European powers meet Iran in Geneva as war rages
European powers hoped to offer a 鈥榙iplomatic solution鈥� as they met with Iran in Geneva on Friday, according to French President Emmanuel Macron.
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A deceptive joy in Geneva
THERE is joy in diplomatic Geneva. The neutral, good offices convenor of Reagan-Gorbachev and Putin鈥揃iden summits is back in the headlines with trade talks between China and the United States. 鈥楥hina-US tariff talks place Swiss diplomacy on centre stage鈥� boasted a local website. But wait, is not the trade war between the United States and China a clear violation...
Bangladesh to attend commonwealth meeting in Geneva
Bangladesh will participate in the 37th Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting to be held on May 17 in Geneva, on the sidelines of the 78th World Health Assembly...
Myth of conquest: why Gaza will never be subdued by Israel
TO CONQUER a place is to fundamentally subdue its population. This must be clearly differentiated from 鈥榦ccupation鈥�, a specific legal term that governs the relationship between a foreign 鈥榦ccupying power鈥� and the occupied nation under international law, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention...
JULY UPRISING ABUSES: UN rights chief calls for justice
Presenting the fact-finding report in Geneva in Switzerland on human rights violations and abuses related to the protests of the July-August student-led mass uprising in Bangladesh, United Nations鈥� high commissioner for Human Rights, Volker T眉rk, on Wednesday said that accountability was absolutely the key...
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION IN SRILANKA: Nawaz Commission provides guideline
THE United Nations Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva have regularly been a focal point of controversy for Sri Lanka. Since 2009, the year the thirty-year internal war ended, the country has been the subject of multiple resolutions aimed at addressing human rights violations and war crimes committed during and after the war. These resolutions have been met...
Turk presents UN fact-finding report on Bangladesh in Geneva Wednesday
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk will present the United Nations human rights fact-finding report on human rights violations and abuses related to the protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh in Geneva on Wednesday.
UN Human Rights Office to hold news conference on Bangladesh protests
The UN Human Rights Office will hold news conference on Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh.
30 Red Cross staff killed in 2024
Dozens of Red Cross staff and volunteers gathered Wednesday for a candlelight vigil for more than 30 of their colleagues killed in 2024, during the deadliest year on record for humanitarians...
Labour counsellor in Geneva called back over harassment of Asif Nazrul
The government has ordered Mohammed Kamrul Islam, counsellor (labour wing) at the Bangladesh Mission in Geneva, to return home and dismissed a local staff member from the mission following the harassment faced by law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul in Geneva...
Aga Khan emerald fetches record $9m in Geneva auction
A rare square 37-carat emerald owned by the Aga Khan fetched nearly nine million dollars at auction in Geneva on Tuesday, making it the world鈥檚 most expensive green stone.
Mohammadpur camp gang leader Bunia Sohel, 11 associates held
The Rapid Action Battalion captured Bunia Sohel, reportedly the leading drug dealer and armed gang leader responsible for a surge in violent crime within the Mohammadpur Geneva camp in Dhaka, and...
Teenage victim of Geneva Camp gunfight dies at DMCH
A teenager, who sustained bullet injury in a gunfight between two drug peddler groups in the Urdu-speaking people camp in the capital鈥檚 Mohammadpur area on Saturday evening, died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Monday morning...
Bangladesh army, police mull over new camp in Mohammadpur
The Bangladesh Army and the police are mulling to set up a makeshift camp at Mohammadpur Government High School to contain criminal activities at Geneva Camp in Dhaka.
Four people sustain bullet injuries in Geneva Camp gunfight
At least four people sustained bullet injuries in a gunfight reportedly between two groups of drug peddlers at Geneva Camp in the capital鈥檚 Mohammadpur area on Saturday evening...
The Young Activists Summit announces its 2024 laureates
The Young Activists Summit will honour five outstanding young people who have inspired and mobilised their communities to create meaningful change on November 19, 2024.
34 arrested with local weapons, explosives in Geneva Camp
A team of joint forces on Sunday conducted a raid on Geneva Camp in Mohammadpur area and arrested 34 miscreants, including drug peddlers, and recovered huge local weapons and ammunitions.
WTO public forum begins today
The largest outreach event of the World Trade Organisation will start today at the multilateral trade organisation鈥檚 secretariat in the Swiss city of Geneva...
Man shot dead in dispute over dominance
A man was shot to death in a firing in a dispute between two groups allegedly over spreading dominance in front of the Mohammadpur Geneva camp in Dhaka city on Wednesday...