Nearly 8,000 people died or disappeared trying to migrate in 2025Nearly 8,000 people died or disappeared on migration routes last year, with sea routes to Europe proving the deadliest. Many victims were l...
21 Apr, 2026, 04.50 PM IST
Sri Lanka among worst impacted countries in Asia-Pacific due to West Asia conflict: UN reportIn light of the West Asia crisis, a recent UN report underscores the profound economic challenges facing Sri Lanka. The country is grapplin...
17 Apr, 2026, 12.05 PM IST
Bangladesh elections cannot be free and fair in absence of Awami League: Former Foreign ministerBangladesh's oldest party, Awami League, says that upcoming elections on February 12 will lack fairness. Leaders allege the Yunus regime ba...
19 Jan, 2026, 07.10 AM IST
UN says verdict against Hasina 'important' step for victims but regrets death penaltyIn a watershed moment, a Bangladeshi court has pronounced a death sentence against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in absentia, for he...
18 Nov, 2025, 09.36 AM IST
Bangladesh remains on edge a day after Islamists & pro-Pak section of Army attack Awami LeagueClashes in Gopalganj, Bangladesh, near Sheikh Mujib's burial site, have escalated, prompting the International Crimes Research Foundation t...
17 Jul, 2025, 09.14 PM IST
Preserving records of 'atrocities' by Sheikh Hasina regime critical: Bangladesh Chief Advisor Muhammad YunusChief Advisor Muhammad Yunus urges meticulous preservation of records documenting alleged atrocities under former prime minister Sheikh Has...
03 Mar, 2025, 10.07 AM IST
Trump says he leaves the decision on Bangladesh to PM ModiUS President Trump, in a meeting with PM Modi, addressed the political crisis in Bangladesh, prompted by the violent 2024 protests against ...
14 Feb, 2025, 11.05 AM IST
West Bengal: Malda hotels to bar Bangladeshi nationals, says Malda Merchant Chamber CommerceMalda hotel owners refuse service to Bangladeshi citizens without official permission due to unrest and minority attacks in Bangladesh. Spi...
05 Dec, 2024, 11.51 AM IST
Urge UN to dispatch peacekeeping forces to Bangladesh: TMC to govtThe Trinamool Congress has asked the central government to request the United Nations to deploy peacekeeping forces in Bangladesh. This is ...
03 Dec, 2024, 02.20 PM IST
Huge Banner in New York appeal for end to violence against Bangladeshi HindusHindu American groups flew a banner over New York City to highlight violence against Bangladeshi Hindus, calling for global intervention. F...
04 Oct, 2024, 01.14 PM IST
Nearly 650 people killed in recent spate of violence in Bangladesh: UN reportA recent report by the UN Human Rights Office revealed that nearly 650 people have been killed in the unrest in Bangladesh between July 16 ...
17 Aug, 2024, 01.08 PM IST
'We stand against 'racially based attacks, incitement to violence': UN on attacks on Hindus in BangladeshUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stands against racially based attacks amid recent violence against the minority Hindu community in Ba...
09 Aug, 2024, 09.45 AM IST
How China used veto to block Bangladesh’s entry in United Nations between 1972-74On 17 September 1974, Bangladesh became a full member of the United Nation as China used veto between 1972-74 to prevent membership. Sheikh...
27 Nov, 2020, 09.30 AM IST
How China blocked Bangladesh’s entry in early 1970s stymieing efforts by Soviets & IndiaMedia reports from 1972 show that Security Council members striving to avert a Chinese veto, deferred Bangladesh's application for the UN m...
11 Aug, 2020, 01.53 PM IST
India has second-highest number of child marriages: UN reportAt 71 million, India had the largest number of children under the age of five whose births were not registered between 2000-2012.
12 Sep, 2014, 12.55 PM IST
Top United Nations peacekeeping official to visit IndiaIndia has contributed more than 170,000 troops to 43 of the 68 UN peacekeeping missions since the inception of UN peacekeeping more than 60...
22 Jul, 2014, 11.28 AM IST
- Maritime boundary issues with B’desh, Myanmar crop up
As India struggles with a variety of issues in the neighbourhood, differences with neighbours over the demarcation of the maritime boundary...
02 Oct, 2009, 06.06 AM IST