May 2021

GBNEWS24 DESK// G7 countries should invest $10t to stoke an investment-driven  recovery that puts Covid-19 vaccines in arms and triggers a sweeping  energy transformation to slow climate change, according to a report  requested by…

GBNEWS24 DESK// US regulators on Monday expanded the use of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine to children as young as 12, offering a way to protect the nation's adolescents before they head back to school in the fall and paving the way for…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The World Health Organziation said on Monday that the coronavirus variant first identified in India last year was being classified as a variant of global concern, with some preliminary studies showing that it…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Kuwait has banned direct commercial flight operations with Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka until further notice amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Kuwait's civil aviation department made the announcement yesterday.…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Neymar has signed a contract extension that will see him stay at Paris Saint-Germain until the end of the 2024-2025 season, the French champions announced on Saturday. The Brazil attacker said he had "grown as a person,…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated firm solidarity with India in a letter addressed to her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. She conveyed condolences and prayers for victims of this unprecedented devastation…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The United Arab Emirates will bar entry to non-UAE resident travellers from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka starting on Wednesday to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus, it said on Monday. The UAE…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Workers at two factories in Gazipur's Tongi and Kaliakair have staged protests, blocked roads and vandalized demanding the extension of Eid holiday. At least 20 workers were shot in clashes with police.…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Palestinians have clashed with Israeli police for a third night in Jerusalem, and there are fears of more violence later on Monday over a planned Jewish nationalist march in the city. The annual Jerusalem Day Flag…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Hundreds were wounded in new clashes on Monday between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in Jerusalem as a planned march marking Israel's 1967 takeover of the holy city threatened to further inflame tensions.…