No international teams have toured Pakistan since the 2009 attack by militants on the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore. ...
09:26 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Agartala: The bus service between Agartala and Dhaka has been suspended after India's 'Maitree' passenger bus between the two cities was burnt by an angry mob in Bangladesh on Friday, officials said in Agartala on Sunday. "The Agartala-Dhaka bus service has been suspended temporarily following Friday's incident. The service is expected to resume after an inquiry into the incident and other necessary formalities," a Tripura transport department official said. "A...
03:28 PM, Sep 23, 2012
'Life is Beautiful' is like watching the 2012 version of 'Happy Days' with extended running time and characters so similar to the latter that you walk out of theatre in utter disappointment. Running almost close to three hours, one should be blessed with a lot of patience to sit through the film. The film celebrates the coming-of-age story of six youngsters in a colony, who come from different strata of...
01:23 PM, Sep 15, 2012
Shekar Kammula is planning to release the audio of 'Life Is Beautiful' on July 27. The movie's release date has been confirmed as August 15. LIB's music is by Mickey J Meyer. The movie, which has been in the making for one-and-a-half-years, stars newcomers Abhijeet, Sudhakar, Kaushik, Zara, Rashmi, Kavya, Naveen, Vijay, Sanjeev and Sri Ram in the main roles. It has been shot at a special colony set erected...
07:27 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Dhaka: Days of heavy rain in Bangladesh has set off flash floods and landslides which have killed more than 30 people and stranded about 150,000, police and officials said on Wednesday. Low-lying and densely populated Bangladesh is battered by torrential downpours during the wet season which began in the past few weeks, but one official said the rain this month was the heaviest for years. Fifteen people were killed in...
01:20 PM, Jun 27, 2012
A remake of Tamil super hit film 'Subramanyapura' Kannada version 'Prem Adda' is locked in title controversy. The title 'Adda' in the hands of director Prem for a long time later moving to producer BK Srinivas via Sa Ra Govindu with the help of Dashavara Chandru is the root cause for the title controversy. BK Srinivas is the title holder of 'Adda' but director Prem starring film kept the title...
01:06 PM, Jun 21, 2012
It is an achievement of sorts for a Telugu film maker. GV Sudhakar Naidu of Hero and Ranga - The Donga fame has wowed Nana Patekar and Anil Kapoor with his story. Kumar Yadav and Salman Khan would be producing this movie, which will also see Hema Malini and Rekha in important lead cast. "I prepared a story on the basis of a real-life incident that happened in the border...
10:22 AM, May 20, 2012
Short in build but no shortfalls in thinking the debutant director Somanath of 'Sadhakaru' has thought of a lovely tribute to Dr Rajakumar affectionately called as 'Annavru'. Out of the four songs in the adventure film 'Sadhakaru' Somanath for the lyrics of Sumithra Jayaram is shooting the song Annavru Kannadadha Rajanna, Munnedasu Nammannu Mathe Hutti Harasa Banni...at a park in Bengaluru Somath is shooting with six boys and six girls...
05:00 PM, Apr 27, 2012
Dhaka: The son of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and 29 others were on Sunday indicted by a special court for a grenade attack in 2004 that killed 24 people. The special court framed the charges against 30 people, including Zia's son Tarique Rahman, who is currently in Britain, Xinhua reported. The court set March 28 for the next hearing in the case. Twenty-four people, including Awami League leader...
08:01 PM, Mar 18, 2012
New Delhi: Passengers of Kingfisher Airlines suffered severe hardship on Saturday as the beleaguered carrier cancelled several flights from some key cities and completely shut down operations from Kolkata, including international flights, for about ten days. Travel agents and airport sources said at least five flights from Delhi, including three to Pune, and another six flights from Mumbai were cancelled today. There was no flight operation from Kolkata which has...
07:33 AM, Feb 19, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Wednesday dismissed reports of faction-feud within Congress state unit and said there was "no problem" in the party as reported by the media. "There is no problem in the party as reported by media," Chandy told reporters when asked about criticism by a section of congress leaders including K Sudhakaran, MP, that party workers were not getting justice and respect from police in...
07:45 AM, Feb 02, 2012
In February 2011, Anna Hazare shot to the nation's attention when he conveyed to the prime minister his intention to fast on matters relating to corruption. Since then, he has galvanized a massive, national movement to combat corruption in the country. So, how did Mr Hazare, at the age of 74 and relatively unknown to the masses, manage to spearhead this movement against corruption? Simply put, how did he become...
05:34 PM, Feb 01, 2012
Dhaka: The Bangladesh army has foiled a coup attempt against the Sheikh Hasina government in the neighbouring country. According to the Bangladesh army, certain officers with 'extreme religious views' were behind the bid, adding that 16 officers, two of them retired, were involved in it. The Army further said that the process of bringing the culprits to book had begun. Army spokesman Brigadier General Muhammad Masud Razzaq said some of...
05:31 PM, Jan 19, 2012
New Delhi: A boiler explosion at a garment factory in Bangladesh left 2 people dead and over 50 others injured. The explosion sparked fears of a fire which triggered a stampede in the the 7 storeyed building in Dhaka. Thousands of workers rushed out of the seven-storey building after rumours of a fire spread inside the factory. As they scrambled out of the building, many were trampled underfoot. The injured...
07:39 AM, Dec 04, 2011
Kishtwar: Maintaining that their medico son is "innocent", parents of Waseem Akram Malik on Friday said they have handed him over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Delhi after bringing him back from Bangladesh. "I was informed by the NIA that Waseem Akram Malik is required for questioning (in connection with the Delhi High Court blast case) and in this connection NIA has given a letter to me," Waseem's...
07:48 PM, Oct 07, 2011
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Prateik is all set to make his ramp debut as the show stopper for ace designer Rina Dhaka at the upcoming Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW). The 24-year-old will walk the ramp along with his My Friend Pinto co-star Kalki Koechlin Saturday. "Yes, Prateik and Kalki will walk the ramp for Rina Dhaka," a source told IANS. My Friend Pinto, slated to release Oct 14, has...
06:46 PM, Oct 06, 2011
Dhaka: Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's September 6-7 visit in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Sunday said it preferred a framework agreement on transit between the two sides instead of a revised Indian proposal for inking a protocol on using this country's two seaports. "Bangladesh has prepared a draft on a framework agreement on transit which is likely to be presented for discussion during the meeting of our Prime Minister Sheikh...
01:02 PM, Sep 04, 2011
New Delhi: After the severe drubbing at the hustings in West Bengal, the CPI on Wednesday said it would witness leadership change at the party Congress next year. However, General Secretary AB Bardhan said the proposed change in leadership had "nothing to do" with the recent debacle suffered by the Left, especially in the strongholds of West Bengal and Kerala. "Our party constitution provides that no General Secretary can continue...
05:06 PM, May 25, 2011
Dhaka: Ending a standoff with the Bangladesh government, Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus has resigned as the managing director of Grameen Bank, saying the he is quitting to prevent "undue disruption" in the working of the pioneering micro-lending agency he founded. Yunus's resignation came as he lost his final legal battle in the apex court to thwart a Bangladesh Bank decision removing him from the position on March 2. Deputy Managing...
03:29 PM, May 13, 2011
Dhaka: Fifty Indian investors, including the Tata, Birla and TVS groups, have sought a special economic zone (SEZ) to be set up in Bangladesh for joint ventures. A visiting business delegation of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Monday proposed that the Bangladesh government establish a SEZ for them to house joint venture (JVs) industries. The reaction of Bangladesh government was positive about the proposal. Commerce Minister Faruk Khan...
01:03 PM, May 10, 2011
