Jagannath University will have to run by its own income from October if the Jagannath University Act is not amended br br In that case it will be the first self-funded public university in the country br br However the students and teachers of the university demand continuation of government ...
Bangladesh is one of the countries most affected by climate change with many experts blaming global warming for a recent spike in cyclones which have killed thousands of people including fishermen who live along the coast br br At this situation a young French engineer and sailor Corentin de Chatelperron ...
City dwellers continue crowding bus and launch terminals and the Kamlapur railway station for advance tickets and a large number of them are yet to get any ticket br br Although the Bangladesh Railway started selling advance tickets on Tuesday many alleged they could not get tickets for the dates ...
The US has decided to release a postage stamp honouring Mother Teresa on September the US Postal Service has announced br br The US Postal Service will pay tribute to Mother Teresa who received the Nobel Peace Prize in for her humanitarian work the USPS said in a statement br ...
Anisul Huq senior lawyer who specializes in criminal law said that the higher courts' judgments on the fifth and seventh amendments of the Constitution that declared illegal the promulgation of martial law made an identical observation that the military usurpers should be suitably punished br br Former president HM Ershad ...
Before leaving for Saudi Arabia to perform holy umrah opposition leader Khaleda Zia has marked the serving government worse than dictator alleging that the present rulers do not want advancement of democracy and development of the country br br Dozens of party's central leaders went to see off BNP chairperson ...
br When a mother does not stand beside her ailing sons how could she stand beside the country PM said at a discussion marking the th death anniversary of the father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre br br Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina questioned ...
An agreement in New Delhi to set up a MW Power project in joint venture in Bangladesh has been signed between Bangladesh Power Develop ment Board PDB and NTPC of India br br A K Sharma GM I C Consultancy Wing and Abul Quasem Chief Engineer Generation signed the MoU ...
Foreign Transport experts prefer construction of monorail instead of underground metro rail for Dhaka city as the subways will be less feasible and will cost one billion dollar more than the sky-trains br br They said approximately billion US dollar will be required to build the country's underground metro railway ...
China will provide all out support to the poverty alleviation programme undertaken by the present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina br br The assurance came when the visiting Chinese Director for the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development of China CPAD Fan Xiaojian paid ...
Detective police on Sunday arrested Kamal Hossain Kala driver and Sohel personnel secretary of Nurrunnabi Chowdhury Shaon MP for their suspected involvement in the killing of Juba League leader Ibrahim in the city on August br br They are undergoing interrogation in DB office It is expected that they will ...
Hasina the year-old leader of the left-of-center Awami League has a history of surviving During a coup d' tat assassins killed members of her family including her son three brothers mother and father former Prime Minister Sheik Mujibur Rahman Hasina then happened to be abroad at the time br br ...
Foreign clothes shoes ornaments cosmetics and other items both imported and smuggled took a significant share in the more than Tk crore Eid market across the country br br Sellers say that high-spending consumers in the country have a liking for foreign goods br br Shopkeepers said that domestic manufacturers ...
The Cabinet committee on purchase sent back a proposal for appointing a Chinese firm to mend the cracks in the Bangabandhu Bridge that appeared in for seeking experts opinions on the best way to repair the bridge br br Professor Jamilur Reza Chowdhury will lead the team as he along ...
Six sets of directives to the government to prevent casualties on the inland shipping routes during the Eid festival issued by the High Court br br A HC division bench comprising Justice Wahab Miah and Justice Kazi Rezaul Haque gave the directives in response to an application filed by the ...
A High Court election tribunal declared illegal the election of an independent MP from Noakhali constituency in the general elections of December br br An election tribunal bench of Justice Md Emdadul Haque also directed the election commission to hold fresh election to the constituency in Hatiya br br The ...
The parole for BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia s ailing son Arafat Rahman who is now in Bangkok for treatment has been extended by the High Court till October br br The bench of Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah and Justice Quazi Reza-ul Hoque also asked the government to explain by ...
