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Security Council to discuss Israeli attacks on Gaza hospitals
Delegations from the 15-member states of the United Nations Security Council are set to meet later on Friday for an emergency meeting to discuss Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza, especially the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the north, reports Al Jazeera. The session was requested by Algeria, the...
Taliban to halt all NGOs employing Afghan women
Taliban has said they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women. This is the latest crackdown on womens rights since they took power in August 2021, reports AP. The announcement comes two years after they told NGOs to suspend the employment of...
UN backs Interim Govt’s reform initiatives
The United Nations (UN) acknowledged the significant changes in Bangladesh in recent months and reaffirmed its support for the Interim Governments evolving priorities, particularly in reform commissions focused on issues such as elections, policing, anti-corruption, and human rights. The...
UN chief welcomes aid commitments by new Syrian authorities
United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher met with the commander of Syrias new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and newly appointed Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir on Monday to discuss scaling up humanitarian assistance in the country. Following Fletchers meeting, UN Secretary-General Antonio...
UN to Jolani: Syria must have a ‘credible’ transition
The United Nations told the leader of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group which toppled Bashar al-Assad that Syria must have a credible and inclusive transition, reports BSS. The UN special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen who arrived in Damascus on Sunday, has met Abu Mohammed al-Jolani --...
Severe food shortages, price spikes in Syria: UN
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said there are food shortages for staples like bread, oil, and sugar in big cities, including Damascus, Deir Az Zor, and Hama. The price of bread in Idlib and Aleppo cities has increased by 900 percent between November...
43% of population unable to afford essential healthcare
In the country, 43% of the population lacks the ability to access essential healthcare, while only 57% can afford itfar below the targets set by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs). To achieve the SDGs, healthcare coverage must reach 80% by 2025 and 100% by 2030. Over the...
UN warns global drought carries $300 bn annual drop
Lack of rain costs the world more than $300 billion annually, the United Nations warned Tuesday in a report published on the second day of international talks on desertification in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Fuelled by human destruction of the environment, drought is projected to affect 75 percent of...
A landmark climate change case opens at UN's highest court
The top United Nations court took up thelargest case in its historyon Monday, hearing the plight of several small island nations helpless in combating the devastating impact of climate change that they feel endangers their very survival. They demand that major polluting nations be held to account,...
EC formed with transparency: UNRC
The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh, Gwyn Lewis, has stated that the Election Commission (EC) of Bangladesh has been formed with transparency. She made the remarks following a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin at the EC Secretariat in Agargaon,...
Israel intensifies strikes on Gaza as Hamas and Fatah hold talks in Egypt
Israeli forces have continued their heavy bombardment of Gaza, targeting areas such as Jabalia in the north and Abasan al-Kabira in the south. Meanwhile, Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have convened in Cairo to discuss a proposal to reopen the Rafah border crossing, which has been closed due...
Winter increases danger of building collapse in Gaza: UN
With winter temperatures dipping to 13 degrees Celsius (55.4 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight in Gaza, The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned that the change in weather poses real risks for Palestinians sheltering in the shells of destroyed buildings,...
Every citizen has right to practice respective religion: Bangladesh at UN
Bangladesh has reaffirmed in the United Nations (UN) that every Bangladeshi, regardless of religious identity, has the right to practice respective religion or express views freely, reports BSS. Ensuring safety and security of every citizen, including from the minority community, remains the...
Touhid reaffirms Bangladesh's dedication to fostering interfaith harmony
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain on Wednesday reaffirmed Bangladeshs dedication to safeguarding religious sites and fostering interfaith harmony, reports BSS. He made the commitment while representing Bangladesh at the United Nations Global Conference on Safeguarding Religious Sites: A...
Bangladesh navy personnel leave for Lebanon
A team of Bangladeshi navy personnel left Dhaka for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon by a flight from Chattogram on Tuesday, reports UNB. The 75-member strong contingent flew to Lebanon from Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city of Chattogram, said an ISPR media...
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...
Guterres calls for ceasefire in Gaza, Lebanon at G20
The United Nations chief Antonio Guterres repeated the appeal while speaking to reporters in Brazils Rio de Janeiro, ahead of the G20 summit which starts on Monday, reports Al Jazeera. Previously, pro-Palestinian protesters took the streets and demanded to cut relation with Israel. Guterres...
One in three women experiences gender-based violence
Every year, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) campaign led by UN Women serves as a powerful reminder of the widespread violence women and girls face worldwide, reports UNB. In support of this civil society initiative the UN Secretary-General back in 2008 launched the...
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...
U.S. states Israel has not violated law on blocking aid to Gaza
The U.S. has stated that Israel has not violated American laws regarding the blocking of aid supplies to Gaza, following the expiration of a 30-day deadline issued by the U.S. for Israel to improve humanitarian access. The deadline was set with the threat of cutting some military assistance if...
CA to address World Leaders Action Summit at COP29 Wednesday
Chief Adviser of the interim government Prof Muhammad Yunus will address the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly known as COP29, on Wednesday, reports The Business Standard. The 29th climate summit started in Baku, Azerbaijan...
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...
UN imposes sanctions on 2 Sudanese generals for war crimes in Darfur conflict
The United Nations Security Council imposed sanctions on Friday against two generals from Sudans paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for their roles in a brutal conflict against the Sudanese military, marked by ethnic violence and alleged atrocities. Sudans conflict erupted in April 2023...
Bangladesh Permanent Representative to UN made ICSC member
Bangladeshs Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith has been elected as member of the prestigious International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) in a heavily contested election held on Friday at the UN Headquarters in New York, reports BSS. There were...
70% of Gaza war dead women and children: UN
The United Nations Human Rights Office said that it has verified 8,119 killings of Palestinians in Gaza that came in the first seven months of Israels war on the enclave, reports Al Jazeera. Nearly 70 percent of the verified deaths were women and children, it said, condemning what it called...
Israeli attacks killed 85 on-duty medics in Lebanon: UN
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), citing figures from the WHO, said there had been 36 Israeli attacks on healthcare facilities since the escalation with Hezbollah in September, reports Al Jazeera. It said 85 health workers have been killed and 51 others...
UN fact-finding mission likely to finalise its report by early Dec: Türk
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday said the independent UN Fact Finding Mission, which is investigating atrocities committed during the July-August mass uprising in Bangladesh, would hopefully finalise its report by the first week of December, reports BSS....
The whole world condemns as Israel ban UNRWA
Israeli parliament has approved on Monday a controversial bill to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which is considered as the lifeline in the Israel sieged Gaza, reports agencies. The banning will be applicable in Israeli territory and its occupied...