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Kylie Minogue goes for UK number one album

NewshoursBD International Desk : Kylie Minogue has claimed a UK chart-topping album for the fifth time with her latest release Aphrodite. The Australian pop star scored her first number one album in the same week 22 years ago. The singer displaced rap star Eminem from pole position, while the only other new entry in the [...]

Dhoni gets engaged

(NewshoursBD.com/Indiatimes.com) : Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni got engaged to his childhood friend Sakshi Singh Rawat at a private function in a hotel in Dehradun with just family members and close friends present. The marriage is likely to take place after India’s home series against Australia in October. The engagement for Dhoni, one of [...]

FBCCI elects 28 directors

Staff Correspondent AK Azad and Jasim Uddin bagged 21 out of 28 posts of directors who were elected though polls of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Saturday. The newly elected directors, along with 16 other nominated directors, are expected to elect today the president and two vice-presidents of the country’s [...]

`Dancing’ audience boots off Pamela Anderson

LOS ANGELES, May 5 (NewshoursBD.com/Reuters) Former “Baywatch” star Pamela Anderson was eliminated from television’s “Dancing With the Stars” competition on Tuesday, leaving just five celebrities in the running for the finale. Anderson, 42, who had finished in the bottom two several times this season despite mostly good reviews from the judges, received the lowest votes [...]

Scissor Sisters axed entire album

NewshoursBD desk : Pop band The Scissor Sisters have revealed they scrapped an album they had been working on for 18 months. Singer Jake Shears said they ditched songs destined for their third album last summer and started from scratch. He said: “If it wasn’t something we could fully get behind and believe in, I [...]

Monster U.S. online jobs index raise up 3rd straight month

NewshoursBD : A gauge of online demand for labor in the United States rose in April for a third straight month and posted its largest year-on-year percentage gain since July 2007, a private research group said on Thursday. Monster Worldwide Inc (MWW.N), an online careers and recruiting firm, said its employment index rose to 133 [...]

Pahela Baishakh today

The nation welcomes today the Bangla New Year 1417 in a traditional manner amid a colourful festivity. With the sunrise, the Bangalees left behind all their sorrows of loss and unfulfilled expectations and geared up for better days. The city puts on a festive look, and, from the early morning, people in traditional attires throng [...]

Who Will Go Home With an Oscar?

You needn’t tune in early to the Oscar show this coming Mar. 7; there’ll be no suspense for the Supporting Actor and Actress awards. Christoph Waltz is a lock for his role as the sneaky German officer in Inglourious Basterds, and Mo’Nique a sure thing as the mom from hell in Precious. But you might [...]

Unsatisfactory turnout at Dhaka Int’l Book fair ‘09

The two-week long Dhaka International Book Fair 2009 at Suhrawardi Udyan ends today. National Book Centre and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs jointly organised the fair, which began on December 11. The fair, largest after the Ekushey Book Fair, featured a total 169 stalls giving the visitors an opportunity to choose from a lot. This [...]

A night of fashion

The mercury dipped low over Dhaka on December 10, but things were heating up at Dhaka Club as some of the industry’s most prominent names brought their work to the ramp at a fashion show there, organized by Marico Bangladesh, and sponsored by Kaya Skin Clinic and Aromatic Gold. The event, meant to showcase the [...]

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