A court in Dhaka placed ex-PM and BNP Chair Khaleda Zia's nephew ex-naval officer Saiful Islam Duke on a day remand in August grenade attack case br br Duke went to the Criminal Investigation Department CID office for the second time on Wednesday as the Investigation Officer Abdul Kahar Akhand ...
AL leaders including HBM Iqbal its lawmaker Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon and others set free by a special tribunal from the charges of killing four people by firing into a Bangladesh Nationalist Party procession at Malibagh in Dhaka in br br The judge of Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal Shamsun Nahar Begum ...
On March chief of army staff HM Ershad seized state power overthrowing President Abdus Sattar in a military coup and imposed martial law br br He suspended the constitution the supreme law of the land and dissolved the then parliament and the council of ministers appointed by Sattar br br ...
The th anniversary of the death of poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be observed today Nazrul born on May at Churulia in Bardwan of West Bengal was invited to post-partition Bangladesh as the national poet His work which also includes about songs transcends sectarian boundaries br br He is often ...
The High Court on Thursday declared the seventh amendment to the Constitution the amendment which was adopted by the Parliament on November by ratifying and confirming the promulgation of martial law on March was void illegal and made without lawful authority br br Same condition is applied for all other ...
After passing a critical period the fiscal year Bangladesh garment exporters who suffered from the impacts of global recession struggling to sustain in their major and traditional markets have found a new hope Several new markets that opened up in that critical period raised hopes to local exporters industry analysts ...
Dhaka city Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami amir Islami Rafiqul Islam Khan was arrested at his house in the capital on Wednesday afternoon by the city police br br A day after he had obtained anticipatory bail from a High Court bench in separate cases filed against him on charges of obstructing the ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the minority communities to work with sincerity honesty and devotion for ensuring welfare of the people of all faiths living in the country br br The call came when members of the reconstituted Buddha and Hindu religion Welfare Trusts separately met her at ...
Arafat Rahman Koko younger son of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia is still sick and under treatment at Bankok Praram hospital Stating this in an application to the Home Secretary Koko's lawyer AM Mahbubuddin Khokon said that the hospital authorities is providing him with necessary treatment by identifying his physical ...
For not keeping her word of not sparing any wrongdoer in her Hasina party as a ruling party MP is roaming around freely even after allegedly killing a man BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has criticized the Prime Minister br br She termed the PM's recent statement that no-one even from ...
Iran formally invited Bangladesh to join the long-stalled billion-dollar transnational gas pipeline dubbed the peace pipeline' br br Energy-hungry Bangladesh is examining this offer from Tehran to join a much-delayed project to pipe natural gas from Iran to Pakistan and India an official said br br We have sought more ...
The project and route alignment of the long-awaited Dhaka Elevated Expressway DEE has been approved by the Cabinet br br The first phase of the project at a cost of USD billion is expected to start in January next year and be completed by December Among several options the cabinet ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyau and the Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas agreed Thursday to resume their peace talks in the Middle East on September US special envoy George Mitchell said br br The two leaders agreed to meet again September and in the region and every two weeks thereafter ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
A suicide bomber struck a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday killing up to people in the second major attack this week piling pressure on a government struggling with a flood crisis br br The attack on the Shi'ite rally expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people came ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
The World Bank will increase its flood-related support to Pakistan to billion from the previously announced million br br World Bank Group President Robert B Zoellick informed Pakistan's Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh about his decision and emphasised the Bank Group's commitment to help Pakistan recover from the worst floods in ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
Formally declaring that combat mission in Iraq is over US President Barack Obama has said that this milestone should serve as a message to the world that it intends to sustain and strengthen our leadership in the st century br br This milestone should serve as a reminder to all ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
Cuban leader Fidel Castro describes the illness that caused him to step down from power in near-religious terms a calvary' and his recovery a sort of resurrection br br Castro made the remarks in an interview with a Mexican daily br br I was dead Castro said in the interview ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
