May 2021

GBNEWS24 DESK// A new open letter has been published in France warning of the threat of civil war and claiming to have more than 130,000 signatures from the public. The message, published in a right-wing magazine, accuses the French…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Former ambassador Mohammad Ziauddin on Sunday joined the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) as an ambassador-at-large of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with the rank and status of a minister. The government issued a gazette…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The second consignment of six coaches of Metro Rail have arrived at the Mongla Port. The Belize-flag carrying ship MV Ocean Grace, which sailed from the Port of Kobe in Japan arrived at the Mongla port on Sunday…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Top US fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline shut its entire network, the source of nearly half of the US East Coast's fuel supply, after a cyber attack on Friday that involved ransomware. The incident is one of the…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The Scottish National Party has won a fourth term in power in the devolved parliament just short of an outright majority, with its leader Nicola Sturgeon reiterating her demand for a fresh referendum on…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The death toll from an explosion outside a school in Afghanistan's capital Kabul has risen to 68, Afghan officials said yesterday, with doctors struggling to provide medical care to 165 injured and officials trying…

GBNEWS24 DESK// India "squandered" its early successes in controlling Covid-19 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government could preside over "a self-inflicted national catastrophe", international medical journal The Lancet…

GBNEWS24 DESK// A gunman opened fire at a birthday party in Colorado, slaying six adults before killing himself Sunday, police said. The shooting happened just after midnight in a mobile home park on the east side of Colorado…

GBNEWS24 DESK// French President Emmanuel Macron has called on the US to drop its restrictions on the export of Covid-19 vaccines and ingredients. His words came as a divide emerged between parts of Europe and the US over how best to…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Remnants of China's biggest rocket landed in the Indian Ocean on Sunday, with the bulk of its components destroyed upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, according to Chinese state media, ending days of speculation over…