WITH the passage of time, the growing concern over the degradation of our planet, particularly through global warming, continues to escalate, undermining the Earth鈥檚 ability to fulfil its full potential in serving human welfare. Since the United Nations General Assembly designated June 17 as Desertification and Drought Day in 1994, this day has served as an important...
The United Nations on Monday said it was drastically scaling back its global humanitarian aid plans due to the 鈥榙eepest funding cuts ever鈥�.
Visiting delegation of United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on Monday commended the significant steps taken by the interim government to address the issue of enforced disappearances...
ISRAEL鈥橲 consistent attacks on Iran since 2023 have all been illegal, violations of the United Nations Charter (1945). Iran is a member state of the United Nations and is therefore a sovereign state in the international order. If Israel had a problem with Iran, there are many mechanisms mandated by international law that permit Israel to bring complaints against Iran...
Iran called Israel鈥檚 wave of strikes on Friday a declaration of war, while US president Donald Trump warned Tehran of 鈥榚ven more brutal鈥� attacks if it does not make a deal on its nuclear programme.
The number of people forcibly displaced from their homes worldwide has dropped slightly from a record high but remains 鈥榰ntenably high鈥�, the United Nations said Thursday.
Nearly 138 million children were still working in the world鈥檚 fields and factories in 2024, the United Nations said on Wednesday, warning that given the slow pace of progress, eliminating child labour could be delayed by 鈥榟undreds of years.鈥�...
The United Nations Population Fund has faced budget cuts before, but the impact of president Donald Trump鈥檚 policies has been even more 鈥榙evastating鈥� for reproductive health worldwide, chief Natalia Kanem told AFP.
OVER the past decade, the international community has watched the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar evolve into one of the most pressing humanitarian emergencies of our time. At the centre of the response has been the United Nations 鈥� praised for its humanitarian efforts, yet criticised for political paralysis and delayed action...
Israeli forces intercepted a Gaza-bound aid boat on Monday, preventing the activists on board -- including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg -- from reaching the blockaded Palestinian territory...
United Nations resident coordinator in Bangladesh Gwyn Lewis on Wednesday said that the UN would soon open its human rights office in Bangladesh as the process was already finalised...
The United Nations resident coordinator, Gwyn Lewis, on Tuesday held a meeting with chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his official residence Jamuna in the capital where they discussed advancing development in Bangladesh...
The United Nations World Food Programme is on the ground responding to rising needs in some of the country鈥檚 most vulnerable communities as relentless rains batter southeastern Bangladesh, says a press release.
The European Union and France on Thursday praised the dedication and professionalism of Bangladeshi peacekeepers serving in United Nations peacekeeping missions across the globe, as the world is observing the International Day of UN Peacekeepers.
Bangladesh has urged the international community to enhance cooperation in combating illicit financial flows and ensure the return of stolen assets to developing countries, calling it a matter of justice, equity and trust in the international system.
The United Nations said on Tuesday it had no information on whether the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a US-backed aid group, had actually delivered any supplies inside the war-ravaged Palestinian territory...
At least 82 Rohingyas reportedly returned spontaneously to Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine state last week, the first known instance of voluntary repatriation since the mass exodus of 2017, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees...
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 planned visit to France next month to join the United Nations Ocean Conference has been cancelled as Dhaka鈥檚 request for a bilateral meeting with French president Emmanuel Macron on the...
THE World Bee Day, observed globally on May 20 since its declaration by the United Nations in 2018, serves as a reminder of bees鈥� indispensable role in sustaining our ecosystems. This year鈥檚 theme 鈥� 鈥楤ee inspired by nature to nourish us all鈥� 鈥� carries a message that is as aspirational as it is urgent. Bees and other pollinators make our environment habitable by enabling...
THE foreign affairs adviser鈥檚 statement of on April 27 to the media on humanitarian channel sparked debates and discussions across political, security and academic domains. The adviser said, 鈥楢ccording to the United Nations鈥� proposal, Bangladesh has agreed in principle to allow a humanitarian corridor to Rakhine. It will be a humanitarian passage. However, we have...
The United Nations expressed deep concern Thursday over rising violence in Libya鈥檚 capital, warning the clashes risk mass displacement and put civilians in grave danger.
The United Nations voiced alarm on Tuesday at the large numbers of non-nationals being deported from the United States, in particular the hundreds sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador.
United Nations special envoy Geir Pedersen on Saturday urged Israel to immediately stop its attacks on Syria, after strikes including one near Damascus鈥檚 presidential palace, which followed sectarian violence this week...
THE decision on a humanitarian channel that the United Nations weighs from Bangladesh to the Rakhine state of Myanmar to provide aid for the war-affected civilians there, mostly Rohingyas, is not for the interim government to make. This is, perhaps, not now for the government to make the decision either, especially when there is no parliament in place, as it involves...
The United Nations decried Friday continuing deadly attacks by Myanmar鈥檚 military despite a ceasefire declared following a devastating earthquake that killed nearly 3,800 people.
Claiming that efforts are on to destabilise the country by spreading falsehood and misinformation, chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Friday said Bangladesh will seek support of the United Nations to prepare a transparent report on the past 15 years of journalism in Bangladesh.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has recently pressed the Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner to ensure accommodation of 1.13 lakh more Rohingyas amid uncertainty of repatriation...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Sunday said Bangladesh agreed in principle to provide a humanitarian corridor to Rakhine in line with UN proposal.
Bangladesh ranks third in global inland open-water fish production and fifth in aquaculture production according to 2022 data from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, said a press release.
Bangladesh has decided to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) 1992.