April 2021

GBNEWS24 DESK// China and five South Asian countries, including Bangladesh, have opposed the idea of vaccine nationalism while calling for distribution of vaccine under the principles of equity and justice. "The foreign ministers…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Three Bangladeshi researchers have been included in the sixth edition of Asian Scientist 100 list, which celebrates the success of the region's "best and brightest, highlighting their achievements across a range of…

GBNEWS24 DESK// An astronaut who flew on one of the most famous space missions of all time has died. Michael Collins, 90, was part of the three-member crew on Apollo 11, the first lunar landing mission in 1969. Unlike Neil Armstrong and…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has struck a conciliatory tone towards the kingdom’s arch-nemesis, Iran, saying he sought “good” relations after reports the rivals held secret talks recently in Baghdad, reports Aljazeera.…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Moscow on Wednesday expelled seven European diplomats after their countries ordered Russian diplomats to leave in solidarity with the Czech Republic, which is engulfed in a diplomatic row with Russia. The Czech…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Six diaries and two mobile phones of college girl Mosarat Jahan Munia were recovered by police from her Gulshan flat on Tuesday. Police are now examining what has been written in these diaries. These were seized as evidence…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Visiting Chinese Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed at the latter’s office at Army Headquarters here. During the visit, the Chinese Defense…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday sought the G20 (Group of Twenty) nations’ “key role” in stopping global carbon emission and simultaneously called for “strict implementation” of the Paris Agreement to…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The Center for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don't need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Vital medical supplies began to reach India on Tuesday as hospitals starved of life-saving oxygen and beds turned away coronavirus patients, and a surge in infections pushed the death toll close to 200,000. A shipment…