Akshay Kumar signed for Rs. 31 crore in present recession times There is recession around everywhere in the world and every business person and even a lay man is trying to cut costs as much as possible. But in Bollywood despite films flopping left right and center and two months delay of big projects due ... Read more
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Cancer boost from whole carrots
The anti-cancer properties of carrots are more potent if the vegetable is not cut up before cooking, research shows. Scientists found “boiled before cut” carrots contained 25% more of the anti-cancer compound falcarinol than those chopped up first. Experiments on rats fed falcarinol have shown they develop fewer tumours. The Newcastle University study will be ... Read more
Michigan man claims he was N.Y. boy who vanished in 1955
NEW YORK (CNN)–For more than a half-century Jerry and Marilyn Damman wondered what happened to their 2-year-old boy, who mysteriously vanished into thin air outside a Long Island bakery. Now, 54 years later, a Michigan man claims he is the missing child whose name was Steven Damman. Within the last six months, the unidentified man ... Read more
Chinese waitress freed after killing official – and winning nationwide support
The trial of Deng Yujiao, who stabbed an official demanding sex, highlighted the power of the Internet to rally popular support. Beijing – A karaoke bar waitress who won nationwide sympathy and support after killing a local official who demanded sex was freed Tuesday by a Chinese court. The surprise decision provided fresh evidence of ... Read more
HILTON DENIES RONALDO ROMANCE REPORTS
PARIS HILTON has dismissed reports she moved on from her recent break-up with DOUG REINHARDT by romancing Portuguese soccer stud CRISTIANO RONALDO – insisting they are “just good friends.” The hotel heiress recently ended her six-month romance with baseball player Reinhardt, announcing the news on Tuesday (09Jun09) through her publicist. But just a day after ... Read more
Aynal Boyati: The living voice of ‘Bichar Gaan’
The octogenarian Aynal Boyati is a very popular name in the locality for his distinctive presentation of ‘Bichar Gaan,’ a special kind of folk song. This sub-genre of ‘Murshidi’ or ‘Bhab Gaan’ usually has religious and spiritual themes and is sung by two competing groups of ‘Boyati.’ The subjects usually encompass the relationships between guru ... Read more
Sirajul Islam in Desh TV tonight
With the compilation of present lifestyle of 60’s and 70’s film and TV actors and actresses Desh TV’s weekly show ‘Kathay Kathay Raat Hoye Jai’ will be aired tonight at 8:30pm. Syeda Nigar Banu is producer of the programme and TV actor Pijush Bondopaddhya presents the show. Veteran TV actor Sirajul Islam will be present ... Read more
Jiboner Jalchhabi,A TV serial on agriculture
Drama serial “Jiboner Jalchhabi” will be aired today at 5:30 pm on ATN Bangla. An experimental production by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Bangladesh office, the serial is based on agriculture. A brainchild of Dr. Muhammad Joynul Abedin, Bangladesh representative, IRRI, the serial has been written by M. Sarkar. The serial centres on Shafiqul ... Read more
TV Watch: Media Bhuban on 150-epiosde
With the selected incidents and events that are being held in the media (Hollywood, Bollywood and Dhaliwood) Banglavision’s regular media events related show ‘Media Bhuban’ will be aired tonight at 9:05pm. Tonight its 150-epiosde will be aired. Kamal Chakma is producer of the programme, while Hridy Haque presents the
The City We Live In: Students join classes and Suffer from garbage stink
The whimsical waste management system of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) upsets the academic atmospherer of Siddeshwari Girls High School. Students of one of the age-old schools of the city attends classes squeezing their noses as the air of the Bailey Road gets heavy with the stink from the garbage disposed off in front of the ... Read more
Climate fund to get $150m from UK
Minister tells JS; also reveals measures to check river pollution, encroachment The UK government has pledged to commit around $150 million to the Multi-Donor Trust Fund to be formed by Bangladesh to cope with the climate change. Speaking in parliament, State Minister for Environment and Forest Mostafizur Rahman said formation of the fund is now ... Read more
BNP MPs demand trial of Moeen
Lawmakers of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday demanded trial of the immediate-past army chief, General Moeen U Ahmed, on charges of sedition and violation of the constitution, the Army Act, service rules and for vitiating the discipline of the armed forces. They also demanded trial of the former adviser of the interim government ... Read more
Budget proposal misunderstood
Says Muhith on money-whitening Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said the black money holders will in no way be asked any question about the source of money they would invest under the amnesty proposed in the new budget. “If we ask question about the source of money, the purpose of the amnesty will not be ... Read more
Muhith thanks CG for return to democracy
Supplementary budget passed Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said the immediate past caretaker government should be thanked for returning democracy to the country instead of letting the country fall into the grip of a martial law following the expiry of its tenure. He made the comment in parliament during his supplementary budget speech. The parliament ... Read more
Bid to ease city’s traffic jam: Elevated expressway planned
The government plans to construct an elevated expressway in the capital to reduce traffic congestion. This is one of the projects, which will be implemented under the initiative of Public Private Partnership (PPP), according to sources in the Cabinet Division. The sources said the project is likely to be placed at the meeting of Cabinet ... Read more
Shahidul Alam released 6 hours after detention by BSF
Internationally renowned Bangladeshi photojournalist Dr Shahidul Alam who was detained by the Indian border guards Tuesday afternoon when he was taking photographs in Bangladesh’s Roumari frontiers in Kurigram was released after six hours’ detention. The commanding officer of the 6 Rifles Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Mizan, told New Age at 11:30pm over telephone that his troops ... Read more
Offload 49pc share of Biman to NRBs
JS body suggests A parliamentary standing committee yesterday recommended offloading 40-49 percent shares of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd onto non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) to improve the financial strength of the national flag carrier and make it profitable. The parliamentary body on the civil aviation and tourism ministry also asked the Biman management to lease three Boeing-777s ... Read more
Local BNP leaders protest against members imposed by centre
Party to make changes in several district committees The Bangladesh Nationalist Party is considering some changes in the convening committees of several district units after a section of local leaders and activists staged demonstrations, demanding cancellation of the some newly formed committees. Local leaders and activists brought out processions, burnt effigies, held rallies and launched ... Read more
EC to urge speaker to expel SQ Chy from house
The Election Commission will write to the speaker to ask for cancellation of the parliamentary membership of Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmaker Salauddin Quader Choudhury for furnishing ‘false’ information in his affidavit to the commission as a candidate in the 2008 general elections. Election commissioner M Sakhawat Hussain told reporters on Monday that the EC would ... Read more
Mendis leads Sri Lanka into semi-finals
Ajantha Mendis spun out New Zealand as Sri Lanka roared into the World Twenty20 semi-finals with an emphatic 48-run win at Trent Bridge here on Tuesday. The mystery spinner grabbed 3-9 in three overs as the Black Caps failed miserably to chase down a target of 159 in a