United Nations

Rohingya refugees hold placards while attending a Ramadan Solidarity Iftar to have an Iftar meal with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of Bangladesh Interim Government, at the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo
Rohingya Crisis

150,000 Rohingya fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh in 18 months: UN

Even before the latest influx, around a million Rohingya refugees were living in camps in Bangladesh, most of them after fleeing the 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar

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

UN chief urges 'maximum restraint' after Israel strikes Iran

Mourners react during the funeral of Palestinians killed, in what the Gaza health ministry say was Israeli fire near a distribution site in Rafah, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 3, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
World+Biz

UN to vote on resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire, hostage release and aid access

Palestinians inspect the damage at a school sheltering displaced people, following an Israeli strike, in Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, May 12, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Israel commits 'extermination' in Gaza by killing in schools, UN experts say

Palestinians carry aid supplies which they received from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 3, 2025, in this screengrab taken from video. Reuters TV via REUTERS
Hamas-Israel war

Wilful restriction on Gaza food aid may constitute war crime, says UN rights office

USAID is the leading contributor to the Rohingya crisis response in Bangladesh, with nearly $2.4 billion in assistance since 2017. Photo: Reuters
Foreign Policy

UN calls on donors to step forward with more support for Rohingyas

United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh Gwyn Lewis. File Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

UN stands ready to help deliver lasting reform in Bangladesh: Gwyn Lewis

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. File Photo: AFP
World+Biz

UN chief warns of 'painful' reforms, including staff cuts

Chief adviser's press secretary Shafiqul Alam speaks at an event in Chattogram on 2 May 2025. Photo: Md Minhaz Uddin/TBS
Bangladesh

UN support to be sought for assessing journalists’ role in last 15 years: Shafiqul Alam

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
World+Biz

UN eyes major overhaul amid funding crisis, internal memo shows

File Photo: The United Nations Security Council holds a meeting in New York City, US, October 16, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
World+Biz

UN Security Council 'strongly condemns' Pahalgam terror attack

Alleged scam centre workers and victims sit next to dismantled IT and electronic appliances during a crackdown operation by the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) on illicit activity in Shwe Kokko in Myanmar's eastern Myawaddy township. File Photo: AFP
World+Biz

Asian scam centre crime gangs expanding worldwide: UN

Bangladesh improves in frontier tech readiness, climbs 9 spots
Tech

Bangladesh improves in frontier tech readiness, climbs 9 spots