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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: Police in North Macedonia say 64 Bangladeshi migrants have been found in a truck on a highway near the country's border with Greece.In a statement Tuesday, police gave no other details about the migrants. The migrants were detaine...
Staff Reporter: A full autopsy of George Floyd, the handcuffed black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police, was released Wednesday and provides several clinical details, including that Floyd had tested positive for COVID-19. The...
Special Correspondent: By now, most Americans have received the federal stimulus checks directed by the CARES Act in March to help consumers weather the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Three months later, the downturn has been...
Staff Reporter: The Florida Department of Health confirmed a case of what is commonly referred to as a brain-eating amoeba in the Tampa area. According to the department, one person in Hillsborough County contracted Naegleria fowleri, which is a si...
Staff Reporter:The Trump administration is moving to expel foreign students from the United States this fall if their colleges or universities opt for online learning only as the coronavirus pandemic continues. “Students attending schools operating...
New York Correspondent: a Pakistani-origin Muslim-American officer from the police Department of new York (NYPD) has taken on the responsibilities of the local district as its commander, the first time such an appointment was in force history. Chie...
Bangla Press Desk: US President Donald Trump wears a mask while visiting Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, US, July 11, 2020. Florida reported a record increase of more than 15,000 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours...
Staff Reporter – Former Vice President Joe Biden has chosen Sen. Kamala Harris of California to join him on the Democratic ticket, fulfilling his pledge to select a female running mate and making Harris the first Black person ever tapped as the vic...
Banglapress Desk: Former White House adviser Steve Bannon was arrested Thursday on charges that he and three others ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme “We Build The Wall.” The charges were contained in an indictment unsealed in Manha...
Staff Reporter: Connecticut and New York have been approved for grants under FEMA’s Lost Wages Assistance program, which will allow both states to provide $300 per week – on top of their regular unemployment benefit – to those unemployed due to Cov...
Banglapress Desk: A New Zealand court sentenced a man who killed 51 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand’s deadliest shooting to life in prison without parole, the first time such a sentence has been handed down in the country. Brenton Tarrant, a 29-y...
Bangla Press Desk: United Airlines is preparing for the biggest pilot furloughs of its history after announcing on Thursday the need to cut 2,850 pilot jobs this year, or about 21% of the total, without further US government aid. Airlines, reeling...
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