January 2023

GBNEWS24DESK// Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday that the United States was attempting to "contain" both Russia and China with the help of other countries, but they were alert to its "games". Lavrov told a news…

GBNEWS24DESK// The European Union is interested in sending polls observers for Bangladesh's next general election. Ambassador Charles Whiteley, head of the 11-member EU delegation visiting Bangladesh, said this after a meeting with…

GBNEWS24DESK// Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday in parliament told businessmen that the government could give them uninterrupted gas supply if they agreed to pay the rate at which the government bought gas from international…

GBNEWS24DESK// The Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) kicked-off on Saturday, with a plan to screen 252 films from 71 countries over the course of the event. The festival will run till January 22, with movies being…

GBNEWS24DESK// Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's much-anticipated action film "Pathaan", starring Deepika Padukone and John Abraham, is all set to release on the OTT platform, Amazon Prime Video on April 25. According to…

GBNEWS24DESK// On Tuesday, Netflix revealed its largest-ever annual slate of Korean films and programs, stating that more than 60% of its global subscribers watched Korean content in 2022. In its 2023 slate release, the platform…

GBNEWS24DESK// Indian cricket star Rishabh Pant has thanked "two heroes" who helped get him to hospital after his car crashed into a road divider and caught fire. In his first public comments since the accident, Pant said he would be…

GBNEWS24DESK// Jurgen Klopp said he got the reaction he wanted after Harvey Elliott's sublime strike put troubled Liverpool back on track with a 1-0 win at Wolves in Tuesday's FA Cup third-round replay. Klopp's side came in for…

GBNEWS24DESK// Over 9,000 civilians, including 453 children, have been killed in Ukraine since Russia's invasion last February, a senior Ukrainian presidential aide said yesterday. "We have registered 80,000 crimes committed by…

GBNEWS24DESK// The world's oldest known person, French nun Lucile Randon, has died aged 118, a spokesman told AFP on Tuesday. Randon, known as Sister Andre, was born in southern France on February 11, 1904, when World War I was still…