Can you really ban students and teachers from being Facebook friends? We’ll soon find out in Missouri. According to Missouri Senate Bill 54, which goes into effect on August 28, any social networking – including, but not limited to, Facebook – between teachers and students is prohibited. It’s all part of an effort to “more ... Read more
Month: August 2011
I’m too young to marry: Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez has no plans to marry boyfriend Justin Bieber. The 19-year-old singer-and-actress insists her relationship with the 17-year-old pop sensation is “all good” but has no plans to tie the knot yet as she feels too young. When asked whether she will marry Justin one day, she replied, “No, I’m only 19!” While Selena ... Read more
Salman Khan increases acting fee to 50 crores
Salman Khan has increased his fee demands, becoming one of the highest paid actors in Bollywood. After scoring two back-to-back hits with Dabangg and Ready, he has asked for Rs 50 crore to commit to his next project. A source told The Times of India: “Salman is not only quoting a fee close to Rs ... Read more
Kareena Kapoor to be the brand ambassador of Lakme
She started off her career with Refugee, did a handful of average films…only to catapult herself into the top league of actresses in Bollywood with her stunning size zero figure. We are indeed referring to the one and only hot and talented Kareena Kapoor. The way every single filmmaker wants to have her as the ... Read more
Beckhams plan baby no.5
DAVID Beckham wants to extend his brood! The soccer star — whose wife Victoria Beckham gave birth to the couple’s fourth child, Harper, earlier this this month — thinks 5 kids would be just the right number. The couple are also parents to Brooklyn, 12, Romeo, 8, Cruz, 6. “If we’re lucky, we hope to ... Read more
Zim’s gateway to cricket
The venue for the practice match between Bangladesh and the Zimbabwe XI is the Interfin Bank High Performance Centre, more popularly known as the Academy. Alistair Campbell, the former Zimbabwe captain, is now the chairman of the cricket committee at Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) and is the brains behind this remodelled centre after it was burned ... Read more
Uttarayan’s ode to monsoon
Cultural programme at Shilpakala Academy Marking the 150th birth anniversary of Tagore and the first anniversary of music school Uttarayan, a cultural programme featuring Tagore’s monsoon- themed songs along with recitation was held at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on July 29. With the theme “Ebong Borsha”, the event also featured instrumental ... Read more
Aly Zaker—image of a theatre icon
Aly Zaker, a well-known theatre personality of the country, has presented himself as a versatile character in our cultural arena. He played an active role in the country’s Liberation War in 1971. He is also a trustee of the Liberation War Museum, a writer and the owner of Asiatic Marketing Communications Limited. Besides working as ... Read more
Music fest at Dhaka University
As part of its annual programme, Music Department of Dhaka University arranged a two-day Music Festival 2011 at the TSC auditorium. Chairman of University Grants Commission (UGC) Professor AK Azad Chowdhury inaugurated the festival as the chief guest on July 29. Presided over by the chairman of the department Kuheli Islam, Pro Vice Chancellor Professor ... Read more
Nafiza faces eve teasing
Popular TV actress Nafiza Jahan faced eve teasing recentlywhile taking part in the shooting for an Eid play in the city’s Uttara area.She was taking part in the shooting for the play, which was being directed byMd Mostafa Kamal Raz. While in the shooting spot two youths teased Nafiza andthrew some unfair comments to her. ... Read more
Business behind police boxes
Nexus of some advertising agencies and cops flout rules to set up about 350 structures on pavements, intersections for quick money A group of advertising agencies in connivance with traffic sergeants and police officials has started building unauthorised police boxes on pavements and roadsides to rent out space on those in advertisement market. As many ... Read more
It’s amnesty time in KL
Undocumented Bangladeshi workers start to get registered, end years of sufferings After years of sufferings due to their irregular status, thousands of undocumented Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia today join many other irregular foreign workers for biometric registration as a step to their regularisation. The registration begins as per Kuala Lumpur’s earlier announced amnesty for about ... Read more
UN rejects govt’s view
Indigenous People UN rejects govt’s view The general segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) session rejected the official position of Bangladesh government on the non-Bangalee people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), and adopted the report of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. The Bangladesh government, represented by Abul Kalam ... Read more
Power-cuts to greet Ramadan
As the power supply situation deteriorated in the recent days, the Power Division yesterday decided at power-cut during the Ramadan not more than half an hour in each spell in any area. Ahead of the Ramadan, the country’s power generation drastically fell to 4,400 MW from an average 4,800 MW. Many areas in cities and ... Read more
Special drives in Ramadan
Food Adulteration Special drives in Ramadan Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) will conduct special drives across the country to prevent sale of adulterated food during Ramadan, Industries Minister Dilip Barua said yesterday. The drive will also fine those responsible for food adulteration. “The BSTI will work with mobile courts at district and upazila levels ... Read more
Students go on holidays from Aug 4
Secondary schools, colleges and madrasas across the country will enjoy holidays during the Ramadan, announced the education ministry yesterday after a meeting at the Bangladesh Secretariat. Secondary schools will remain closed from August 4 to September 7 while the colleges and technical institutions from August 16 to September 7 and madrasas from August 2 to ... Read more
Tougher punishment in proposed traffic act
Reckless Driving Tougher punishment in proposed traffic act The government will amend the Motor Vehicles Act 1983 this year with a provision for tough punishment to the drivers responsible for road accidents, communications ministry officials said. The proposed act renamed ‘Road Transport and Traffic Act 2011’ is at the final stage and it will be ... Read more
Their last trip together
Crossing river gets increasingly risky for freestyle plying of vessels Monika and Ripon were lucky to be employed in the same institution. Returning home together from work became the daily routine of the newly married couple. On Saturday, as his shift ended at 2:00pm, much earlier than his wife’s, Ripon was hanging around for six ... Read more
Tk 40 lakh snatched
Muggers snatched away Tk 40 lakh from a businessman after stabbing two of his associates at Bhulta Saotaghat auto-rickshaw stand of Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj yesterday. The victim Shah Alam Bhuiyan was going to a bank at Bhulta from his business establishments at Kalibari bazaar in Araihazar upazila to deposit the money along with his ... Read more
Profit taking pulls down stocks
Dhaka stocks continued to go through price correction yesterday for the fifth consecutive day with almost 2 percent decline. While declaration of less-than-expected earnings by some listed firms frustrated investors, a rumour on a regulatory action based on recent stockmarket probe report frightened many others,