May 2020

GBNEWS24 DESK// Myanmar has made south-east Asia’s largest-ever seizure of synthetic drugs in raids that revealed “unprecedented” production of opioids in the area, the UN has said. Between February and April, authorities swooped on…

GBNEWS24 DESK// As the country approaches towards the end of the third edition of COVID-19-induced lockdown, actor Shah Rukh Khan on late Friday penned down his key takeaways from the lockdown. The 'Om Shanti Om' posted his lessons…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui and his family members were placed under home quarantine after they reached Budhana town from Mumbai, police said on Monday. Siddiqui, along with his family members, reached his…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The World Health Organization will on Monday kick off its first ever virtual assembly, but fears abound that US-China tensions could derail the strong action needed to address the COVID-19 crisis. The World Health…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The government is likely to approve a Tk 2,05,145 crore Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the next fiscal year (FY21) today giving the highest priority to the transport sector. The National Economic Council (NEC)…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Bangladesh authorities today ordered intensified preparedness as the southern coastlines visibly brace for a cyclone called Amphan feared to be a “very severe one” with met office issuing its high “danger signal number 7”…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Women and children were among at least 27 civilians murdered in two separate attacks in the troubled northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials told AFP on Sunday. The first incident, in the Ituri…

GBNEWS24 DESK// A total of 400 people have tested coronavirus positive in Sylhet division so far. Assistant Director(AD) of DGHS's Sylhet Divisional Office Md Anisur Rahman confirmed the news this afternoon. Dr Anisur Rahman said:…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Eight more coronavirus patients died at the Corona Unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the last 24 hours of which two tested coronavirus positive. According to the hospital sources, the deceased are Dilip…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Nepal reported its first coronavirus death late Saturday where the total number of infected has been 281. The deceased was a 29-year-old woman who recently gave birth to a child. The victim, who was from…