2019

GBNEWS24DESK// The cabinet today approved the draft of “The Marine Fisheries Act, 2019, keeping three-year jail term and Taka five crore as the highest penalty for foreign vessels for fishing in Bangladesh territory. The approval was…

GBNEWS24DESK// In the latest reshuffle in the civil administration, three secretaries and six additional secretaries have been transferred, promoted and given new postings. The Public Administration Ministry issued separate…

GBNEWS24DESK// A Sudanese court on Monday sentenced at least 27 intelligence agents to death for killing a teacher in detention during protests against Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's longtime former leader, earlier this year. The defendants…

GBNEWS24DESK// Five people were killed in a coal mine accident in north China’s Shanxi Province on Sunday, local authorities said Monday. A landslide occurred around midnight in a coking coal mine owned by the Datong Coal Mine Group…

GBNEWS24DESK// Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi says it is paramount for him to keep reinventing and breaking out of an established image even at the risk of failure. The 40-year-old actor, who started with a series of commercial movies,…

GBNEWS24DESK// Bollywood director-choreographer Farah Khan has apologised a day after Amritsar police booked her, actor Raveena Tandon and comedian Bharti Singh for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of a community in a TV show.…

GBNEWS24DESK// President M Abdul Hamid today asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to play its due role to ensure proper academic environment and quality education in the universities of the country. “Take necessary steps to…

GBNEWS24DESK// Jatiya Party nominated Haji Saifuddin Ahmed Milan and Brig General (retd) Kamrul Islam as its mayoral candidates for the elections to Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC)…

GBNEWS24DESK// At least 28 people including textile workers and several Asian tourists were killed Saturday in two separate road crashes in Egypt, official media and other sources said. The deadliest accident occurred when a bus…

GBNEWS24DESK// The number of deaths from a powerful storm that hit the Philippines on Christmas has climbed to 41, authorities said Sunday, with tens of thousands still in evacuation centres. Typhoon Phanfone left the Philippines on…