DHAKA: Dubai shattered the world record for the largest ever pyrotechnic display on New Year’s Eve with a show involving more than half a million fireworks.Guinness World Records said January 1, reports daily Hurriyet.‘Ten months in planning, over 500,000 fireworks were used during

DHAKA: South Sudanese rebels loyal to former vice president Riek Machar have seized control of Bor, the capital of restive Jonglei state.The town’s mayor said on Wednesday, reports The Jerusalem Post.Nhial Majak Nhial told media government troops loyal to president Salva Kiir had made a

DHAKA: The Lebanese authorities are reported to have arrested the head of a jihadist group that claimed the suicide bomb attack on Iran`s embassy in November.Lebanon defence minister Fayez Ghosn told media that Majid al-Majid, the Saudi ‘emir’ of the al-Qaeda-affiliated Abdullah Azzam

DHAKA: Russian president Vladimir Putin has described the recent suicide attacks in Volgograd as ‘indefensible’, during a visit to the city.‘No matter how the criminals may justify their actions, there is no justification for crimes committed against civilians,’ he said, reports

DHAKA: Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf failed to show up for a hearing in the treason case against him on Wednesday, with his lawyers citing security threats.The 70-year-old stands accused over his imposition of emergency rule in November 2007, but he and his legal

DHAKA: Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop has condemned as ‘reckless’ and ‘counterproductive’ a WikiLeaks Party delegation which met with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.The delegation, which reportedly included WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s father John

DHAKA: Pope Francis urged the people of Rome not to let the beauty of their city to blind them to the growing number of homeless, refugees, and unemployed living among them.Pope Francis, who is also the bishop of Rome, has made appeals for people to reach out to the poor in a personal way

DHAKA: Japan’s population fell by a record 244,000 in 2013, according to health ministry estimates released on Wednesday, highlighting concerns over an ever-dwindling workforce supporting a growing number of pensioners.An estimated 1,031,000 babies were born in 2013, down about 6,000

DHAKA: South Sudan`s government and rebels are set for New Year`s Day peace talks in Ethiopia`s capital, Addis Ababa, to thrash out a ceasefire to end weeks of bloodletting in the world`s newest state.Both sides agreed to a ceasefire on Tuesday, mediators said, but fighting between

DHAKA: At least 25 people were killed Tuesday when a rocket struck a bus in Syria`s commercial capital of Aleppo, the opposition Aleppo Media Center said.The strike from the government controlled Al-Nayrab military airbase burned all those inside the bus beyond recognition, the center

DHAKA: Celebrations are taking place around the world to mark the start of 2014.People in Auckland, New Zealand, were among the first to celebrate. In Australia, hundreds of thousands gathered for a spectacular firework display around Sydney`s Harbour Bridge.East Asian cities were next to

DHAKA: The world has seen some world famous persons died in 2013. Among others, the death of Nelson Mandela drew the attention of the world. The death of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez also include the list. Names of other eminent

DHAKA: The year 2013 is full of many incidents important to politics, business, science and cultural fields. Some of the major incidents that took place in the year and drew people’s attention are listed below for the readers of banglanews24.com.JanuaryPalestine Authority officially

DHAKA: Indian prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh will not announce his resignation at a press conference on Friday, as speculated in some newspapers.Sources in his office said to NDTV.However, senior leaders in his party say he will set the stage for the projection of Rahul Gandhi as the

DHAKA: More than 19,000 people have been displaced by a volcano in Indonesia that has been erupting for months and shot lava into the air nine times overnight.An official said on Tuesday, reports The Straits Times.Mount Sinabung on the western island of Sumatra sent hot rocks and ash

DHAKA: Myanmar on Tuesday announced there were ‘no more political prisoners’ after issuing’a sweeping amnesty order aimed at fulfilling a presidential pledge to free all dissidents by the end of the year.The country has released scores of prisoners of conscience as part of dramatic

DHAKA: As the 74 people on a climate change research ship stuck in the ice in Antarctica readied for New Year`s Eve festivities, authorities revealed plans to send in a rescue helicopter.The Russian-flagged MV Akademik Shokalskiy has not moved in a week since getting stuck in unusually

DHAKA: Israeli authorities have freed a group of 26 Palestinian prisoners as part of a US-brokered agreement to resume direct peace talks.The prisoners were greeted by cheering crowds on their return to the West Bank and Gaza, reports BBC.Israel approved the releases on Saturday, but they

DHAKA: Wagons from a mile-long train carrying crude oil have burst into flames as they derailed after a collision in the US state of North Dakota.A plume of thick black smoke could be seen many miles away and explosions were heard, reports BBC.The incident occurred about a mile outside

DHAKA: At least 10 people have been killed in violence as Iraqi security forces dismantled an anti-government protest camp in the western city of Ramadi.A defence ministry spokesman said local Sunni leaders and clerics had agreed to end the 12-month sit-in peacefully, reports BBC.But