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Rohingyas await action after high-level UN visit

Despite eight years passing without progress on Rohingya repatriation, hope has been reignited following visits by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Bangladesh’s Chief Advisor, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, to the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar. Meanwhile, conflict continues to rage in Myanmar’s Rakhine State between the military junta and the Arakan Army, with the rebel group claiming control over five cities.

UN chief vows to prevent Rohingya suffering as aid cuts loom

UN Secretary-General António Guterres, during his visit to the Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh, vowed to do everything in his power to prevent further hardship as drastic aid cuts threaten food supplies and other critical relief efforts. UN aid efforts are in jeopardy following funding reductions announced by major donors, including the United States and several European nations.

Mr. Guterres described Cox’s Bazar as “ground zero” for the impact o...

$4m FAO aid for fruits preservation

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations will provide 4 million US dollars to Bangladesh for preserving fruits.

Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam revealed this information at a media briefing held at the Foreign Service Academy here today.

Alam said the FAO will also help Bangladesh to launch crop insurance for farmers as they often face crop loss due to natural disasters. Chief Adviser's deputy press secretaries Apurba Jahangi...

ILO supports first-ever competency-based skills dev for Rohingyas

The International Labour Organisation (ILO), together with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), have created and operationalized the first-ever competency-based skills development framework for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh to equip them with employability skills that would enable them to get decent work should they return to Myanmar, or resettle in other countries.

Competency-based training (CBT) is a structu...

UN to rent property owned by fascist ally Bashundhara

The UN is relocating its agencies in Dhaka to a building complex owned by one of the families accused by Bangladesh's interim government of illegally funneling millions of dollars out of the country, the Financial Times (FT) has learned. The UN Resident Coordinator's office in Dhaka told the FT that the world body was "very aware" of the allegations against Bashundhara, Sobhan and his family members.

Chief adviser of the interim government, Prof. Dr. Yunus, has described the alleged looting by elites as “highway robbery” and is demanding that the money “be returned.”

B’desh sees highest child marriage rate in Asia

A new global report, "Girl Goals: What has changed for girls? Adolescent girls’ rights over 30 years," released by UNICEF, UN Women, and Plan International to mark International Women’s Day on Saturday, recognises the benefits to communities that invest in girls, particularly adolescent girls. It emphasizes the benefits extend beyond the individual, to the stability and economic development of their communities and countries. The report highlights improvements in areas such as life expectancy but calls for serious attention to be paid to adolescent girls in Bangladesh, who still grapple with persistent inequalities, violence, child marriage, a lack of education and limited opportunities.

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