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Dhaka has expressed “deep disappointment” during adoption of the resolution on the situation of Myanmar in the UN General Assembly.Bangladesh abstained from the voting and the Permanent Representative at the UN, Ambassador Rabab Fatima, in her explanation of vote said that the resolution...
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The 109th International Labour Conference (ILC) has adopted a resolution concerning a global call to action for a “human-centred” recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. Bangladesh led the COVID Response Committee in the Conference which was held in Geneva.The foreign ministry said the confer...
Bangladesh has been elected a Member of FAO Council from the Asia Region for the term 2022-2024.The election took place on Thursday at the 42nd Session of the UN Agency at which 183 member states are participating, the foreign ministry said. Bangladesh with other Council Members will now lead t...
Foreign Minister Dr. A K Abdul Momen has sought UN’s initiatives to ensure the accessibility of Covid-19 vaccine to all.He also thanked UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for declaring the COVID 19 vaccine a public good.He made the comment in a bilateral meeting with Guterres at UN Headquar...
Foreign Minister Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen called for an “incentives-based and long-term” graduation package for the graduating and graduated countries from LDCs as they are at a high risk of sliding back—both due to the COVID-19 impacts and the loss of LDC specific support measures.He ...
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The French edition of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s memoir ‘The Prison Diaries’ has been published in Paris.Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and French writer and director Bernard-Henri Lévy unveiled the book virtually on Thursday.Translator Prof...
On "Stop Cyberbullying Day," the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) teamed up with Puncforon, the winner of UNDP's Digital Khichuri Challenge in 2020, to launch the "#MyResponse" campaign to raise awareness on online harassment.With the advent of the internet and the...
Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen has urged the UN to take immediate actions to resolve the Rohingya crisis.“We have always called for international community’s active role in resolving the political aspects of the Rohingya problem; address the root causes and most importantly fulfil t...
A German Parliamentary delegation has commended Bangladesh's emergency response system and disaster risk reduction initiatives.State minister for foreign affairs Md. Shahriar Alam said both countries can join hands and learn from each other to mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change.A fou...
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The European Union with its member states launched the ‘Team Europe Initiative on Decent Work’ in Dhaka on Wednesday.This initiative responds to the global ‘Decent Work Agenda’ and includes interventions in support of all four pillars of this agenda: employment creation, soci...
The Sustainable Development Report 2021 has placed Bangladesh among the top three countries that have performed well in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) index score since the adoption of the 2030 global agenda in 2015.Côte d'Ivoire and Afghanistan are the other two countries that h...
UN Under-Secretary General for the Department of Operational Support Atul Khare welcomed the proposal of Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen to invest in “strategic communications showcasing women in peacekeeping in an effort to increase participation of women in peacekeeping”.They were m...
Foreign Minister Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen has inaugurated the newly established 'Bangabandhu Lounge' at the Bangladesh's Permanent Mission in the United Nations in New York. The lounge has been set up as part of the observance of Bangabandhu‟s birth centenary. “The lounge h...
South Korea has decided to provide $700 million EDCF loan to Bangladesh between 2021 and 2025, the embassy in Dhaka said. Korea established the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) on June 1, 1987 with the purpose of promoting economic cooperation between Korea and developing countries....
Bangladesh has been re-elected as a Deputy Member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) from the Asia-Pacific region for the term 2021-2024.The election was virtually held in Geneva during the ongoing 109th International Labour Conference (ILC).Bangladesh secured the f...
Two C-130J transport aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force returned to BAF Base Bangabandhu, Dhaka from China on Sunday afternoon with six lac doses of Sinopharm vaccine and syringes to prevent coronavirus.This was China's ‘gift’ to Bangladesh.This second consignment came after the arriva...
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A Bangladeshi youth has won the global video blogging competition conducted by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).The ICCR launched the competition styled “My Life My Yoga” last year in June.“Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the competition elicited an overwhelm...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Friday made the much anticipated announcement that Bangladesh would get 1.008 million doses of Oxford/ AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine ‘soon’ under the COVAX mechanism.This comes as a respite as the government was struggling to manage about 1.5 million dose...
The French aid agency, AFD, has provided EUR 12 million to the Bangladesh government to support advanced digital solutions in the power and energy sector of the country.A grant financing agreement was signed between the AFD and the government of Bangladesh in this regard, the European Union (EU) mis...
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