June 2020

GBNEWS24 DESK// US President Donald Trump has held his first campaign rally since March, when the US coronavirus lockdown began. Earlier this week, Mr Trump boasted on Twitter that almost a million people had requested tickets for the…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Veteran journalist and cultural activist Kamal Lohani died of coronavirus on Saturday. He was 86. He breathed his last at Sheikh Russel Gastro Liver Institute and Hospital in the morning. Kamal Lohani was moved to…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The coronavirus pandemic has entered a “new and dangerous phase” as daily global Covid-19 cases hit record highs, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday. The number of new cases reported on Thursday…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Bollywood may be best known for its glamorous casts, glitzy costumes and energetic dance routines. But it also has a far less flattering reputation -- for promoting the offensive practice of brownface. "It's actually…

GBNEWS24 DESK// US actor and Scientologist Danny Masterson has been charged with raping three women at his home in the Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles prosecutors said Wednesday. The star of television’s “That ’70s Show” and “The Ranch”…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Qatar Airways has received an approval to operate flights to and from Bangladesh from 16 June, operating 3 flights per week, according to press statement by the airline issued Wednesday. Following a NOTAM put in place…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez announced on Tuesday that he and his wife Ana Garcia both tested positive for the novel coronavirus. "Today I was diagnosed as having been infected with COVID-19," said…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Next year's Oscars have been postponed by eight weeks to April 25 after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered movie theaters and wreaked havoc on Hollywood's release calendar, the Academy said Monday. With many studio…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Amid the debate around nepotism and the treatment of outsiders in Bollywood triggered by the news of Indian actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, a case has been filed against in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur against a number of…

GBNEWS24 DESK// China and India have accused each other of provoking fighting in which at least 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a disputed Himalayan area. The Indian army said that both sides suffered casualties, but there has been no…