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BanglaPress Desk: Following the Democratic Party's victory in both chambers of Congress during the U.S. midterm elections, President Donald Trump has congratulated his opponents, acknowledging that th...
Bangla Press Desk: Nepal's former prime minister KP Sharma Oli and ex-home minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested Saturday morning over their alleged involvement in a deadly crackdown on protestors in September, police said.The detentions come a day af...
Bangla Press Desk: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the country will “exact heavy price” for an Israeli attack on several important infrastructure sites in the country.“Israel has hit 2 of Iran’s largest steel factories, a power plan...
Bangla Press Desk: Iran kept firing missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab nation on Friday, including a strike at a military base in Saudi Arabia that US officials said wounded at least 10 US service members, two of them seriously.The attack on Prin...
Bangla Press Desk: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukraine on Friday covering defense procurement arrangements.The agreement was signed in Jeddah by Khalid Al-Bayari, the Saudi assistant minister of defens...
Abu Sabet: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth intervened to stop the promotions of several high-ranking service members including four Army officers, two Black men and two female soldiers, on track to become one-star generals, NPR has confirmed.Accord...
Noman Sabit: Human rights groups in Canada have condemned a new federal law that they say “marks a significant attack on refugee and migrant rights” in the country.In a statement on Friday, more than two dozens organisations warned that Canada’s newl...
Bangla Press Desk: Nepal's rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah was sworn in as prime minister on Friday after sweeping the first election since deadly anti-corruption protests toppled the government last year.The 35-year-old reformist and his Rast...
Bangla Press Desk: Farmers around the world are feeling the squeeze of the Iran war. Gas prices have shot up and fertilizer supplies are waning due to Tehran's near shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for U.S. and Israeli bomb...
Abu Sabet: United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced that HENRY YAU, a former supervisory deportation officer in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge C...
Noman Sabit: Three family members were sentenced today to prison following a jury trial that resulted in convictions for their roles in a multimillion-dollar tax refund fraud scheme. David Hunt was sentenced to 92 months in prison, his son Baylon Hun...
Minara Helen: An MTA bus driver who was fatally shot inside a Queens burger restaurant has been identified as an innocent bystander who was on a date when he was struck in a botched gang-related shooting, according to police sources.Demetri McKay Jr....
Abu Sabet: Some Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have started checking travelers’ identification documents (IDs) after receiving standard training from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), officials from the latter age...
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