Michelle Williams would love to record a duet with Justin Timberlake. The former Destiny’s Child singer admires the ‘SexyBack’ star’s hard working attitude and also his gorgeous body. She said: “I like Justin Timberlake. He is not only hot, he also has an amazing work ethic. If I met him I would ask him if ... Read more
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Amy Winehouse’s secret Santa
Amy Winehouse has grown “extremely close” to a resort Father Christmas. The 25-year-old ‘Rehab’ star has reportedly formed a romantic bond with a man named Matt who worked as Santa Claus at the hotel in St. Lucia where the singer is currently on holiday. A source said: “He seems to be really easy going and ... Read more
Britney Spears’ junk habit
Britney Spears could be wrecking her comeback with junk food. The ‘Womanizer’ singer is said to be refusing to stick to the 1,200 calories-a-day diet devised for her by her managers and has regularly been bingeing on fast food. A source close to the singer told Britain’s Daily Star newspaper: “Britney’s been eating burgers and ... Read more
Jennifer Hudson’s in-law in court
Jennifer Hudson’s brother-in-law has been formally indicted on murder and home invasion charges following the killings of her mother, brother and nephew in October. William Balfour was indicted on the same four counts he was formally charged with earlier this month – three counts of first degree murder and one of home invasion – at ... Read more
Aamir is the hottest, says Asin
NDTV Correspondent New Delhi: Who is the hottest actor in the film industry? Undoubtedly it’s Amir Khan. No, it’s not a result of any survey or contest but this is Ghajini girl Asin’s verdict on who’s the hottest actor of Bollywood. When asked,”Who does she think is the hottest in Bollywood”, pat comes the reply, ... Read more
Good starts for Ctg, Barisal, Sylhet
Staff Correspondent Chittagong, Barisal and Sylhet registered victories over Dhaka, Rajshahi and Khulna in a low scoring opening round of the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea National Cricket League one-dayers at different venues across the country on Thursday. Chittagong v Dhaka At the BKSP, Chittagong opted to bowl first and bowled Dhaka out for 173 in 47.2 ... Read more
Johnson leads Farashganj to 3-1 win over Rahmatganj
Sports Correspondent Farashganj Sporting Club registered its fourth victory in the Citycell 2nd B. League football championship when it inflicted a 3-1 defeat on Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city on Thursday. Kabir Hossain pulled off the first breakthrough for Farash-ganj scoring from spot after 19 minutes to put the ... Read more
Cost of living goes up by 9.4pc in 2008: CAB
Kazi Azizul Islam The cost of living in the past year went up by 9.42 per cent with the increase in prices of essential commodities by 12.54 per cent, said a release of the Consumers’ Association of Bangladesh on Thursday. While conducting a study, the CAB took into consideration the annual cost of living basing ... Read more
People want development of Barisal Div under newly elected government
Our Correspondent The people of Barisal Division want development of Barisal Div under newly elected government and they made such expression while observing the 16th founding anniversary of the division on January 1. The people hope that the regional development programs in the region will be rightly taken by the newly elected government as soon ... Read more
Banks make record operating profit despite global recession
NATION BUSINESS REPORT In spite of the collapse of many banks in the United States and Europe amid global financial meltdown, the country’s private commercial banks (PCBs) attained higher operating profit in 2008. The initial figures of operating profit of at least 10 PCBs indicated that they have earned profits in 2008 following higher import ... Read more
RMG breezes past 2008
Looking Back 2008 RMG breezes past 2008 Refayet Ullah Mirdha Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) business was well in 2008, although some national and international anti-business issues marked the year as a turbulent one. However, on the onset of the year, the country was faced with a severe competition in the global RMG
World bids farewell to a rocky year
Hundreds of thousands of revellers have rung in 2009 from a freezing Times Square in New York, signalling the end of a historic and troubled year that saw the election of the first black US president and the worst
Raibeshe demonstration at Natmondol
Sheikh Arif Bulbon Shadhona, a centre working for the development of South Asian music and dance, organised a demonstration of ‘Raibeshe’ and other folk dances of the Bengal at Natmondol of Dhaka University on
New TV commercial of Banglalink
Art & Culture Desk Last year Banglalink has talked extensively about its customer care service. They have highlighted their state of the art call centre, their vast customer care network with over 700 customer care touch points across the country as well as the quality of service provided by their customer care representatives. The customer ... Read more
Style Icon on ATN Bangla tonight
Cultural Correspondent Beauty contest “Style Icon” finally hits the small screen tonight. Starting from tonight, the show will be aired on ATN Bangla twice a week. On Fridays, the show will be aired at 8 pm, and on Mondays at 8:45 pm. Primary selection round of the contest started from November 25, 2008 where 16 ... Read more
Lawmakers-elect likely to take oath Sunday
Nazrul Islam The outgoing Jatiya Sangsad speaker Jamiruddin Sircar is expected to administer oath to the lawmakers-elect to the ninth parliament on Sunday. ‘I wish to administer oath to the lawmakers-elect to the parliament on Sunday, provided the official gazette on the election results are available by Saturday,’ Jamiruddin told reporters in his office on ... Read more
CEC urges all to respect people’s verdict
He leaves Khaleda’s allegations of stage-managed polls for people to judge, UZ polls as per schedule Staff Correspondent Terming Monday’s elections free, fair and credible, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda on Thursday called on all to show respect to people’s verdict. He said the EC is satisfied with holding such an election that ... Read more
Young MPs-elect to rule AL cabinet
Prominent old guards may be sidelined in charter for change Hasan Jahid Tusher Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina may pick younger, educated and deft leaders in the party as cabinet colleagues to implement her party’s electoral pledges at the earliest. Party sources said the AL chief might opt for a small cabinet comprised of ... Read more
Fate of 3 MPs-elect hangs in the balance
Shakhawat Liton The Supreme Court’s (SC) verdict and Bangladesh Bank’s (BB) probe report will decide the fate of three MPs-elect as two of them contested Monday’s national election following an interim SC order and the other is an alleged loan defaulter. The lawmakers-elect might lose membership of parliament if the court verdict and probe report ... Read more
ACC’s chief prosecutor Mukul quits
Staff Correspondent The Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) Chief Special Public Prosecutor (CSPP) ABM Sharfuddin Khan Mukul yesterday resigned on “personal” grounds. Mukul told The Daily Star that he submitted his resignation letter to the ACC chairman at noon. “I have moved the corruption cases on behalf of the Anti-corruption Commission against Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, ... Read more