Singer Beyonce is the celebrity with the best body in the eyes of British women, but males prefer Hollywood actress Megan Fox, a new survey has found, quoted metro.co.uk. The singer topped the poll among females with 24% of the vote, but one in five men stated Transformers star Fox boasted the sexiest body and ... Read more
Month: February 2010
75 out of 97 level crossings left open
Bangabandhu Bridge-Joydevpur Rail Line 75 out of 97 level crossings left open At least 75 of the 97 level crossings on the Bangabandhu Bridge-Joydevpur rail line have been left without gates and gatemen rendering them risky for pedestrians and vehicles, reports The Daily Star. Even the level crossings with gates and gatemen are unsafe too, ... Read more
Chandana Majumdar on “Raat Biraatey”
Folk singer Chandana Majumdar is the guest of tonight’s episode late-night street show “Raat Biraatey”. The programme will be aired on Banglavision at 11:15pm. Majumdar is a popular contemporary folk singer. She attained popularity through her debut album from Bengal Foundation “Bhober Ghatey”, which featured Lalon songs. Her skilful singing of Bijoy Sarkar numbers is ... Read more
How to Stay Happily Married
Most people dream of finding someone to love and marry. With divorce rates soaring, marriage can be a scary word. But if you go into your marriage with your eyes open and a willingness to make it work, you can stay happily married. Follow these tips to make your marriage work. Step 1: Communicate with ... Read more
Slums: Human rights live here
More than 1 billion people across all continents live in slums. These communities, characterized by inadequate housing, lack of basic services, overcrowding, and high levels of violence and insecurity, are also places where residents live, work, and raise their children. Yet, many governments are failing in their duty to protect the rights of these people. Global ... Read more
Govt bank borrowing declines
The government’s dependence on bank borrowing has reduced substantially largely because of the fact that it could not utilise much of the projected allocation for implementing the annual development programme. On the other hand, the government has paid back a large part of the bank borrowings it had
Bidding for shares of Ocean Containers begins tomorrow
Institutional bidding for the shares of Ocean Containers Ltd (OCL), an off-dock service provider, will begin tomorrow under book building method. The company will be listed directly. The three-day bidding, however, will start on Chittagong stock exchange first, as the Dhaka Stock Exchange is yet to give listing approval to the
Bangladesh software to go global
Bangladesh would quickly emerge in the world market in software export as the country has tremendous potentialities in development of IT sector. This was stated by the newly appointed Honorary Consul General of Bangladesh in Germany, Arndt Huesges in an exclusive interview with the
Rahimafrooz best distributor of Castrol in SA sub region
Rahimafrooz Distribution Limited is accredited as the best distributor of Castrol lubricant for the year 2009 in Castrol South Asian Sub Region (SASR) Partner’s Conference 2010, held in, Malaysia recently. Having a growth rate of 45 per cent in the lubricant market of Bangladesh was the key indicator for
Nokia unveils new X6
Entertainment just got a whole lot more interesting with the introduction of the new Nokia X6, the flagship music device from Nokia and a dedicated web portal to engage music lovers. Nokia unveiled this combo of full blown entertainment experience giving Bangladeshi music lovers an exciting platform to
Festive flavour floats at Ekushey Book Fair
Publishers, salesmen and visitors at the Ekushey Book Fair were in a festive mood on Saturday, on the eve of Ekushey February and International Mother Language Day, reports NewAgebd. Presence of hundreds of booklovers at the fair made the publishers and sellers happy as they were satisfied with the sales on the day when 152 ... Read more
Sales up at Khulna Ekushey book fair
Sales have got momentum at the month-long Khulna Ekushey Book Fair 2010 on the premises of the Khulna Divisional Government Public Library in the Khulna city. Organised by the district administration, the fair that began on February 1 will end on February 28. A total of seven titles by local writers have so far hit ... Read more
Toxicity lab at DU to test efficacy of locally produced drugs
The Dhaka University (DU) yesterday proposed to set up a bioequivalence and toxicity lab at its pharmacy department in order to ensure quality of locally produced drugs and widen export market for Bangladesh’s pharmaceuticals abroad. The proposal came at a regional seminar held at the Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University, amid
British Council extends its edn services in Ctg
The British Council extended its educational services here at the port city Chittagong by opening two resource centres in partnership with the Shishu Academy and Chittagong City Corporation-run Premier University. Students (children to university goers) and professionals of the port city now can be more
Trouble flares in hills again
2 ethnic people die in army firing, Bangalee settlers torch 200 houses At least two indigenous persons were claimed by the authorities to have been killed as the army opened fire on agitated indigenous people feuding with settlers in remote Gangaram Mukh area of Baghaichhari upazila in the
Homage paid to language movement martyrs
The nation paid homage to the language movement martyrs a minute after midnight past Saturday, with thousands of people walking barefooted to the shaheed minars across the country with wreaths and flowers. People in Dhaka started streaming along the roads leading to the Central Shaheed Minar on the Dhaka University campus to place flowers at ... Read more
Govt plans downsizing manpower in admin
The government plans to outsource lower-grade jobs and make the position of assistant officers, who should have a minimum graduation and computer literacy, the lowest rank in civil service. The draft of the civil service act 2010 proposes that general services should be outsourced to
Malnutrition takes a toll of nearly 240 children every day in country
Around 240 children die every day in the country because of malnutrition while around 110 babies die for not giving breast milk within one hour of birth, paediatric specialists and nutritionists said. Khurshid Talukder, paediatrician and research coordinator of Centre for Women and Child
Shaheed Minar incorporated into UN web site
Shaheed Minar, the memorial of the historic Language Movement of 1952, has been incorporated into the UN website for the first time on the occasion of International Mother Language Day. The website was launched in New York on Friday. The International Mother Language Day website
PM for liberal society
Hands over Ekushey Padak 2010 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged people of all strata to help build Bangladesh as a knowledge-based, liberal and non-communal country free from prejudices being imbued with the spirit of the great language movement. She also called upon the country’s artists, poets, writers and other intellectuals to