Saturday, May 10, 2025

Seducing your spouse !

Is your monogamous life leading to a monotonous existence Here are a few more tips to add some spice to your married life! Sexy Notes Send your partner a sexy, erotic note at the office. Or paste them on the refrigerator door or mirror. Rashmi Lahoria packs erotic notes once in a while in her ... Read more

Bipasha Basu – The Sexy Babe To Endorse Emami Cosmetics

Till yesterday, Bipasha’s name not just spelt ’sexy’, ‘hot’, ‘oomph’ and likes, but also ‘Sugar Free’, ‘Vi John Feather Touch’, ‘Gili’, ‘Fa’, ‘Aristocrat luggage’…phew! Well, if that wasn’t just enough, Bipasha Basu has now gone ahead and has added one more name to her ever-growing list of brand endorsements: Emami, the cosmetic major! Although Bips ... Read more

Imran Khan Smashes Katrina’s Nose

Well, Katrina Kaif’s nose is giving her a lot of issues. Wondering why? Well here’s the story. At the shoot of Yash Raj’s project at Pataudi palace in Haryana, Katrina was shooting a comic scene with her co-star Imran Khan which unfortunately led to some bloody developments. The scene being shot demanded Imran to have ... Read more

Food price up 28pc in a year

Food price has increased more than 28 per cent on an average in a year and over 9 per cent month-on-month, a government report shows. A study of the retail food prices, done on the basis of information gathered by the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh, showed that major food items became costlier by as high ... Read more

Old Dhaka hub left out of first day’s drive

Illegal Chemical Storage Old Dhaka hub left out of first day’s drive Day one of the drive against warehouses of combustible chemicals in the city’s residential areas yesterday ended without visiting its nerve centre in Old Dhaka amid lack of coordination between the mobile court and fire service officials. Starting around 12:45pm, the court managed ... Read more

HC asks govt why BGMEA bldg not demolished

The High Court on Sunday issued a rule suo moto asking the government to explain in two weeks why it would not be directed to demolish the 16-story BGMEA building constructed on Hatirjheel lake in Dhaka. The housing and public works ministry and Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha were also asked to explain why punitive action would ... Read more

Govt plans guidelines for print, electronic media

The government is contemplating to formulate separate guidelines for journalists in the print and electronic media, information minister Abul Kalam Azad told parliament on Sunday. Responding to a question from Awami League lawmaker Israfil Alam, he said that the information ministry had discussions with the representatives of

Industrial police launched

The industrial police, a specialised unit of law enforcers, formally started its journey yesterday, aiming to maintain order in the country’s four industrial zones. Initially, 1,580 personnel deputed from the police department will make up the force. They will later be joined by 1,410 more cops to patrol Dhaka, Gazipur, Narayanganj and Chittagong industria

2 factories fined for pollution

Drive at CEPZ 2 factories fined for pollution The Department of Environment (DoE) in a drive at Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) yesterday fined two industries around Tk 33 lakh for water pollution. A team of the DoE, led by its Director (enforcement) Munir Chowdhury, made the drive titled “Operation Prevent Environmental Crime” at Sector ... Read more

WB to loan $75m for Aila recovery

The World Bank (WB) approved $75 million to support Bangladesh in its project for recovery from the damage caused by Cyclone Sidr and Cyclone Aila. The WB yesterday in a press release said, the credit is an additional financing for the ongoing Emergency 2007 Cyclone Recovery & Restoration Project

Schools keep taking ‘coaching classes’ flouting govt directive

A number of schools and colleges in the capital continue to take coaching classes flouting government directives for ‘extra’ classes for students. The education ministry at a meeting on August 10 decided that educational institutions in the capital should not take coaching classes and left options for ‘extra’ classes so that students, especially

Singer Bipul fighting for life

Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra artiste Bipul Bhattacharya is fighting for his life in a local hospital. Bipul, also one of the premier folk singers of the nation, has been suffering from lung cancer for the last few months. As his condition worsened on last Saturday he was shifted to intensive care unit of the capital’s ... Read more

Rajuk knocks down illegal structures in parking spaces

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) yesterday in a drive demolished illegal structures in car-parking spaces of five buildings at the city’s Rokeya Sarani. Rokon-ud-Doula, executive magistrate of Rajuk, yesterday morning conducted the drive with around 30 day labourers, a bulldozer, two platoons of police and some officials of Rajuk. The

HC judge’s son granted bail

Allegation of acid attack HC judge’s son granted bail A Dhaka court on Sunday granted bail to Safayet Ahmed Chowdhury, son of High Court Judge Salma Masud Chowdhury, in connection with an acid throwing case. Additional chief metropolitan magistrate AHM Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan passed the order after hearing a petition seeking bail for

Razzak upset at NZ advantage

Micromax ODI CUP, Bangladesh vs New Zealand Razzak upset at NZ advantage Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak was none too pleased at giving away the Tigers’ home advantage to New Zealand. The five-match one-day series begins tomorrow but the visitors from the southern hemisphere had both their practice matches at the BKSP cancelled due to the ... Read more

Rajshahi start as firm favourites

NCL Begins Today Rajshahi start as firm favourites Rajshahi are firm favourites to win their third consecutive National Cricket League which gets underway in three different venues across the country today. The holders, who will face Sylhet at the Shamsul Huda Stadium in Jessore in the opening round, were in their elements and executed their ... Read more

Twenty-four registered by Abahani

Hattrick champions of the Bangladesh League Abahani completed the registration process of their 24-member squad at the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Bhaban yesterday. The reigning champions of the professional league, who have lost a host of stars to the new powerhouse Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, have tried to make up that loss confirming the services ... Read more

Khulna lead women’s NCL table

Khulna topped the points table in the 4th Women’s National Cricket League with a 13-run win over Rajshahi at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium yesterday. At the end of the first round of matches, Khulna are followed by Rajshahi, Dhaka and Barisal. Dhaka beat Barisal in the day’s other match by 26

Mobil Jamuna to go public

Second largest IPO after Grameenphone Mobil Jamuna Bangladesh Ltd is set to make the second largest public offering, after Grameenphone, in the country’s stockmarket, as the regulator gave a green light to the public-private energy venture yesterday. The company will float four crore ordinary shares of Tk 10 each using the book building method, a ... Read more