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National awards are credible, important to us: Arjun
06:52 AM, 29 Mar 2016 Tuesday
Arjun Kapoor is yet to get a National Award, but the actor says winning the honour is always on the bucket list of any artist from the film industry as they are the most credible ones.
BB heist: Philippines gets ‘suspect’ passport copy
06:38 AM, 29 Mar 2016 Tuesday
Philippine authorities have obtained a copy of the Chinese passport of Weikang Xu-a man believed to have received P600 million and $18 million in cash
BRTA reduces motorcycle reg fees
12:14 PM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) reduced registration fees for motorcycles by 33 to 43 percents, which may vary on engine capacities.
Shariful new MD of NBL
11:49 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday
AFM Shariful Islam has been appointed Managing Director (MD) of National Bank Limited (NBL) for three years with effect from March 24, 2016.
Opera Mini saves Tk 3.3bn data costs in Bangladesh
11:27 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday
Web browser Opera Mini has saved 10,829 terabyte (TB) of data, in money term Taka 3.3 billion, for mobile users in Bangladesh in 2015.
Cat sent by mail survives 8 days in Box
11:16 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday
A tough Siamese cat named Cupcake has survived eight days cooped up in a box after accidentally being sent through the mail by her British owners.
Facebook apologizes for Safety Check glitch after Pakistan blast
10:46 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday
Facebook apologized on Sunday for a bug that sent a Safety Check notification to users around the world following a deadly suicide bombing in Pakistan.
Marijuana users react differently to social exclusion: Study
10:30 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday
The brains of young adult marijuana users react differently to social exclusion than do those of non-users
People with a conventional name may live longer: Study
10:19 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday
A name may have more to it than Shakespeare might have thought when he asked “what’s in a name?”. Researchers have now found that people with a conventional name
I have a knack of choosing wrong people: Kangana
10:12 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday
Taking a swipe at her former boyfriend Hrithik Roshan and their controversial legal tussle, actress Kangana Ranaut on Saturday (March 26) said that she does not understand why people have to approach lawyers to resolve the differences in their relationship.
Skill, hard work more important than notoriety: Fakhri
10:01 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday
For Nargis Fakhri, there is no shortcut to success or fame. At a time when infamy has become a part of showbiz
I have no interest in Hollywood: Kareena
09:51 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday
Popular Indian actors are landing roles in international projects, but actress Kareena Kapoor Khan says she is not eyeing Hollywood.
Body formed to investigate Sundarban fire
09:05 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday
The Forest Department on Monday formed a three-member probe body to find out the causes of a fire that broke out at Shikdar Bari Shila in Chandpai Range of the Sundarbans on Sunday.
HC rejects writ against Islam as state religion
08:47 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday
The High Court has rejected the writ petition challenging the legality of the constitutional provision recognizing Islam as the state religion.
Nizami to file review petition on Tuesday
08:28 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday
Motiur Rahman Nizami, the chief of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, on Tuesday will file a review petition against the death verdict handed down to him.
3 students kill in lightning
08:15 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday
Three madrasah students were killed as a streak of lightning struck them in the district on Sunday night.
SC asks Masud to surrender
08:05 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has asked Atikullah Khan Masud, chairman of Globe Janakantha Shilpa Paribar, to surrender before the judge court within a week in a case filed over building design fraud.
5 JMB men get life for serial blast
07:18 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday
A Natore court on Monday sentenced four members of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to life term imprisonment in connection with a bomb attack in the district of Natore during the countrywide series bomb attack on August 17, 2005.
Twitter abuzz with praise for Kohli
07:10 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday
Twitterati was abuzz with praise for Virat Kohli after he single-handedly guided India to the semifinals of the ICC World Twenty20 with a master-class unbeaten 82-run knock in the must-win last group match against Australia in Mohali.
Suicide blast kills 72 in Lahore Park
06:33 AM, 28 Mar 2016 Monday
At least 72 people were killed and more than 233 injured when a suicide bomb ripped through the parking space of a crowded park in Lahore of Pakistan where Christians were celebrating Easter Sunday