Following the announcement yesterday that Kelly Brook is to join the panel of Britain’s Got Talent, we imagine Amanda Holden to not be feeling too happy right now. Someone who is younger, arguably sexier and fresher than she is has been hired by Cowell to give the third series of the show a boost- similar ... Read more
Dhaka Mirror
Priya Dutt shocked over Sanju’s choice
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt’s decision to contest Lok Sabha election on a Samajwadi Party ticket has shocked his sister and Congress MP Priya Dutt. Speaking to NDTV, Priya said, “I was shocked to learn that Sanjay is contesting on Samajwadi Party ticket as our family has always been a Congress family.” Referring to an ... Read more
Shah Rukh Khan speaks on his experience at the 66th Golden Globe Awards
By ZeeNews After being introduced as the ‘King of Bollywood’ at the recently held ‘Golden Globe Awards’, Shah Rukh’s joy seems to have no bounds. The actor is not just ecstatic about AR Rahman’s victory but also charged up about the fact that India’s finally getting noticed abroad. SRK, who graced the Golden Globe red ... Read more
Aamir’s Taare Zameen Par out of Oscar race
While A R Rahman dazzled the world by winning the first Golden Globe for India, Aamir Khan’s much hyped directorial debut couldn’t make it beyond the initial round of screening of nominees for the Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Out of the sixty-five films that had originally qualified in the category, nine ... Read more
BKSP, Barisal starts admission though construction work incomplete
Our Correspondent, Barisal Barisal center of Bangladesh Krira Shiksha Pratisthan (BKSP) a sports institute, has started admission procedure while the construction work of the institute remains incomplete, even after expiry of dead line. Although the construction of the project remains incomplete, materials and fittings used in the construction work are of sub- standard, local people ... Read more
Pro-AL teachers lobbing for posts of RU VC, Pro-VC
Teachers having ‘active role during AL’s crisis period’ sortlisted as per desire of education ministry RU Correspondent Pro-Awami League (AL) teachers of Rajshahi University are lobbing with government high-ups for appointment as vice-chancellor and pro-vice-chancellor of the university. The lobbing increased after the education ministry recently got a list of pro-AL teachers who performed active ... Read more
Ershad in dilemma over candidate nomination
JS by-election at Rangpur-3 Ershad in dilemma over candidate nomination Rangpur Correspondent A competition between Jatiya Party president of the district unit and former MP Karim Uddin Varosha and secretary of the unit and former MP Moshiur Rahman Ranga is underway to please the party chief H.M Ershad to get party ticket in the JS ... Read more
Hectic upazila polls campaign in districts
BSS, Rajshahi The candidates for the post of chairman, vice-chairman and vice-chairman (female) have geared up their election campaign in all 16 northern districts under Rajshahi division for the upcoming January 22 upazila parishad polls. With only 10 days remaining for the local body election, the candidates and their supporters have been making efforts to ... Read more
Padma Bridge work to start in 2011, end in 3 years
Staff Correspondent Construction of the proposed Padma Bridge will start in 2011 and be completed in three years to connect the southwest region with Dhaka, Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain said yesterday. He said the process to appoint a consultant to finalise the design of the bridge will be completed by this month and then ... Read more
Spinners see red as apparel makers rush for Indian yarns
BTMA leaders meet textile minister, ask for supports Kazi Azizul Islam Bangladeshi spinners are suffering discouraging difficulties with their product stocks mounting as local apparel exporters are going fast for cheaper yarns of India, where a much-devalued currency favours the Indian exporters, said the Bangladesh Textile Mills’ Association. Meeting the textile minister, Abdul Latif Siddiqui, ... Read more
Mobile subscription grows 30pc
Star Business Report The country’s six mobile phone operators added 10.27 million customers in 2008, posting a 30 percent growth compared to a 62 percent growth recorded in 2007. The operators blamed the subscriber downfall on economic slowdown and increased connection fees. Bangladesh’s total mobile subscribers reached 44.64 million by the end of December 2008, ... Read more
Stocks mixed amid volatile market
Staff Correspondent Dhaka stocks closed mixed on Tuesday with the market remaining in seesaw movements. The general index at the Dhaka Stock Exchange gained 9.74 points, or 0.36 per cent, to close at 2726.27, while its blue chips index, DSE20, lost 13.05 points, or 0.58 per cent, to finish at 2222.61. Starting with an upbeat ... Read more
Extortion back
‘Aratdars’ illegally collect no less than Tk 40 lakh a day from Karwan Bazar, Jatrabari, Shyambazar; vegetable prices go at least 5pc up for extortion Shaheen Mollah and Najmul Alam Nobin Greengrocers have to pay illegal toll to Aratdars in the city’s three premier kitchen markets and, in turn, they force consumers to
Incidents of violence rising in edn institutions
Siddiqur Rahman Khan Incidents of violence have been on the rise in the higher educational institutions across the country in the last few days, and two institutions in Khulna have been closed following clashes between activists of different students’ organizations backed by political parties. The academic future of thousands of students is at stake and ... Read more
High-profile accused start returning home
Staff Correspondent The high-profile persons accused of corruption have started returning to the country after the Awami League-led alliance government assumed office. The accused — politicians, government employees and businessmen — and their family members left the country after the military-backed interim government led by Fakhruddin Ahmed grabbed power after January 11, 2007 and launched ... Read more
PM tells ECNEC meet Govt wants maximum implementation of ADP
UNB, Dhaka Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her new government wants maximum implementation of the annual development programme (ADP), maintaining standard quality, for development of socioeconomic condition and physical infrastructure. She made the remarks at the maiden meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) yesterday after her assumption of office as ... Read more
MPs-elect to take oath tomorrow
BNP hints boycotting 1st session of JS terming Jan 25 black day Staff Correspondent BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain on Tuesday hinted that the party would not join the first parliament session on January 25 saying on that day multi-party democracy had been destroyed through introducing BAKSAL a one-party rule system during Awami League ... Read more
Sudden spate of crimes worries city dwellers
PM cautions Home Ministry on law and order Staff Correspondent High-ups of the Awami League-led Grand Alliance Government are reportedly anxious as a spate of serious crimes – including killing, robbery, mugging and extortion have increased in the capital and elsewhere across the country soon after it assumed office since January 7. The Prime Minster ... Read more
Rajuk plot application deadline extended
Taib Ahmed Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha on Tuesday extended the deadline by three months and a half more for applications of plots in Uttara and Purbachal projects. ‘The authorities have decided to extend the deadline for form collection and submission up to April 30,’ said Rajuk’s member (estate) Sukumer Chandra Saha. He, however, did not cite ... Read more
What the US FBI team looked for?
Staff Reporter Newly appointed Attorney General Mahbubey Alam yesterday said that he would take necessary steps to bring back the public money laundered by the bigwigs during the immediate-past BNP-led alliance government and keep special vigilance to prevent domestic wealth from being smuggled out. The Attorney Office will assist the Government in bringing back money, ... Read more