April 2021

GBNEWS24 DESK// Fishing in Kaptai Lake prohibited for 3 months The local administration has imposed a three-month ban on netting, marketing and transportation of fish from Kaptai Lake from May 1. The decision was taken on…

GBNEWS24 DESK// A study has demonstrated the exceptional growth of social media in Bangladesh as more than 900,000 users joined the platform between 2020 and 2021. The total number of social media users in the country is 45million,…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The government on Sunday requested Muslims citizens to offer Eid ul-Fitr prayer at mosques instead of Eidgah or open places to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. The Ministry of Religious issued a circular in this…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The government has decided to extend the ongoing nationwide lockdown for one more week as Covid-19 infections keep soaring. The restriction will remain in force till May 5. Farhad Hossain, state minister for public…

GBNEWS24 DESK// US President Joe Biden's declaration that the massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide is "simply outrageous" and Turkey will respond in various ways over the coming months, Turkey's presidential…

GBNEWS24 DESK// India's daily tally of coronavirus-induced deaths could peak by mid-May at 5,600, an American study has warned. This would mean that close to 3 lakh people may lose their lives to Covid-19 in the country between April…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The United States on Sunday identified sources of specific raw material urgently required by Pune-based Serum Institute of India to produce the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine - Covishield. This raw material will be…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The government has so far allocated Tk 584.92 crore for the humanitarian assistance of unemployed people due to the lockdown in the second wave of Covid-19, said State Minister for Disaster Management and…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The government will provide financial assistance of Tk 10,000 each to 2,000 more journalists badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Md Hasan Mahmud has said. The decision was taken…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Mayor of London Sadiq Khan accompanied 101-year-old Dabirul Islam Choudhury OBE in his bid to lead a global challenge named 'Walk with Dabirul' to complete 1.5 million steps. The challenge took place on April 24,…