US President Barack Obama says he's not concerned about rumours about his birthplace or faith blaming an online campaign of misinformation by his conservative enemies for perpetuating the myth that he's a Muslim br br There's a network of misinformation that in a new media era can get churned out ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
The Pakistani Taliban offered Rs million in aid for victims of the devastating floods and have said that the world community is not coming ahead with assistance as it does not trust the government br br A statement issued by the Omar Khalid chief of the Tehrik-e-Taliban chapter in the ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
President Barack Obama said the US economy was expanding but not quickly enough and there was no magic bullet that will fix its problems br br Obama said in an television interview that the batch of grim economic data over the past few weeks was something his administration had anticipated ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
Pakistani troops and workers were on a war footing as they battled to save the southern city of Thatta after most of the population of fled advancing flood waters br br Torrential monsoon rains have triggered massive floods that have moved steadily from north to south over the past month ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
French First Lady Carla Bruni Sarkozy has been branded a prostitute and a marriage breaker in Iran after she criticised a Tehran court ruling of stoning a woman to death for adultery a media report said br br The year-old former Italian supermodel who signed a petition calling for Iran ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
Iran said that it has successfully test-fired an upgraded version of a short-range surface-to-surface missile br br Defense Minister Gen Ahmad Vahidi said the third generation of the Fateh which means conqueror in Farsi and Arabic is equipped with a high accuracy guidance control system He said the solid-fuel missile ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
The president Hamid Karzai said Washington s war strategy for Afghanistan needed a rethink as a Taliban-led insurgency gathers pace and foreign forces casualties surge br br Karzai made the comments to the visiting Norbert Lammert president of the German parliament the Afghan president s office said in a statement ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
A man was shot and injured outside one of the largest Sikh temples in Canada at a time when a wedding ceremony was taking place at the shrine br br Police and ambulance rushed to the scene at Guru Nanak temple in Surrey in British Columbia one of the largest ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
At least people were killed and more than injured in a series of attacks across Iraq on Wednesday mainly bomb blasts targeting police stations br br A member of parliament for the Iraqiya List a party headed by former premier Iyad al-Allawi called for an emergency session of parliament in ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
An official close to Myanmar s junta says the government has carried out a major military reshuffle retiring more than a dozen senior military leaders ahead of upcoming national elections br br The leaders are widely believed to be retiring from their military posts so they can run in the ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
Pakistan ordered people to evacuate a southern city after waters breached its defences as the United Nations warned Friday the country's worst humanitarian crisis was deepening br br For nearly a month torrential monsoon rain has triggered massive floods steadily moving from north to south affecting a fifth of the ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
A lingering border squabble between India and China caused fresh tension between the giants Friday after Beijing refused a visa for an Indian general responsible for the disputed region of Kashmir br br The Indian foreign ministry said the general's planned visit in August had not taken place and called ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
The Taliban hinted they may launch attacks against foreigners helping Pakistan respond to the worst floods in the country's history saying their presence was unacceptable The U N said it would not be deterred by violent threats br br The militant group has attacked aid workers in the country before ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
The devastating floods sweeping Pakistan have displaced lakh more people in southern Sindh province straining the resources of the government and aid agencies as they struggle to provide relief to the victims of the deluge br br New flooding in Thatta and Qambar-Shahdadkot districts of Sindh caused by the Indus ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
Mother Teresa's th birth anniversary will be marked in New York's iconic Times Square with billboards and buildings emitting a soft blue light to honour the Nobel laureate while the Empire State Building has refused to be a part of the global celebrations br br Named the Great White Way ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
The Pakistani government announced emergency measures aimed at averting major outbreaks of cholera and other epidemic diseases in the country's flooded areas br br br br A national steering committee comprising top health official was set up to monitor the situation on a regular basis officials said after a meeting ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
