April 2021

GBNEWS24 DESK// The next budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year will prioritize the poor while protecting the lives and livelihoods of all in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said on Wednesday. "Our next…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The Islamic Foundation has fixed this year’s Fitra at minimum Tk 70 and maximum Tk 2,310 per person. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Fitra Fixing Committee of the Islamic Foundation on…

GBNEWS24 DESK// A Dhaka court has placed child orator Rafiqul Isam Madani on a four-day remand in a case filed over protest during the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Dhaka on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in India, the United States public health body has asked its citizens to avoid all travel to India, report The Hindu. Issuing a Level 4 advisory, which is the highest…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Indian Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said he has tested positive for COVID-19 and has mild symptoms. “After experiencing mild symptoms, I’ve just tested positive for COVID,” the 50-year-old posted on Twitter.…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin was convicted on Tuesday of all three charges of murder and manslaughter in the deadly arrest of George Floyd, a milestone in the fraught racial history of the United States and a…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said the law enforcement agencies are arresting only miscreants, not any Alem or religious leader. “The law enforcers are arresting those…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna has demanded release of the arrested leaders of Hefazat-e Islam Bangladesh. He made the demand in a statement sent to the mass media on Tuesday. The DUCSU's former VP…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The Earth’s temperature continues to rise unabated, with 2020 being one of the three warmest years on record, as extreme weather events combine with the COVID-19 pandemic, impacting millions. According to the World…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Chad's President Idriss Déby has died suddenly in clashes with rebels in the north of the country at the weekend, the army has said on state TV. On Monday, provisional results from the election on 11 April projected he…