United Nations, May 10 (AP/UNB) — The U.N. Security Council urged Myanmar’s government on Wednesday to fulfil its commitment to hold perpetrators of violence against Rohingya Muslims accountable and to address the root causes that led about 700,000 members of…
Kuala Lumpur, May 10 (AP/UNB) — An alliance of Malaysian opposition parties led by the country’s 92-year-old former leader Mahathir Mohamad won a fiercely contested general election, ending the 60-year rule of the Malay-dominated National Front. The result is a…
The government of Bangladesh should encourage the International Criminal Court (ICC) to exercise its jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute the international crime of deportation of Rohingya Muslims, said Fortify Rights on Wednesday.
The underlying message at the fifth annual Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development was summed up in its telling title “The politics of peace.”
Tokyo, Apr 09 (AP/UNB) — China, Japan and South Korea have agreed to work together to get North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons and on a three-way and regional free trade agreements.
Dhaka, May 9 – Five films including Tauquir Ahmed directed ‘Haldaa’ and Akram Khan directed ‘Khaacha’ will be screened in SAARC Film Festival 2018.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a northern Chinese port city and pledged his continuing commitment to denuclearization ahead of his expected summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, state media said Tuesday.
Though Bangladesh ‘successfully hosted’ the 45th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Pakistan raised some questions regarding the Dhaka Declaration.
Dhaka, May 6 – State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Sunday said a proposal to include India in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) with an observer status has been made as part of reform of the…
By Ishaan Tharoor Mohammed bin Salman, the youthful and ambitious Saudi crown prince, arrived in London on Wednesday for a three-day visit shrouded in controversy. Critics protested the British government’s close ties to Riyadh, lambasting the kingdom’s human rights record…
QUETTA, Pakistan, May 6 – Twenty-three people were killed and 11 wounded after gas explosions tore through two neighbouring coal mines in southwestern Pakistan, officials said Sunday.
DHAKA, May 6 – Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq today said government is carrying out dialogue with its British counterpart to bring back convicted criminal and BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman.
The two-day 45th session of foreign ministers meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) concluded here today with a call for accountability for the atrocities and human rights violations in Rakhine state and to hold the perpetrators to account.
US President Donald Trump has outraged French opinion by suggesting the 2015 attacks on Paris could have been stopped by giving people guns. He mimicked gunmen summoning and shooting victims one by one, saying “Boom! Come over here!” and using…
IFAD Associate Vice-President visits project in the Philippines Rome, 05 May – Charlotte Salford, Associate Vice-President of External Relations and Governance at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), is in the Philippines this week to visit an IFAD-supported project…
Bangladesh has lost to Kazakhstan in the election for the post of OIC Assistant Secretary General for science and technology.
President M Abdul Hamid today said Bangladesh is firm to work with the world community to fight against extremism and terrorism as the country always shows zero tolerance to this menace.
She renews call for maintaining international pressure on Myanmar Dhaka, May 5 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday appealed to the Muslim countries under the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to firmly stand beside the forcibly deported Rohingyas to…
Geneva (ICRC) – An incident of violence against health-care facilities or personnel has taken place every single week since the passage two years ago of a U.N. Security Council Resolution meant to increase respect for the sanctity of health care.
12th Saarc finance ministers meet held in Manila Manila (Philippines) – The 12th informal meeting of Saarc Finance Ministers was held here on Friday underscoring the need for concerted efforts to attain the objectives of South Asian Economic Union. The meeting…
The 45th Ssession of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (OIC-CFM) begins here on Saturday with a special focus on Rohingya issue and other challenges facing the Muslim Ummah.
AGRA, India, May 4 – A series of powerful super storms that tore through India this week have killed 143 people, as officials warned Friday the death toll could rise with more extreme weather expected.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said it remains very optimistic about Bangladesh’s continuous growth but how the country will maintain the current political stability remains a big challenge.
For most of the post-1989 period, the most powerful political and electoral force on the Polish left was the communist successor Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), which governed the country from 1993-97 and 2001-5. However, the Alliance has been in the…
According to the latest figures of Italy’s National Institute for Statistics (ISTAT), 184,638 non-EU citizens acquired Italian citizenship in 2016. Of these 5,799 were Brazilians, placing this nationality seventh in the ranking, behind Albanians (36,920), Moroccans (35,212), Indians (9,527), Bangladeshis…
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged Donald Trump not to walk away from an international deal designed to prevent Iran acquiring nuclear weapons. Speaking to the BBC, Mr Guterres said there was a real risk of war if the…
By Askiah Adam Taken pleasantly by surprise, not least because of the speed at which the joint Panmunjom Declaration has materialised, the world cannot but rejoice. In the few months from the recent Winter Olympics in South Korea when the…
Dhaka, May 2 – The US Department of State will honour outstanding young leaders from around the world, including Tanzil Ferdous from Bangladesh, on Wednesday (today).
Post, Telecommunications and ICT minister Mustafa Jabbar said on Wednesday that the government would not pass the proposed Digital Security Act, 2018 without addressing the concerns of the media professionals.
Britain’s U.N. envoy on Tuesday suggested the U.N. Security Council could consider helping Myanmar collect evidence of crimes committed during a military crackdown of the Rohingya people, denounced by the world body as ethnic cleansing after most recent bout of…