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Bangla Press Desk: At least 17 bodies believed to be those of migrants have been recovered in recent days from the shore near a coastal town west of the Libyan capital, Tripoli-based medics sai...
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Bangla Press Desk: Saudi Arabia has activated its highest level of readiness across the transport and logistics system ahead of the 2026 Hajj season, mobilising air, land, rail and maritime networks to ensure the safe and seamless movement of...
Bangla Press Desk: Iranian gunboats fired on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, a British maritime security agency reported, after Iran's military reversed a pledge to open the route to shipping.The tanker's captain reported being a...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh has reaffirmed its commitment to inclusive development, democratic values and global cooperation at the 152nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), one of the world’s oldest parliamentary organisations represe...
Bangla Press Desk: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and United States President Donald Trump have said that the Strait of Hormuz is open to commercial vessels.Araghchi declared on Friday that the strategic waterway was “completely open” in line...
Noman Sabit: New Jersey asked to host this year’s World Cup. Now it risks offending its guests with plans to squeeze soccer fans a move that is either proof that all politics are local or an own goal for the state’s new Democratic governor on the glo...
Bangla Press Desk: Myanmar has reduced the sentence of imprisoned ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her lawyer told Reuters on Friday.Suu Kyi, 80, was serving a 27-year sentence for a litany of offences her allies said were politically motivated to keep he...
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Bangla Press Desk: Fourteen-year-old Fadel al-Naji used to be a keen footballer but is now largely confined to his home in Gaza City since both legs were severed in an Israeli drone attack in September.He sits sullenly on a couch with one hollow pan...
Bangla Press Desk: All eight people on board a helicopter were killed when it crashed in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province, authorities said on Friday as search teams tried to retrieve the bodies and wreckage.The Airbus H130 helicopter lost contac...
Bangla Press Desk: A 10-day truce began in Lebanon on Friday that could pause fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group and boost attempts to extend the ceasefire between Iran, the United States and Israel after weeks of devastat...
Bangla Press Desk: U.S. forces completed their withdrawal from Qasrak air base on Thursday when a final convoy of soldiers and equipment departed the site in Syria’s Hasakah province, officials for both sides said.The Syrian army has now taken...
Bangla Press Desk: US officials have informed some European counterparts that some previously contracted weapons deliveries are likely to be delayed as the Iran war continues to draw on weapons stocks, five sources familiar with the matter sa...
Bangla Press Desk: U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday the United States and Iran will "probably, maybe" resume in-person talks over the weekend as efforts continue to reach a deal on ending the conflict."It's looking very good that we're...
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