The WikiLeaks website released a secret CIA memo on Wednesday warning of fallout if the United States came to be seen as an exporter of terrorism given al-Qaeda's interest in American recruits br br The document by the CIA's so-called Red Cell was the latest classified memo to be published ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
The Canadian police claimed to have foiled a major Al-Qaeda bombing plot by arresting two Ottawa residents including an Indian They are alleged to have close ties with top leaders of the terror outfit br br Misbahuddin Ahmed is now being questioned in Ottawa for his role in Operation Samosa' ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
WikiLeaks is preparing to release a leaked CIA paper sometime on Wednesday the whistleblower website said br br WikiLeaks to release CIA paper tomorrow it said late on Tuesday in a Tweet also posted on its website which is already locked in a dispute with the Pentagon over the leaking ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
China on Tuesday voiced its opposition to a recent meeting between the Dalai Lama the Tibetan spiritual leader and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warning New Delhi not to disturb overall ties br br The exiled Buddhist monk made a routine call on Singh in New Delhi earlier this month ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
The job approval rating of US President Barack Obama who is currently on a day vacation in Martha's Vineyard has dropped to a new low of per cent Gallup Poll has said br br The erosion reflects particularly low ratings at the beginning of last week including per cent for ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
A Chinese passenger jet overshot a fog-shrouded runway in the country's northeast and burst into flames on Tuesday killing people and injuring others state media said br br The Henan Airlines plane with passengers and crew crashed in Heilongjiang province's Yichun city the official Xinhua News Agency said br br ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
Canada's independent Immigration and Refugee Board has ordered the continued detention of all adult Tamil asylum seekers who arrived August aboard the cargo ship MV Sun Sea br br Adjudicators agreed with government requests for more time to analyse the migrant's identity documents br br With the men and women ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
All passengers including six foreigners aboard a private aircraft were killed as the plane crashed near Kathmandu on Tuesday br br The flight by domestic airline Agni Air headed towards northern Nepal was carrying passengers including four American women an Irish and a Japanese tourist and three Nepali crew members ...
The government has to ensure that women are not forced to wear veil against their will in educational institutions and working places and not barred from participating in cultural and sports activities The High Court asked the government to do so br br An HC division bench headed by Justice ...
Pakistan's worst floods in decades have left millions hungry the United Nations said on Monday while parts of the south were on high alert for rising waters that could further tax aid groups br br We cannot talk about starvation yet but I think we can talk about millions of ...
Hoping to enhance the mental strength of struggling crickets newly-appointed sports psychologist Soumendra Saha has joined the Bangladesh cricket team on Wednesday br br Soumendra was accompanied by his wife Srilekha Saha a doctorate in sports psychology when he visited the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium to see the practice of national ...
Bangladesh Cricket Board finally gave up hope on South African all-rounder Lance Klusener and is now looking for a new bowling coach for the national side officials said on Wednesday br br Klusener confirmed us on Monday that he was not coming said Jalal Yunus the spokesman of the BCB ...
The alleged match-fixer at the centre of a betting storm engulfing Pakistan was in Sydney and met Pakistani cricketers during January s Test against Australia which he claims was rigged br br Pakistan players have been implicated in explosive newspaper allegations which led to the weekend arrest of Mazhar Majeed ...
Pakistan s cricket team were embroiled in an alleged betting scam Sunday after British police arrested a man on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud bookmakers during a Test match against England br br The News of the World newspaper said it paid pounds dollars euros to a middle man in ...
England crushed Pakistan by an innings and runs to win the fourth and final Test at Lord s here on Sunday with more than a day to spare br br Victory wrapped up before lunch on the fourth day gave England the series their last before they defend the Ashes ...
India were faced with the largest target of the tournament on its easiest batting track and yet their biggest partnership during the chase was worth only between Yuvraj Singh and Virat Kohli for the third wicket MS Dhoni the India captain said the batsmen needed to have had much larger ...
Stuart Broad starred with both bat and ball as England pressed for victory in the fourth and final Test against Pakistan at Lord s here on Saturday br br Broad s sparkling his maiden first-class century helped England to a first innings total of with his stand of with Jonathan ...
