Sylhet Royals retained their winning streak in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 Season 2 beating the home side Chittagong Kings by three wickets at the MA Aziz Stadium here Monday.
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Aamir Khan supports fight against alcoholism among women
Bollywood actor-producer Aamir Khan, who brought several social issues to the fore through his show ‘Satyamev Jayate’, has now lent support to the fight against alcoholism amongst women. He says women should be forthcoming about admitting their addiction.
‘Argo’ wins Producers Guild Awards
The Iran hostage-crisis thriller “Argo” has taken the top honor at the Producers Guild Awards. Ben Affleck and Grant Heslov received the award Saturday handed out at the Beverly Hilton Hotel by the Producers Guild of America, as “Argo” beat out…
Australian Open 2013, men’s singles: Djokovic beats Murray to complete record hat-trick
World No.1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated US Open champion Andy Murray in four sets to win his fourth and third consecutive Australian Open title here Sunday.
Azarenka denies cheating during Oz Open semifinal win
World number one Victoria Azarenka has denied claims that she deliberately manipulated the rules book when she took a medical time out with the score at 5-4 in the second set of her Australian Open semi-final win over teenager Sloane…
Life of Pi, Ang Lee’s epic story about an Indian boy lost at sea for more than 200 days with a Bengal tiger, continues to triumph at the global box office.
Shah Rukh Khan – the first Indian actor to grace Forbes cover
We all know that Shah Rukh Khan has a magnetic personality and little we can do to avoid being smitten by his charm time and again. The actor’s charisma leaves one and all dumbfounded and hence his popularity, not just…
Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina shine as India clinch ODI series against England
A rejuvenated India clinched the one-day series against England as the hosts rode on the batting heroics of Rohit Sharma (83) and Suresh Raina (89 not out) to fashion a comfortable five-wicket victory in the penultimate game and take an…
Congrats flood in for Shakira’s new baby boy
Within hours of Shakira’s baby boy being born, people are already asking about his future career. Will Milan Pique Mebarak be a famous pop singer liker his Colombian mother, or an international soccer star like his father, Barcelona defender Gerard Pique?
IIFA confirms not going to Vancouver in 2013
The 14th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards will not be held in Vancouver, as was announced earlier.
BPL T2O: Shamsur, Nasir steer Riders to 6-wkt victory over Ctg Kings
Opener Shamsur Rahman and number five Nasir Hossain guided Rangpur Riders to their maiden win in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Season 2 in a match against the Chittagong Kings at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium here Tuesday.
Australian Open: Federer, Serena race through to quarters
Roger Federer and Serena Williams are through to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, winning their matches comfortably here on Monday.
Priyanka Chopra has already written 45 songs
Unlike their Hollywood counterparts, Bollywood actors are not very popular for their singing talents. Very few have managed to create a parallel career recording in studios alongside acting. More often than not, Hindi film stars prefer to belt out a…
Sunny Leone to act in first action movie
Canada-based adult movie star Sunny Leone has been roped in for her first action movie Tina And Lolo. Ready to go on the floors in May, the movie will have rustic action with no trace of Charlie’s Angels, clarifies the film’s director.
BPL T20: Barisal Burners beat Khulna by 8 wkts
Barisal Burners outclassed Khulna Royal Bengals by eight wickets with nine balls remaining in the 5th match of the Prime Bank Bangladesh Premier League Season 2 at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here Sunday.
Kim Kardashian furious with prank caller
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian is furious after a prank caller had a heavily armed swat team rush to her family‘s home claiming a shooter was present. The 31-year-old‘ Keeping Up With the Kardashians‘ star,
Australian Open 2013: Maria Sharapova sails into quarters
Second seed Maria Sharapova delivered a crushing victory over Belgium‘s Kirsten Flipkens Sunday to reach the women‘s singles quarterfinals of the Australian Open.
Sessions on fight against doping conducted during FIFA meet
Sessions on ‘fight against doping‘ and ‘supplements in doping‘ were conducted on the concluding day of the Football Medicine Regional Course, jointly organised in the capital by FIFA, AFC and the AIFF.
Salman Khan to open restaurants and hospitals
Joining the bandwagon of actors into the business of food joint chains, actor Salman Khan is planning to open restaurants and hospitals and insists it is not for business but for a noble cause.
2nd BPL T20-2013 kicks off
The second edition of Bangladesh Premier League T20 tournament kicked off Thursday through a grand opening ceremony at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in the city.
It’s a huge honour to stand next to Sridevi: Katrina Kaif at Zee Cine Awards 2013
The stunningly beautiful actor, Katrina Kaif, could not contain her happiness when she received the Zee Cine Award for the Best International Icon Female. And her happiness was doubled when she realised that the prestigious award was going to be…
Former VJ, actress Sophiya Haque passes away in London
Ex-VJ, actress Sophiya Haque has passed away. Celebrities took to Twitter to break the tragic news. Pooja Bhatt wrote, “Tragic news about Sophiya Haque. One of the most gorgeous women to have walked this planet… Shine on where-ever it is…
BD needs my mother right now: Mozena
U.S Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan Mozena said if his mother were in Ashulia during the tragic fire, first she would extend her most heartfelt condolences to those who lost loved ones in the fire and then search for the cloud’s…
‘Please panel for Padma fund’
A South Asia Director of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Monday said the World Bank’s return to Padma bridge project depended on its external panel’s ‘satisfaction’. “If the external panel is not satisfied, the World Bank will not be…
‘Abul Hasan recommended, not me’
Former Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain has admitted of receiving recommendation from former State Minister for Foreign Affairs Abul Hasan Chowdhury to appoint Canadian firm SNC Lavalin as Padma bridge project consultant. But he claimed that he did not put…
Tigers beat WI by 160 runs: Bangladesh take 2-0 lead
Bangladesh took a 2-0 lead by beating West Indies by 160 runs in the second one-day international (ODI) of the five-match series in Khulna on Sunday. The tourists lost all wickets to score 132 runs after the end of over…
CDA probe team yet to start work
The investigation committee of the Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) has failed to begin its probe over the collapse of the Bhaddarhat flyover even after four of the seven working days given to it for the submission of the report have…
Malaysia labour export process begins end-Dec
Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said Malaysia will send the demand letter for manpower import from Bangladesh later this month. He told a press conference the registration of job seekers will begin from the…
Japan pledges $2.1 bln for metro rail
Japan has made about $ 2.1 billion aid commitment for the Mass Rapid Transit Development (MRT) project aimed at easing the Dhaka’s nagging traffic gridlock. “The total cost of the project is $2.7 billion and Japan will provide us $2.1…
Family of the dead to get Tk 200,000
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday announced Tk 200,000 for each of the families who lost their loved ones to the devastating fire at a factory at Ashulia in Savar and to the collapse of a flyover at Bahaddarhat in…