June 2021

GBNEWS24 DESK// Google has removed its head of diversity over a 2007 blog post that said Jewish people had "an insatiable appetite for war and killing". In a post about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that resurfaced this week, Kamau…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The UK Government has recognised Dr Tasnim Jara, a Bangladeshi doctor working at England's National Health Service, as a "Vaccine Luminary" in the G7 Global Vaccine Confidence Summit. As part of its G7 Presidency, the…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Train tickets will be available at counters across the country from June 8 due to the passengers' demand. A notice, signed by Bangladesh Railway's deputy director Nahid Hasan Khan, confirmed the news on Tuesday. The…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Noting that recent developments in Myanmar make the prospects of voluntary repatriation of the Rohingyas to Myanmar in the short term more challenging, the United Nations has urged the international community to step up…

GBNEWS24 DESK// In the wake of a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in Satkhira, the district administration has imposed a seven-day lockdown here. Deputy Commissioner SM Mostafa Kamal announced this on Thursday at COVID-19 Protection…

GBNEWS24 DESK// President Abdul Hamid witnessed the presentation of national budget for fiscal 2021-22 in Parliament on Thursday. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal placed the budget proposals in presence of Prime Minister Sheikh…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The pandemic has pushed over 100 million more workers into poverty, the UN said yesterday, after working hours plummeted and access to good quality jobs evaporated. In a report, the UN's International Labour…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Israel's opposition leader moved closer to unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he officially told the country's president that he has reached agreements with political allies to form a new government.…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Denouncing the recent Israeli attacks, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told Parliament that Bangladesh is always with the Palestinian people and will continue to extend all sorts of assistance to them. "We're…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Amid the growing Covid-19 cases, health experts fear that Bangladesh’s frontier districts await a serious healthcare crisis as most hospitals and health complexes there are ill-equipped to cope with any worsening situation.…