UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

By having Guterres don Islamic attire and engage with Islamic scholars, Dr Yunus has set a precedent in international relations through Iftar diplomacy. Photo: CA Press Wing
Thoughts

Yunus’ Iftar diplomacy: A new diplomatic hit

Yunus’s embrace of Islamic traditions during Guterres’s visit marks a direct challenge to Islamophobia on the world stage. Instead of assimilating into Western culture, Yunus made a Western leader...

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman pays a courtesy call on UN Secretary-General António Guterres in Dhaka on 15 March 2025. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Guterres praises professionalism, competence of Bangladesh Armed Forces in UN peacekeeping

Foreign adviser in a joint press briefing with the UN secretary-general in the capital on 15 Mar. Photo: CA Press Wing
Bangladesh

Bangladesh did not seek UN assistance to bring Hasina back from India: Foreign adviser

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. File Photo: AFP
Middle East

UN chief warns tit-for-tat Mideast violence must stop

UN chief Antonio Guterres. File Photo: Collected
Middle East

Israel bans UN secretary general from country over Iran attack response

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shakes hand with Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud at the UN headquarters in New York on Thursday. Photo: PID
Bangladesh

Bangladesh is UN's key partner, Guterres tells Hasan

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. File Photo: AFP
Hamas-Israel war

Court order on Gaza is binding, parties must comply: UN chief

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres poses for a photograph during an interview with Reuters at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, US on 14 September 2020. File Photo REUTERS
World+Biz

World cannot afford another war: UN secretary-general

File photo of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Photo: Collected
Hamas-Israel war

UN chief says parties to Gaza war 'trampling' on international law

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (2L) speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Gaza, at UN headquarters in New York City on December 8, 2023. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP)
Hamas-Israel war

Hamas brutality can't justify 'collective punishment' of Palestinians: UN chief

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

UN chief calls on all parties in Bangladesh to refrain from violence, excessive use of force

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres holds a press conference, ahead of G20 Summit in New Delhi, India, September 8, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
World+Biz

G20 leaders can stop climate breakdown, but rules must change, UN chief says

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Photo: Collected
World+Biz

Freedom of press under attack in every corner of the world: UN chief