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Bangla Press Desk: Escalating hostilities between the United States and Iran could reignite inflation, drive interest rates higher and knock global growth back to as low as 1.3%, down from 2.9%...
Bangla Press Desk: In recent days, several local and international media outlets, websites, and social media platforms have circulated false and misleading information about alleged changes in the procedures for granting lifel...
Bangla Press Desk: The “possible convergence” of China, Pakistan and Bangladesh has “security implications” for India’s neighbourhood, General Anil Chauhan, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), said Tuesday. He added that the stance of the...
Bangla Press Desk: At least nine people were killed after a bridge over a river collapsed in India’s western Gujarat state on Wednesday, news agency Press Trust of India reported while quoting police officials. Gujarat’s Health Minis...
Noman Sabit:The U.S. immigration system has faced growing strain, with a backlog of pending applications reaching an all-time high of 11.3 million, according to data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The slowdow...
Bangla Press Desk: Pakistan police on Friday said a father shot dead his daughter after she refused to delete her account on popular video-sharing app TikTok. In the Muslim-majority country, women can be subjected to violence by fami...
Bangla Press Desk: Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu met for the second time in 24 hours Tuesday as the US president intensified the pressure on the Israeli prime minister to reach a deal to end the "tragedy" of the war in Gaza. Ne...
Bangla Press Desk: Around 2,300 people died of heat-related causes across 12 European cities during the severe heatwave that ended last week, according to a rapid scientific analysis published on Wednesday. The study targeted the 10...
Ema Alice: The Department of Homeland Security on Friday announced the arrests of five illegal immigrants convicted of a range of offenses, from murder to sexually abusing children. "These are not minor offenses. These are predators,...
Ema Alice: Green card holders have been warned that federal authorities may revoke their legal status if they have a criminal record and violate immigration laws. "Under our nation's laws, our government has the authority to revoke y...
Abu Sabet: The Senate Appropriations Committee sputtered Thursday as its consideration of the annual Justice Department funding bill was cut short due to a dispute over the Trump administration’s plans to relocate the FBI’s headquarters...
Bangla Press Desk: Mahmoud Khalil, one of the most prominent leaders of US pro-Palestinian campus protests, sued the Trump administration Thursday for $20 million over his arrest and detention by immigration agents. Khalil, a legal p...
Minara Helen: President Trump on Saturday announced his administration would levy a 30 percent tariff on goods from Mexico and members of the European Union beginning Aug. 1, targeting two of the U.S.’s top trading partners. Trump po...
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