January 2023

GBNEWS24DESK// As the BNP staged a rally in front of its Nayapaltan central office, ruling Awami League stayed on Dhaka streets throughout the day yesterday and held programmes at five points. The BNP organised a countrywide…

GBNEWS24DESK// Bangladesh's $4.5 billion loan programme with the International Monetary Fund is expected to get the final approval on January 30, said the lender's visiting top official yesterday. "In our discussion, we focused on the…

GBNEWS24DESK// The World Health Organization on Saturday called on China to provide more data on its Covid situation, after Beijing reported almost 60,000 Covid-related deaths there in just over a month. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom…

GBNEWS24DESK// Five additional pages of classified material have been found at Joe Biden's family home in Delaware, the White House said Saturday in a new twist in a politically sensitive affair for the president. It was the latest…

Four private telecom operators -- Grameenphone, Banglalink, Robi, and Airtel -- owe an amount of Tk2,413 crore to the government which remains due as VAT on 2G spectrum fees and licence fees, said the Bangladesh Telecommunication…

GBNEWS24DESK// BTS member Jimin admitted that he hasn't been able to sleep recently, but with the release of the song "Vibe,"  he was able to get some rest. The song, which was released on Friday, marks Jimin's first collaboration…

GBNEWS24DESK// Hollywood's awards season has found an unlikely underdog in "RRR." S.S. Rajamouli's three-hour maximalist action epic is one of India's most expensive and top-grossing films of all time. It pairs two of the country's…

GBNEWS24DESK// Barcelona convincingly beat Real Madrid 3-1 in Saudi Arabia on Sunday to win the Spanish Super Cup, their first trophy since coach Xavi Hernandez took over. Inspired by teenager Gavi, who scored himself and set up goals…

GBNEWS24DESK//  Five top contenders for the men's title at the Australian Open, which starts on Monday: NOVAK DJOKOVIC The former world number one is looking to match Rafa Nadal's record of 22 Grand Slam titles and returns to…

GBNEWS24DESK// A Swiss company says it has certifiably extracted CO2 from the air and permanently stored it in the ground -- for the first time on behalf of paying customers, including Microsoft. Climeworks, a startup created in…