April 2020

GBNEWS24 DESK// The global death toll from the coronavirus has reached 217,970 as of Wednesday morning. So far, 3,138,115 cases have been confirmed around the world after disease was first reported in China in December last year,…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The well reputed restaurants in Dhaka can sell iftar items from tomorrow. The authorities of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) issued the directive today. According to it, restaurants can sell ifter items keeping…

GBNEWS24 DESK// New Zealand says it has stopped community transmission of Covid-19, effectively eliminating the virus. With new cases in single figures for several days - one on Sunday - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the virus…

GBNEWS24 DESK// North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is "alive and well", a top security adviser to the South's President Moon Jae-in said, downplaying rumours over Kim's health following his absence from a key anniversary. Conjecture over…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Children in China's two most important cities went back to school Monday after more than three months at home, as coronavirus restrictions eased and governments around the world began charting a path out of the pandemic…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Forty-three people have died in three days of clashes between armed groups and soldiers in DR Congo’s perennially unstable east, government and army officials told AFP on Monday. The deadliest clash occurred on Friday…

GBNEWS24 DESK// At least 14 shops were gutted as a fire broke out at Kutupalong Rohingya camp in Ukhia Upazila of Cox’s Bazar district early Sunday. Md Emdadul Haque, station officer of Ukhia Fire Service Station, confirmed the news.…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) did not receive the coronavirus testing kits invented by Gonoshasthaya Kendra on Sunday, said its founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury. “Yesterday (Saturday) we took an…

GBNEWS24 DESK// British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will return to work in Downing Street on Monday, about two weeks after leaving hospital, British media reported Saturday night. Johnson told his cabinet colleagues that he will be…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Italy has outlined plans to ease the strict restrictions imposed seven weeks ago to curb the spread of the coronavirus as it recorded its lowest daily death toll since mid-March. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said…