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Bangla Press Desk: Britain's King Charles III begins a state visit to the United States on Monday, as transatlantic tensions simmer over the Iran war, and despite a shooting two days earlier at...
Bangla Press Desk: A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck some 32 km (20 miles) off Taiwan's northeastern coastal city of Yilan on Saturday, the island's weather administration said, with no immediate reports of major damage.The quake with a depth o...
Russia opposes Taiwan’s independence in any form and considers the island an inseparable part of China, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in remarks published on Sunday.In an interview with Russia's TASS state news agency, Lavrov also urge...
Bangla Press Desk: Thailand and Cambodia agreed to an "immediate" ceasefire on Saturday, the two countries said in a joint statement, pledging to end border clashes that killed dozens of people.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the...
Bangla Press Desk: Angola and Namibia have agreed to accept the return of illegal migrants and criminals after the British government threatened visa penalties for countries refusing to cooperate, the UK Home Office said late on Saturday.The De...
Bangla Press Desk: A Spanish man and three of his children are missing after a tourist boat sank in rough seas in Indonesia, rescuers told AFP on Saturday.The vessel was carrying 11 people when it sank in the Padar Island Strait near the popula...
Staff Reporter: New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) on Saturday rejected Elon Musk’s argument that his appointment to head up the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) is inexperienced.“Experience does matter, which is why I appointed the person who...
Minara Helen: Home care aide Aisha Thorpe has received $725,000 (about 8 crore 86 lakh Bangladeshi taka) through a settlement in a wage-and-hours lawsuit against Golden Age Home Care, Inc..Berger Montague served as lead counsel in the wage-and-hours...
Ema Alice: From outspoken children’s YouTube star Ms. Rachel to activist-celebrities like Cynthia Nixon, Katia Reguero Lindor and The Kid Mero, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s inaugural committee includes a mix of high-profile entertainers...
Bangla Press Desk: Ukraine's anti-corruption agency said security services were preventing officers from raiding the parliament on Saturday, as the investigators said some MPs were implicated in new graft probe."NABU and SAPO, following an und...
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Bangla Press Desk: A bus overturned and crashed in northern Vietnam on Saturday, killing nine people and injuring another nine, state media reported.Most of the 18 passengers were teachers from Hanoi on a charity trip to Lao Cai province, where...
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Bangla Press Desk: Saudi Arabia on Friday expressed full support for the sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of Somalia, and expressed its rejection of the declaration of mutual recognition between Israel and Somaliland.Israel o...
Bangla Press Desk: Somalia and the African Union reacted angrily Friday after Israel formally recognised the northern region of Somaliland as an "independent and sovereign state" -- the first country to do so.Somaliland, which declared independ...
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