The first professional golfer of Bangladesh Siddikur Rahman to win the Brunei Open title was felicitated at a grand reception at a city hotel on Wednesday br br Grameenphone the leading cellular operator of the country and the sponsor of Siddik since along with the Bangladesh Golf Federation hosted the ...
There was no reserve wicketkeeper in Bangladesh cricket team but this time batsman Jahirul Islam as a reserve wicketkeeper is going to be considered as reserve player to perform both with the bat and behind the stumps br br With this change regular wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim feeling competition to stay ...
Tiger Woods' ex-wife Elin Nordegren said she has been through hell since her husband's infidelity surfaced but she never hit him according to an interview released on Wednesday br br Nordegren told People magazine she and Woods tried for months to reconcile the relationship In the end a marriage without ...
David Rudisha of Kenya broke the world record in the men's meter run Sunday at Olympic Stadium in Berlin br br Rudisha powered home in minute seconds breaking the mark of set by Wilson Kipketer of Denmark on Aug in Cologne Germany br br Earlier Caster Semenya of South Africa ...
Bangladesh coach Jamie Siddons wants his former assistant Mohammad Salahuddin to assist the spinners in the national team s training camp on Monday br br Salahuddin worked as a fielding coach of the national side until November when he was replaced by Sri Lankan Ruwan Kalpage He was appointed again ...
Pakistan captain Salman Butt dedicated his team's victory at The Oval to the thousands of victims of the raging floods which have submerged vast swathes of the country Calling it a national disaster Butt believed the best he and his team-mates could do was provide some sense of joy with ...
Julien Fountain the new fielding coach of Bangladesh cricket team arrived in Dhaka on Thursday and made no delay in working out his plan with head coach Jamie Siddons br br Hours after his arrival Fountain went to the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium and met the acting chief executive of the ...
With Glenn McGrath retired it appears Ricky Ponting has taken on his pre-Ashes role predicting a Australian series sweep br br It's absolutely possible there's no reason why not the Australia Test captain said It's all in our hands It's how well we play and how well we take charge ...
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal is one of the contenders for Test Player of the Year in the International Cricket Council said on Wednesday br br The ICC named the nominees of nine award categories with pace bowler Shafiul Islam being the only other Bangladeshi cricketer to have got on the ...
Sri Lanka Cricket on Tuesday apologised to India after Virender Sehwag was denied a one-day century due to what the batsman said was a deliberate no-ball br br Sehwag was stranded on not out as India raced to a six-wicket win in a tri-series match on Monday which ended amid ...
Tyson Gay shook the chill out of a packed Crystal Palace crowd with a hugely impressive season-leading s m victory on Friday despite a groin injury that could end his season prematurely br br With Usain Bolt out for the rest of the season with a back problem and Asafa ...
England manager Fabio Capello will give David Beckham one final chance to play for his country after calling time on the veteran s international career br br The year-old who is currently England s most-capped outfield player with appearances missed the World Cup through injury but ended up being part ...
Four years ago post World Cup the English Premier League was on the crest of a wave Chelsea had just roped in Andriy Shevchenko Michael Ballack John Obi Mikel and in much protracted negotiations Ashley Cole br br Over in East London West Ham pulled off the biggest of all ...
National coach Jamie Siddons said he will welcome Lance Klusener as the bowling coach of the side dampening the speculation that he might not like the appointment of the South African br br Bangladesh Cricket Board this week confirmed the appointments of Klusener and ex-British baseball player Julien Fountain respectively ...
South Africa's Lance Klusner may have been shortlisted as a bowling coach for the Bangladesh team but surprisingly the team's head coach Jamie Siddons under whom the support staff-members need to work was not made part of the interview process by the Bangladesh Cricket Board BCB br br I don't ...
Ryan Lochte finally fended off Michael Phelps in the individual medley br br Lochte beat his rival for the first time in a long-course medley at a major meet winning the meter IM at the U S national championships on Friday night br br Lochte touched in minute seconds with ...
