Day: December 26, 2012

banglanews24.com DHAKA: Expressing concern, the Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkey envoy to Dhaka Mehmet Vakur Erkul to explain the reason about why the Turkey delegation is lobbying for war criminals by misusing special visa. Acting foreign secretary Mustafa Kamal made…

banglanews24.com DHAKA: Following the Sidr cyclone that hit the South Western part of Bangladesh, the then External Affairs Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee, in November 2007, announced that India would construct shelters for cyclone victims in 11 villages in Bagerhat District.…

banglanews24.com RAJSHAHI: Rajshahi Met office recorded the lowest temperature of the district and the year as 8.8-degree Celsius on Wednesday. Rajshahi Met office Acting Officer Ashraful Islam told banglanews that earlier the lowest temperature was recorded at 9.6 degree C…

bdnews24.com Master batsman Sachin Tendulkar thanked the fans for their overwhelming support after he announced his retirement from ODIs, reports Cricbuzz. He tweeted saying, “Words are not enough to express my thanks to each of you for all the love…

bdnews24.com Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim ended a successful year by completing his Masters degree in History from Jahangirnagar University on Sunday. According to a report on the ESPNcricinfo website, the chirpy wicketkeeper-batsman’s area of specialisation was in contemporary South Asian…

bdnews24.com Pakistan held their nerve to clinch a 5-wicket win with two deliveries to spare over India as they resume their bilateral cricket rivalry after five years with the first of two Twenty20 matches on Tuesday. India failed to capitalise…

bdnews24.com The key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) was rising , with less than an hour left for close of Wednesday’s trade , despite opposition BNP road rallies across the capital. The general index stood over 4,183 points…

bdnews24.com Finance Minister AMA Muhith believes access to information technology can help beat corruption in sectors like land management, police and judiciary. “Corruption still persists in the society. Information technology can be effectively used for reducing corruption,” said Muhith, while…

bdnews24.com The first war crimes tribunal of Bangladesh on Wednesday allowed former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Ghulam Azam’s defence counsel one more hour to complete his argument praying for his retrial. This is first of the three retrial applications that the Jamaat…

bdnews24.com Kolkata, Dec 26 – Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung Sang Suu Kyi has told a British minister that she is willing to facilitate the process of reconciliation between Buddhist Rakhines and Muslim Rohingyas in the troubled Rakhine state (former Arakans),…

bdnews24.com Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Wednesday said textbook distribution among the students of primary and secondary schools, Ebtedai Madrasa (primary level) and Dakhil Madrasa (secondary level), and vocational institutions for the academic year 2013 will begin across the…

bdnews24.com The Health and Family Welfare Minister on Wednesday floated the idea of engaging schoolgirls in identifying pregnant women in rural Bangladesh to ensure safe births. “We should see whether we can engage girl students of the ninth or 10th…

bdnews24.com Opposition chief Khaleda Zia on Wednesday urged the government to table a bill in Parliament for reinstalling non-partisan caretaker government and warned that the anti-government movement will continue until the demand is agreed to. “I would like to tell…

bdnews24.com BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia finally swung the pitch of her movement towards popular concerns on Wednesday when she threatened more strikes if the price of power, gas and fuel were hiked. Addressing a rally at Dhaka’s Kawran Bazar as…