Recent years have brought film lovers some truly wonderful cinema from shameless crowd pleasers to serious masterpieces, big budget, high action movies to ground breaking animation. This handful of movies set a standard that changed the different genres, as well as influencing movies that have followed them. FemaleFirst takes a look at some of the ... Read more
Dhaka Mirror
Madonna’s Ritchie weekend
Madonna and Guy Ritchie have spent the weekend together in New York. Guy met his ex-wife Madonna at the New York Kabbalah centre just a few days after the singer won custody of their children. “Documents issued at a US county court stated his marriage to Cynthia was irretrievably broken” An onlooker said: “Guy was ... Read more
Mouse bites snake to death
By Matthew Moore A mouse bit a venomous viper to death after it was thrown into the snake’s cage as a lunchtime snack. The tiny rodent killed the snake after a fierce 30-minute battle, emerging with “barely a scratch on him”, according to on person who saw the fight. Firefighters in Taiwan who were looking after the snake ... Read more
Details of expenditure by ministries and divisions demanded
Asif Showkat The finance ministry has asked the ministries and divisions to gather and send detailed information on seven items of expenditure including their consumption of fuel and the latest status of the implementation of their macro–credit programmes before the upcoming budget meetings, said official sources. ‘The government will not provide a single penny to ... Read more
Trapped into ‘slavery’ in fishermen’s colonies
10,000 boys under forced labour in coastal belts Staff Correspondent, Khulna Victims of forced child labour, a large number of minor boys are passing days amid horrendous conditions in the fishermen’s colonies along the coastal belt of Dublarchar from where law enforcers rescued over a thousand of minor boys in last four years. Scanty information ... Read more
Blooming wheat fields to yield bumper production in N- region
BSS, Rangpur Farmers of the northern region of the country are expecting a bumper production of wheat this season as the blooming plants are growing well everywhere due to favourable climatic conditions predicting excellent production. Farmers and officials concerned on Sunday told BSS that the fixed target would be achieved for the second consecutive time ... Read more
Leaf blight disease dims potato prospect in Thakurgaon
Agri officials say situation under control Our Correspondent, Thakurgaon Spread of ‘leaf blight’ disease, locally known as patamora rog, has put potato farmers in five upazilas of Thakurgaon district in a difficult siatuation. As the affected farmers are reaping potato before its attaining maturity, production target in
Taka might be devalued: Muhith
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka Finance minister AMA Muhith Sunday apprehended that it might not be possible to keep the exchange rate of taka against US dollar at current level due to the sharp devaluation of the currencies of major trading partners. ‘We want to keep the value of taka [at the current level]. ... Read more
Informal economy may cut poverty
Economists say Star Business Report Empowerment of the poor, mainstreaming informal economy and developing the agricultural sector are keys to poverty reduction through trade in South Asia. The observation came at a session of a seminar, chaired by Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue Professor Mustafizur Rahman. The session, “Future Work on Globalisation ... Read more
Dhaka stocks inch up
Staff Correspondent Dhaka stocks gained on Sunday in volatile trading despite the downtrend at the market persisting for the last four weeks. The general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange gained 12.20 points, or 0.46 per cent, to close at 2661.69, while its blue chips index, DSE20, advanced by 12.97 points, or 0.60 per cent, to ... Read more
Ctg REHAB fair bags Tk 200cr
Nur Uddin Alamgir, Ctg A three-day housing fair organised by REHAB concluded here in the port city on Saturday making a business of Tk 200 crore, with the organisers and participants expecting an additional Tk 100 crore from the intended
Sylhet to host first-ever int’l telecom fair in April
Staff Correspondent Theme Solution and Bangladesh Mobile Phone Business Association are going to organise International Telecom Fair 2009 in Sylhet in April 1-9 aiming to increase the number of cellphone users and businesspeople in the region, the organisers said on Sunday. ‘This is the first time such a fair will be held in Sylhet. Our ... Read more
President, PM, Opposition Leader join Akheri Munajat: Biswa Ijtema seeks global peace
Staff Reporter The three-day long 45th Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims, concluded yesterday after Akheri Munajat seeking divine blessings of Almighty Allah for continued peace, prosperity of Muslim Ummah and for global peace and prosperity at the banks of the River Turag at Tongi in Gazipur. Moulana Jubayerul Hassan of India officiated ... Read more
All 21 opposition demands rejected
Speaker says law, order situation could be addressed under existing law; other notices based on assumption Staff Correspondent Speaker of the Parliament Abdul Hamid yesterday turned down all 21 notices from BNP-led opposition lawmakers for holding discussions on various issues adjourning other scheduled businesses of the House. The opposition lawmakers in their notices, submitted to ... Read more
JS crisis deepens as new elements crop up
Staff correspondent Relations between the Awami League-led treasury bench and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led main opposition were strained over seating arrangement soon after the new parliament went into its maiden session on January 25. The session has become a dull and dreary affair as lawmakers of the BNP and its allies continued staying off the ... Read more
PM opens Ekushey Book Fair: Build knowledge-based advanced society
Staff Reporter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed the need for building up a knowledge-based advanced and open thinking society for upholding the dignity of the mother language. She urged the people to come up with suggestions and cooperation for development and preservation of language and culture of the nation alongside enriching those through drawing ... Read more
BNP to reorganise party units after polls debacle
Staff Correspondent The Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee, the party’s highest policymaking body, on Sunday decided to reconstitute all the committees from grassroots to national levels in the aftermath of the December 29 elections debacle. Six committees, led by joint secretaries general, will start interviewing upazila-level leaders tomorrow to get the real picture of the ... Read more
AL men grab taxicab business at ZIA
Drive out 3 CAAB lessees; passenger sufferings mount Staff Correspondent Leaders and activists of Airport police station unit of Awami League (AL) and its front organisations yesterday took control of the cab service counters at Zia International Airport after driving out the three lessees of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB). They locked the rooms ... Read more
Ruling party, opposition come down hard on interim govt
Staff correspondent The ruling party and the opposition on Sunday continued demanding formation of high-powered parliamentary committees to examine extra-constitutional activities of the immediate-past military-controlled interim government. BNP-led main opposition lawmakers on Sunday supported the proposal of the archrival Awami League lawmaker Abdul Jalil for the formation of a parliamentary committee, with the speaker as ... Read more
BNP boycotts JS as seat row not resolved
Staff Correspondent The BNP-led opposition yesterday decided to abstain from parliament proceedings until the speaker decides on their demand for three more seats in the front row of the House. The opposition lawmakers boycotted parliament on its second sitting on Wednesday, placing their demand to the speaker, and remained out of the House for three ... Read more