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Bangla Press Desk: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday condemned what it said was an Iranian attack on a carrier linked to its state oil company as it passed through the Strait of Hormuz,...
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Banglapress Online: Pakistan's electoral commission was expected to announce the full results of a disputed election on Friday, paving the way for the winner, former cricket hero Imran Khan, to begin searching for coalition partners. Khan, during...
New York Correspondent: An airline mechanic stole an empty plane from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with military jets pursuing him -- before crashing about 40 miles away, authorities said. The 76-seater aircraft took off without authori...
New York Correspondent: First lady Melania Trump’s parents were sworn in as US citizens on Thursday, completing a legal path to citizenship that their son-in-law has suggested eliminating. Viktor and Amalija Knavs, both in their 70s, took the citiz...
Banglapress Online: 10 people have been shot in a mass shooting at an apartment complex in San Bernardino, California. According to the police, Three victims are in severe condition while the rest are being treated in a local hospital. Though multi...
Banglapress Online: More than 300 news outlets are launching a campaign on Thursday to counter President Donald Trump's attacks and promote a free press. The Boston Globe made the call last week for a nationwide denouncement of the president's "dir...
Banglapress Desk: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says the number of killings of working journalists and news staff increased in 2018, ending an overall decline experienced in recent years, with Afghanistan topping the danger list...
Banglapress Online: Multiple people were killed in a mass shooting during a video game tournament at a shopping and dining complex in downtown Jacksonville, Florida, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said Sunday afternoon. Preliminary reports say f...
Banglapress Desk: Twenty-one coal miners were killed when a mine collapsed in northern China, state media reported Sunday. The disaster occurred Saturday in Shenmu in Shaanxi province in the heart of the country's coal-mining belt, according to sta...
Banglapress International Desk: Five Houston police officers were shot Monday afternoon while serving a narcotics warrant. A fifth officer was injured in the incident. Two of the five officers were in surgery and listed in critical condition, polic...
Banglapress Online: The Senate confirmed Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday by a vote of 50 to 48, bringing to a close one of the ugliest and most polarizing Supreme Court nomination battles in modern American history, one that might galvanize wome...
Banglapress Online: A shooter opened fire during a baby naming ceremony at a Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) synagogue on Saturday, killing 11 people. At least six other people were wounded, including four police officers who dashed to the scene, authori...
Banglapress Online: First Lady Melania Trump, in an extraordinary move, is calling for the ouster of Deputy National Security Advisor Mira Ricardel. “It is the position of the Office of the First Lady that [Ricardel] no longer deserves the honor o...
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