- Ukraine says Russia has launched an ICBM in an attack
- No artificial crisis be allowed in food supply chain: Bashir
- Nasir Uddin appointed as new CEC, along with four others
- Garment workers block road in Gazipur protesting
- Dr. Yunus advocates for a country where people hold ultimate power
- New DMP Commissioner Sazzad Ali takes charge
- Shakib hints he might be available for Windies ODIs
- Robert Pattinson cast in Christopher Nolan's next film
- Ex-MP Shahjahan arrested
- South Korea donates $2mn to support WFP’s Rohingya food aid in Bangladesh
- Barrister Suman shifted to Habiganj jail
- Bhutanese Ambassador and BNP leader Fakhrul discuss SAARC revival
- Sohanur Rahman honored with YAS24 Award in Geneva
- Russia to provide 30,000 MT of fertilizer to Bangladesh free of charge
- Dollar stagnates as market evaluates Trump policies and fed outlook; Bitcoin soars
- US wants human rights respected in Bangladesh: Spokesperson Miller
- 'Touch Messi, and it’s a foul; we get nothing'
- ‘Gangaburi’ concluded celebrating national heritage afloat
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- Rickshaw drivers block railway line, disrupt communication with Dhaka
UN decides holding high-level conference on Rohingya next year
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted a resolution deciding to hold an all-stakeholder high-level UN Conference in 2025 to propose a time-bound plan for sustainable resolution of the Rohingya crisis, reports BSS. This high-level Conference is part of a call from the Bangladesh Chief...
Israeli attack on Syria kills 36
Israeli airstrikes on the city of Palmyra in Syria have killed at least 36 people and more than 50 people wounded, reports AFP. Syrian defece ministry confirmed the death saying, The attack killed 36 people and wounded more than 50, and caused significant material damage. But the Syrian...
UNICEF appoints 16-year-old Gargee as new youth advocate in Bangladesh
UNICEF has named Gargee Tanushree Paul as a new youth advocate in Bangladesh for the coming two years. During the signing ceremony for her new role, Gargee met with Rana Flowers, UNICEF Representative in Bangladesh, and discussed childrens rights in the country, said a press release received on...
Greek potter keeps ancient ways alive, wins UNESCO recognition
Dimitris Kouvdis makes pottery using old techniques in his workshop by the sea on the Greek island of Lesbos. His work has recently been honored by UNESCO and included in the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage. At 70, Kouvdis and his family continue to use an old pottery...
Israel's Gaza assault escalates amid rising toll and international concerns
The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza has described the situation at the facility as an extreme catastrophe after Israeli forces targeted the building while it was treating children and elderly patients suffering from malnutrition. The hospital, located in one of Gazas most heavily...
Over 200 children killed in Lebanon in under two months: UN
The United Nations (UN) said Tuesday that over 200 children have been killed in Lebanon since Israel escalated attacks targeting Hezbollah in September, reports BSS. James Elder, spokesman for the UN childrens agency, UNICEF, said reporters, Despite more than 200 children killed in Lebanon in...
Russian invasion of Ukraine reaches 1,000-day mark
Russia conducted drone attacks on Ukraine overnight, intensifying its full-scale invasion as the conflict reached its 1,000th day. In the northeastern region of Sumy, a Russian drone strike claimed the lives of six people, including a child, and left 12 others injured, according to regional...
70,000 Gazans at risk of starvation and deadly thirst
Palestinian Civil Defence sources in the Gaza Strip have reported that 70,000 civilians in the northern Gaza Strip at West Bank are at risk of starvation and deadly thirst if they survive the intense Israeli attacks, amid an intensified siege that has been ongoing for over a month, reports Middle...
Miscarriages due to climate crisis a ‘blind spot’ in action plans: Report
Thereport collects the latest insights from physical and social science to inform the negotiations at the UN climate summit in Azerbaijan, reports The Guardian. The world faces planetary-scale challenges, from the rise of methane emissions to the vulnerability of critical infrastructure, said...
Farmers demand share of climate funds at UN talks
Extreme heat ruined the pineapples on Esther Penunias small farm in the Philippines this year, more disappointment than catastrophe since Penunia doesnt depend on the farm for a living. But Penunia worries about the millions of small farmers in her part of the world who depend on rice paddies,...
Parents’ biggest fears about what children do online
An exclusive data shows the scale of parents concerns over explicit content and online predators as activists say lawmakers are dragging their feet. Exposure to sexual or explicit content and the risk of encountering predators are parents top fears about childrens internet use, according to a...
Almost 100 Gaza food aid lorries violently looted, UN agency says
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) reported that a convoy of 109 aid trucks carrying food was violently looted in Gaza on Saturday. Ninety-seven of the lorries were lost and their drivers were forced at gunpoint to unload their aid after passing through the Israeli-controlled Kerem...
