April 2020

GBNEWS24 DESK// Lockdown restrictions in the UK will continue for "at least" another three weeks as it tackles the coronavirus outbreak, Dominic Raab has said. The foreign secretary told the daily No 10 briefing that a review had…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The government has declared the entire Bangladesh at risk of the coronavirus pandemic as the infection has now spread across the country. Professor Abul Kalam Azad, director general of the Health Directorate, issued a…

GBNEWS24 DESK// A nationwide state of emergency has been declared in Japan due to the country’s worsening coronavirus outbreak. The move allows regional governments to urge people to stay inside, but without punitive measures or legal…

The global death toll from coronavirus jumped to 134,610 on Thursday morning. Besides, confirmed COVID-19 cases have reached 2,083,237, according to Worldometer. Of those infected, 1,438,298 are currently being treated and 51,142 of…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Actress Priyanak Chopra Jonas shared that she is helping to students in Los Angeles in adapting to virtual classrooms amid lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic. Chopra Jonas took to Instagram, where she shared a video…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government has announced various stimulus packages worth around Tk one lakh crore to save the people and the economy from the crisis arising out of the coronavirus pandemic.…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Two Brazilian state governors tested positive for the new coronavirus on Tuesday, in the tourist hotspot of Rio de Janeiro and the Amazon rainforest state of Pará, becoming the latest leaders to get the disease as it…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The Cannes film festival will not take place “in its original form” this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Organisers first postponed the festival last month, saying that they would aim to stage it in June or July…

GBNEWS24 DESK// While the whole country continues to struggle against the COVID-19 crisis, Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan's name has been added to the list of renowned personalities who have come forward to give the frontline workers…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday announced her government’s four strategic programmes which will be implemented in three phases until 2023-24 fiscal year to overcome the possible adverse impact on the national…