Tara Sattar Priyanka Chopra’s sister Meera Chopra is making her debut in Bollywood and wants her sister by her side on her big day of premiere. Meera met priyanka Chopra when she came to india to receive the “Padma Shree” award. Meera said that Priyanka has been extremely supportive of her and she is her…
Hossen Sohel: Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday urged the Bangladesh government to “halt arbitrary arrests, prosecute those involved in violent attacks, and immediately and unconditionally release people it has thrown in jail just for speaking out.” Brad Adams, Asia director of the international human rights watchdog, in a press statement alleged that the government led…
The Guardian: For certain health food shops and wellbeing sites it is the panacea that helps everything from bad hair and mental grogginess to obesity and haemorrhoids. But the carefully-crafted image of coconut oil as a cure for many ills has been roundly rejected by a Harvard professor. Karin Michels, an epidemiologist at the Harvard…
Abrar Hussain An Indian court on Saturday sentenced former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad to 3.5 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs 10 lakh in a 21-year-old case of fraudulent withdrawal of funds from a government treasury. Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge Shivpal Singh handed the 15 other convicts jail terms…
MSN News YouTube Ryan of Ryan ToysReview Ryan’s earnings have doubled since last year 1. A seven-year-old boy who reviews toys has been revealed as YouTube’s highest-earning star, raking in $22m (£17.3m). The estimate by Forbes magazine found that Ryan of Ryan ToysReview pipped Jake Paul by $500,000 for the 12 months to June. Videos…
Lt Colonel (Retd) Muhammad Faruk Khan, Awami League Presidium Member: If BNP is a responsible political party, it will join the 11th national parliamentary election. In fact, BNP is not even a political party – it is a party of criminals and terrorists. They believe that their way should be followed or else they destroy…
Reuters: Khurshid Alam says he pulls 17-hour shifts three days a week driving a private bus in Dhaka, where tens of thousands of students held angry protests for over a week demanding an end to rash driving that killed two teenagers late last month. Prime Minister Sheik Hasina’s government has moved swiftly to defuse the…
AFP When Mana Izumi got her first tattoo at 18, she wasn’t trying to rebel or shatter any taboos — just copy Japanese pop diva Namie Amuro’s beach-bronze “surfer chick” look. In Japan, where tattoos have for centuries been demonised for their association with criminals, former porn star Izumi turns heads with her copper tan,…
Reuters: Police in the South Pacific island of Nauru briefly held a New Zealand journalist at a police station and canceled her permit to cover a regional leaders’ conference on Tuesday, because she met refugees without seeking permission, the government and broadcaster TVNZ said. Nauru closely controls access for foreign journalists and is particularly sensitive…
Samiul Bashar Samin Entertainment news source Deadline reported on Tuesday that Legendary Pictures is “moving toward a deal” to acquire live-action film rights for the Pokémon franchise. The Hollywood Reporter reported in April that Legendary Entertainment, Warner Bros., and Sony were engaged in an auction for the rights. Warner already released several of the animated…