January 2023

GBNEWS24DESK// Aid groups say they have been "pushed against a wall" by the Taliban prohibiting Afghan women from working for NGOs, a ban that has left a dangerous gap in life-saving support. Afghanistan's NGOs have been instrumental…

GBNEWS24DESK// China called on the World Health Organization Thursday to take a "just" position on Covid-19, after the body criticised Beijing's "very narrow" definition of virus deaths. WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan had told…

GBNEWS24DESK// A Dhaka court today ordered police to confiscate moveable (bank accounts) and immovable (land-related) properties of BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman in a graft case filed by the…

GBNEWS24DESK// As the new year began, fans have reported that they spotted noted Indian actors Vijay Varma and Tamannaah Bhatia kissing at a New Year celebration party in Goa. Netizens believe that the two actors are in a relationship,…

GBNEWS24DESK// Noted actor Chanchal Chowdhury, will be sharing the screen with Tollywood actress Monami Ghosh in the much anticipated Mrinal Sen biopic "Padatik". Directed by Srijit Mukherji, the filming of the biopic will likely start…

GBNEWS24DESK// Debutant fast bowler Shivam Mavi led an inspired bowling with his four wickets as India edged out Sri Lanka by two runs in a thrilling opening Twenty20 international on Tuesday. Mavi returned figures of 4-22 to help the…

GBNEWS24DESK// Pele was a footballer like no other, and his final resting place will be exceptional, too: a large replica stadium complete with artificial turf inside the world's tallest vertical cemetery. The Brazilian football…

GBNEWS24DESK// Britain's Prince Harry said his troubled relationship with the royal family "never needed to be this way" and he wants to get his father King Charles and his brother "back", in an excerpt from an interview with broadcaster…

GBNEWS24DESK// A senior doctor at one of Shanghai's top hospitals has said 70 percent of the megacity's population may have been infected with Covid-19 during China's huge surge in cases, state media reported Tuesday. The steep rise…

GBNEWS24DESK// Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked police officials to retaliate if attacked. Speaking at the welfare parade on the first day of the police week yesterday, she said many people, including 29 police personnel,…