United Nations (UN)

Anti-quota protesters march with Bangladeshi flags and sticks as they engage in a clash with Bangladesh Chhatra League, at the University of Dhaka, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 16, 2024. Photo: Reuters
Bangladesh

'Strong indications' Bangladesh security forces used 'unnecessary' force: UN

Sheikh Hasina, 76, fled to neighbouring India by helicopter last week as demonstrators flooded Dhaka's streets in a dramatic end to her iron-fisted rule of 15 years

Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General Farhan Haq. Photo: UNB.
Bangladesh

UN urges security forces in Bangladesh to ensure that no one is harmed

This file photo shows scores of policemen took position on the streets in Dhaka, aiming to disperse the crowd. Photo: Md Belal Hossen
Bangladesh

UN to send fact-finding mission next week to probe atrocities in Bangladesh

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

BNP submits letter to UN seeking investigation into 'genocide' during student movement

United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres. Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

Guterres welcomes efforts to restore calm in Bangladesh

FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building is pictured though a window with the UN logo in the foreground in the Manhattan borough of New York August 15, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES
Bangladesh

The secretary general of the United Nations stands in solidarity with Bangladesh

Israeli army straps Palestinian on military jeep during raid in Jenin, in this screengrab from a video, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 22, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Reuters TV
Hamas-Israel war

Israel used dogs, waterboarding on Palestinian detainees from Gaza, UN report says

FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Asia

Vietnam files UN claim to extended continental shelf in South China Sea

FILE PHOTO: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Volker Turk holds a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela January 28, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
Bangladesh

UN Human Rights chief urges Bangladesh authorities to engage with quota protesters

Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric called on Bangladesh government to ingestigate the arson attack on Mohanganj Express, 22 December. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

UN calls on Bangladesh govt to protect the demonstrators against any form of threat or violence

A child receives an oral Malaria vaccine at Chileka Health Center, in Lilongwe, Malawi in this undated handout photo. Photo: Benny Khanyizira/UNICEF/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Health

Rising conflicts globally slowed childhood vaccination rate in 2023, UN says

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury speaks at a UN sidelines event at the UN General Assembly Building in New York on Friday. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Global cooperation must in addressing global waste crisis: Saber

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Corporates

Saber Chowdhury meets UN Deputy Secretary General in UNHQ