March 2023

GBNEWS24DESK// Actress Mahiya Mahi was blessed with a baby boy on Tuesday (March 28), at the capital's United Hospital. The news was confirmed to The Daily Star by her husband, Rakib Sarker. "The mother and son are both doing well,…

GBNEWS24DESK// A goal and two assists from Kevin de Bruyne lifted Belgium past a struggling Germany, winning 3-2 in a friendly in Cologne on Tuesday. De Bruyne set up two goals early to give his side a 2-0 lead inside 10 minutes,…

GBNEWS24DESK// Romario Shepherd's late batting assault and a five-wicket haul by Alzarri Joseph took the West Indies to a series-clinching seven-run win against South Africa in the third Twenty20 international at the Wanderers Stadium…

GBNEWS24DESK// A female shooter killed three children and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday before police shot her dead. The assailant appeared to be a teenage girl, police said. Police…

GBNEWS24DESK// At least eight Bangladeshi umrah pilgrims died while 18 others were injured in a bus crash in Saudi Arabia, according to a press release issued by the foreign ministry. The bus, while transporting the pilgrims to the…

GBNEWS24DESK// Ukraine yesterday said it had shot down a dozen Russian drones over the capital Kyiv, adding that there had been no casualties as a result of Moscow's latest aerial barrage. Single-use drones were key to a series of…

GBNEWS24DESK// The BNP was invited for informal discussions and not for any formal talks, said Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal yesterday. It was the Election Commission's decision to invite the BNP; it was not made as…

GBNEWS24DESK// The cabinet yesterday cleared the draft Bank Company (Amendment) Act, 2023 that would usher in major consequences for habitual loan defaulters and restrict the influence of families on the bank board. The draft act,…

GBNEWS24DESK// Britain's Prince Harry on Monday made an unexpected appearance at London's high court when he arrived for a hearing in his claim against a newspaper publisher over allegations of unlawful information gathering. The…

GBNEWS24DESK// Russia and China are not creating a military alliance and the cooperation between their armed forces is "transparent", President Vladimir Putin said in comments broadcast yesterday, days after hosting Chinese leader Xi…