Actor M A Jalil Ananta has unveiled to the media that he and actress wife Afia Nusrat Barsha have started their divorce procedure.
Month: March 2013
Fake Kate Middleton is fake pregnant
Proving an intense devotion to her craft, Kate Middleton impersonator Heidi Agan has purchased a series of fake baby bumps so she can accurately portray the Duchess of Cambridge throughout her pregnancy.
Shadhin Bangla Football Team
The Shadhin Bangla Football Team did exactly that. Not guns, not grenades but these men and boys used football as a weapon to fight the war.
European Parliament resolution on situation in Bangladesh
The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions on Bangladesh, in particular those of 17 January 20131, 6 September 20072 and 10 July 20083, – having regard to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the People’s…
Ashraful misleading the people: BNP
BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged on Tuesday that Awami League General Secretary and LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam is making ‘misleading statements’ on the BNP’s stand on the war crimes trial.
Khaleda out to derail war crimes trial: AL
Ruling Awami League spokesman Syed Ashraful Islam on Tuesday accused opposition leader Khaleda Zia of playing a ‘dangerous role’ to derail the ongoing war crimes trial.
BNP man killed in Jamalpur clash with AL-Cop
JAMALPUR: A BNP man was killed and 50 others injured in sporadic clashes among activists of Awami League, BNP & police in Sharishabari upazila of Jamalpur district early Tuesday.
ICT hears show cause against The Economist April 24
DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 fixed April 24 for hearing the explanation of London-based ‘The Economist’ for interfering in the ongoing ICT trial and violating the privacy of a judge.
B’baria tornado death toll rises to 31
Death toll climbed to 31 in the tornado that hit Sadar and Bijoynagar upazilas of the district.
10th witness testifies in case against Ershad
ABM Nurunnabi, the then Bureau of Anti-Corruption (BAC) official testified as the 10th witness on Monday in the radar purchase scam case filed against former president HM Ershad and three others.
HC returns Shamim Osman’s bail plea
The High Court on Monday returned the bail prayer of former lawmaker Shamim Osman in a case of killing Twaki whose body was recovered from a canal in the district on March 8.
India risks losing Bangla, Lanka power projects to China?
Chinamay wrest power projects away fromIndiainSri LankaandBangladesh, thwarting its bid to exert economic and strategic influence in the neighbourhood by developing infrastructure.
Charge against 148 leaders: Hearing March 28
ADhakacourt will decide on March 28 whether it will accept the charges against 148 leaders and activists of the BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance in connection with a case filed with Paltan police station under the Speedy Trial Act.
Independenceand National Day Today
The nation will observe its 43rdIndependence and National Day today (Tuesday), paying homage to the martyrs of the War of Liberation of 1971.
BNP, alliance call 36-hr hartal from Wednesday
The BNP-led 18-party alliance on Monday called a countrywide 36-hour shutdown from 6am on Wednesday demanding the release of its leaders and activist arrested from BNP’s Nayaplatan central office on March 11 and protesting “countrywide mass killing at the behest…
Musharraf returns to Pakistan amid Taliban threat
After more than four years in self-imposed exile the former general who led Pakistan for nearly a decade has returned to his homeland to a noisy but relatively modest reception.
Kate leads hollywood into young adult movies
Kate Winslet is the latest Hollywood A-lister to make the move into the thriving young adult market after signing on for a big screen adaptation of ‘Divergent,’ the first of a trilogy of dystopian novels by Veronica Roth.
Govt agents vandalise temples : Fakhrul
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that government agents were vandalising temples and churches in a bid to destroy the country’s communal harmony.
148 leaders taken from BNP office indicted
Police on Sunday submitted a charge-sheet against 148 leaders of the BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance in connection with a case filed with Paltan Police Station under the Speedy Trial Act.
3 bodies surface in Meghna river
Bodies of three cattle traders who went missing three days ago during a storm on the Meghna river were recovered near Chandpur’s Haimchar Upazila on Monday.
Ex-BNP minister Majid Ul Haque dies
Dhaka – Major General (Retd) Majid Ul Haque, a former BNP minister, died of lung infection at the city’s Appollo Hospital early Monday, hospital sources said. He was 87.
Buddhists-Muslims violence spreads in Myanmar
Meikhtila (Myanmar) — Sectarian clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar spread to at least two other towns in the country’s heartland over the weekend, undermining government efforts to quash an eruption of violence that has killed dozens of people…
Tough fight without Tamim for Bangladesh
Dhaka – “Demolished” was the word Angelo Mathews used to describe what the Sri Lanka openers did to the Bangladesh attack in the first ODI.
Military won’t sit idle if country is in chaos: Khaleda
BNP chief Begum Khaleda Zia on Sunday expected the military, keeping peace around the world, to play an important role in maintaining ‘peace and order’ back at home.
Liverpool not selling Suarez
Suarez’s future at Anfield has made headlines on Thursday after it was reported he would be willing to talk with other clubs following an interview in his native Uruguay.
Frog that gives birth through mouth to be restored
Researchers in Australia have reached a major milestone in resurrecting a unique species of frog that gives birth through its mouth, and vanished into extinction 30 years ago.
Filmmaking couple works on Bangladeshi woman’s story
From Canada to Bangladesh to Gig Harbor, the journey from diplomats and art aficionados to documentary filmmakers has taken Leonard Hill and Cathy Stevulak to some unexpected places.
Fire at Rohingya refugee camp in Thailand: 42 die
DHAKA: The toll from a blaze that swept through a camp in northern Thailand has risen to 42, a Thai official said Saturday, after hundreds of temporary homes for refugees from Myanmar were reduced to ashes.
African literature icon Chinua Achebe,dies
Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, widely seen as the grandfather of modern African literature, has died at the age of 82.
B’Baria tornado death toll rises to 20
At least 20 people, including a child, were killed and more than 300 others injured when a tornado ripped through scores of villages in Brahmanbaria district on Friday afternoon.