August 2022

GBNEWS24DESK// Powerful storms have battered areas of central and southern Europe, killing at least 12 people including three children. The deaths, most from falling trees, were reported in Italy and Austria, and on the French island…

GBNEWS24DESK// China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin both plan to attend the Group of 20 summit in Bali in November, Indonesian president Joko Widodo says. "Xi Jinping will come. President Putin has also told me he will…

GBNEWS24DESK// A Saudi court has sentenced a doctoral student to 34 years in prison for spreading “rumors” and retweeting dissidents, according to court documents obtained Thursday, a decision that has drawn growing global condemnation.…

GBNEWS24DESK// A court in Dhaka has remanded10 people, including crane operator Md Al Amin Hossain alias Hridoy, on different terms in a case filed over deaths of five people after a  girder of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project fell on…

GBNEWS24DESK// Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen Thursday said he urged the Indian government to do whatever is necessary so that Sheikh Hasina-led government could stay in power. The Foreign Minister made the remarks while addressing at…

GBNEWS24DESK// The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday filed a chargesheet in the Rs 200 crore extortion case against conman Sukesh Chandrashekar in a Delhi court. Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez, who was summoned by ED several…

GBNEWS24DESK// Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon oozes with confidence about the Tigers' success in the upcoming Asia Cup despite the team's vulnerability in the shortest format of the cricket. The Tigers won…

GBNEWS24DESK// Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday praised the first visit to Ukraine since the start of the war by Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who helped broker a grain deal between Kyiv and Moscow. "The…

GBNEWS24DESK// The 24-year-old man charged with the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie has denied being in contact with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps and said that he acted alone when he stabbed the Mumbai-born author, whom he disliked…

GBNEWS24DESK// Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to Sri Lanka on August 24, his cousin Udayanga Weeratunga said on Wednesday, over a month after the former President fled the country amid mass anti-government protests, reports PTI. Sri…