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Bangla Press Desk: Russia launched waves of drones at Ukraine's capital Kyiv and surrounding region on Friday, damaging warehouses and homes in a second consecutive day of strikes Ukrainian offi...
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Bangla Press Desk: Hakainde Hichilema, who secured a second term as Zambia’s president on Tuesday, built a business empire before first winning the presidency in 2021, but says he remains at heart an ordinary “cattle boy”.Known simply as "HH",...
Bangla Press Desk: Moscow said Monday it had summoned the Japanese ambassador after Tokyo condemned President Vladimir Putin's recent visit to Russia's far-eastern Kuril Islands, which are also claimed by Japan.Russian-Japanese relations have l...
Bangla Press Desk: Afghanistan's Charge d'Affaires Noor Ahmed Noor has said stronger political trust, economic partnership and continued engagement between Afghanistan and India would benefit both countries and contribute to regional stability,...
Bangla Press Desk: The Middle East conflict drove up Canada's annual inflation rate to three% in July, data showed Monday, days before punishing new tariffs threatened by US President Donald Trump could further roil Canada's economy.Prime Minis...
Bangla Press Desk: The Japanese economy eked out modest growth in the second quarter despite the impact of the Iran war, official data showed Monday, but the reading fell short of market expectations.Higher oil prices have swollen Japan's impor...
Bangla Press Desk: South Korea said Monday it had worked closely with the United States on their "defence posture" and would continue to do so after President Donald Trump said ongoing joint military drills would be scaled back."South Korea and...
Bangla Press Desk: A stampede at a Hindu temple in India's eastern Bihar state killed at least seven people and injured 19 others on Monday, officials said. Deadly stampedes are a common occurrence at big Indian gatherings and religious fe...
Bangla Press Desk: US President Donald Trump said he ordered the Pentagon to scale back "inappropriate and hostile" military drills with South Korea, hours before the exercises began on Monday.Trump cited his "good relationship" with North Kore...
Bangla Press Desk: Yemen's years-long civil conflict killed tens of thousands of people, uprooted millions and drove the country to the brink of famine before a 2022 truce restored relative calm. Now, renewed hostilities between the Houthi rebe...
Bangla Press Desk: Iran on Saturday fired back at US President Donald Trump's claim that he would soon declare the Strait of Hormuz part of US territory, saying the crucial energy waterway it has blockaded "will remain Iranian".Trump has repeat...
Bangla Press Desk: Qatar categorically denied it was detaining any Iranian pilots on Saturday, after an Iranian general demanded that Doha release three aviators shot down early in the Middle East war."We categorically deny the claims circulati...
Bangla Press Desk: Heavy rain that battered eastern Japan has left nine people dead, public broadcaster NHK said Sunday, after an "unprecedented" deluge that flooded over a thousand homes and snarled up roads and rail services.Torrential downpo...
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