Gender parity in Bangladesh has improved across all sectors: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday underscored the empowerment of women saying that they are the most vulnerable section of society and suffer most during any conflict and disaster. "It is beyond question that women are the most vulnerable section of society, especially in third-world countries. They suffer from various forms of violence, m...

UN appoints Brigadier General Mohammad Nazmul Haque as OMA's first Bangladeshi Chief of Staff

Brigadier General Mohammad Nazmul Haque has been appointed chief of staff for the Office of Military Affairs, Department of Peace Operations (DPO), at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. He is the first Bangladeshi military officer to be appointed to such a high and important post at UN headquarters. "This is one of the key appointmen...

HPM Sheikh Hasina for reforms in UN Peacekeeping missions

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said being a leading contributor to the UN peacekeeping forces Bangladesh wants blue helmet missions’ reforms and elevated dignity as they now appeared to be faced with growing and newer “unconventional threats”. “The peacekeepers are now deployed in certain places where there is no peace...