May 2021

GBNEWS24 DESK// Chinese rocket expected to plunge back through the atmosphere this weekend will be burned up on reentry and is highly unlikely to cause any harm, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said today. The U.S.…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has tasked Opposition leader Yair Lapid to form a new government, after beleaguered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to meet a midnight deadline of forming a coalition, reports PTI.…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The relationship between Japan and Bangladesh is a trusted and time-tested one. Bangladesh became Japan's biggest recipient of official development assistance in 2020. Since the Covid-19 pandemic started more than a year…

GBNEWS24 DESK// US Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday called on Russia to cease "reckless and aggressive actions" against Ukraine, saying that Moscow has kept "significant forces" near the border. "We stand strongly with…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Taking advantage of the authorities’ lax approach, residents of Sylhet city are flouting health guidelines left and right. After a period of relatively limited activity, people and vehicles have come down to the streets…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The personal ownership of a car in Bangladesh has always been an expensive prospect. High import taxes, combined with the lack of an indigenous auto industry in Bangladesh, mean prospective buyers have to pay to double…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Freedom fighter and Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra artiste Anup Bhattacharya passed away at a city hospital around 7:30pm yesterday. He was 77. His son-in-law Sudip Chakroborthy told The Daily Star that he got admitted to…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Twitter Inc suspended several accounts this week that were set up to share statements from a new part of former US President Donald Trump's website, saying they broke its rules against evading an account ban. Trump was…

GBNEWS24 DESK// China condemned on Thursday a joint statement by G7 foreign ministers that expressed support for Chinese-claimed Taiwan and cast Beijing as a bully, saying it was a gross interference in China’s internal affairs. G7…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The Biden administration is throwing its support behind efforts to waive intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines in an effort to speed the end of the pandemic. United States Trade Representative Katherine…