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Sakhawat urges global buyer brands to ensure fair prices of Bangladesh products

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

  Bangla Press Desk:  Assistant US Trade Representative (South and Central Asia) Brendan Lynch and Director for South Asia Emily Ashby called on Labour and Employment Adviser Brig Gen (retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hossain at his Secretariat office on...

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Qatar PM urges world to ‘stop using double standards’ and punish Israel

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

Bangla Press Desk:  Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani urged the international community on Sunday to “stop using double standards” and punish Israel for what he described as its “crimes.” He was speaking at a preparato...

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Trump heads for historic second UK state visit

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

Bangla Press Desk: Donald Trump will get the red carpet treatment this week on an unprecedented second UK state visit, as Britain counts on royal pomp and circumstance to woo the unpredictable US president. From a flyby and carriage ride with King...

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New Nepal PM says will serve only six months in office

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

  Bangla Press Desk:  Nepal's new leader vowed Sunday to follow protesters' demands to "end corruption" as she began work as interim prime minister, after "Gen Z" youth demonstrations ousted her predecessor. "We have to work according to t...

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Far-right anti-immigration protests in London lead to clashes with police

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

  Bangla Press Desk:  Police officers were “attacked with projectiles” and “assaulted” during far-right anti-immigration protests in London on Saturday, the British capital’s force said, as more than 110,000 people took to the city’s streets....

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Attempts to harm ties with India will ‘fail’: Moscow

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

  Bangla Press Desk:  The Russian Foreign Ministry has hailed India for continuing its cooperation with Moscow and rejecting pressure to cut ties. The ministry’s statement came in response to questions from RT. The ministry said it welcome...

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Netanyahu only obstacle to bringing hostages home

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

  Bangla Press Desk:  Families of Israeli hostages still being held by Hamas have said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the "one obstacle" preventing their return and reaching a peace deal. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum wrote...

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Sovereign equality is anchor of fairer global governance

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

  Bangla Press Desk:  At the recent "Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Plus" Meeting, Chinese President Xi Jinping put forward the Global Governance Initiative (GGI), emphasizing that "staying committed to sovereign equality" is the foremost...

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UK police vow ‘further arrests’ after far-right rally violence

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

  Bangla Press Desk:  London police pledged Sunday to make "further arrests in the coming days and weeks", following violence at one of the largest-ever far-right protests in Britain, organised by anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson....

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Nepal PM terms violence during Gen Z protests as criminal acts

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

  Bangla Press Desk:  Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Sunday said that the arson and vandalism that occurred during the Gen Z protest last week were criminal acts against the country. Karki, who assumed office earlier in the day after bein...

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Mamdani says he’ll apologize for past social media post that blasted NYPD as racist

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

  Ema Alice:  Democratic mayoral nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani will apologize for a 2020 social media post in which he called the NYPD “racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety,” his campaign confirmed to amNewYor...

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North Korea warns of 'bad results' in US-Japan-S. Korea drills

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

  Bangla Press Desk:  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister called upcoming joint military drills involving the United States and its allies a "reckless show of strength" that would bring "bad results", state media said Sunday....

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