked on the subject (Liberation ... Read more
Laptop fair in Chittagong kicks off in May
Following the success of the first one, the second Laptop Fair is scheduled to kick off in the port city in the last week of May. The three-day event will be held at the Chittagong Engineers Institution from May 22 and is being organised by Maker Communications. The company have already organised laptop fairs in ... Read more
Young entrepreneurs amaze many
They were excited for obvious reasons, but at the same time their innovative business ideas amazed many. The Surma hall of Sonargaon Hotel was literarily too small to provide the encaustic young entrepreneurs with enough space, and with the announcement of the Young Entrepreneur Award 2008-09, the hall was about to be exploded with thundering ... Read more
Bangladesh through to final round
Bangladesh moved into the final round of the AFC Challenge Cup 2010 after finishing runners-up in Group A with a facile 3-0 win over Macau at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. Midfielder Zahid’s brace helped Bangladesh finish as the best runners-up and qualify for the final round. Bangladesh made a lively start against their ... Read more
Myanmar unbeaten champs
Myanmar became Group A champions with an all-win record after beating Cambodia 1-0 in their third and last match of the AFC Challenge Cup qualifying round at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. With the win Myanmar joined India, Tajikistan, North Korea, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Sri Lanka in the final round scheduled to be held ... Read more
Women’s Club Cup Cricket : Mohammedan in semis crushing Victoria by 258 runs
Mohammedan SC moved into the semifinal of the Women’s Club Cup Cricket Tournament crushing Victoria SC by massive 258 runs at the Gulshan Youth Club ground here on Thursday. With this feat, Mohammedan SC have secured four points from three matches to reach the semis from Group B after beating Indira Road KC by 10 ... Read more
BCB U-15 win over CAB U-15 team in 3rd one-day match
BCB Under-15 earned an emphatic nine-wicket victory over touring Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) Under-15 team in the third one-day match at the Mymensingh Stadium on Thursday. Hosts BCB team also outplayed the tourists by 144 runs in the 2nd one-day match on Wednesday at the same venue. Batting first after winning the toss in ... Read more
Sickle industry in a remote village
The village is familiar as ‘sickle village’. Its real name is Araibaria, located at Hossainpur Upazila in Kishoreganj district. In half of the country’s land, farmers had started cutting Boro paddy with sickles made from this village. About 1.5 million pieces of sickles have been made and sailed in this Boro season from the village. ... Read more
Sustainable development of livestock in char areas underlined
The speakers of a function held on Wednesday underlined the need for sustainable development of livestock in char areas through providing and ensuring the services by Government and Non government organisation. “Rearing of cows, goats and sheep is very profitable and it can play an important role to alleviate poverty and eradicate monga facing the ... Read more
Hammam ‘ignores’ FIFA in voting dispute
AFC president Mohamed bin Hammam has rejected FIFA’s instruction to reinstate the voting rights of five countries at next week’s crucial congress of the regional football body, officials said. FIFA’s legal director last week told the AFC that Kuwait, Laos, East Timor, Afghanistan and Mongolia had the right to vote in deciding who will fill ... Read more
Ctg metropolis becomes champion in Zone-C nat’l handball
Chittagong metropolis hand-ball team emerged champion, while Chittagong district team finished runners-up in the Zone-C competition of the Exim Bank 19th Men’s National Handball Cham-pionship. Chittagong district team defeated Dhaka 26-13 and Chittagong metropolis team outplayed Chittagong district team 30-15 in the ‘super-three’ competitions at Rangamati Stadium on Thursday. Both champion and runners-up teams earned ... Read more
Bangladeshi dies of Swine Flu in Mexico
A Bangladeshi national was one of eight foreign national who died of swine flu in Mexico, Health Minister A F M Ruhul Haque said yesterday quoting an AFP journalist. “I heard the news (of death of a Bangladeshi) from an AFP journalist,” the Minister told newsmen. Mexico’s National Epidemiological Center on Wednesday confirmed that the ... Read more
Khaleda, her family members’ appeal for withdrawing cases against them
BNP ready for massive gathering at Paltan BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her family members on Thursday submitted three separate applications to the government for withdrawing 20 cases filed against them by the last caretaker government. Khaleda Zia sat in a separate meeting with the two leaders last Monday and Tuesday as there are conflicts ... Read more