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BanglaPress Desk: Following the Democratic Party's victory in both chambers of Congress during the U.S. midterm elections, President Donald Trump has congratulated his opponents, acknowledging that th...
Bangla Press Desk: Scrutiny is intensifying over the safety arrangements at a Swiss bar that burst into flames during a New Year's Eve party, killing at least 40, as prosecutors said the blaze likely began when sparkling candles were held...
Bangla Press Desk: Yemen's UAE-backed separatists on Friday announced the start of a two-year transitional period towards declaring an independent state after their forces seized large areas of the country's south.The Southern Transitiona...
Bangla Press Desk: A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled Mexico's capital and a tourist hotspot on the Pacific coast on Friday, killing at least two people and causing moderate damage in a small town near the epicenter.The US Geological Surv...
Bangla Press Desk: Dozens of young partygoers hurt in a New Year's Eve bar fire in Switzerland were transferred to specialist burn units across Europe with serious injuries on Friday after being hit by the devastating blaze, which has kil...
Bangla Press Desk: US President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to come to the aid of protesters in Iran if security forces fired on them, days into unrest that has left several dead and posed the biggest internal threat to Iranian auth...
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...
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