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Emma Roberts stars in new Scream Queens teaser

A new Scream Queens teaser featuring Emma Roberts has been released.The promo for Ryan Murphy’s upcoming horror-comedy anthology series shows Roberts applying lipstick, using a large kitchen knife as a mirror, reported People magazine.The ensemble cast of Scream Queens also includes Lea Michele, Jamie Lee Curtis, Oliver Hudson, Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer, Billie Lourd, Skyler Samuels, Lucien Laviscount, Diego Boneta ...

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Sale of ledger book, almanac high ahead of Pahela Baishakh

Bookshop owners of the Sylhet district are doing brisk business ahead of Bangla New Year since business establishments are buying ledger books (Tali Khatas) and almanacs (Ponjikas) on the occasion of Bangla New Year 1422. At the same time, idol makers locally called ‘Malakors’ are also earning money ahead of Bangla New Year by selling Ganesh idols to the Hindu ...

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Sylhet people prepare to celebrate Pahela Baishakh

The people of the Sylhet district are preparing themselves to celebrate Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bengali New Year 1422, on Tuesday next amid much enthusiasm as thousands of people are expected to join the “Nabobarsha” programmes across the district. Different socio-cultural organisations and government institutions like district administration, City and Radio Pallikanto have drawn up elaborate programmes that ...

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Mahtabur Rahman Naser visits Bangla Mirror office

Dubai based high flying Bangladeshi businessman Mohammed Mahtabur Rahman (Nasir) recently came to London for a family visit. While he was in London he visited Weekly Bangla Mirror’s East London office for a view-exchanging meeting with Editor Abdul Karim Gani. During this visit he discussed how his business is developing across the UK and Europe. He also expressed his deep ...

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No primary school in 485 villages Sunamganj

There is no publicly-funded primary school in 485 villages under 11 upazilas, which is particularly depriving students of remote haor areas of quality education. The number of such villages in Sunamganj Sadar upazila is 157. Each of the villages having no primary school is home to 1,000-2,000 people, according to district primary education office sources. Schools in urban areas in ...

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JCD leader held in Moulvibazar

police arrested a local Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader from Shamshernagar Road area of the district town on Saturday night in connection with a case for assaulting police. The arrested man is identified as–Kamal Hossain, 38, son of Abdul Mannan, a resident of Baronti village of sadar upazila and a joint convener of Moulvibazar district unit Chhatra Dal. On secret ...

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Youth murdered in M?bazar

A youth was killed, following a trifling matter at Borolekha upazila in the district on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Nepal Kor, 19, son of Gopal Kor of Gramtola area of the upazila. Police and locals said Nepal and his cousins Dilip and Sumaiya were locked in a hot altercation over a trifling family feud on Friday night. ...

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Schoolboy commits suicide

A school boy allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from ceiling fan here last night at Gowainghat of Sylhet. The deceased was identified as Shahin Ahmed, 14, son of Siraz Uddin of Nandigaon village under the upazila. He was also the student of class nine at Piyangul Karimullah High School. Police said that on information, they rushed to the spot ...

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Lightning kills 2 women in Moulvibazar

Two women were killed as lightning struck them at Pashchim Hajipara village in Kulaura upazila on Sunday morning. The dead were identified as–Dulu Bibi, 53, and Suifa Bibi, 34. Local people said, thunderbolt struck Dulu Bibi and Suifa around 7:30am during rain, leaving them dead on the spot. UP chairman Mahmud Ali confirmed the news.

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Ronaldo wins appeal

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring a goal against Cordoba during their Spanish first division match at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid August 25, 2014. Photo: Reuters The Spanish league on Friday cancelled a yellow card awarded against Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo for diving, ending a threatened one-match suspension, his club said. The Portuguese attacker got the card ...

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