Day: February 17, 2023

UN human rights chief Volker Türk Thursday expressed serious concerns about a proposed law in Italy that could hinder the provision of life-saving assistance by humanitarian search and rescue (SAR) organisations in the Central Mediterranean, resulting ...

Ambassador of Bangladesh to Finland Mehdi Hasan has highlighted Dhaka's priorities with Finland in line with the Vision 2041 to become a developed and smart nation by that time.He has recently presented his credentials to the Finnish President Sauli Ni...

The leaders and activists of BNP’s Dhaka south and north city units on Friday brought out separate silent processions in the capital to press home the party’s 10-point demand, including holding the next polls under a non-party caretaker government.The ...

Police recovered the bodies of a 35-year-old woman and her two-year-old daughter from a residential hotel in Cox’s Bazar on Friday afternoon.According to the hotel register book, the mother was identified as Suma Dey, wife of Dulal Biswas from Chattogr...

Almost a year since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the UN has appealed for $5.6 billion to help millions of people affected inside the war-torn country and beyond.The situation for many in Ukraine remains desperate, amid “relentless” shell...

Ambassadors of Japan, China, France and Indonesia visited Noakhali's Bhasan Char Rohingya camps on Friday.Japanese Ambassador Iwama Kiminori, Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen, French Ambassador Marie Masdupuy and Indonesian Ambassador Heru Hartanto Subolo re...

Protesters in Iran marched through the streets of multiple cities overnight in the most widespread demonstration in weeks amid the monthslong unrest that's gripped the Islamic Republic, online videos purported to show Friday.The demonstrations, marking...

President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. is developing “sharper rules” to track, monitor and potentially shoot down unknown aerial objects, following three weeks of high-stakes drama sparked by the discovery of a suspected Chinese spy balloon tr...