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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...
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Bangla Press Desk: The Ukrainian capital Kyiv came under a massive Russian attack early on Saturday, with explosions sounding in the city, air defences in operation and the Ukrainian military saying missiles were being deployed.The Russian acti...
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Bangla Press Desk: By publicly cooperating with the United States on a Christmas Day airstrike, Nigeria's government may have averted humiliating unilateral military action threatened a month ago by President Donald Trump. But security exp...
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Bangla Press Desk: The National Weather Service issued warnings of winter storm Devin this afternoon which "will cause hazardous travel conditions for the Great Lakes into the northern Mid-Atlantic and southern New England today through Saturda...
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Bangla Press Desk: Social media platforms with infinite scrolling, auto-play and algorithmic feeds will be required to display warning labels about their potential harm to young users’ mental health under a new law, New York Governor Kathy Hoch...
Noman Sabit: Police are investigating a potential heist after 5 crore taka ($400,000) worth of live lobsters was stolen from a truck transporting the seafood to Costco locations in Illinois and Minnesota.The shipment was picked up in Taunton, Mass.,...
Abu Sabet: Many Americans are not leaving the house without their passports, as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to conduct raids across American cities. Reports of citizens being detained have created a culture of fear, leading th...
Noman Sabit: For workers in 19 states, New Year's won't just mean festivities and futile resolutions- they'll also be getting paid more as minimum wage increases kick in. For some, those raises will be historic: In six states, the minimum wage will r...
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Bangla Press Desk: Christian and human rights organisations have sounded alarm over alleged attempts by Hindu far-right groups to disrupt Christmas celebrations in India, amid a series of attacks targeting members of the minority communit...
Bangla Press Desk: An association of hoteliers in West Bengal has decided to temporarily stop providing accommodation to Bangladeshis in and around Siliguri in view of political turmoil in the neighbouring country.According to a recent no...
Minara Helen: A Louisiana factory chief proved to be a real-life Santa Claus — giving each of his 540 full-time employees six-figure bonus checks totaling $240 million.The generous gesture came after the benevolent boss sold the company for $1.7 bill...
Bangla Press Desk: Myanmar will hold a third phase of voting for its general election on 25 January, according to an announcement on state media on Friday, outlining a poll plan that comes amid a raging civil war in the Southeast Asian na...
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Bangla Press Desk: At least 5 worshippers were killed and 35 others injured when a suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive inside a mosque in Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria's Borno state, during evening prayers, police said.No...
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