May 2023

GBDESK// Novelist and YouTuber Hank Green, 43, has revealed in a recent video that he has been diagnosed with cancer. In tune with his quirky video analytical styles, Green informed that Hodgkin's Lymphoma is a very 'treatable cancer'…

GBDESK// Rinku Singh has had a season to remember in the Indian Premier League (IPL) this year but the explosive middle order batter is not thinking about selection for the national team despite lighting up the league with his batting…

GBDESK// Argentina's World Cup winning goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez is likely to come to Dhaka in July ahead of his scheduled visit to Kolkata, the visit's organiser informed on Sunday. Satadru Dutta, an Indian sports promoter who…

GBDESK// G7 leaders yesterday warned China over its "militarisation activities" in the Asia-Pacific region but said the bloc also wanted "constructive and stable relations" with Beijing. In a final communique issued at a summit in…

GBDESK// US President Joe Biden announced Sunday a new weapons package for Kyiv, as he met his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Hiroshima. Biden said the package would include "ammunition, artillery, armored vehicles" --…

GBDESK// Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Doha tomorrow on a three-day official visit to attend the Qatar Economic Forum 2023 to be held on May 23-25. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the premier…

GBDESK// Actress Aishwarya Rai made a stunning entry at the 76th Cannes Film Festival yesterday,  leaving fans and netizens in awe with her incredible ensembles. Her first look, a shimmery green kaftan gown and enormous heels, set the…

GBDESK// Aranyo Anawer's directorial film, "Maa", will have its world premiere at the 76th Cannes Film Festival tomorrow. The movie will be screened under the festival's 'marché du film' (film market), at the Palais de Festivals of…

GBDESK// James Anderson believes "nobody in the world" can cope with England at their best as they bid to regain the Ashes from arch-rivals Australia. The 40-year-old England great is set to be involved in his ninth series against…

GBDESK// The European Union should crack down on India reselling Russian oil into Europe as refined fuel, including diesel, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in an interview with the Financial Times published on Tuesday.…