Humanitarian Crisis

Humanitarian Crisis
A member of Taliban stands guard along a road in Kabul on 30 September 2021.

UN records hundreds of killings and rights violations by Taliban

The Taliban have carried out hundreds of human rights violations in Afghanistan since seizing power last year, the United Nations said Wednesday, including extrajudicial killings and torture

Syrian children queue to receive food distributed by humanitarian aid workers at a makeshift camp for displaced people, near the village of Yazi Bagh, about six kilometres from the Bab al-Salamah border crossing between Syria and Turkey in the north of Aleppo province, on 7 February, 2018

UN agrees to extend cross-border Syria aid by six months

The UN Security Council has agreed to extend a vital system for cross-border aid to war-ravaged Syria by six months, the length of time wanted by Russia, diplomats told AFP Monday

PM Sheikh Hasina

PM Hasina urges the US to lift sanctions against Russia

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the US to withdraw the sanctions it imposed on Russia as their punitive action is causing immense sufferings across the globe

In this picture taken on 24 June, 2022, volunteers prepare to distribute relief materials for the earthquake victims in Gayan district, Paktika province

Taliban pledge no interference with quake aid, but many await relief

“Whether it is WFP, UNICEF or any other organisation... the international community or the United Nations... they will do the distribution by themselves,” said Khan.

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, hosts a private sector roundtable on humanitarian assistance in Ukraine at the Lotte New York Hotel, in New York city, on 19 May, 2022.

US 'concerned' after UN human rights chief visits China

The United States expressed concern on Saturday over China's "efforts to restrict and manipulate" the UN human rights chief's visit to the Xinjiang region where Beijing is accused of detaining over a ...

Monsur Hasan used to sing and write songs once.

From bands to bathrooms, Monsur's tale

Monsur is 54 years old. He spends his days and night in a bus shelter at Jamalkhan, Chattogram

Soldiers of the Kraken Ukrainian special forces unit talk to a man at a destroyed bridge on the road near the village of Rus'ka Lozova, north of Kharkiv, on 16 May, 2022

Fear and hope under fire in Ukrainian village near Russian border

The village, about 18 kilometres (11 miles) from the frontier and just north of Ukraine's second city Kharkiv, was recaptured by Kyiv's forces in late April after being under Russian control for two ...

Russian soldiers walks along a street in Mariupol on 12 April, 2022, as Russian troops intensify a campaign to take the strategic port city

Russia-Ukraine war Russia wants to 'destroy' Donbas: Zelensky

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of wanting to "destroy" the entire eastern region of Donbas, as the last remaining forces in the strategic port of Mariupol prepared Monday for a ...

This undated and unlocated handout picture released on 12 April, 2022 on the official Instagram account of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky shows business tycoon Viktor Medvedchuk with his hands in cuffs

Russia-Ukraine Putin's top ally in Ukraine arrested: Kyiv

Ukraine on Tuesday said it arrested the Kremlin's most prominent ally in the country as Russian president Vladimir Putin gave his strongest signal yet the war will grind on, warning peace talks were ...

Elena, 33, an MSF team member, cares for patients on a medical evacuation train on its way to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on 10 April, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war Speeding west, Ukraine hospital train ferries patients to safety

The Ukrainian authorities have in recent days urged all residents in the east of the country to flee westwards to safety as they fear Moscow will unleash the full force of its military there after ...

This aerial view taken on April 6, 2022 shows a destroyed residential building in the town of Borodianka, northwest of Kyiv, on 6 April, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war Civilians try to flee east Ukraine as Russia prepares attack

Desperate evacuation attempts from eastern Ukraine were under way Thursday as authorities warned of an imminent Russian offensive

Ukrainian refugees wait for a bus to drive to the Vaucluse region in the French riviera city of Nice, on 24 March 2022, on the 29th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

UN General Assembly demands Russia end Ukraine war

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday adopted by an overwhelming majority a non-binding resolution that demands an immediate halt to Russia's war in Ukraine.

This Maxar satellite image taken on 19 March 2022 shows burning apartment buildings, "likely shelled by artillery" according to Maxar, and burning buildings in northeastern Mariupol, Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine war 'Hellscape' in Mariupol where 100,000 trapped

Almost 100,000 people are trapped among the ruins of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, facing starvation, thirst and relentless Russian bombardment, president Volodymyr Zelensky said as the UN ...

Editorial

Humanitarian crisis in Ukraine Bring back Bangladeshis immediately

We must remember that in a country where war is raging, no place is safe. So the government should try to bring these sailors out of Ukraine.

In this file photo taken on 2 March 2021, protesters react after tear gas is fired by police during a demonstration against the military coup in the northwestern town of Kale. On 1 February 2022, Myanmar marks one year since Myanmar's military seized power, ousting the civilian government and arresting its de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar's year of turmoil: From coup to jailing of Suu Kyi

Myanmar's military seized power on 1 February last year, ousting the civilian government and arresting its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi

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