While celebrating its golden jubilee of independence on March 26, 2021, Bangladesh can take pride in many remarkable achievements in its growth and development. One of its striking achievements is its role in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKO). Bangladesh's participation in UN peacekeeping operations began
New York: Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, was speaking at a side event focusing on “Women Leaders in the Military”, part of the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). “Increasing women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in UN Peacekeeping has
New York: The UN’s top rights forum passed resolutions condemning abuses of fundamental freedoms in Belarus and Myanmar in response to ongoing concerns over the human rights situation in both countries. Ahead of the adoption of the Belarus resolution without a vote by the 47-member Human
New Delhi: Dozens of farmers squatted on railway tracks in northern India on Friday, disrupting traffic to mark four months of a campaign against the opening up of agriculture produce markets to private players. Tens of thousands of farmers have been camped on the outskirts of
Washington: US President Joe Biden said that it was unlikely that Washington will be able meet the May 1 troop withdrawal deadline for Afghanistan, but vowed to end America's longest war within the year. "It is going to be hard to meet the May 1 deadline
New York: India abstained from voting on a contentious resolution at the 46th UNHRC session that sought to fix responsibility for war crimes and human rights violations by Sri Lankan authorities. The 47-member UNHRC adopted a resolution, sponsored by a group of countries that includes the
Warsaw: The world should be back to normal by the end of 2022 thanks to COVID-19 vaccines, Bill Gates said in an interview for Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza and television broadcaster TVN24. “This is an incredible tragedy,” the Microsoft co-founder said on the pandemic, adding that
Moscow: Russia's military said that it had agreed with Turkey to open two crossing points in the Idlib de-escalation zone in Syria and one near Aleppo, the Interfax news agency reported. Russia on Tuesday proposed that Turkey reopen these three crossing points due to the difficult
Yangon: Myanmar’s security forces have killed more than 300 people in attempts to crush opposition to a Feb. 1 coup, with nearly 90% of victims shot dead and a quarter of them shot in the head, according to data from an advocacy group and local
Dhaka: Bangladesh police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at hundreds of mainly student demonstrators who were protesting against an upcoming visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Police said the protest got out of hand as demonstrators marched in the capital Dhaka, with many throwing