Yearly Archives

2018

Britain’s trade options after Brexit

GB news 24 desk// European Union leaders used a summit in Salzburg this week to reject British Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan for the economic relationship between the two sides after Brexit. May says her project is the only way…

Three of a family among four electrocuted in Cumilla

GB news 24 desk// At least four people died from electrocution when a live power line fell on a running CNG-run autorickshaw at Nangalkot Upazila in the district on Friday. The deceased are Maulana Abu Taher, 60, his son Maulana Abu…

DNCC panel mayor Md Osman Gani passes away

GB news 24 desk// Panel Mayor 1 of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Md Osman Gani has died while undergoing treatment at Singapore General Hospital around 8:30am on Saturday (Bangladesh time). Gani was 69 years old at the time of…

Death toll from Tanzania ferry tragedy hits 131

GB news 24 desk// The death toll from the capsizing of a Tanzanian ferry on Lake Victoria had climbed to at least 131 people and could rise further, officials said on Friday as they vowed to investigate the disaster. Exactly how…

Canada declares Myanmar Rohingya killings ‘genocide’

GB news 24 desk// Canadian lawmakers on Thursday unanimously voted to declare Myanmar's military against the Rohingya people a "genocide." The House of Commons endorsed the findings of a UN fact-finding mission on Myanmar that found…

Myanmar refugees evacuated from squalid Omaha apartments

GB news 24 desk// About 500 refugees have been relocated from a Nebraska apartment complex in US after units were deemed unlivable. The Omaha World-Herald reports the Myanmar refugees were living at the Yale Park Apartments in north…

Bangladesh U16 women’s national team thrash UAE 7-0

GB news 24 desk// Bangladesh U16 women’s national team destroyed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) 7-0 in their third match of the ongoing Group F matches of the AFC U16 Women’s Championship 2019 qualifiers at the BSSSM Mostofa Kamal…

Twitter warns direct messages were exposed

GB news 24 desk// Twitter has told an undisclosed number of users their private messages may have been leaked to third-parties for more than a year. The software “bug”, which has since been fixed, involved direct messages between…

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