Dhaka, June 25 – Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated in the country on Monday as the Shawwal moon was sighted in Bangladesh sky on late Sunday afternoon.
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Eid in Laxmipur, Satkhira, Chandpur, Bhola
Dhaka, Jun 25 – Dwellers of eight villages in Laxmipur, several villages in Satkhira, Chandpur and Bhola districts are celebrating the holy Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims, on Sunday amid much enthusiasm and religious fervour.
South Asian popular culture focus of int’l confce
Birmingham – More than 30 distinguished academics from around the world are heading to Birmingham (UK) this week, as part of an international conference that focuses on the past, present and future of South Asian popular culture.
BCSIR researcher killed in Rajshahi road crash
Rajshahi – A researcher of Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) was killed and the driver of his car injured on Friday in a road accident near Bidyadharpur Kalina bridge in Mohanpur Upazila in the district. -UNB
Eid vacation goers face long tailbacks on highways
Dhaka – Long tailbakcs on highways have put people who started their journey home into immense sufferings on Thursday. Failure of the railwayb signalling system on the other hand put schedule of special Eid Trains in disarray. An estimate made…
Yunus Centre refutes PM’s accusations
Yunus Centre yesterday responded to some statements Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made while addressing a reception accorded to her by expatriate Bangladeshis at Stockholm City Conference Centre on June 15. A Yunus Centre release stated that the PM made a…
World poverty could halve if all adults had secondary education
Paris, 21 June—A new UNESCO policy paper shows that the global poverty rate could be more than halved if all adults completed secondary school. Yet, new data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) show persistently high out-of-school rates in…
7 million residents to vacate BD Capital Dhaka during Eid
Around 70 lakh people will leave the capital city of Dhaka for their village homes to celebrate upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr with their near and dear ones. Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims, will be celebrated in the…
Indian High Commission celebrates 3rd Int’l Yoga Day
Dhaka – Indian High Commission in Dhaka on Wednesday celebrated the third International Day of Yoga at Bangabandhu National Stadium with around 4,000 participants.
Behind the pomp of the Queen’s Speech
London (CNN)Britain will take extra security precautions to protect Queen Elizabeth II ahead of her speech Wednesday — a member of Parliament will be held hostage at Buckingham Palace and guards with lanterns will check the cellars at the Palace…
Musa to return home Thursday
Bangladeshi mountaineer Musa Ibrahim will return home on Thursday as the dispute over payment with the helicopter company got settled through discussion. “Bangladesh, I’m coming home,” he wrote on his Facebook wall on Tuesday morning saying the problem is solved…
Sridevi wasn’t in favor of Jhanvi doing films
Sridevi, who is all set to make a splash on the silver screen with yet another gritty performance in ‘Mom’, is a doting mother to two daughters – Jhanvi and Khushi in real life. The 1980s diva wasn’t apparently in…
Thousands gather in Taiwan for festive celebrity funeral
Lion dancers and Lamborghinis took part in a massive funeral parade for one of Taiwan’s best-loved television stars Tuesday, known for his crass jokes and trademark bowl haircut. Funerals in Taiwan are famously festive, sometimes even including pole dancers and…
Book on young entrepreneurs’ business strategies
Dhaka – A journal book titled ‘Youth Entrepreneurship: How to start …?’ has recently been launched in Bangladesh. Young Startup Founder & Freelance Journalist Syed Rabius Shams, in association with the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED), BRAC University (BRACU) has…
Salman Khan’s Being Human funds a two-year-old baby’s liver transplant funds
Salman Khan’s charitable organization Being Human is one great machinery which churns out a lot of resources to help people of every kind, especially children. Today, we spoke to Mr Rakesh Awar, father of a two-year-old child who is suffering…
Pop superstar Beyonce gives birth to twins, hints her dad
Pop diva Beyonce and her rap mogul husband Jay Z have welcomed twins, the US singer’s father tweeted Sunday, appearing to confirm the arrival of new additions to a music family that already includes five-year-old Blue Ivy. News that the…
Musa Ibrahim finally rescued
Dhaka – Bangladeshi mountaineer Musa Ibrahim and two Indians, who got stuck for the last six days at the base camp of Mount Carstensz Pyramid in Papua Province of Indonesia due to bad weather, were rescued on Monday morning. -UNB
Know why Priyanka Chopra is thanking
Entertainment Desk Nargis Fakhri was pleasantly surprised when she woke to the view of Priyanka Chopra’s billboard from her room. The beautiful actress couldn’t hold her excitement and shared her reaction on Twitter. She wrote, “Woke up to this beauty.…
Katy Perry is first to have 100m Twitter followers
The US singer-songwriter Katy Perry has become the first person to reach 100m followers on Twitter. The website posted a video compilation of her tweets since she joined in 2009 along with a message saying “Today, we #WITNESS history”. Witness…
Madhuri vs Aishwarya
Entertainment Desk One of her most successful films, Raat Aur Din which was released in 1967, is currently being considered for a remake Nargis Dutt was born as Fatima Rashid but later became popular by her screen name and is…
Saif nervous for daughter Sara’s Bollywood debut
The buzz of Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh’s daughter, Sara Ali Khan joining the films is what everyone is talking about. Sara, who has graduated from Columbia University, New York will be making her Bollywood debut opposite Sushant Singh…
How Sunday’s Pakistan-India final may look like
London, Jun 17 (AP/UNB)- Pakistan goes into the Champions Trophy final on Sunday with a superior record in one-day internationals to India. India, though, has far more trophies.
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Queen’s Young Leaders Award for two Bangladeshis
Her Majesty The Queen will present a Queen’s Young Leaders Award to two exceptional young people from Bangladesh at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London on Thursday 29th June. The Award celebrates inspiring young people from all over the Commonwealth…
Shah Rukh, Salman in Forbes richest celebrity list
Leading the Forbes list is American rapper, singer and songwriter Sean Combs with earnings of $130 million, followed by Beyonce Knowles at $105 million. Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar are among the world’s richest celebrities,…