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2020

Postponed Tokyo Olympics to cost extra $2.4 billion

GBNEWS24 DESK// The coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Olympics will cost at least an extra $2.4 billion, organisers said Friday, with the unprecedented postponement and a raft of pandemic health measures ballooning an already outsized budget.…

Excess over Bangabandhu’s statue will be resisted: Rezaul

GBNEWS24 DESK// Claiming Bangabandhu’s statue as reflection of the immortal spirit, Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim has said those who are doing excess over the Bangabandhu’s statue will be resisted by people. "There is…

First batch of Rohingyas reach Bhasan Char

GBNEWS24 DESK// The first batch of Rohingyas have reached Noakhali's  Bhasan Char on Friday afternoon. Eight ships carrying 1,642 forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals reached the island around 2pm. Earlier, the ships left Chattogram…

National Film Award 2019 announced

GBNEWS24 DESK// The names of recipients of National Film Award 2019 were announced on Thursday under different categories. The Ministry of Information announced the names in a notification. Masud Parvez (Sohel Rana) and Kohinoor…

Bangladesh cannot forget Pakistan’s 1971 atrocities: PM

GBNEWS24 DESK// Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Bangladesh cannot forget the atrocities committed by Pakistan in 1971, reports UNB. "The incidents of 1971 can't be forgotten. The pain will remain there forever," she said…

Behind Indian protests against Modi farm reforms

GBNEWS24 DESK// Undeterred by the harsh winter of India's capital, its toxic air and surging coronavirus cases, Sukhbinder Singh is among tens of thousands of farmers camped out in protest on the city's outskirts, along…

Ethiopian Jews flown to Israel in latest operation

GBNEWS24 DESK// Hundreds of Ethiopian Jews have been airlifted to Israel - the first of several thousand waiting to emigrate there in a long-running saga. It comes weeks after Israel announced plans to do so, after failing to implement…

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