Shun path of confrontation and work together for the SDGs, urges Bangladesh leader

Shun path of confrontation and work together for the SDGs, urges Bangladesh leader

Sheikh Hasina said that achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in developing countries has been greatly impeded by lingering impacts of the pandemic, the effects of an existential climate crisis, and the wide ramifications of the war in Ukraine affecting global food, financial, and energy securities have greatly impeded the. Looking ahead to next year’s…

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Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh need urgent support as crises multiply: UNHCR

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh need urgent support as crises multiply: UNHCR

This week marks six years since over 700,000 mostly-Muslim Rohingya men, women, and children joined the hundreds of thousands of others already sheltering in Bangladesh, following a brutal crackdown by security forces in Myanmar. As humanitarian conditions in the world’s largest refugee settlement worsen, however, the challenges surrounding this protracted crisis continue to increase.  Funds…

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Bangladesh using enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings to silence rights defenders: Experts

Bangladesh using enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings to silence rights defenders: Experts

‘Chilling effect’ Odhikar has “documented enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings and cooperated with UN human rights mechanisms in this context,” the three experts said. “Such reprisals also have a chilling effect and may deter others from reporting on human rights issues and cooperating with the UN, its representatives, and mechanisms”. The Special Rapporteurs said that…

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Eid-ul-Adha today in Iran, India and Bangladesh, Britain, Canada, and the United States

Eid-ul-Adha today in Iran, India and Bangladesh, Britain, Canada, and the United States

Today, Eid-ul-Adha is being celebrated in Iran, India and Bangladesh, UK, Canada and USA. According to the details, Eid-ul-Adha is being celebrated today in Iran, India, Bangladesh, UK, Canada and America including Pakistan, Eid gatherings were held in other cities including New Delhi, while it is the second day of Eid in other countries including…

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Eid-ul-Adha is being celebrated today in India, Bangladesh and Iran

Eid-ul-Adha is being celebrated today in India, Bangladesh and Iran

Eid-ul-Adha is being celebrated today in Asian countries; Photo: File Today, Eid-ul-Azha is being celebrated with religious fervor in Asian countries. According to the world news organization, Eid-ul-Adha was celebrated today in most Asian countries including Iran, India, Bangladesh. On the way to the Eidgah, the air echoed with the words of Talbiat. In these…

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Eid-ul-Adha today in Iran, India, Bangladesh

Eid-ul-Adha today in Iran, India, Bangladesh

File photo Iran, India, Bangladesh will celebrate Eid-ul-Adha today, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries celebrated Eid-ul-Adha on Wednesday. Millions of people participated in the spiritual gatherings of Eid prayers at Masjid al-Haram and Masjid an-Nabawi. Eid prayer gatherings were also held in United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Turkey, Indonesia and other countries. The Muslim…

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Awami League leader Mehmood Alam arrested on charges of murdering a journalist in Bangladesh

Awami League leader Mehmood Alam arrested on charges of murdering a journalist in Bangladesh

Slain journalist Ghulam Rabbani Nadeem, courtesy CPJ. Awami League leader Mehmood Alam was arrested on the charge of killing a journalist in Bangladesh. According to the police, the slain journalist had written some reports about Mehmood Babu’s family, on which his colleagues tortured and killed local journalist Ghulam Rabbani outside his house in Jamalpur city….

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