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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...
New York Correspondent: Two women say an Uber driver kicked them out of his car after he saw them kiss in the back seat. The driver’s taxi license, required to drive for Uber in New York City, has been suspended as the New York City Taxi and Limousi...
Banglapress Online:First Lady calls on ‘both sides’ to come together on immigration reform as Democrats press for changes on controversial policy Melania Trump’s spokeswoman has said the first lady “hates to see children separated from their famili...
Banglapress desk,Dhaka :New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has given birth to her first child, a girl weighing 3.31kg (7.3lb). This makes her only the second elected leader in modern history to give birth while in office. Ms Ardern was admi...
Banglapress, dhaka: Judges at the International Criminal Court have given Myanmar a deadline to respond to a prosecution request that they consider hearing a case on the alleged deportation of Rohingya minorities to Bangladesh. In a decision pub...
Banglapress dhaka: President Trump appeared to give up hope on Friday that the Republican-controlled Congress could succeed in passing an immigration bill this year, urging lawmakers in a Twitter post to stop “wasting their time.” His advice is like...
Banglapress online: At least two security forces and five Islamic State (IS) militants were killed during an ongoing clash in Darzab district of northern Afghan province of Jawzjan, local police said Tuesday. News: BSS. “The clashes started late Mon...
Banglapress Online: Oprah Winfrey is again dampening speculation that she may be planning to run for president. When she received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for her impact on the world of entertainment at this year's Golden Globe Awards in January,...
Banglapress Online:Pakistani authorities arrested ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam on Friday night shortly after they returned to face lengthy prison sentences, hoping galvanize their beleaguered party ahead of a July 25 e...
Banglapress online: Ramy Almansoob’s children have been asking every day for weeks: “Do we have a decision yet? Do we have a decision yet? Do we have a decision yet?” The girls, ages 6, 9 and 13, still live in the war-torn capital of Yemen, where th...
Banglapress Online: A treacherous rescue bid to free a youth football team trapped in a flooded Thai cave entered its second day today, with nine of the "Wild Boars" still inside after elite divers guided four out. Looming rain was one of the main...
Banglapress Online:President Donald Trump announced on Monday his decision to nominate Brett Kavanaugh to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Anthony Kennedy's decision to retire. Kavanaugh, 53, currently serves as a judge on the power...
Banglapress Online: When Yolany Padilla was released from immigration custody in Seattle last week, she assumed she would be quickly reunited with her 6-year-old son, who had been taken from her at the U.S.-Mexico border two months earlier. But cas...
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