World record holder and Olympic champion Usain Bolt crashed to his first defeat in two years on Friday when America s Tyson Gay won their eagerly-awaited m clash at the Diamond League meeting br br Gay clocked sec to edge Bolt who was second in sec while Trinidad s Richard ...
Real Madrid star Kaka who has been ruled out through injury for three to four months said he had a problem with his left knee even before the World Cup br br This knee has been bothering me for quite some time But I didn't know that it was so ...
World's third biggest sporting extravaganza ICC Cricket World Cup's mascot's name was unveiled at an event at the P Sara Oval International Cricket Stadium in Colombo on Monday The mascot is a baby elephant which was named Stumpy br br The mascot was unveiled in presence of the tournament director ...
Bangladesh ace golfer Siddikur Rahman reached a newer height by winning the Brunei Open Golf trophy at the Brunei Empire Hotel and Country Club Golf course on Sunday br br Siddik became the first Bangladeshi to win on the Asian Tour after defeating South Africa's Jbe Kruger in a nerve-shattering ...
Diego Maradona will not continue as Argentina coach after the association s executive committee unanimously agreed not to renew his contract br br Maradona met with the Argentinian Football Association president Julio Grondona on Monday in a bid to resolve his future with reports suggesting a new four-year deal was ...
Sachin Tendulkar hit his th Test century to lead India's fightback in the second Test on Wednesday after Sri Lanka's new-look bowling attack ran through the top order br br The world's leading international run-scorer was unbeaten on as India replying to Sri Lanka's declared recovered to by stumps on ...
Barely a few days into retirement and there is something in Test cricket that Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muraliatharan is already missing bowling to Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar br br Muralitharan brought down the curtains on his glittering year-old career after guiding Sri Lanka to a thumping wicket triumph ...
Earlier in the month of May this year Ajay Devgn earned the wrath of director of health services Dr Rajnanda Desai for smoking in a public place in Goa br br The actor was shooting then for his forthcoming film Golmaal and was caught puffing away near the Inox cinema ...
Under attack from political parties for his comments on Mumbai metro Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan said that being a proud Mumbaikar he never opposed the development of the city br br The year-old star claimed that his comments on his blog regarding the proposed metro track invading his privacy were ...
Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage is all set to star in Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Broken Horses The movie believed to be Chopra's first English film has already made headlines by roping in the Oscar-winning actor br br According to film director Vidhu Vinod Chopra Cage has already confirmed his leading role ...
Directed By Daniel Stamm br br Starring Patrick Fabian Ashley Bell Louis Herthum Caleb Landry Jones Iris Bahr br br The Last Exorcism is a truly horrifying film but doesn t leave with a pit in stomach rather a smile on face It s scary funny and entertaining and an ...
Two of Michael Jackson's children have begun attending school for the first time after years of getting lessons at home from private tutors a celebrity website said on Friday br br Prince Michael and Paris Jackson had their first day on Wednesday at an exclusive private school in Los Angeles ...
Harry Potter star Emma Watson who has fronted a new advertising campaign for ethical clothing company People Tree says visiting garment factories in Dhaka Bangladesh was an upsetting experience br br I had some preconceived ideas but nothing prepared me for the reality It was upsetting to see the conditions ...
Socialite celebrity TV and web site favorite Paris Hilton has been released by Las Vegas police after her arrest for possessing cocaine on Friday night her lawyer said on Saturday br br Paris Hilton was released this morning on her own recognizance This matter will be dealt with in the ...
For nearly years people have been gazing at Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of Mona Lisa with a sense of bafflement first she is smiling then the smile fades a moment later it returns only to disappear again br br Now scientists claim to have uncovered the secret of how da ...
Sylvester Stallone s The Expendables was supposed to be a nostalgic throwback to the days of red-meat action movies where a hero s worth was measured in the bulge of his bicep and the barbed wit of his one-liner br br Bring on Michael Cera and his Scott Pilgrim vs ...
