Cristiano Ronaldo engaged to Shayk?
February 28, 2011
Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly asked his girlfriend Irina Shayk for her hand in marriage.
The footballer allegedly flew from Spain to New York to propose to the model on Valentine’s Day.
According to the News of the World, he gave Shayk a red rose before bending down on one knee and asking her to be his Read more
Anne Hathaway hoping to have kids by 2016
February 28, 2011
Anne Hathaway has motherhood on the mind.
The Devil Wears Prada star — who is currently dating actor Adam Schulman — says she’s hoping to have kids by 2016.
“I have no plans to get married currently,” Anne revealed, “but it’s weird, I am getting to be of an age where I’m starting to think about motherhood and, because I’d like to have a large family, I’m like, ‘I have to have Read more
Husain: ‘I never asked Vidya to pose nude’
February 28, 2011
M. F. Husain has reportedly expressed anger at reports that he intended to paint a nude portrait of Vidya Balan.
The artist, currently a citizen of Qatar, famously upset members of India’s Hindu community after depicting deities in an allegedly sexual manner.
Husain told The Times of India: “I would never ever even think like that. I have done several paintings of Madhuri Dixit but Read more
Tk 21cr goes down rivers
February 28, 2011
Buriganga-Turag Cleaning Project
Tk 21cr goes down rivers
Contamination remains as grave as ever due to failure in plugging pollution sources
Pinaki Roy
Though the government has already spent over Tk 21 crore on its much-hyped Buriganga-Turag River Cleaning Project, the rivers remain contaminated with toxic wastes, as the pollution sources could not be plugged.
In recent water quality tests, the Department of Environment found the amount of dissolved oxygen, which determines the degree of pollution, is still too low for aquatic lives to survive in the Buriganga.
“The water quality is not good yet because we couldn’t stop the Read more
Dhaka stocks dip to 10-month low
February 28, 2011
Dhaka stocks continued to collapse on Sunday with the bourse’s general index hitting 10-month low as panic-stricken retail investors went for heavy sell-offs for the fourth day.
The government on the day again asked four state-run banks and the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh to purchase shares to stablise the market but the directive had little impact on Read more
US asks govt not to harass Yunus
February 28, 2011
David Bergman
US officials have told Sheikh Hasina that there will be no further high-level diplomatic interaction between the United States and Bangladesh until the harassment of Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank, ends.
A senior western diplomat, with direct knowledge of these conversations, told New Age that Read more
Teacher killed in classroom
February 28, 2011
A school teacher was chopped to death inside her classroom at Vainapara of Santhia upazila in Pabna yesterday.
Police said a man aged around 35 entered the Vainapara Govt Primary School at noon and killed Arifa Khatun, 28, of Songasa village in Sirajganj, with a Read more
Tri-nation concert badly damages BNS
February 28, 2011
A concert in the past week has left the Bangabandhu National Stadium badly damaged, raising fears that it could jeopardise Bangladesh’s chance to host a series of international football matches scheduled in the ground in March.
ATN Records, an event management firm, hosted the concert, Tri-Nation Big Show, in the Read more
No massive evacuation now: minister
February 28, 2011
Expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain said on Sunday that the situation in Libya at the moment did not call for a massive evacuation of Bangladesh nationals trapped in the trouble-torn north African country.
The government has, however, made all preparations for evacuation of Bangladeshis from Read more
India and England share thrilling tie
February 28, 2011
England shared a tie with India in a quite thrilling World Cup Group B encounter in Bangalore as Andrew Strauss inspired his side to level their opponent’s 338 in a pulsating clash.
A dramatic finale saw England take 12 runs off the final over to tie the match after an imperious 158 from Strauss gave his side the opportunity of clinching a stunning Read more
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