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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...
Noman Sabit: The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) revealed new figures detailing the result of the Trump’s administration's first year of cracking down on illegal immigration and removing criminal migrants from the country.The agency...
Bangla Press Desk: London police on Tuesday arrested Swedish activist Greta Thunberg at a demonstration in support of pro-Palestinian hunger strikers, Palestinian activist groups said. Thunberg's arrest makes her the highest profile...
Bangla Press Desk: US President Trump on Monday announced plans for a new "Trump class" of battleships, marking the start of an expanded naval buildup and signaling increased scrutiny of defense contractors over production delays and cost overr...
Bangla Press Desk: US President Donald Trump said Monday it would be "smart" for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to step down, as US naval forces pressed a blockade on the South American country's oil wealth.Venezuela's key ally Moscow, how...
Bangla Press Desk: Cambodia's defence ministry has asked Thailand to hold bilateral talks in the neutral venue of Kuala Lumpur, according to a letter seen by AFP on Tuesday, with the countries set to negotiate truce terms after two weeks of deadly bo...
Bangla Press Desk: Myanmar's top general Min Aung Hlaing was months from retirement when he made a dictatorial about-face nearly five years ago, deposing the democratic government and promoting himself to leader.The bespectacled and diminutive...
Bangla Press Desk: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Novo Nordisk's NOVOb.CO weight-loss pill on Monday, giving the Danish drugmaker a leg up in the race to market a potent oral medication for shedding pounds as it looks to regain...
Ema Alice: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it is tripling the financial incentive for migrants without legal status to self-deport over the Christmas period, now offering a $3,000 “exit bonus” until the end of December for those who le...
Chhabed Sathee: Pakistan-origin defendants Zakia Khan and Ahsan Ijaz have pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, to fraud totaling $68 million (approximately Tk 8.31 billion). According to federal prosecutors, Zakia Khan and Ahsan Ija...
Noman Sabit: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reports that nearly 7,000 convicted migrant criminals have been released in New York without federal notification since the Trump era. Officials argued the lack of communication has heightened public...
Bangla Press Desk: Saudi Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman decorated Chief of the Pakistani Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir with King Abdulaziz Medal of Excellent Class.This is in line with the directive of Custodian o...
Abu Sabet: The operator of illegal online marketplaces that sold digital templates of false identity documents, such as passports, social security cards, and driver’s licenses, was charged in a nine-count federal indictment unsealed in the District o...
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