April 2021

GBNEWS24 DESK// A newly developed, lollipop-shaped coronavirus test is being rolled out in some of Austria’s kindergartens as an alternative for toddlers who don’t take well to throat or nose swabs. Students — a little shy — lined up in…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The United States has issued a Level 4 Travel Health Notice and asked its citizens to leave India “as soon as it is safe to do so” in view of the escalating COVID-19 pandemic as it has restricted access to medical care.…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The High Court on Thursday declined to hear the anticipatory bail petition filed by Managing Director of Bashundhara Group Sayem Sobhan Anvir in a case filed over abetting the suicide of 21-year-old Mosarat Jahan Munia.…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday unveiled a five-point “action plan” to effectively fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR), saying that failure to tackle this hazard may cause even more lethal pandemics in future.…

GBNEWS24 DESK// China has no business telling the Philippines what it can or cannot do within its waters, Manila's defence ministry said on Wednesday, rejecting Beijing's opposition to its ongoing coastguard exercises. Philippines…

GBNEWS24 DESK// India on Thursday saw a record single-day rise of 379,257 coronavirus cases, which pushed the total tally to 18,376,524, while the daily death toll crossed the 3000-mark following 3,645 fresh fatalities, according to…

GBNEWS24 DESK// US President Joe Biden has laid out a sweeping investment plan for jobs, education and social care in his first speech to a joint session of Congress. Delivered on the eve of his 100th day in office, the Democrat…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Matiur Rahman, first President of Japan-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JBCCI), will receive "the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette." He is also the Chairman and Managing Director of Uttara…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday adopted unanimously a historic resolution, introduced by Bangladesh, on drowning prevention and proclaimed 25 July as World Drowning Prevention Day. The Permanent…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on Thursday formed four High Court benches for virtual hearing and disposing of urgent cases in the ongoing restrictions imposed in the wake of massive spike of Covid-19 . The chief…