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Bangla Press Desk: A deep depression that formed over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclonic storm named 'Murasu'. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the storm is expec...
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Bangla Press Desk: US President Donald Trump began a tour of wealthy Gulf states on Tuesday by visiting Saudi Arabia, with his focus on securing trillions of dollars in investments rather than security issues ranging from war...
Ema Alice: Harvard University expanded its lawsuit Tuesday against the Trump administration for freezing billions of dollars in federal funds, ratcheting up the high-stakes legal battle between the wealthiest US university and the White...
Bangla Press Desk: India said on Wednesday that it rejects China's move to rename places in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh where the Asian neighbours share a border, adding that the Himalayan territory was an integral part...
Minara Helen: Judges around the country have been rejecting President Donald Trump’s Alien Enemies Act invocation. But in the latest ruling on the subject, a judge approved Trump’s bid to use the act to deport Venezuelan citizens who ar...
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...
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