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Bangla Press Desk: France's parliament on Tuesday approved a bill banning social media access for children under 15, making France the first European country to bar children from apps such as Ti...
Bangla Press Desk: Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen has expressed grave concern over rising linguistic intolerance in parts of India, particularly targeting Bangla-speaking individuals who are often suspected of being undocumented B...
Noman Sabit: 55 million people with valid U.S. visas, including tourists from many countries, are set to come under the U.S. government's scrutiny. President Trump's administration said on Thursday it is reviewing each visa for violations...
Bangla Press Desk: Famine has been confirmed in Gaza City and the surrounding area for the first time, according to a report by the UN-backed food security body Integrated Food Security Phase Classifications (IPC). Half a m...
Bangla Press Desk: Israeli former defence minister Benny Gantz on Saturday called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to forge a unity government along with members of the opposition in a bid to help release the hostages held in Gaza....
Bangla Press Desk: A passenger on board an Air India flight from New Delhi to Bengaluru revealed what happened after a woman began "bleeding profusely" through her nose, prompting a medical emergency mid-air. In a post on X, the passenger...
Bangla Press Desk: Ukraine launched a wave of drone strikes on Russia Sunday, triggering a fire at a nuclear power plant as it celebrated Ukrainian independence day against a backdrop of fading hopes for recent peace efforts. After a...
Bangla Press Desk: The Russian army Monday claimed to have captured another village in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, moving deeper into Ukrainian territory as peace efforts stall. Russian forces are slowly but steadily gaining groun...
Bangla Press Desk: The US ambassador to Paris has upped the pressure on President Emmanuel Macron over antisemitism in France with a letter calling the government's action on anti-Jewish hatred insufficient, days after similar criticism from Israel...
Bangla Press Desk: Al Jazeera on Monday said one of its journalists was killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, two weeks after the broadcaster lost six staff and freelancers in an attack. Mohammad Salama, a photojournalist and camerama...
Bangla Press Desk: Gaza's civil defence agency said five journalists were among at least 20 people killed Monday when Israeli strikes hit a hospital in the south, with Reuters, the Associated Press and Al Jazeera mourning their slain co...
Bangla Press Desk: More than 22,000 people were arrested in Saudi Arabia last week in a sweeping nationwide campaign against residency and labour law violations, the Ministry of Interior said on Saturday. The joint inspections, carri...
Bangla Press Desk: The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province, set to become the world's tallest bridge, had completed a key load test as of Monday, ahead of its scheduled opening in late September. The fi...
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