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Bangla Press Desk: US President Donald Trump on Monday announced a trade deal with India that slashes US tariffs on Indian goods to 18% from 50% in exchange for India halting Russian oil purchases and...
Banglapress Desk: An 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family this week saying she feared for her life arrived in Toronto's international airport on Saturday after being granted asylum in Canada, where Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland welcomed...
New York Correspondent: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continued its Interior Repatriation Initiative (IRI) Jan. 16, with the first flight in 2020. The IRI is a joint agreement between the governments of the United States and Mexico...
Banglapress Desk: There doesn't seem to be much love in the air in Washington these days, as a long and bitter government shutdown drags on with no end in sight. But couples whose marriage plans were thwarted by the partial shutdown have gotten a b...
Banglapress Desk: A mother and her six children died when a fire destroyed their home early Saturday in central Mississippi, authorities said. The father was the lone survivor of the 12:30 a.m. blaze in Clinton, a city of about 26,500 people just o...
Banglapress Desk: Priya Saha, Hindu woman and a human rights activist, who is the organizing secretary of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (HBCUC) met US President Donald Trump on July 19th. In her brief meeting, she told the U...
New York Correspondent: New York City Council passed landmark legislation Tuesday that would force drivers who rack up tickets for running red lights or speeding to take a traffic safety course– or else risk getting their car impounded by the Sheri...
New York Correspondent: New applications for U.S. jobless benefits fell more than expected last week, but the labor market appears to be cooling, with the number of Americans on unemployment rolls surging to more than a 1-1/2-year high at the end o...
New York Correspondent: An off-duty New York Police Department (NYPD) officer died by suicide inside a Middle Village home today. The 53-year-old detective took his own life at a home on 79th Street and was found by family members shortly before 1...
Banglapress Desk: There are 194 COVID-19 cases in Connecticut, according to the Connecticut State Department of Public Health. Four people have died from COVID-19 in the state: a man in his 80s from Ridgefield, a man in his 80s from New Canaan and...
Hartford Correspondent: The first case of novel coronavirus has been connected to Connecticut. The person infected is an employee from Danbury Hospital and Norwalk Hospital and a New York resident. The patient lives in Westchester County and is cur...
Banglapress Desk: Coronavirus cases in Connecticut rose by 557 on Tuesday, climbing to 3,128, according to Gov. Ned Lamont. He said 16 more people have died, bringing the total number of fatalities to 69. The majority of new cases, 400, were in Fai...
Staff Reporter: Curfews were imposed on major US cities as clashes over police brutality erupted across America with demonstrators ignoring warnings from President Donald Trump that his government would stop the violent protests "cold." Minneapolis...
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