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Vidya Balan to host Oprah Winfrey style TV show

Vidya Balan may soon be seen on television, hosting a talk show which will on the lines of the famous Oprah Winfrey Show. According to a report in Mumbai Mirror, the show will be backed by a Hollywood studio and air on a US television network. Vidya Balan denied offer to judge Nach Baliye 7 “It’s a show unlike any ...

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Emon and Anchal busy with promotion

Actor Emon and Anchal are now continuing the promotion campaign of their recent film ‘Shopno Je Tui’. On the other hand director of the film Monirul Islam Sohel said the film is set to release in many movie theatres across the country, including that of Dhaka Star, Blockbuster, Modhumita and Jonaki. He hopes that the audiences will appreciate the movie. ...

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Fire from septic tank gas injures three in Sylhet

A mother and her two children in Sylhet have been burnt in a fire that broke out in their toilet. Fire service officials said that the gas originating from the septic tank caused the fire. The three victims —   Monowara Begum, 45, daughter Zahida Akter, 20 and son Zakir Hossain, 14 — have been admitted to the MAG Osmani Medical ...

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BCB ends contract with India’s Sahara 15 months early

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has cancelled its contract with the Aamby Valley (Mauritius) Limited, an affiliate of India’s Sahara Group, 15 months before the term was to end. The team sponsorship rights was sold to Aamby Valley in June 2012 in a $14 million four-year deal, the biggest in the country’s cricket history. The Tigers will no more display a ...

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Neymar can succeed Messi, Ronaldo, says Sir Alex Ferguson

Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson thinks Brazilian forward Neymar has what it takes to succeed Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Ferguson, however, thinks the 23-year old still has a long way to go and that Messi and Ronaldo have no competitor at the moment. He spoke during an interview with SiriusXM FC radio station in New York. “You’ll always ...

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Asian shares edge up as US jobs data awaited

The dollar stuck to its recent ranges in holiday-thinned trading on Friday and stocks edged up as investors awaited key US employment figures for possible clues on when the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.2 percent, while Japan’s Nikkei stock average was up 0.3 percent. Wall Street logged modest gains ...

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Kenya al-Shabab attack: Security questions as Garissa dead mourned

Kenya is mourning 147 people killed in Thursday’s al-Shabab attack on Garissa university campus, amid questions over why warnings were ignored. Kenyan newspapers say there was intelligence information of an imminent attack on a school or university. Locals question why security was not heightened, with only two guards on duty at the time of the attack. Uganda is on heightened ...

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Germanwings crash: Co-pilot Lubitz ‘accelerated descent’

Data from the second ‘black box’ flight recorder belonging to the Germanwings plane that crashed in the Alps suggests that the co-pilot deliberately accelerated its descent, French investigators say. They say Andreas Lubitz modified the automatic pilot system several times to increase the speed of descent. The information they recovered also confirms earlier findings that Lubitz deliberately crashed the plane. ...

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World Autism Awareness Day observed in Sylhet

Sylhet district administration and social welfare department chalked out different programmes marking the day. A colourful procession led by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Md. Shohidul Islam was brought out from Taltola and after parading the city roads ended at the Zila Parishad premises. Later, a discussion meeting was held at the auditorium of Zila Parishad at noon. Deputy Commissioner Md. Shohidul ...

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10 hurt in Sylhet JaPa factional clash

At least 10 people were injured in a clash between two groups of Jatiya Party (JaPa) in Bishwanath upazila on Friday afternoon over the upazila unit committee. Party sources said the new district JaPa convening committee on Wednesday formed fresh committee of its Bishwanath upazila unit dissolving the previous one. However, the supporters of JaPa MP from Sylhet-2 constituency Md ...

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