Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh has become a role model in establishing global peace, reiterating her call to stop ongoing wars solving all problems through dialogue and channelised the money used in arms races for welfare of mankind. "Bangladesh is a dependable and responsible name in the efforts of protecting peace and safet...
Asia Climate Mobility Champion Leader Award has been conferred to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, acknowledging her leadership in championing climate actions. The Global Centre for Climate Mobility, supported by IOM and the UN system, conferred the Award during a high-level panel on the sidelines of the COP28 in Dubai on Friday. Information and ...
The United Nations Under-Secretaries General Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Catherine Pollard jointly paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the latter's official Ganabhaban residence here this morning. They highly praised Bangladeshi peacekeepers for their contribution to maintain peace in the trouble-torn UN member countries.&...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh believes in peace and would do whatever is required for peace. "We believe in peace, not in conflict. Bangladesh always believes in peace and it would do all possible things, whatever is required to establish peace," she said while addressing an event marking International Day of UN Peacekeeper...
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has termed Bangladesh a friend of the UN and lauded Bangladesh’s socio-economic development under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He said Bangladesh is a valued member of the UN and is making an important contribution to the work of the global body. The UN chief made the rem...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received a telephone call from Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, this evening. They held a 12-minute conversation where the UN chief invited her to join the Champions' Group of Global Crisis Response on Food, Energy, and Finance (GCRG), according to a press release issued by the Prime Minist...
Genocide Watch, a US-based organisation that campaigns against all forms of mass murder, has recognised as genocide the crimes committed by the Pakistani forces during Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971. “Genocide Watch recognizes the crimes committed by the Military Forces of Pakistan against the Bengali population in Bangladesh i...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka this morning for New York, USA via Helsinki to attend the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). "A VVIP chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines departed the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), Dhaka for Helsinki carrying the premier and her entourage members around 9:...
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...
It is leadership and stable politics as well as government policies that paid off, analysts say as Bangladesh’s graduation from the LDC remains a miracle for many. In 2008-09 when the ruling Awami League first came to power after 1996, the Bangladesh GDP was $103.5 billion. A decade later, it rose to $330.2 billion in 2019-20. Export ear...
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UN Secretary-General (SG) Antonio Guterres has reaffirmed that the United Nations (UN) will continue to stand with Bangladesh and mobilize international support to collectively address the Rohingya crisis. He also assured that the UN has renewed its advocacy and support in the Rakhine state and would continue to engage with Myanmar towards crea...
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the UN is pressuring Myanmar to resolve the Rohingya crisis. The UN chief and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her offices in Dhaka on Sunday as part of their trip to Bangladesh. Guterres said there should be more pressure on Myanmar to make them understand w...
Recently Bangladesh has taken part in the 69th session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) which was led by honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. This session is a great success as Bangladesh has been able to uphold itself before the world.