Wedding couple ‘abused’ by celebrant
October 30, 2010
A couple who believed they were renewing their wedding vows at a romantic resort in the Maldives were instead subjected to a tirade of abuse in the local language by the man conducting the ‘ceremony’, it has been claimed.
Government officials and tourism authorities expressed outrage after a video of the event surfaced on the Youtube website.
In the video, purportedly taken at the Vilu Reef Beach and Read more
Contraceptive gel shows promise as alternative to Pill
October 29, 2010
A birth control gel that is applied to the skin could offer woman an alternative to the Pill, say experts presenting latest trial data. Used once daily, it delivers hormones to prevent a pregnancy in the same way as oral contraceptives do. Early studies show the gel is effective and well tolerated, with none of the typical side effects associated with the Pill, like weight gain and acne, BBC News Read more
Michael Jackson top earner among dead celebrities
October 29, 2010
Michael Jackson has come top of the annual Forbes magazine list of top-earning dead celebrities. The King of Pop earned $275m (£173m) in the last year, according to Forbes – more than any other celebrity, dead or alive, except Oprah Winfrey, reports BBC News.
“Jackson’s spot atop our top earning dead celebrities list should come as no surprise given the renewed Read more
ICT report hails Bangladesh
October 29, 2010
A global information and communication technology (ICT) report has lauded Bangladesh’s two initiatives — one by Banglalink and the other by Grameenphone that cater to the market information needs of rural farmers.
Banglalink’s helpline Jigyasha and Grameenphone’s telecentre-based market solutions have been helping address the farmers’ needs across the country, said a report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad).
The report titled Read more
BRTC launches school bus service Jan 15
October 29, 2010
The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation will run 14 buses on the Mirpur-Azimpur route on a trial basis to ferry schoolchildren and accompanying guardians from January 15.
The communications minister, Syed Abul Hossain, at a briefing after a meeting at the secretariat on Thursday morning, said the buses would run between 6:00am and 9:00am to ferry students to schools while between 11:00am and 3:00pm to ferry them back.
Officials from all the Read more
BCS fair kicks off tomorrow
October 29, 2010
Country’s largest annual ICT showcase ‘BCS ICT World 2010′ kicks off tomorrow in the city with the theme of building a ‘Digital Bangladesh for the new generation’.
Organised by Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS) – the national association of the ICT companies, the four-day event will be staged at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center Read more
“Anubhabey Shimanto” on Channel i
October 29, 2010
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“Anubhabey Shimanto” on Channel i
Telefilm “Anubhabey Shimanto” will be aired today at 3:10 pm on Channel i. Written by Farhad Limon, the telefilm has been directed jointly by Sajjad Soni and MA Munna.
Inter-relationship crisis is the central theme of the film. The story zooms in on a family. It unfolds, when young Anubhab finds his father’s diary. The father abandoned Anubhab and his mother before he was Read more
A return to the silver screen
October 27, 2010
Apart from her successful innings in “Notun Kuri”, Tomalika Kormokar has proved her versatility by winning the National Film Award for her performance in “Kitton Khola”. And there’s more. After a long hiatus the brilliant artiste is all set to hit the silver screen again, appearing in Humayun Ahmed’s latest directorial venture “Ghetu Putro Komola”.
It’s great to be back on celluloid, says Read more
Lady Gaga hits one billion YouTube views
October 27, 2010
In a career that hasn’t exactly been short of milestones, Lady Gaga has racked up yet another: she’s become the first artist ever to reach one billion views of her music videos on YouTube. This surpasses her previous online PB of reaching one billion views of her videos on the internet as a whole.
The current queen of pop thankfully managed to beat the reigning king of tween pop Justin Bieber to the slightly arbitrary round number, although Read more
5-Year-Old Syrian Boy Engaged to 3-Year-Old Girl
October 26, 2010
A five-year-old boy popped the big question to a three-year-old girl in their home town of Homs, 180 kilometres north of Damascus. The children are thought to be the youngest couple in the world to be engaged of their own free will.
Khalid, 5, and Hala, 3, have consented to marry each other, according to media reports. The Syrian children agreed to the engagement, and the parents said the marriage may take place in a decade or Read more