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Bangla Press Desk: A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).The earthquake occurred at 10.27pm local time (1757 GMT)...
Bangla Press Desk: US President Donald Trump on Thursday threw his support behind his controversial health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after he was grilled in Congress over decisions to fire scientists and overhaul the nation's vaccine...
Bangla Press Desk: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that any Western forces deployed to Ukraine would be a "legitimate" target for Moscow's army, a day after Kyiv's allies said they had committed to a troop presence in the...
Bangla Press Desk: Britain's deputy prime minister Angela Rayner resigned on Friday after an investigation found she breached the ministerial code by underpaying on a property tax, in a major blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's embatt...
Bangla Press Desk: Hamas said Sunday it was ready to "immediately sit at the negotiating table" following what it described as "some ideas from the American side aimed at reaching a ceasefire agreement". Their statement came soon after US Preside...
Noman Sabit: New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Friday he is staying in the race for another term amid reports he might be offered a job in the Trump administration. Speculation reached its peak Friday throughout the day that Adams...
Bangla Press Desk: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday bemoaned his country's oil production levels and called for the diversification of its export markets as Tehran faces renewed pressure from the West. "Oil producti...
Bangla Press Desk: US President Donald Trump said Friday he would host the 2026 G20 summit at his own golf resort in Miami -- despite abandoning a similar move in his first term after accusations of corruption. Billionaire Trump said...
Bangla Press Desk: At least 19 people have been killed and dozens injured in Nepal after demonstrations against a government social media ban led to clashes between protesters and security forces. Thousands heeded a call by demonstrators...
Bangla Press Desk: President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that any Western forces deployed to Ukraine would be "legitimate" targets for Russia's army, as Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky said "thousands" could be sent as part...
Bangla Press Desk: Nepal Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has resigned. He tendered his resignation to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli during a cabinet meeting at the prime minister’s residence in Baluwatar on Monday evening. According to a minister pre...
Bangla Press Desk: Rowers with rainbow-painted oars sliced through the Kuantan River in western Indonesia, muscles burning as long wooden boats surged forward. But this year’s Pacu Jalur race wasn’t just about the competition — it was a...
Bangla Press Desk: US Democratic Representative Adam Smith will lead a bipartisan delegation of lawmakers on a visit to China, a House Armed Services Committee staff member said on Tuesday. The staff member, who spoke on condition of a...
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