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Bangla Press Desk: Hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough in the US-Israeli war with Iran receded as a new week began, with talks aimed at ending the two-month conflict at a standstill and both Tehr...
Bangla Press Desk: At least 23 people, including seven children, were killed after heavy rainfall triggered massive landslides across the Darjeeling district in West Bengal on Sunday, officials said. However, the situation is gradually...
Bangla Press Desk: US forces hit another vessel allegedly carrying illegal drugs off the coast of Venezuela on Saturday evening, US President Donald Trump said on Sunday, adding that the US would also start looking at drug trafficking o...
Bangla Press Desk: The death toll from the collapse of a school in Indonesia last week has climbed to at least 50 people as rescuers have cleared nearly all of the debris, rescue authorities said on Monday, in the country's deadliest disaster this ye...
Bangla Press Desk: Landslides and flash floods, triggered by heavy rains, have killed at least 47 people, blocked roads and washed away bridges in Nepal. Thirty-five people were killed in separate landslides in the Ilam district in the east...
Bangla Press Desk: Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Qatar on Sunday issued a joint statement welcoming Hamas's steps toward the ceasefire plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump...
Bangla Press Desk: The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement regarding the ceasefire plan in Gaza. It emphasized that Iran has always supported any initiative that stops ethnic cleansing, war crimes, and crimes against humani...
Bangla Press Desk: The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has confirmed that holders of all types of visas are now eligible to perform Umrah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The ministry, as reported by Saudi Press Agency, said this move is part of o...
Bangla Press Desk: Swedish activist Greta Thunberg will be among more than 70 people of different nationalities to leave Israel on Monday after they were seized aboard an intercepted Gaza aid flotilla. Most, if not all, those being released...
Bangla Press Desk: Global Sumud Flotilla says 42 of the activists detained by Israel during the interception of its vessels are on hunger strike in solidarity with the Palestinian people, according a statement issued by the group. Amon...
Noman Sabit: With just 30 days left until New York City voters elect their 111th mayor, the race has narrowed to three main contenders — Democrat Zohran Mamdani, Independent candidate and former Governor Andrew Cuomo, and Republican Curtis Sliw...
Staff Reporter: Washington, D.C., police on Sunday arrested a person outside of a local cathedral before a high-profile Red Mass. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) members assigned to a detail for the Red Mass at Saint Matth...
Bangla Press Desk: Rescue efforts are under way in the remote Tibetan slopes of Mount Everest where a snowstorm has trapped nearly 1,000 people in campsites on the eastern side of the mountain, according to Chinese state media. Hundreds of local v...
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