5G is Awami League's poll promise: Joy tells people of Bangladesh
Dhaka, July 25 (IBNS): Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT affairs adviser, on Wednesday said Bangladesh is going to be one of the first nations in the world to deploy fifth generation mobile technology.
Rohingya cannot become ‘forgotten victims,’ says UN chief urging world to step up support
New York, July 12 (IBNS): Painting a grim picture of villages being burned to the ground and other “bone-chilling” accounts he heard from Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar, the UN chief has called on the world to answer their calls for help with real action.
New York, July 3 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres visited Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh on Monday, declaring that “nothing could have prepared me for the scale of the crisis and extent of suffering” he witnessed there.
UN chief applauds Bangladesh for ‘opening borders’ to Rohingya refugees in need
New York, July 2 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has applauded Bangladesh for giving a safe haven to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees driven from their homes in Myanmar by systematic and widespread violence.
New York, June 27 (IBNS): The UN chief on Tuesday condemned the killing of a peacekeeper from Bangladesh, who was supporting the delivery of humanitarian aid to vulnerable civilians in South Sudan.
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World Bank provides $700 million to improve primary education in Bangladesh
Washington, June 15 (IBNS): The World Bank has approved $700 million to improve the primary education sector in Bangladesh.
Rohingya refugee shelters ‘washed away’ in Bangladesh monsoon rains: UN agency
New York, June 12 (IBNS): Two days of heavy monsoon rains have caused severe structural damage to camps in Bangladesh hosting one million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Monday
Bangladesh ‘drug-offender’ killings must stop, says UN human rights chief
New York, June 7 (IBNS): The alleged extra-judicial killing of suspected drug offenders must be “immediately halted” and their perpetrators brought to justice, UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said on Wednesday.
UN rights office urges restraint over intensifying violence in northern Myanmar
New York, May 16 (IBNS): The United Nations human rights arm has voiced deep concern over escalating conflict between the military and armed groups in Myanmar’s Kachin and Shan provinces that has displaced over 100,000 civilians and trapped many in the midst of active fighting.
Dangers persist for nearly a million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh: WHO
New York, May 9 (IBNS): Renewed efforts are underway in Bangladesh to protect nearly one million Myanmar refugees from cholera, amid a warning from the UN health agency on Tuesday that “we’re not out of the woods yet”.
Bangladesh court defers Khaleda Zia's bail hearing till Wednesday
Dhaka, May 8 (IBNS): Bangladesh Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned an appeal hearing against BNP leader Khaleda Zia’s bail in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case till Wednesday, media reports said.
Minor raped in Bangladesh, one arrested
Dhaka, May 7 (IBNS): Police have arrested a person for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl at Sundorpur village in Chunarughat upazila of Bangladesh's Habiganj district, media reports said on Monday.
Bangladesh defers launch of first commercial satellite Bangabandhu-1
Dhaka, May 5 (IBNS): Telecommunication and ICT Minister Mustafa Jabbar has said lunch of Bangladesh's first commercial satellite, Bangabandhu-1, has been deferred.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina urges OIC member nations to stand beside Rohingyas
Dhaka, May 5 (IBNS): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged Organisation of Islamic Cooperation members to stand beside Rohingya people who have been forced to leave Myanmar last year.
Bangladesh: 5 killed while on way to join Rangamati UZ chairman’s funeral
Dhaka, May 4 (IBNS): Unknown gunmen shot dead five people as they were heading to attend funeral of Rangamati's Naniarchar upazila chairman Shaktimaan Chakma in Bangladesh on Friday, media reports said.