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Bangla Press Desk: US President Donald Trump says he "wasn't worried" while a gunman opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which led to his evacuation by the Secret Service."I w...
Bangla Press Desk: Canada’s clampdown on international students has hit applicants from India particularly hard, government data shows, as what was once a preferred destination loses its allure for Indian students.Canada lowered the n...
Bangla Press Desk: Thirteen suspected drug cartel members died Monday in a shootout with authorities in the troubled Mexican state of Sinaloa, officials said.Another four suspects were arrested and nine people kidnapped by the gang were freed followi...
Bangla Press Desk: Kim Yong Nam, the former nominal head of state of North Korea and a lifelong loyalist of the country’s ruling family, has died, according to state media.The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Tuesday that the 97-year-old...
Ema Alice: New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) said that voting for Andrew Cuomo is akin to voting for President Trump.“Donald Trump has hand-picked his candidate. That candidate’s name is Andrew Cuomo,” Mamdani told MSNBC’s Ari Melber...
Bangla Press Desk: New York's leftist mayoral candidate and political phenomenon Zohran Mamdani has a message to business leaders looking aghast at his promises of free buses and higher taxes: don't worry.Mamdani is an unapologetic socialist whose me...
Noman Sabit: Immigrants’ DNA to be tested under new DHS plan The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed a new rule that would expand the collection and use of biometrics from individuals applying for immigration benefits, including DNA te...
Minara Helen: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) emailed grocery stores prohibiting them from offering discounts to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients amid the government shutdown.The email, shared Sunday by MSNBC’s Ca...
Ema Alice: New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was pressed on ABC’s The View about his past support for defunding the police and criticism of the NYPD. Mamdani stated that he has since changed his stance, citing his governing experience an...
Bangla Press Desk: Tehran’s main source of drinking water is at risk of running dry within two weeks, state media warned on Sunday, owing to a historic drought.The Amir Kabir dam, one of five which provide drinking water for the capital, "hold...
Bangla Press Desk: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Monday departed for a two-day visit to China, with planned talks with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang expected to centre on economic and technological cooperation despite...
Bangla Press Desk: Xi Jinping joked about spying on South Korea's president as he gifted him a pair of smartphones, telling him to "check if there is a backdoor" in a rare jest from the Chinese leader that made headlines in Seoul.The lighthear...
Abu Sabet: FBI Director Kash Patel has hit back at the “beyond pathetic” reports that he used a government jet to see his girlfriend perform at a wrestling event, claiming they were an attempt to smear his “rock-solid conservative” partner.Last week,...
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