2021

GBNEWS24DESK// Launch owners on Saturday started strike demanding a 100 per cent hike in launch fares due to fuel oil price hike. The decision of the strike was made following a meeting of launch owners held at its city’s Paltan office…

GBNEWS24DESK// Marília Mendonça, one of Brazil’s most popular singers and a Latin Grammy winner, died Friday in an airplane crash on her way to a concert. She was 26. Mendonça’s press office confirmed her death in a statement, and…

GBNEWS24DESK// Ethiopia’s Tigray forces on Friday joined with other armed and opposition groups around the country in an alliance against Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to seek a political transition after a year of devastating war, and they…

GBNEWS24DESK// Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg on Friday branded the UN climate summit in Glasgow a "failure" after a week of negotiations produced what some experts have called vague promises to cut emissions. "It is not a secret that…

GBNEWS24DESK// Israeli troops have shot and killed a 13-year-old Palestinian boy during weekly protests against the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials. The Palestinian…

GBNEWS24DESK// At least eight people were killed and many were injured in a crush during the opening night of the Astroworld music festival on Friday in Houston, officials said. Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña confirmed the casualty…

GBNEWS24DESK// At least 91 people have died and dozens more are injured after a massive explosion in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown. The blast happened after a 40ft-long oil tanker collided with another vehicle at a busy junction in…

GBNEWS24DESK// Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Sramik Federation central committee president and former Shipping minister Shajahan Khan MP has said there is no transport strike going on in the country. Rather, the bus owners have stopped…

GBNEWS24DESK// Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said diesel price in the country is lower than that in neighbouring countries and there is no reason to get confused. “On this context, there is no scope for…

GBNEWS24DESK// Officials of Customs Intelligence have detained two passengers at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport along with 4.1 kilograms melted gold. The arrested are Delwar and Rabi Miah. They were detained along with…