January 2021

GBNEWS24 DESK// Romania was in shock on Friday after a fire broke out in the country's main hospital for coronavirus patients, killing five in the second such incident in three months. Emergency responders in capital Bucharest found…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Portugal's parliament on Friday passed a law allowing medically assisted dying, putting the Catholic-majority country on course to become the fourth in Europe to legalise euthanasia. Before coming into force the bill…

GBNEWS24 DESK// US first lady Jill Biden willparticipate in efforts by her husband’s administration to reunite familiessplit apart by former president Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies,the White House said Friday. In line…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said Bangladesh’s position is worse than Pakistan in Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) which is not credible at all. Responding to a…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The house of Lieutenant Commander Mozzem Hossain, the number two accused in the historic Agartala Conspiracy Case, was destroyed in a massive fire in Pirojpur on Friday. By the time the Fire Service and Civil Defence…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Blockbuster Kannada gangster-drama film KGF: Chapter 1 was a commercial success. And ever since its release, movie buffs have been waiting for its sequel to grace the theatres. After a long wait, the makers of the movie…

GBNEWS24 DESK// China has warned that attempts by Taiwan to seek independence "means war". The warning comes days after China stepped up its military activities and flew warplanes near the island. It also comes after new US President…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday rejected calls for a second referendum on independence in Scotland, building his case for a continued United Kingdom on the joint effort to combat the coronavirus outbreak.…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Bangladesh and India on Friday decided to further strengthen the ongoing coordination to jointly commemorate mega events and focused on preparations for the forthcoming visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Canada's police recovered the body of a Bangladeshi student from Red River in Winnipeg of the country's Manitoba province on Wednesday, 18 days after he went missing from Fort Garry area. The deceased was identified as…