Lets forge strong partnership for common good of global humanity: HPM Sheikh Hasina at UNESCO

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the world community to forge a strong partnership for common good of global humanity seizing the current Covid-19 situation. Addressing a function at the UNESCO headquarters here on the occasion of 75th founding anniversary of the UN body, the Bangladesh premier said her government has been disseminating...

HPM Sheikh Hasina urged UNESCO to put more emphasis on climate education

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged UNESCO to put more emphasis on climate-related topics in education programmes in the wake of global warming. She also called for more technical support from the agency of the United Nations to raise awareness about the challenges created by climate change. “Climate change is a life-threatening reali...

Bangabandhu's 'Speech of 7th March' defends universal values, freedom: UNESCO DG

UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay today said the historic March 7 speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman defended universal values, freedom, human rights and dignity. ” . . . it (March 7 speech) defended universal values, freedom, human rights, dignity, progress in education, culture and sciences,” she...

UNESCO adopts proposal on "Bangabandhu International Award"

The UNESCO Executive Board has unanimously adopted a proposal for the establishment of UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Award in the field of the creative economy. The prize will be awarded to global initiatives of youth in the field of creative economy. The proposal was adopted at the plenary of the virtual se...

Nation celebrates 49th Victory Day

The nation is celebrating the 49th Victory Day, the most precious day of the Bangalee people, as the country was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces on the day 48 years back after a nine-month-long bloodstained War of Liberation. On December 16 in 1971, Bangladesh was born as an independent country under the leadership of Father of t...

UNESCO to celebrate Mujib Year with Bangladesh: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) together with Bangladesh will celebrate the "Mujib Barsho" (Mujib Year). She made the announcement while speaking at a preparatory meeting to celebrate the Mujib Year held at Ganabhaban in Dhaka on Wednesday, reports UNB...