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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)...
Ema Alice: The United States is aware of the ban on the political activities of the Awami League in Bangladesh. In response to a question during a regular briefing on Wednesday (May 14), State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson To...
Bangla Press Desk: The United Nations’ top humanitarian official blasted Israel on Tuesday for “deliberately and unashamedly” imposing inhumane conditions on Palestinians, including the risk of famine — one of the strongest condemnation...
Bangla Press Desk: President Xi Jinping vowed on Tuesday to boost China’s footprint in Latin America and the Caribbean with a new $9 billion credit line and fresh infrastructure investment, although Brazil warned the region not to becom...
Bangla Press Desk: US President Donald Trump met with Syria's president in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday and urged him to normalise ties with longtime foe Israel, after a surprise US announcement that it would lift all sanctions on the Isla...
Noman Sabit: Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born Harvard scientist, has been charged with smuggling biological material into the United States — an escalation in a case that has already raised legal and civil rights questions over her deten...
Bangla Press Desk: Vietnam's government has approved a plan by the Trump Organization and a partner to invest $1.5 billion in golf courses, hotels and real estate projects in the Southeast Asian country, the state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper...
Bangla Press Desk: Indian police killed 31 ‘Naxals’ (Maoist rebels) in what is being described as the ‘biggest ever operation’ against the long-running insurgency, reports CNN. Home Minister Amit Shah said Wednesday that security for...
Bangla Press Desk: The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing of ballots with a needle and thread after they’re counted, and then burning them to produce...
Staff Reporter: Three years after the dog received an honorary doctorate, this time a cat was given an honorary 'Doctorate of Literature' or D. Litt from an university in the United States awarded the title. The cat's name is Max. The c...
Staff Reporter: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister were killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, an Iranian official said on Monday, after search teams located the wreckage in East Azerbaijan prov...
Noman Sabit: US Republican candidate Donald Trump has secured the 270 electoral college threshold amid a tight race with his rival Democrat candidate Kamal Harris in the 2024 presidential contest. Donald Trump has won the US presidency...
Staff Reporter: President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that 27-year-old campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt will serve as his White House press secretary. Leavitt "is smart, tough and has proven to be a highly effective commun...
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