The UK has announced $27 million in new humanitarian assistance to support more than half a million Rohingya in Bangladesh, reaffirming its long-term commitment to one of the world’s most pressing displacement crises. The aid package, marking the high-level UN conference on Myanmar, will provide food, shelter, clean water, sanitation, healthcare and other essential services to Rohingya refugees and vulnerable host communities in Cox’s Bazar and surrounding areas, said a press release disseminated by the British High Commission here. It will also deliver sexual and reproductive health services to 175,000 women and girls, while supporting survivors of sexual, physical and…
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The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today issued local cautionary Signal No. 3 for all maritime ports. “Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary Signal No. 3 (R3),” said a special bulletin released by the BMD this morning. All fishing boats and trawlers operating over the North Bay have been advised to return to the coast and proceed with caution until further notice, the bulletin added. According to the special weather bulletin, under the influence of a well-marked low over the west-central Bay and adjoining areas, heavy to very heavy rain with…
NEW YORK – Emphasising the Rohingya repatriation as the “only peaceful solution” to the protracted Rohingya crisis, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today proposed seven-point actions, including devising a practical roadmap for safe and dignified return of Rohingyas with reasonable stabilisation of Rakhine. “As funding declines, the only peaceful option is to begin their repatriation,” he said. The Chief Adviser made the remarks while speaking at the ‘Opening Session of the High-Level Conference on the Situation of the Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar’ at the United Nations Headquarters here. “Eight years since the genocide began, the plight of…
Social Welfare Adviser Sharmeen S. Murshid has said all religious festivals in New Bangladesh will be celebrated in a fearless and joyful atmosphere. She said this while visiting Dhakeshwari National Temple in Old Dhaka on Tuesday. The Adviser called on people of all religions, castes and tribes to fulfil their human responsibilities to complete the Sharadiya Durga Puja by maintaining religious harmony and amity. She has called for special attention to the safety of women and children. The Adviser said that if citizens cooperate with the authorities by providing information to deal with any unpleasant situation, it will be possible…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today left here for home wrapping up his nine-day US tour. A commercial flight of Emirates airline carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage departed John F Kennedy International Airport here at 11:10 pm (NY time). Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury and Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA Tareq Md Ariful Islam saw the Chief Adviser off at John F Kennedy Airport, Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abdul Kalam Azad Majumder told BSS. During his visit, Prof Yunus delivered his speech at the 80th session of the United Nations General…
NEW YORK- The United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) announced fresh aid commitment of US$ 96 million in the first ever High Level Conference on the Situation of the Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar at the UN headquarters on Tuesday. Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam revealed this information in a post shared on his verified Facebook account. He said the US announced a new donation of US$ 60 million and the UK US$ 36 million. Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus spoke at the ‘Opening Session of the High-Level Conference on the Situation of the Rohingya…
NEW YORK– UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi warned that the plight of the Rohingyas will not end without bold action inside Myanmar, saying that the solution to the protracted crisis lies there (Myanmar). “The most important however is not to forget that this crisis originates in Myanmar. And that, Madam President, is where the solution lies,” he said while addressing the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Conference on Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar at the UN Headquarters here on Tuesday. He recalled that eight years ago, unspeakable violence by Myanmar’s military forced 750,000 Rohingyas…
British High Commissioner Sarah Cooke today reaffirmed her country’s support for a free, fair, credible, and peaceful election in Bangladesh next year. “The United Kingdom (UK) welcomed the Chief Adviser’s announcement regarding Bangladesh’s national elections a few months ago. We had a very constructive meeting with the Chief Election Commissioner, during which we reaffirmed the UK’s support for free, fair, credible, and peaceful elections in Bangladesh next year,” she said. Sarah Cooke made the remark while talking to journalists after meeting Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A M M Nasir Uddin at the Election Commission Secretariat in the capital’s Agargaon. “We…
NEW YORK- Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has binned the allegations of persecutions on Hindu minority in Bangladesh under the interim government. “There is no anti-Hindu violence,” Professor Yunus said in an interview with journalist Mehdi Hasan for Zeteo, conducted on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) here. Dismissing the claims as misinformation, he added, “One of the specialties of India right now is fake news.” Professor Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist, became the interim head of Bangladesh following the 2024 July Uprising that led to the ouster of former fascist prime minister Sheikh Hasina. “I…
NEW YORK – Bangladesh and Turkey have agreed to co-host a global conference early next year on women in Islam, bringing together leading Muslim scholars and researchers and highlighting countries that showcase best practices in advancing women’s rights. The decision was reached during a meeting between Bangladesh’s Women and Children Affairs Adviser Sharmeen Murshid and Turkish Minister for Social Services Mahinur Ozdemir Gökta here on Monday. The two sides also agreed to strengthen cultural and technological exchanges between Bangladesh and Turkey, and to set higher standards of cooperation in the field of the care economy and social services. Turkey further…
