January 2023

GBNEWS24DESK// Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked officials concerned to reduce spending, but not stop expenditure altogether, which would result in dire consequences. Planning Minister MA Mannan briefed reporters after a…

GBNEWS24DESK// Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said the United States wants to maintain good relations with Bangladesh and noted that Bangladesh is "becoming a big economy". Momen said US Assistant Secretary of State for…

GBNEWS24DESK// The High Court yesterday summoned the director general of the Directorate General of Health Services to appear before it over non-compliance of its order for appointing doctors to 48 vacant posts in the country's prisons.…

GBNEWS24DESK// Bob Odenkirk, of "Better Call Saul" fame, made headlines once again after claiming the 'Best Actor in a Drama Series' award at the 28th Critics Choice Awards ceremony, held yesterday at Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los…

GBNEWS24DESK// Ahead of the release, the makers of the film, "Adventure of Sundarban", have released their last song titled, "Asol Chaira Nokol Ronge" sung by Shamim Hasan and Konal. The song is composed by Emon Chowdhury. Video of…

GBNEWS24DESK// After news came out about Bella Ramsey's casting as one of the main characters in HBO's new zombie thriller, "The Last Of Us", the English actress went online to see how it was going over. It was a rough education.…

GBNEWS24DESK// Cristiano Ronaldo is set to play in Saudi Arabia for the first time since joining Al Nassr after he was named as captain of Riyadh ST XI for an exhibition match against Lionel Messi's Paris St Germain, officials…

GBNEWS24DESK// Barcelona's young players, led by teenage sensation Gavi, were at the heart of the club's first trophy for nearly two years as they thumped rivals Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup. Gavi, 18, scored and fashioned two…

GBNEWS24DESK// The Kremlin said yesterday that tanks Britain plans to send to Ukraine "will burn", warning the West that supplying a new round of more advanced weapons to Ukraine would not change the outcome of the war. Since…

GBNEWS24DESK// Searchers yesterday found both the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from a passenger flight that crashed killing at least 68 people in Nepal's worst plane accident in 30 years, officials said. The data…