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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...
Bangla Press Desk: Two tankers suspected of illegal ship-to-ship oil transfers were detained and more than 512 million ringgit ($129.9 million) worth of crude oil seized 24 nautical miles west of Muka Head, Penang last week, the Malaysian Marit...
Bangla Press Desk: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government releases its annual budget on Sunday, expected to strengthen domestic policy reforms to cushion the economy from rising uncertainties such as steep US tariffs and broader geopo...
Ema Alice: The New York Police Department has defended the shooting of Bangladeshi-origin Jabez Chakraborty in Queens, saying that the mentally distressed man was chasing police officers and advancing toward them with a knife. The NYPD said this in a...
Noman Sabit: Minnesota’s standoff with the Trump administration amid its immigration crackdown in the state has made a political tinderbox of the Twin Cities, as devolving clashes between protesters and federal agents stoke fears of a bigger brewing...
Abu Sabet: A federal judge has ordered the release of a five-year-old boy and his father who were detained by federal immigration agents from their driveway in suburban Minneapolis and sent to a detention center in Texas.In his ruling on Saturday, Di...
Minara Helen: The U.S. Department of Justice has released a new tranche of documents related to the notorious late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. On Friday, authorities made public more than 3 million pages of documents, 180,000 photographs, and 2,000...
Noman Sabit: A federal judge on Saturday rejected an effort by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) to block the surge of immigration resources the Trump administration has sent to the state.In a 30-page decision, U.S. District Judge Katherin...
Ema Alice: Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Eric Zafra Grosso was arraigned on assault as a hate crime and related charges for allegedly attacking a man who was wearing a yarmulke and walking at the intersection of Queens Boulevar...
Abu Sabet: President Donald Trump is suing the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion, as he accuses the federal agencies of a failure to prevent a leak of the president’s tax information to news outlets between 2018 and 2020. The suit, fil...
Noman Sabit: Nicki Minaj’s recent endorsement of President Trump has come with a reward, as she has been granted U.S. citizenship following a controversial appearance with the POTUS.On Wednesday (Jan. 28), Nicki Minaj joined President Trump on stage...
Chhabed Sathee: Caregivers for the elderly could lose wage protections under Trump proposal Caring for the elderly in America is costly, too costly for many people to afford.Now, the Trump administration is attempting to tackle that problem by rollin...
Noman Sabit: Senate Democrats and a few Republicans on Thursday blocked a major government funding package that needs to pass by 11:59 p.m. Friday to avoid a government shutdown, signaling that negotiations between President Trump and Senate Democrat...
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