May 2021

GBNEWS24 DESK// Like the beginning of Ramadan, Eid begins with the first sighting of the new moon. This year, many worshippers have had to mark Ramadan and Eid amid Covid restrictions. Here are pictures from…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the people of the country to remain careful so that the celebrations of Eid-ul-Fitr do not invite Coronavirus cases to spike. “My request to people, please…

GBNEWS24 DESK// China has said Bangladesh and China are friendly close neighbours and they always treat each other with mutual respect and firmly support one another on issues bearing on respective core interests and major concerns. Hua…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Strict lockdown across the country will be increased for more one week in order to prevent the spread of deadly coronavirus. In addition, the police will be given magistracy power to make it mandatory to…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The United States dispatched a senior diplomat on Wednesday to urge Israelis and Palestinians to calm the worst flare-up in violence between them in years, which has appeared to catch the Biden administration off guard as…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The Palestinian group Hamas on Wednesday said that its Gaza City commander, Bassem Issa, was killed by an Israeli airstrike. The Hamas armed wing said the commander was killed "along with a few of his fellow brothers…

GBNEWS24 DESK// US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Israel has a right to defend itself but after speaking with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he hopes violent clashes with Palestinians will end quickly. “I had…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The National Moon-Sighting Committee has said that the crescent moon of the month of Shawwal was not sighted on Wednesday evening. So, the month of Ramadan this year will be 30 days and the Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Former superintendent of police Babul Akhter paid Tk 3 lakh to the accused to kill his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu. This information came up in the statements of two witnesses given before the court and the investigation of…

GBNEWS24 DESK// China has handed over five lakh doses of its Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to Bangladesh as gift. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming formally handed over the vaccines to Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and Health…