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Bangla Press Desk: Two Jewish men were seriously injured in a stabbing attack in Golders Green, north London, UK. A man ran down a busy street with a knife and attempted to attack Jewish worship...
Noman Sabit: Just hours after the ball dropped, New York City recorded its first murder and first fatal traffic crash of 2026, with two men killed in separate early-morning incidents in the Bronx and Queens.Police said a 55-year-old Uber driver was s...
Staff Reporter: New York City’s first lady Rama Duwaji appeared to wear $630 “artisan” leather boots from a high-end designer to her Democratic socialist husband Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral swearing-in ceremony — a luxury look that flew in the face of t...
Bangla Press Desk: Chinese war games around Taiwan "unnecessarily" spiked tensions in the region, the US State Department said Thursday, calling on Beijing to "cease its military pressure.""China's military activities and rhetoric toward Taiwan...
Noman Sabit: Freshly sworn-in New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed a number of executive orders on his first day in office Thursday, including one to revoke most executive orders issued by former Mayor Eric Adams after he was indicted in Septemb...
Abu Sabet: Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams didn't receive a warm welcome as he attended his successor's inauguration on New Year's Day.To celebrate Zohran Mamdani's ascension as mayor, more than 4,000 people gathered outside the steps of City H...
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Bangla Press Desk: Former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia had hoped that huge crowds would gather in Dhaka and across Bangladesh as she prepared for what she envisioned as a final chance to lead the nation after elections s...
Bangla Press Desk: Zohran Mamdani was a trailblazing candidate whom many in his city of 8 million -- some with hope, some with trepidation -- expect to be a disruptive New York mayor.The democratic socialist's plans for his first day in office...
Bangla Press Desk: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned on Wednesday a move by Israel to ban electricity or water to facilities owned by the UN Palestinian refugee agency, a UN spokesperson said.The spokesperson said the...
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Bangla Press Desk: A total of 128 journalists were killed around the world in 2025, more than half of them in the Middle East, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said Thursday.The grim toll, up from 2024, "is not just a statistic...
Bangla Press Desk: Revellers around the world toasted the start of 2026, bidding farewell on Wednesday to a volatile year when temperatures soared, US President Donald Trump upended global trade, and the brutal conflict in Ukraine raged on.Whil...
Bangla Press Desk: India has imposed an excise duty on cigarettes in a range of 2,050-8,500 rupees ($22.8-$94.5) per thousand sticks based on the length of the products, effective February 1, the finance ministry said in an order late on Wednes...
Noman Sabit: Police in Texas have recovered the body of missing teen Camila Mendoza Olmos eight days after she disappeared. Authorities have confirmed that the recovered body is that of Camila. Multiple sources, including ABC News and NewsNation, rep...
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