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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: As BRICS gears up for its annual summit in Rio de Janeiro next week, the group's reluctance to mobilise against Israel's war on Gaza has left a gaping hole in its credibility as an institution purportedly meant to rep...
Bangla Press Desk: An Israeli strike on Tehran's Evin prison earlier this week killed at least 71 people, Iran's judiciary said Sunday, days after a ceasefire ended a 12-day war between the two arch-foes. "According to official figur...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh has achieved a historic milestone in inward remittances, with the total crossing the $30 billion mark for the first time. According to Bangladesh Bank data, remittance inflows reached $30.04 billion on 2...
Abu Sabet: New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani said Sunday he doesn’t believe “that we should have billionaires.” “You are a self-described democratic socialist. Do you think that billionaires have a right to exist?” NBC N...
Staff Reporter: A creep who followed and propositioned a 13-year-old girl for sex outside a Buddhist temple in Queens has been arrested, police announced Friday. Ali Hamed, 25, allegedly followed the young teen and offered her money to...
Staff Reporter: More Southern California communities have canceled or postponed their 4th of July celebrations due to federal immigration raids occurring across the region. Among the most prominent canceled events is the Gloria Molin...
Bangla Press Desk: The death toll from a powerful explosion at an Indian chemical factory has risen to 35, as search and rescue operations continued for a second day Tuesday, officials said. The blast in Sangareddy in India's souther...
Bangla Press Desk: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must leave office, his predecessor Naftali Bennett has told a televised interview, refusing to say whether he intends to challenge the country's longest-serving leader in an...
Bangla Press Desk: Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was suspended by the country's Constitutional Court on Tuesday, as it opened a probe into her conduct in a diplomatic spat with Cambodia. "The Constitutional Court with a...
Bangla Press Desk: Japan on Sunday successfully launched a climate change monitoring satellite aboard its mainstay H-2A rocket, marking the rocket's final mission before being replaced by a more cost-effective flagship model aimed at bo...
Ema Alice: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) has reportedly apologized to New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani over saying he had referred to “global jihad” in the past. A readout that Politico obtained said Mamdani and Gill...
Noman Sabit: Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to cut New York City off from federal funds if favored mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, “doesn’t behave himself” should he be elected. Mamdani, meanwhile, denied...
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