May 2023

GBDESK// Foreign policy analysts have called for focusing on economic cooperation and de-escalation of security threats in the Indian Ocean region which is increasingly becoming an area of strategic contestation among the great powers.…

GBDESK// Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has outlined six priority areas, including fostering maritime diplomacy and partnership, and strengthening maritime security and mutual trust, for the Indian Ocean countries to ensure prosperity.…

GBDESK// Renowned singer and youngest daughter-in-law of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam Kalyani Kazi is no more. The artiste, who was the wife of Kazi Nazrul Islam's youngest son Kazi Aniruddha, breathed her last yesterday morning in…

GBDESK// Since his marvelous performance in Saif Chandan's Eid release "Local", actor Ador Azad has constantly been showered with praises. Starring opposite popular actor Bubly, the audience have truly enjoyed both Ador's looks and his…

GBDESK// The guessing game began a few days ago, when an anonymous, untitled book scheduled for July 9, "4C Untitled Flatiron Nonfiction Summer 2023", had Taylor Swift fans so convinced she had written a memoir that they made it a…

GBDESK// Donald Trump sexually abused magazine writer E Jean Carroll in the 1990s and then defamed her by branding her a liar, jurors decided on Tuesday, dealing the former US president a legal setback as he campaigns to retake office in…

GBDESK// The leader of Russia's Wagner private army said yesterday Ukraine's long-awaited counteroffensive was already underway and making gains on the outskirts of the eastern city of Bakhmut, while Kyiv said its main effort had not yet…

GBDESK// Southeast Asia's Asean grouping will not give up trying to end violence in fellow member Myanmar even though the ruling military there has made no progress on a peace plan it agreed with the bloc two years ago, Indonesia said…

GBDESK// Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the rich countries to support the efforts to ensure universal healthcare for the countries lagging behind. Hasina said this while addressing a high level programme titled…

GBDESK// Shahid Kapoor has delivered steady hits throughout the two decades of his career, having gone through multiple on-screen personas. From boy-next-door to a rugged fraud, he made his acting debut in 2003 with the film "Ishq…