May 2021

GBNEWS24 DESK// Some 1.06 crore of mobile phone users left Dhaka until May 15 after the exodus began on May 4 despite strict restriction on movement to curb the spread of Covid-19 infections, according to data of Bangladesh…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The head of UNICEF on Monday asked G7 countries to donate supplies to the COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme as an emergency measure to address a severe shortfall caused by disruption to Indian vaccine exports. India…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Board members at Microsoft Corp made a decision in 2020 that it wasn't appropriate for its co-founder Bill Gates to continue sitting on its board as they investigated the billionaire's prior romantic relationship…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Bollywood hottie Vicky Kaushal, with his acting prowess, has managed to make a niche for himself in the industry. With power-packed movies like Uri: The Surgical Strike, Raazi, and Sanju, Vicky has proven to be one of the…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Seems like Jahnvi Kapoor’s father is rather worried about her career these days. Ever since her launch film Dhadak, which was an average performer at the box office, Janhvi hasn't been able to showcase anything notable.…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on the UN Security Council to seek an early de-escalation of violence between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers. He also blamed the US for the council's lack of action so far.…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City flattened three buildings and killed at least 26 people Sunday, medics said, making it the deadliest single attack since heavy fighting broke out between Israel and Hamas nearly a week ago.…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The student reporter who gained national acclaim when he interviewed President Barack Obama at the White House in 2009 has died of natural causes, his family says. Damon Weaver was 23 when he died May 1, his sister,…

GBNEWS24 DESK// A severe cyclone is roaring in the Arabian Sea off southwestern India with winds of up to 140 kilometers per hour (87 miles per hour), already causing heavy rains and flooding that have killed at least four people,…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Two more accused of Chattogram's sensational Mahmuda Khanam Mitu murder case have been shown arrested. The accused are Motalem Mia alias Wasim and Md Anwar. They are now behind the bars. Chattogram Metropolitan…