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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: Yemen's Houthi group claimed responsibility Thursday night for a "hypersonic ballistic missile" toward Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, which the Israeli military said was intercepted earlier on the night. "The operati...
Bangla Press Desk: The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on four judges at the International Criminal Court including over an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as it ramped up pressure to neuter the...
Bangla Press Desk: Donald Trump and Elon Musk's unlikely political marriage exploded in a fiery public divorce Thursday, with the US president threatening to strip the billionaire of his huge government contracts in revenge. Trump sa...
Bangla Press Desk: Israeli air strikes pummelled the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital late on Thursday, sending thousands of people fleeing on the eve of a Muslim feast day and prompting accusations by top Lebanese officials that I...
Ema Alice: Despite a longstanding tradition of U.S. presidents issuing greetings to Muslims around the world on the occasion of Eid, President Donald Trump has once again failed to do so—this time for the second consecutive Eid. The hol...
Bangla Press Desk: Palestinians across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip marked the start of one of Islam’s most important holidays with prayers outside destroyed mosques and homes early Friday, with little hope the war with Israel will end so...
Minara Helen: New York University graduate Logan Rozos now faces the suspension of his diploma for condemning Israel’s military actions in Gaza during his graduation speech. He claimed the actions amount to “genocide” and were supported...
Minara Helen: Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.) said it was “deeply disturbing” that a Sikh delivered a prayer in the House chamber on Friday — after apparently mistaking him for a Muslim man. The since-deleted post Friday morning sparked im...
Bangla Press Desk: India reported 378 new infections and six deaths from Covid-19 disease in the 24 hours till Sunday noon. Most of the deceased were elderly and had pre-existing health conditions such as hypothyroidism, diabetes, an...
Noman Sabit: Abrego Garcia to return to US to face charges The Trump administration has moved to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia from imprisonment in a Salvadoran facility in order to file a criminal case against him with charges stemming f...
Noman Sabit: Education Secretary Linda McMahon said that she is seeing "progress" from institutions regarding the Trump administration's demands. Trump in an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz had said that, “W...
Bangla Press Desk: US President Donald Trump announced Friday a new round of trade talks with China in London next week, a day after calling Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in a bid to end a bitter battle over tariffs. The talks in th...
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