August 2022

GBNEWS24DESK// Russia and North Korea will expand their "comprehensive and constructive bilateral relations", President Vladimir Putin has said. In a letter sent to his counterpart Kim Jong-un on Pyongyang's liberation day, Mr Putin…

GBNEWS24DESK// India will aim to become a developed nation within 25 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a national day address on Monday, with policies to support domestic production in power, defence and digital technology.…

GBNEWS24DESK// Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Monday called upon the authorities to accept the "justified" demand of the tea workers for a hike in their daily wages. He made the call in a statement as tea garden workers went on a…

GBNEWS24DESK// Civil society needs "space, and enabling conditions" to play their crucial role in identifying and helping resolve human rights challenges, UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet said Monday. She had important exchanges…

GBNEWS24DESK// Visiting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum on Monday. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md.…

GBNEWS24DESK// At least six persons died in a fire at a plastic factory in old Dhaka's Chawkbazar area that originated this noon. Fire officials recovered five bodies so far. They are working to recover another body from the…

GBNEWS24DESK// Rail communication between the capital and the country's northern and south-western districts was suspended after three bogies of a train derailed in Gazipur last night (August 14, 2022). A relief train from Dhaka…

GBNEWS24DESK// A forest fire that flared anew in southern France sent 1,000 more people fleeing while overnight rain brought blazes elsewhere in the country under control, officials said yesterday. France has been buffeted this summer…

GBNEWS24DESK// After the immense success of "KGF Chapter 2", director Prashanth Neel is set to return to the silver screen with his next big-budget release "Salaar". The film's lead, superstar Prabhas took to his Instagram on Monday to…

GBNEWS24DESK// Veteran actor Misha Sawdagar's recent comment on Ananta Jalil's mega-budget film "Din - The Day" did not please Ananta or Barsha. The well-known villain had recently remarked that "the Bangladeshi film industry has not…