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Russian president Vladimir Putin

Pressure on Putin as reservists called up for war

Pressure ratcheted up on president Vladimir Putin as his decision to send reservists to Ukraine triggered spreading protests and hundreds of arrests at home, and Western leaders tore into the Russian ...

Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida speaks at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at UN headquarters on September 20, 2022 in New York City

UN General Assembly World leaders call for urgent action on food security

World leaders called Tuesday for urgent efforts to address global food insecurity, with fears mounting of a disastrous harvest next year due largely to the war in Ukraine

A girl eats a food supplement distributed during a malnutrition screening session organized by the NGO Action Contre la Faim and the World Food Programme (WFP) in the municipality of Ifotaka, in southern Madagascar, on 14 December 2018

One person dying of hunger every four seconds: NGOs

Pointing out that as many as 19,700 people are estimated to be dying of hunger every day, the NGOs said that this translates to one person dying of hunger every four seconds

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina

PM Hasina arrives in New York to attend 77th UNGA

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina tonight arrived here in USA to attend the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). A VVIP chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the ...

High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the United Kingdom Saida Muna Tasneem receives prime minister Sheikh Hasina at London Stansted International Airport on 15 September 2022

PM Hasina arrives in London

The prime minister is now on an official tour to the United Kingdom and the United States to join the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Nada Al- Nashif

51st session of UNHRC UN again seeks independent investigation into enforced disappearance

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has offered the government of Bangladesh its assistance in forming an independent system for investigating the allegations ...

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Dhaka reiterates pledge to contribute in UN initiatives

Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has reiterated Bangladesh's commitment to contribute in any initiative for sustainable peace and development as a member of the United Nations Police (UNPOL).

UN high commissioner for human rights Michelle Bachelet addresses a press conference in the hotel InterContinental Dhaka on 17 August 2022 after warping up her official visit to Bangladesh.

UN rights chief's tenure ends in disappointment for some China activists

Her defenders praised her attacks on systemic racism and commitment to new environmental rights

State minister for foreign affairs Md Shahriar Alam speaks to media at his office in Dhaka

Rights situation Proposal for independent investigation not logical: Shahriar Alam

The proposal to set up any independent and specialised mechanism to investigate the allegations of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings is not logical, remarked state minister for ...

UN high commissioner for human rights Michelle Bachelet addresses a press conference in the hotel InterContinental Dhaka on 17 August 2022 after warping up her official visit to Bangladesh.

UN rights office says misinformation spread over Bachelet’s press briefing

United Nations high commissioner for human rights office has said some Bangladeshi media has spread misinformation on the high commissioner Michelle Bachelet’s final press briefing at Switzerland’s ...

Dead coral sit on the ocean bed in the Straits of Florida near Key Largo, Florida, on 23 September 2021.

UN session on high seas biodiversity ends without agreement

It will now be up to the UN General Assembly to resume the fifth session at a date still to be determined

Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General

Five years of Rohingya crisis UN chief seeks durable solution to Rohingya crisis

The United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres on Thursday called on the international community to find “comprehensive, durable and inclusive solutions” to help end the plight over 700,000 ...

Rohingya influx from Myanmar

Five years of Rohingya influx Myanmar’s dilly-dally makes Rohingya repatriation uncertain

Mohammad Hossain came to Bangladesh first time in 1978 when Myanmar military launched ‘Dragon King Census’ or Operation Nagamin. The military regime’s census intended to ‘drive out foreigners’. Some ...

United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the latter's official residence Ganabhaban on Thursday.

Myanmar should allow INGOs to work in Rakhine: PM

Noeleen Heyzer also visited Myanmar and told its military government to find out a solution to the Rohingya crisis

Rohingya refugee children at a school in Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya on 10 August, 2022

Rohingya population increased to 1.2m in four years

Some 30,000 Rohingya children are being born every year in Bangladesh on average. As such, the number of Rohingyas has increased to more than 1.2 million

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