Election countdown Poll set to be held after 2 days amid unprecedented security Ban on campaign will be imposed from tomorrow midnight Staff Correspondent A festive mood prevails across the country as the stage is now set to hold the much-awaited national parliament election on December 29 (Monday) amid unprecedented security measures. The candidates from ... Read more
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Suspected Santa gunman takes life; 8 others dead
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Dressed as Santa, Bruce Jeffrey Pardo walked up to his ex-in-laws’ home in Covina, California, on Christmas Eve and knocked on the door. An 8-year-old girl, elated to see Santa, ran toward the door. That’s when, police say, Pardo lifted a gun and shot her in the face. Pardo, 45, ... Read more
Women aspirants for JS seats reach new high
50 to contest in 52 constituencies Rakib Hasnet Suman Apart from Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia, a crop of female leaders of different political parties have emerged as tough candidates in different constituencies in the upcoming parliamentary election. This time 50 woman candidates are contesting in 52 seats. In the 2001 polls, 38 women contested
Rural people know little about ‘no vote’ option
Staff Correspondent Apart from a section of the urban elite, the provision for ‘no vote’, introduced in the national elections this time, is hardly known to people in the countryside because of poor publicity campaigns on the part of the Election Commission. In its package for political and electoral reforms, the military-backed government of Fakhruddin ... Read more
Public life intolerable due to tannery
Tannery yet to be shifted to Savar Public life intolerable due to tannery Staff Correspondent “It is not a place for human habitation as foul odours of raw hide covers the area all the time. Specially after the Eid-ul-Azha, it is very difficult to stay here as thousands of raw hides from different places of ... Read more
Demi Moore’s e-Xmas
Demi Moore is inviting ex-husband Bruce Willis to spend Christmas with her. The actress’ one-time spouse will spend the holiday with Demi, the former couple’s three daughters – Rumer, 20, Scout LaRue, 17, and Tallulah Belle, 14 – and her new husband Ashton Kutcher. Demi, 46, said: “We will be having an unconventional Christmas in ... Read more
Tom Cruise’s 6k paper
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are set to spend $6,000 on wrapping paper this Christmas. The celebrity couple – who have a two-year-old daughter Suri together – are said to want to impress friends and family by wrapping gifts in expensive paper. A source said: “Tom and Katie are planning to wrap each present in ... Read more
Festive saviour Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt has saved Christmas for 150 American families. ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ star spent more than £3 million rebuilding 150 New Orleans homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina – just in time for the festive season. Gloria Guy – a 69-year-old grandmother who lost her house, pets and eldest son in the 2005 ... Read more
Jennifer Hudson’s gala appearance
Jennifer Hudson will make her first public appearance since the tragic deaths of her mother, brother and nephew at the MusiCares Person of the Year gala in February. The 27-year-old star – who has been in hiding since mom Darnell Donerson Hudson, sibling Jason Hudson and seven-year-old nephew Julian King were shot in October – ... Read more
Katrina Kaif is accident prone
Mumbai, (IANS): Katrina Kaif is very accident prone. A month ago, Ranbir Kapoor missed his cue and slapped her so hard on the sets of “Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani” that her face got swollen badly and shooting had to be cancelled. Last week, she got her leg rather badly injured while shooting for “De ... Read more
Like Aamir, I’m also quite a perfectionist: Asin
New Delhi, (IANS): Aamir Khan’s perfectionist attitude often sends jitters down his co-stars’ spines. But southern beauty Asin, who is set to make her Bollywood debut with Aamir in “Ghajini”, says she had no issues matching up to the superstar as she too always settles for nothing but the best. “People often call Aamir a ... Read more
Love birds Kangana and Adhyayan defy rumours
Eversince Kangana Ranaut and Adhyayan Suman have been a couple there have been negative reports floating around. Earlier it was said that his father Shekhar Suman was not happy with the alliance. Then that the couple played truant on the sets and irked Emraan Hashmi. Adhyayan clears the air about his girl friend and says ... Read more
BTV reaches 44
A leap or a slide? Sadya Afreen Mallick How BTV has changed! When it was launched sometime around middle of 1964 (under the name of Pakistan Television Corporation), people would excitedly flock in front of the TV sets, waiting expectantly, and all this time, watching a blank screen with the words PTC on the screen. ... Read more
CAT, Bangladesh stages Lady from the Sea
Ibsen Festival in Delhi CAT, Bangladesh stages Lady from the Sea Kavita Charanji, New Delhi Dark, bleak and brooding — this best describes the landscape of parts of Norway. And Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen has aptly captured the ambiance of his country in his famous plays. Recently an Ibsen festival was held in Delhi ... Read more
Mexican beauty queen arrested in gun-filled truck
AP Guadalajara: A reigning Mexican beauty queen from the drug-plagued state of Sinaloa was arrested with suspected gang members in a truck filled with guns and ammunition, police said on Tuesday. Miss Sinaloa 2008 Laura Zuniga stared at the ground, with her flowing dark hair concealing her face, as she stood squeezed between seven alleged ... Read more
Poll spending started well before campaign
TIB finds 142 candidates spent nearly Tk 3 lakh each before campaign Staff Correspondent As many as 142 candidates from 40 constituencies spent on average about Tk 3.04 lakh each for
No withdrawal from polls, says Khaleda
She warns govt, EC against manipulation Abdullah Juberee . Feni Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday dismissed rumours that her party and alliance might withdraw from the election race but warned against attempts to rig the December 29 parliamentary polls. She warned the interim government and the Election Commission of ‘dire consequences’ if ... Read more
Hasina accuses Khaleda of staging drama as ploy
Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee . Dinajpur The Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday termed her political arch-rival Khaleda Zia’s claim of an attempt on her life a ploy in the guise of a drama to keep off the December 29 polls. ‘It is not clear why she suddenly staged such a drama claiming grenades were ... Read more
X-mas today
Staff Reporter The Christian community will celebrate the largest religious festival ‘Christmas Day’ today across the country in remembrance of the birth of Jesus Christ. The Christian community believes, God appeared on earth through his son, Jesus Christ, on Christmas Day. It is also a celebration of rebirth, new beginnings, forgiveness and peace as the ... Read more
New situations being created as polls near, says Delwar
Staff Correspondent The BNP secretary general, Khandaker Delwar Hossain, on Wednesday said that with the election day approaching, ‘new situations’ were being created with an ulterior motive. The BNP-led alliance on Wednesday staged demonstrations across the country in protest against the ‘attempt’ on the life of the alliance chief Khaleda Zia. ‘With the day for ... Read more