Name Lafangey Parindey br August br Genre Romance br Starcast Neil Nitin Mukesh Deepika Padukone Piyush Mishra br Duration br Directed by Pradeep Sarkar br Music by R Anandh br br She a wannabe figure skater cannot see He a bare-knuckles street-fighter doesn t need to But both Pinky Palkar ...
This is the st century and yet there are claims of racial prejudice and discrimination that keep cropping up the world over even films for that matter are not left unscathed by this vicious stigma However the soon to be released Karan Johar produced film We Are Family has taken ...
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has contributed about Pakistani million rupees for flood ravaged Pakistan a move that surpasses President Asif Ali Zardari's five million rupees donation and the help extended by most other politicians br br Some leaders have refused to disclose their contribution to the relief effort and claimed ...
Jimena Navarrete of Guadalajara Mexico won the Miss Universe crown amidst much fan fare and adulation The year-old won the jury over by emphasizing the need to teach kids family values br br Jimena resplendent in a flowing red gown was the first to answer an interview question on Monday ...
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio who is dating model Bar Rafaeli admits that he's not sure if he would ever marry br br The Inception star whose close friend Kate Winslet split from director husband Sam Mendes soon after the three of them had worked on Revolutionary Road insists that seeing other ...
Bollywood hunk Salman Khan who is once again playing a cop in his brother Arbaaz Khan's debut production Dabangg says he has a special connect with police as his grandfather was a police officer and of course due to his own run-ins with the law br br I think because ...
Harry Potter' fans now have the chance to study about their favourite teen wizard as Durham university has introduced a one of its kind course on the popular character br br However there will be no flying lessons potions or defence-against-the-dark-arts classes as the module will focus on social cultural ...
Besides impending motherhood Kajol has just celebrated her birthday and her husband Ajay Devgn has just had a big success in Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai br br Don't you think I've trained him very well her voice sparkles with mischief pride and pleasure when told that she has ...
Aamir Khan along with Hindustan Construction Company reached Leh to reconstruct the school in Leh where the last scenes of Idiots were shot The school had got almost destroyed because of recent mudslide br br The London-based Drupka Trust which runs The Druk White Lotus School featured in the film ...
A television crew intrudes into a village hutment and plonks a camera bang in the middle of its cramped messy space It is looking for an exclusive TRP-boosting conversation with a suicidal farmer The latter dread and bewilderment writ large on his face cringes in a corner of the room ...
For Hyderabad boy Sreeram Chandra this Independence Day couldn't have been more special He realised his dream of winning music reality show Indian Idol and can't wait now for his next dream of singing for Bollywood and Oscar winning music composer A R Rahman to come true br br My ...
This is where funny gets funnier There have been endless speculations and criticism following the Common Wealth Games CWG right from incongruous work to corruption that any and every ray of light seems spectacular br br No wonder then that when a press conference was called announcing the composition that ...
While Aamir Khan's latest home production Peepli Live manages to draw in the crowds with each passing day there seems to be a certain section of the audience who are not too happy with the film br br Yes we are talking about some farmers and their families in Vidarbha ...
Eat Pray Love' is the unconventional story of one woman s search for meaning br br Based on Elizabeth Gilbert s best-selling memoir it details how the author reeling from the one-two punch of a bad divorce and an unhappy affair took a year off to find herself She looked ...
Aamir Hussain Khan hails from a typically staunch conservative and orthodox Muslim family originating from the Khan clan of Peshawar Belonging to the Shia clan he has never hidden the fact that right from childhood he was quite liberal minded and moreover a rebel person at heart br br He ...
He is the chhote nawab' of Bollywood With impeccable style and poise as his middle name he is the pinnacle of cool and suave Ladies and gentlemen please put your hands together for the one and only Saif Ali Khan br br With a repertoire of films like Omkara Race ...
