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- Hundreds arrested in Wales during crackdown on illegal working
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- Selim Al Deen seminar tomorrow
- Country’s economy grows 4.50% in Q1 of FY26
- Syrian army declares eastern Aleppo closed military zone as clashes with Kurds escalate
- Bangladesh sets Guinness World Record for most flags flown in a single parachute jump
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- BNP to support 'yes' vote in referendum: Nazrul Islam Khan
- 'Next election will determine Bangladesh’s future course'
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- Iran cracks down Starlink terminals: Report
- EC appeal hearings: 53 more regain candidacy
- Sonali Bank posts record Tk 8,017 crore operating profit in 2025
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- Afghan Taliban appoint first envoy to India
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- Iran ready for US attack: Araghchi
- Iranian leadership in ‘final days and weeks,’ Germany’s Merz says
- US to impose 25% tariff on nations trading with Iran
UN forecasts global growth slowdown to 2.7% in 2026 amid trade tensions
Global economic growth is expected to slow to 2.7% in 2026 from 2.8% last year, before rising modestly to 2.9% in 2027, the United Nations said on Thursday. Even with the uptick, growth would remain below the pre-pandemic average of 3.2% recorded between 2010 and 2019, reports Reuters. In its...
Funding shortfall forces UN Agency to cut 571 jobs in Gaza
The UNs beleaguered agency for Palestinian refugees said on Wednesday that a dire financial crisis had this week forced it to fire hundreds of staff who had left the territory, AFP reports. On Tuesday, 571 local UNRWA staff, outside Gaza, were informed that they were being separated from the...
Trump to withdraw US from dozens of UN, international organisations
United States President Donald Trump has announced that he plans to withdraw the US from 66 United Nations and international organisations, including major forums for cooperation on climate change, peace and democracy, reports Al Jazeera. In a presidential memorandum shared by the White House on...
US action in Venezuela makes world less safe: UN
The world community must make clear that US intervention in Venezuela is a violation of international law that makes the world less safe, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. US forces ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in a...
UN chief Guterres calls on Israel to reverse NGO ban in Gaza, West Bank
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Israel to reverse a pending ban on 37 nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) working in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, reports Al Jazeera. In a statement on Friday, Guterres called the work of the groups indispensable to life-saving...
Iran urges UN to respond to Trump’s ‘reckless’ threats over protests
Irans United Nations ambassador Amir Saeed Iravani has written to the UN secretary-general and the president of the UN Security Council (UNSC), urging them to condemn unlawful threats towards Tehran from United States President Donald Trump amid ongoing protests in the country, reports Al Jazeera....
Nuclear talks fuel US–Iran war of words at United Nations
The United States and Iran traded barbs at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday over conditions for reviving nuclear talks, with the US saying it remains ready for direct negotiations and Iran rejecting Washingtons terms. The two countries held five rounds of nuclear talks prior...
Janaza of six peacekeepers held at Dhaka Cantonment
The janaza of six Bangladeshi soldiers, who were killed in a terrorist drone attack during a United Nations peacekeeping mission, was held on Sunday at Dhaka Cantonment, reports the Daily Sun. The information was confirmed in a press release issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)....
UN to review global refugee strategy amid rising displacement, aid cuts
The United Nations will review its global refugee strategy next week as armed conflicts intensify, asylum policies become increasingly politicised and international aid funding continues to decline, reports AFP. Governments, civil society groups, private-sector representatives and academics will...
UN General Assembly adopts resolution demanding Israel allow aid into Gaza
The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly backed a resolution demanding that Israel open unrestricted humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, stop attacking UN facilities, and comply with international law in line with its obligations as an occupying power, reports Al Jazeera. The...
Lebanese army detains six over attack on UN peacekeepers
The Lebanese army arrested six people after gunmen attacked international peacekeepers patrolling in the south of the country, as a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) delegation was to embark on a visit to the zone, Al Jazeera reports. The army said in a statement on Saturday that its...
UN assembly votes overwhelmingly to end 1967 occupation of Palestine
The United Nations General Assembly has passed a draft resolution demandingIsrael withdraw from Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, including East al-Quds, and recognizethe Palestinian peoples right to self-determination and establishment of an independent state, Press TV reports. The...
UN documents 29 settler attacks in West Bank in one week
The United Nations has documented 29 attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to its humanitarian office, reports Al Jazeera. The attacks occurred between November 11-17, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters, according to The Associated Press news agency....
UN rights council orders probe of ‘appalling’ abuses in Sudan’s el-Fasher
The United Nationss top human rights body has ordered a probe into abuses in Sudans el-Fasher, where mass killings have been reported since the city fell to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) last month, reports Al Jazeera. During a special session in Geneva on Friday, the UN Human...
Nine in 10 Afghan families skip meals, take on debt: UNDP
Nine in 10 families in Afghanistan are going hungry or falling into debt as millions of new returnees stretch resources in poverty-stricken areas in the east and north, according to the United Nations, reports Al Jazeera. Taliban-controlled Afghanistan battered by aid cuts, sanctions and...
US, Britain lift sanctions on Syria’s president Ahmad al-Sharaa
The United States and Britain on Friday lifted sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, a day after the United Nations Security Council removed its own restrictions ahead of Sharaas scheduled meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump next week. The European Union confirmed it would follow...
US strikes on alleged drug boats ‘unacceptable’: UN human rights chief
The United Nations human rights chief has called for an investigation into United States military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America, saying the attacks are unacceptable and must stop, reports Al Jazeera. UN...