Changing up locations during her trip to Europe, Lindsay Lohan emerged for a night on the town in Paris, France on Wednesday (September 28). Clad in a candy apple red dress, the “Mean Girls” starlet took to the club scene while kicking her partying off at the Gareth Pugh Aftershow Party at Le Silencio [...]
It can help prevent cancer, is good for your heart and can even boost your sex life. Now, scientists believe that pomegranate juice has the power to reduce the fat around the stomach – the ‘spare tyre’ in men or the ‘muffin top’ in women. After just one month, volunteers who consumed a bottle of [...]
A Pakistani court has found guilty and sentenced to death the police bodyguard who killed Punjab Governor Salman Taseer in January. Mumtaz Qadri had confessed to murder on the grounds that he objected to Mr Taseer’s calls to amend the country’s controversial blasphemy law. Critics of the law say it can be used to [...]
Lionel Messi targets Barcelona’s all-time scoring record, which has stood for more than 50 years, with the European champions also braced to snatch top spot in La Liga on Sunday. Defending champions Barcelona have hit 22 goals in five league games so far from three wins and two draws. And Messi has been in super-charged [...]
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said his government will no longer hold peace talks with the Taliban. He said the killing of Burhanuddin Rabbani had convinced him to focus on dialogue with Pakistan. Former Afghan President Rabbani was negotiating with the Taliban but was killed by a suicide bomber purporting to be a Taliban [...]
Manchester City banned journalists from asking manager Roberto Mancini about striker Carlos Tevez Friday, as the fallout from the Argentine’s apparent refusal to come on as a substitute continued. Tevez, 27, has been suspended pending an investigation by City after Italian manager Mancini claimed the forward refused to come on as a second-half substitute [...]
Americans earned less last month, the first decline in nearly two years. With less income, consumers could cut back on spending and weaken an already fragile economy. Consumers spent a little more in August despite seeing their incomes drop 0.1%, the Commerce Department said on Sept. 30. Consumer spending rose just 0.2%, after a [...]
Foreign exchange reserves of the country have dwindled below $10 billion after maintaining the double-digit-billion mark for three years. The reserves with the central bank stood at $9.88 billion on Thursday, implying that it will be difficult for the country to meet next three months’ import costs. Senior researcher of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies [...]
Increased trade and investment between Bangladesh and India, mainly in latter’s northeastern states, may help reduce border crimes including smuggling, experts said Thursday. The official annual trade between Bangladesh and India amounts to more than $3.5 billion a year, but the unofficial trade is much larger, traders said. Despite the friendly relations between the two [...]
A Palestinian activist detained on the orders of the home secretary, Theresa May, was held unlawfully and is entitled to compensation, the high court has ruled. The decision is the latest embarrassment for the government over the case of Sheikh Raed Salah, 52, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel, who entered the country [...]