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Innovation investment growth at 15-year-low: UN

While the ranking picture largely resembled that of recent years, the United Nations patent agency cautioned that global innovation funding growth had notably slowed.

United Nations Resident Coordinator Gwyn Lewis today met with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna today. Photo: CA Press Wing

UN Resident Coordinator meets Chief Adviser, pledges support for February elections

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

UN Security Council 'strongly condemns' Pahalgam terror attack