Viewers’ choice popular TV actress Hasin Roushan Jahan, also a Veet star, was not regular in drama serials earlier. But now she has become regular in acting in the field of TV serials. Hasin is acting in six new drama serials now. Of those serials, two have already being telecasted on RTV at present. Shooting of rest four are going ...

The government of Bangladesh and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday concluded a 15-day joint review of ADB-assisted projects in Bangladesh to further improve development results, Senior government officials, project directors, and ADB staff members from its headquarters and the Bangladesh Resident Mission participated in the review, said a press release. The review programme concluded through a wrap-up meeting which ...

The British government’s final budget before a May election contains perks for older voters and a “Google tax” on companies that shift profits overseas, according to Sunday newspapers. Chancellor George Osborne’s budget due to be announced Wednesday will end restrictions on the sale of annuities, allowing pensioners to swap regular retirement incomes for lump sums, the reports said. “The chancellor ...

By Mahfuz Kabir Once Einstein said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results”. Exactly in an opposite story, Robert Bruce spoke about a spider that tried seven times to eventually succeed in spinning her web. However, economists are in-between. They have scientifically rigorous theories and models which are proved in laboratories but not ...

Bangladesh have come a long way from their unimpressive stint last year to the World Cup quarterfinals. Buoyed by the magical transformation, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Co are now aiming newer heights. Last year, it was difficult to even imagine that the Tigers would reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup. The string of losses they suffered at their own ...

Three young British men who were stopped from travelling to Syria from Turkey and arrested have been released on bail, the Metropolitan Police says. The three teenagers, two aged 17 and one 19, from north-west London were flown back to the UK on Saturday night. They were arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts and have been bailed pending further ...

The 95th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children Day- 2015 was observed in Sylhet Tuesday amid huge enthusiasm and festivity with fresh vow to build Sonar Bangla. The district administration, Shishu Academy, Shilpokola Academy, Islamic Foundation, District Information Office, Awami League (AL), Bangabandhu Shikhkhya O Gobeshona Parishad, Muktijoddha Sangshad, Bangabandhu Shishu Kishore ...

The pro-SUST BCL leaders and activists on Monday came back on the campus after a bloody clash on November 20 last year. The opponent faction of BCL also brought out a procession on the campus protesting against their comeback. Observers now fear of further violence as the factions of BCL have faced off again that created a tense situation here. ...

The three-day-long ‘Digital Innovation Fair-2015′ will begin in Sylhet Muhammed Ali Gymnasium Thursday, 19 March 2015. Latest ICT products, multi-media classroom, mobile banking and e-learning items will be put on display in around 40 stalls at the fair. District Administration will arrange the fair in collaboration with Ministry of Science and ICT and Prime Minister’s office, A2I with a view ...

A district court has granted three-day remand to alleged source of RAB in connection with the killing of a schoolboy after abduction in Sylhet. Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Court 1 Judge Shahedul Karim granted the remand after police produced the RAB source Geda Mia before the court with a 10-day remand plea on Monday afternoon. Police also sought seven-day remand for ...