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BlackBerry with clickable touchscreen ready to take on iPhone

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The new touchscreen BlackBerry has an “intuitive touchscreen” that can be pressed down like buttons on a keyboard, joining a crowded market for new smartphones Murad Ahmed, Technology Reporter. A new touchscreen BlackBerry phone is launched today, ready to battle with the likes of Apple’s iPhone and the new “Google phone” in the run up ... Read more

MSC gives Russell taste of first defeat

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Staff Correspondent Alamu Bukola Olalekan (C) the Nigerian forward of Dhaka Mohammedan forces his way through the Sheikh Russell defence at the BNS on Tuesday. — New Age photo Title contenders Dhaka Mohammedans inflicted the first defeat on Sheikh Russell on Tuesday, winning 2-1 in the crucial Citycell B League match at the Bangabandhu National ... Read more

Amrita And Shakeel To Tie Knot?

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Amrita Arora and her boyfriend Shakeel Ladak are reportedly set the tie the knot. After going through a series of relationships, it finally appears as though they are set to marry next year. A source said: “Amrita and Shakeel are planning to get married by March 2009. The two families have already met and are ... Read more

BCS candidates continue fast unto death

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DU Correspondent. The candidates, who had qualified in the 27th BCS examinations as per the results published on January 21, 2007, continued their fast unto death programme for the third consecutive day at the Central Shaheed Miner on Tuesday. They said they would not end their programme unless the government met their demand. Seven of ... Read more

Democrats are looking for bigger House majority

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Ap, Washington. Democrats reached for a blowout at the polls Tuesday in heavy early congressional balloting that could add more than 20 seats to their House majority. Long lines formed as polls opened before daybreak in about a dozen Eastern seaboard states. Democrats were counting on heavy turnouts to capture more than 15 GOP seats, ... Read more

Mobiles in pockets hit fertility

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PTI. NEW YORK: An Indian American fertility expert has warned men that keeping their cellphones in pockets and belts while talking on hands-free could affect their fertility. In a study published on in the Journal of Fertility and Sterility, Ashok Agarwal, lead author, says men who keep their cellphones in their pockets or clip them ... Read more

Jennifer Hudson mourns family

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Oprah Winfrey, Beyonce Knowles, Missy Elliott and Queen Latifah attended the memorial service for Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew yesterday (03.11.08). Jennifer looked “upset but managed to keep herself together” as she joined 450 mourners at Chicago’s Apostolic Church of God to bid a final farewell to her mom Darnell Donerson, brother Jason Hudson ... Read more

‘Aishwarya Rai should stop trying to act’

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In these times of economic crisis and a relatively sober, gift-less Diwali, Delhi needed some hilarity, and that’s just what it got. Stand-up comedian of Indian descent, Russell Peters, was in the National Capital to raise the spirits of the people and bring them out of their doledrums. Apart from his usual act, the comedian ... Read more

Broadband Policy to be announced soon

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BSS, Dhaka. Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser for Post and Telecommunications Brig Gen (retd) MA Malek said here yesterday the government will soon announce the “National Broadband Policy-08.” With the announcement of the policy, he said, the Internet service facilities will increase in the country and cost of using Internet will also be reduced. ... Read more

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions

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Global Warming Reduce greenhouse gas emissions Farhad Tuhin Greenhouse gases naturally blanket the Earth and keep it about 33 degrees Celsius warmer than it would be without these gases in the atmosphere. Over the past century, the Earth’s temperature has increased by about 0.5 degrees Celsius and scientists believe this is because of an increase ... Read more

Karan Johar praises Shilpa Shetty’s bikini act

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Mumbai, Oct 29: Shilpa Shetty’s ever-so-perfect vital stats have seen many of her Bollywood contemporaries go green with envy and rarely do any of them get generous with compliments for this long legged lass. Nevertheless, men have often gone gaga over her perfect curves and the latest one, who seems to be smitten by her ... Read more

BB asked to seek recommendation of national pay commission

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PROPOSAL FOR SEPARATE PAY STRUCTURE BB asked to seek recommendation of national pay commission Staff Correspondent. The finance ministry has asked Bangladesh Bank to seek recommendation of the National Pay Commission on its proposed separate pay scale for the officials and employees, official said. ‘If the government allows the central bank to have a separate ... Read more

Ode to the oxygen-givers

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Cultural Correspondent Noazesh Ahmed is a name that hardly needs any introduction. He is an internationally reputed plant geneticist and notable photographer. Ahmed started as a photographer in the ’50s. He is a plant geneticist by profession and has made immense contribution to the agriculture sector of the country. “Mahabanashpatir Padabali,” a photographic slideshow on ... Read more