Director Rajshree Ojha br Producer Rhea Kapoor Sanjeev K Bijli Ajay Bijli br Music Director Amit Trivedi br Lyricst Javed Akhtar br Cast Abhay Deol Sonam Kapoor br br The thing about shallow people from the beau monde is that they shouldn t be played shallowly when brought to the ...
It appears like a mere coincidence exactly a year after he was detained at a US airport Shah Rukh Khan has a new home in New York city The Bollywood mega star has joined the wax figures of the famed and famous at Madame Tussauds at Times Square New York ...
Featuring the voices of Steve Carell Jason Segel and Russell Brand Directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud minutes At major theatres PG br br If a super-villain is only as good as his minions then the evil genius in Despicable Me has it all over his competition br br ...
Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan's last three films have raked in big money proving that one doesn't need massive budgets to make a blockbuster and the ideology behind it is simple he wants everyone associated with the movie to make money br br It has to be win-win for everyone My ...
A year-old film student Michael Enright accused of slashing a Bangladeshi taxi driver Ahmed Sharif last week after questioning whether he was a Muslim was indicted on two hate crimes on Tuesday br br Michael Enright was not present during the court proceedings according to reports br br Last week ...
In the summer of one of the cousins of Salman khan was having trouble in math class converting kilograms He agreed to remotely tutor her using Yahoo Doodle software as a shared notepad as well as a telephone br br It was so successful that he started to teach other ...
Toronto police arrested Syed Altaf Hussain owner of moving company Desi Movers His two sons four of his drivers were also arrested br br Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of a fifth driver connected with the company br br In total they face charges including numerous counts ...
A young college student Michael Enright was charged Wednesday with using a folding knife to slash the neck and face of the Bangladeshi taxi driver Ahmed Sharif after sharif said he was Muslim br br A judge ordered Enright held without bail on charges of attempted murder and assault as ...
A civic activist and telecommunications executive Mukit Hossain emigrated from Bangladesh in the s just a couple of weeks after had e-mailed fliers to area Muslims informing them that he was selling naturally raised humanely slaughtered home-delivered goat meat that was halal or in accordance with Islamic law he made ...
Hansen Clarke who at the age of just beginning his dream journey His father came from a small town in Bangladesh and married a black woman from Detroit His father died when he was eight and he was raised by his mother with earnings from her crossing guard job at ...
Nine-term Democratic assemblyman Peter M Rivera for the first time is going to face hard contest as Democratic challenger Luis Sepulveda is adopting a novel strategy that speaks volumes about New York s rich ethnic political stew to win the seat in the th Assembly District in the Bronx br ...
A draft of the Electoral Rolls Amendment Bill has approved by the cabinet to allow non-resident Bangladeshis to register as voters fulfilling the expatriates long-standing demand br br The expatriate Bangladeshis as per the draft would be able to exercise their right to vote in all elections in the country ...
Soybean consumption is rising dramatically it is the second largest crop in the United States finding ways to make the processing of soy safer is becoming more and more important br br High levels of free radicals in foods containing soybeans can damage cells and are implicated in causing cancer ...
Bangladeshi-American Tania Hossain has been elected president of Fairfax County Federation of Citizens' Associations of Virginia the first from Asia for one year br br She is also the first Asian to achieve this glory br br She will be the th president of this highly prestigious association which was ...
Abubokor Hanip Founder President of PeopleNTech awarded NRB TAROKA AWARDS held in the CROWN PLAZA HOTEL LaGuardia Airport NY on August for providing the Best Computer Training and Job Placement Assistance to the Bangladeshi Community br br br Abubokor Hanip Founder President of PeopleNTech also awarded by EKTARA Production at ...
Labour's Rushanara Ali made history today when she became the first Bangladeshi MP by taking Bethnal Green and Bow the seat previously held by George Galloway br br The year-old Oxford graduate won with votes an majority over Liberal Democrat Ajmal Masroor who got votes Respect's Abjol Miah got votes ...
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