May 2021

GBNEWS24 DESK// Road transport owners and workers have taken to the streets even on the day of Eid demanding the resumption of long-distance buses across the country in compliance with health guidelines. They staged…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has recommended for delaying the return journey of the people who went home to celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr. “On the occasion of the Eid, people went to…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has approved a proposal of extending the ongoing strict restrictions of lockdown by one week more due to delay in fall in coronavirus transmission and growing presence of Indian variant of the…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Hundreds of Muslim devotees on Friday staged demonstration in Dhaka protesting against Israeli attack on the Al-Aqsa mosque compound and Palestinians. The Dhaka city unit of Islami Andolan Bangladesh arranged the…

GBNEWS24 DESK// President M Abdul Hamid on Friday urged all to try their best to stand by the helpless and endangered people around us as the Eid-ul-Fitr teaches us self-purification and self-control. “Stand by the helpless and…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The Bangladesh government has already taken the initiative to build and launch Bangabandhu Satellite-2, Telecommunications and ICT Minister Mustafa Jabbar has said. "Work has already started to implement the launch of…

GBNEWS24 DESK// India on Friday reported 343,144 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, taking its overall caseload past the 24 million mark, while deaths from COVID-19 rose by 4,000. The South Asian nation has added nearly 1.4…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The United States has blocked an urgent UN Security Council meeting originally set for Friday on the new flare-up between Israel and the Palestinians, diplomats said. "There will be no SC meeting tomorrow," said a…

GBNEWS24 DESK// President Joe Biden has hailed a "great day for America" as US officials said vaccinated people can go mask-less in most indoor and outdoor settings. The president removed his mask in the Oval Office with…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The four-days of violence in Gaza and Israel is the worst since 2014. It was initially fuelled by weeks of Israeli-Palestinian tension in East Jerusalem which led to clashes at a holy site revered by both Muslims and…