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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: Israel is seeking to deport pro-Palestinian activists who were detained and brought to shore when their Gaza-bound boat was intercepted by the navy, a legal aid centre advising them said on Sunday. The 21 activists fr...
Bangla Press Desk: Donald Trump issued on Monday a dramatic new ultimatum to Russia to end the war in Ukraine or face tough new sanctions, as he met UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Scotland. Saying he was not very interested in talki...
Bangla Press Desk: More than 40 people, including nine children, were killed Sunday in an attack by Allied Democratic Forces rebels in northeastern DR Congo, ending a months-long period of regional calm, the UN mission and Congolese milita...
Ema Alice: Netanyahu presents Trump with letter nominating him for Nobel Peace Prize Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday presented President Trump with a letter nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize after Trump pushed...
Noman Sabit: After setting a new Aug. 1 deadline for ongoing trade negotiations over the weekend, U.S. President Donald Trump began informing America’s trading partners about their new duty rates under his tariff regime. On Monday, t...
Abu Sabet: Billions for deportations, border security in Trump’s new budget The new budget signed by President Trump on Friday provides $165 billion for the Department of Homeland Security, much of which will go toward the deportation o...
Bangla Press Desk: In recent days, several local and international media outlets, websites, and social media platforms have circulated false and misleading information about alleged changes in the procedures for granting lifel...
Bangla Press Desk: The “possible convergence” of China, Pakistan and Bangladesh has “security implications” for India’s neighbourhood, General Anil Chauhan, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), said Tuesday. He added that the stance of the...
Bangla Press Desk: At least nine people were killed after a bridge over a river collapsed in India’s western Gujarat state on Wednesday, news agency Press Trust of India reported while quoting police officials. Gujarat’s Health Minis...
Noman Sabit:The U.S. immigration system has faced growing strain, with a backlog of pending applications reaching an all-time high of 11.3 million, according to data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The slowdow...
Bangla Press Desk: Pakistan police on Friday said a father shot dead his daughter after she refused to delete her account on popular video-sharing app TikTok. In the Muslim-majority country, women can be subjected to violence by fami...
Bangla Press Desk: Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu met for the second time in 24 hours Tuesday as the US president intensified the pressure on the Israeli prime minister to reach a deal to end the "tragedy" of the war in Gaza. Ne...
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