Saudi Arabia, Spain condemn Israel’s attacks
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced in the strongest terms what it called Israels continued and systematic targeting of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), including its workers and facilities, reports Al Jazeera. It noted the latest Israeli attack on the UNRWA-run Abu...
Israel’s president cancels COP29 trip over ‘security considerations’
The Israeli president Isaac Herzog has cancelled his planned visit to Azerbaijan ahead of the UNs climate summit COP 29 that started on November 11 this year, reports Times of Israel. However, several Israeli ministers and officials would still be attending the meeting. Isaac Herzog cancelled...
Horrors of Gaza now playing out in Lebanon: UNICEF
The United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson James Elder has said that an impassioned plea for the war on children in Gaza and now Lebanon to stop, reports Al Jazeera. Reflecting on the horrors that he witnessed in Gaza, where so many children have been killed and maimed by Israeli...
COP29: UN report urges govts, industries to take must up action on methane
Greenhouse gas methane is behind a third of planetary heating and is relatively easy to slash. The tools to cut methane exist but so does a gap between pledges on methane reduction and action, says a new UN report. A global methane monitoring system has so far alerted governments and companies...
Elon Musk met Iran UN ambassador on defusing tension between Tehran and Washington
Elon Musk, the tech billionaire closely allied with US President-elect Donald Trump, met Irans ambassador to the United Nations in a bid to defuse tensions between Tehran and Washington, The New York Times reported Thursday. The newspaper quoted anonymous Iranian sources as describing the...
UN reports Israel's warfare tactics in Gaza align with genocide definition
The UN Special Committee investigating Israeli practices in Gaza released a new report on Thursday, stating that Israels military actions in the region align with the characteristics of genocide. The report highlights the mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions deliberately imposed...
UNSC condemns attacks on peacekeepers in Lebanon
The UN Security Council (UNSC) condemned recent attacks on the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Wednesday, urging all parties to ensure the safety and security of its personnel. Reports AFP In a statement, the Council condemned the attacks on October 29, November 7 and November 8,...
CA calls for new economic framework to tackle climate crisis
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said the world needs a new economic framework in an effort to tackle the climate crisis and create a new civilisation that works for the earth and its people, reports BSS. The Chief Adviser was speaking at a LDC high-level meeting with UN...
Israel kills 79 people in Palestine, Lebanon
Israeli airstrike killed at least 79 people in Palestine and Lebanon on Tuesday, reports UNB. Among deceased at least 46 people in the Gaza Strip, including 11 at a makeshift cafeteria in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone, medics said. And 33 others have been killed in Lebanon as warplanes...
CA asks to put extra effort to focus on climate crisis
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday asked the Bangladesh officials and NGO and civil society leaders to put up extra efforts to highlight the countrys climate crisis at the COP-29 in Baku, reports BSS. He made the call just after he arrived in the Azerbaijan capital to lead...
Malaysia calls for arms embargo on Israel
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has called for an immediate arms embargo on Israel, reports Al Jazeera. Quoting the countrys foreign minister, the media reports, Speaking at the joint summit of the Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Riyadh on Monday, Anwar called for...
Afghanistan joins UN climate talks for 1st time since Taliban's return
For the first time since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, Afghanistan on Monday sent a delegation to the United Nations climate talks in a bid to garner help in dealing with global warming. Matuil Haq Khalis, whos head of the countrys environment protection agency, told The Associated...
COP29 must show global climate cooperation 'not down for the count': UN climate chief
The UNs climate chief Simon Stiell on Monday said COP29 must show that global cooperation is not down for the count., He said this few days after Donald Trumps reelection raised the prospect of a US withdrawal from the Paris agreement. Simon Stiell also appealed for an ambitious new goal on...
Famine is likely happening in north Gaza: UNRWA chief
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) chief Philippe Lazzarini said that the looming famine in northern Gaza is man made and accuses Israel yet again of weaponising hunger in its war on the Palestinian enclave, reports Al Jazeera. Famine is likely happening in northern Gaza, he said...
50 countries warn UN of ransomware attacks on hospitals
The World Health Organization (WHO) and some 50 countries have issued a warning at the United Nations about the rise of ransomware attacks against hospitals, reports AFP. Countries and WHO issued the warning on Friday, where the United States specifically blamed Russia for the potential attack....
S Sudan floods affect 1.4mn, displace 3,79,000: UN
Devastating flooding in South Sudan is affecting around 1.4 million people, with more than 3,79,000 displaced, according to a United Nations update that warned about an upsurge in malaria. Aid agencies have said that the worlds youngest country, highly vulnerable to climate change, is in the...