May 2020

GBNEWS24 DESK// The global death toll from the coronavirus has reached 308,642 as of Saturday morning. So far, 4,628,228 cases have been confirmed around the world after disease was first reported in China in December last year,…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Brazil's health minister has resigned after less than a month in the job following disagreements over the government's handling of the country's escalating coronavirus crisis. Nelson Teich had criticised a decree…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to launch today the disbursement of Taka 1,250 crore cash assistance among 50 lakh poor families hit hard amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina…

GBNEWS24 DESK// At least 929 people died in Bangladesh with COVID-19 like symptoms since March 8, says a report of Centre for Genocide Studies (CGS) of Dhaka University. The report jointly prepared by Bangladesh Peace Observatory…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Saudi Arabia will enforce a countrywide 24-hour curfew during the five-day Muslim Eid-ul-Fitr holiday later this month to help stem the spread of the coronavirus, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. The curfew will…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The Chinese city of Wuhan is drawing up plans to test its entire population of 11 million people for Covid-19, state media report. The plan appears to be in its early stages, with all districts in Wuhan told to submit…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Brazil has recorded its highest daily rise in the number of deaths from the coronavirus, health officials say. It registered 881 new deaths on Tuesday, the health ministry said. The total death toll now stands at…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Prof Dr Abul Kalam Azad, director-general of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) is in home isolation after one of his family members tested positive for COVID-19. Dr Aminul Hasan, director (hospitals and…

GBNEWS24 DESK// A total of 313 undocumented Bangladeshi expatriate workers who have been kept at a detention center in Kuwait after getting a general amnesty there in the wake of deadly COVID-19 pandemic arrived here this evening by two…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus and was receiving treatment at hospital, Russian news agencies reported. “Yes, I am sick. I am…