International news and global updates
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: Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a surprise one-day ceasefire in Ukraine on Saturday for Easter, but Kyiv said Russian forces continued artillery fire and called instead for an extended true halt t...
Bangla Press Desk: Bullion hit another record Tuesday while the dollar steadied and equities mostly fell as Donald Trump's latest salvo against Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell added fuel to fears about the central bank's independence...
Bangla Press Desk: At least 24 people were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir when gunmen opened fire on tourists on Tuesday, a senior police officer told AFP, with authorities calling it the worst attack on civilians in years. Pr...
Ema Alice: Guns are banned in Times Square, including on the New York City subway. The court ruled that firearms cannot be carried in these two places. City Mayor Eric Adams and state Governor Cathy Hochul welcomed the ruling. On Oct. 6, a feder...
Ema Alice: A gunman opened fire at a St. Louis high school on Monday morning, killing at least two people and wounding six others before officers fatally shot the suspect, the city's police commissioner said. When police arrived at Central Visua...
Ema Alice: City Mayor Eric Adams has announced that all educational institutions in New York City will be closed during the Deepavali (also called Diwali) festival from next year (2023). New York is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious community, s...
Sabitri Roy: In 30 years in the United States, 70 women were killed by Donald Dean Study, a resident of the state of Iowa, set a record for the "American professional killer". His daughter made such explosive allegations against her father. Not o...
Sabitri Roy: Monday (October 31) is Halloween or ghost festival in the United States. Halloween festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm. Millions of people participate in this festival. Every year on October 31, Americans celebrate 'Hallowee...
Noman Sabit: Today, Monday (October 31), the draw for the $1 billion 'Power Ball' lottery, the second largest prize in US history, is taking place. People are waiting in long lines to buy lottery tickets at grocery and gas station shops in differ...
Minara Helen: United States Representative Ilhan Omar has played a racist, death-threat laden voicemail left for her after fellow legislator Lauren Boebert refused to publicly apologise for a video in which she called Omar a member of the “jihad...
Staff Reporter:The Spring Valley Fire Department was dispatched to 118 Lake Street just after 4:00 a.m. for a reported house fire. Additional reports indicated that at least nine people were trapped on the second floor of the multi-family house....
Minara Helen: 20,000 pilgrims from the United States have gone to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj this year. Among them, there are about three thousand expatriate Bangladeshis in 20 states of the United States. However, this year, more than 2 millio...
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