Probashbangla24 online Desk : A potent combination of hunger, climate change and man-made conflicts are creating a “perfect storm”, the head of the UN’s food arm warned Tuesday in a call to action on World Food Day. “You’ve got a nightmare, the perfect storm heading your way,” David Beasley, World Food Programme (WFP) chief, said in…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : European Union is providing EUR 80,000 (Tk7.84 million) humanitarian assistance for the most affected people in the collapse of the Padma River embankment in Shariatpur distirct. The affected people will get the assistance through Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS). The BDRCS will distribute shelter tool kits including tarpaulins among those who have…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : The Nobel Peace Prize is always widely anticipated and sometimes controversial. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which will announce this year’s prize on Friday, has received nominations for 216 individuals and 115 organizations. But only a few dozen of them are known — the committee keeps the list of nominations secret for 50…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has asked India to support Bangladesh and pressure Myanmar for the safe and dignified return of Rohingyas to their homeland. Speaking up for Bangladesh, he said, “It was unacceptable that countries like Bangladesh have to accept a million refugees. Generosity is inversely proportional to richness, I think.”…
Probashbangla24 Desk : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the global community is putting pressure on Myanmar to take Rohingyas back to their homeland. ‘All are worried over the issue. All countries are creating pressure on Myanmar to take back the Rohingyas,’ she said while addressing a press conference at her official residence Ganobhaban. The…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Southeast Asian foreign ministers urged Myanmar to give a commission of inquiry into the violence in Rakhine state full mandate to hold those who are responsible accountable, Singapore said on Tuesday. The ministers, who met informally on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly last week, expressed grave concern over the violence,…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Myanmar is defending itself against a United Nations report released in August which accused the Southeast Asian country of committing genocide against the Rohingya. In a speech at the U.N. General Assembly Friday, Kyaw Tint Swe, the country’s union minister for the state counsellor, said the report was ‘based on narratives and…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : The UN called Saturday for Israel and Hamas rulers to rein in violence a day after border clashes in which the Gaza health ministry said seven Palestinians were killed. “I am deeply saddened by reports that seven Palestinians, including two children, were killed, and hundreds of others injured, by Israeli forces during…