Khaleda to appear before court Feb 1 A Dhaka court on Monday asked BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to appear before it on February 1 in 10 different cases. The Judge, Kamrul Hossain Mollah, set the date after hearing separate petitions submitted by her lawyer Md Sanaullah Miah. Earlier on December 1 last, the court fixed January 9 for the charge framing of 10 different cases against BNP chairperson…

Customs intelligence today seized an expensive private car of Rolls Royce Ghost model of an expelled North Korean diplomat from Kamlapur in the city. “We seized the silver color car of 6600cc worth about Tk 300 million from Kamlapur ICT depot today,” director general (DG) of customs intelligence Dr. Mainul Khan said, reports state-run BSS news agency. The car was imported in the name of…

A fire has broken out in a 20-storey building in the capital's Banani on Monday afternoon.  Rabiul Islam, Fireman of Fire service control room said that 12 units of fire services are working to douse the fire, started at 2:30 pm. However, the reason behind the fire could not be known immediately. There has been no news of any casualty, as of yet.

Mounita Khan Ishana is a well known ramp model of Bangladesh. She stepped to the media industry after becoming the second runner up in Lux Channel I Super in the year 2008. After that, she worked on numerous TV commercials i.e. Citicell, Banglalink, Pran, and Fair and Lovely Max Fairness Cream. As an actress, Mounita Khan Ishana acted in numerous Telefilms and TV dramas namely Firiye Dilam Tomer Prithibi,…

Filmmaker BR Chopra had offered the role of main lead in “Baghban” to his favourite actor, Dilip Kumar, who turned it down as he could not decide on his co-actress, according to Achala Nagar, the author of the novel. The film was eventually made in 2003 with megastar Amitabh Bachchan in the lead, almost twenty years after it was offered to the 94-year-old legend. “When BR Chopra…

Mumbai: Amitabh Bachchan’s 2003 release ‘Baghban’ was one of the most heart-touching movies of Indian cinema. Big B’s performance was won him several accolades. But not many are aware of the fact that Bachchan was not the first chose for his role in the movie. Filmmaker BR Chopra had offered the role of main lead in “Baghban” to his favourite actor, Dilip Kumar,…

US President Barack Obama said his successor Donald Trump and he are “opposites in some ways” but admitted that both have a high degree of “confidence” in themselves. “It’s probably a prerequisite for the job, or at least you have to have enough craziness to think that you can do the job,” the president told ABC News on Sunday in an exclusive interview on…