April 2020

GBNEWS24 DESK// The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 17 in Bangladesh as five more deaths have been confirmed in the last 24 hours. IEDCR Director Prof Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora declared this in an online briefing at…

GBNEWS24 DESK// British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to an intensive care unit on Monday after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, and his Downing Street office said he was still conscious. Britain has no formal succession…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The months-long lockdown in the city of Wuhan in China's Hubei province - where the coronavirus pandemic started - has been lifted. Anyone who has a "green" code on a widely used smartphone health app is now allowed to…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Priyanka Chopra on Tuesday announced that she will be part of an upcoming virtual benefit concert - 'One World: Together At Home' - in a view to honour healthcare and front line essential community workers. In…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The Queen is to stress the value of self-discipline and resolve during the coronavirus pandemic in a special address to the nation on Sunday. In a rare speech, she will acknowledge the grief, pain and financial…

  GBNEWS24 DESK// Failure to provide enough protective equipment for frontline workers and delays over testing have been "serious mistakes" in tackling coronavirus, the new Labour leader has said. Sir Keir Starmer said in an article in…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The operation of public transport will remain suspended until April 11 aiming to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Roads and Highways division informed this on Saturday. Emergency services, fuel, medicine, vehicles…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The Falklands Islands government has confirmed the territory's first case of the new coronavirus. A patient tested positive after being admitted to hospital with symptoms on March 31, according to a statement released…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the people to visit physicians if any symptom of coronavirus is seen and not to pay heed to any rumour about it as she issued a 31-point directive in view of the outbreak of the lethal disease.…

GBNEWS24 DESK// At least 1,000 samples of people with coronavirus symptoms will be tested across the country by Friday. Md Habibur Rahman, director of Management Information System at Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS),…