International news and global updates
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)...
Noman Sabit: An unlicensed interstate cannabis operation that transported thousands of pounds of marijuana and other illegal products from California to Queens was smashed following a search of two trucks and two storage locations in Ma...
Bangla Press Desk: The United States’ decision to reduce reciprocal tariffs on Bangladeshi exports, from 35% to 20%, has been welcomed by economists as a significant breakthrough. However, they warn that without urgent structural reforms, g...
Bangla Press Desk: Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli gunfire and air strikes killed at least 22 people on Friday, including eight who were waiting to collect food aid in the war-battered Palestinian territory. Civil defence spokes...
Bangla Press Desk: The Ethics and Diversity Club (EDC) of North South University (NSU) sponsored by Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) successfully organised “Diplomacy Reimagined: Policy Making Case Competition 2025” at the university’s Syndicate...
Bangla Press Desk: US President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of two nuclear submarines Friday in an extraordinary escalation of what had been an online war of words with a Russian official over Ukraine and tariffs. Trump and Dmitr...
Bangla Press Desk: Israel is “engineering chaos and massacres” in the Gaza Strip by continuing to block aid deliveries and opening fire on starving Palestinians seeking desperately needed food supplies, a humanitarian official has warned, r...
Ema Alice: The Trump administration was dealt another court blow Friday as a federal judge in San Francisco blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status for a group of migrants. U.S. District Judge Trina Th...
Bangla Press Desk: Gaza faces a grave risk of famine, with one in three people going days without food, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned. UNICEF on Friday urged the international community to act swiftly as conditions continu...
Abu Sabet: More than 50 signatures on New York mayor Eric Adams’ petition to run as an independent candidate in November’s election are fraudulent, according to a report published on Friday. The Gothamist said it had found 52 signatu...
Minara Helen: New York City felt all shook up from the ripple effects of a northern New Jersey earthquake that struck on Saturday night. The 3.0 Richter scale tremor hit at about 10:18 p.m. on Aug. 3 in Hasbrouck Heights. It occurred...
Bangla Press Desk: SpaceX delivered a fresh crew to the International Space Station on Saturday, making the trip in a quick 15 hours. The four U.S., Russian and Japanese astronauts pulled up in their SpaceX capsule after launching from...
Bangla Press Desk: Palestinian armed group Hamas has vehemently turned down rumours that it backed US-Israeli demands for relinquishing weapons, saying the fighters would instead continue their struggle for setting up a sovereign Palestini...
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