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Chief Advisor returns home

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Desk Report: Principal Advisor Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus has returned to Dhaka from New York after attending the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). He arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 9 am today, Thursday, on an Emirates Airlines flight. The Principal Advisor’s press wing confirmed the matter. Earlier, the Principal Advisor left New York at 9:10 am Bangladesh time on Wednesday. Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury and Bangladesh’s Ambassador to the United States Tarek Md. Ariful Islam bid…

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UN Secretary-General pledges full support for Bangladesh’s democratic transition

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Desk Report: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has pledged his full support and solidarity for the ongoing democratic transition and reform efforts in Bangladesh. He made the pledge during a meeting with Principal Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the UN Headquarters in New York on Monday. The high-level Bangladesh delegation led by Professor Muhammad Yunus included Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Towhid Hossain, National Security Adviser Dr. Khalilur Rahman, Principal Secretary Siraj Uddin Mia and Principal Coordinator for SDGs Lamia Morshed. The meeting discussed various issues including political reforms, the upcoming February…

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World leaders meet with chief advisor, express full support

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Desk Report: Influential world leaders have expressed their full support for Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and his interim government. They gathered at Dr. Yunus’s hotel suite in New York on Friday. They pledged to provide Bangladesh with support and important advice at this crucial time. On the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, a delegation led by former President of Latvia and Vice-President of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center (NGIC) Vaira VK-Freiberga met with Professor Yunus. The NGIC is named after the renowned 11th-century…

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Bhutan interested in signing free trade agreement with Bangladesh

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Desk Report: Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay has expressed his keen interest in signing a free trade agreement (FTA) with Bangladesh and establishing connectivity between the economic zones of the two countries. He said the initiative will give a new dimension to trade and investment. The Bhutanese Prime Minister made the proposal during a meeting with Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus on Friday local time at the organization’s headquarters in New York on the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. He said that…

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Colombian president in pro-Palestinian protests after cotton-washing Israel, US announces visa cancellation

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Desk Report: Colombian President Gustavo Petro has strongly criticized Israel, the country that carried out the genocide in Gaza, in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Not only that, but he also participated in a pro-Palestinian protest in New York later. And immediately after these incidents, the US State Department announced that Petro’s visa will be canceled. According to the British media outlet BBC, the US State Department announced on Friday local time that Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s visa will be canceled. The Foreign Office…

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Netanyahu’s speech to the UN was played on loudspeakers at the Gaza border

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Desk Report: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Friday. The speech was broadcast over loudspeakers on Israel’s southern border with Gaza. However, many Gazans claimed they could not hear it. In the speech, Netanyahu criticized countries that have recognized Palestine as a state. Representatives of several countries left the meeting room in protest of Israeli atrocities in Gaza before Netanyahu began his speech. In the speech, Netanyahu claimed that his speech was being broadcast over loudspeakers in various parts of Gaza. He claimed that…

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Netanyahu vows to ‘finish the job’ as 60 more killed in Palestine

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Desk Report: Israeli forces have also launched attacks on other Palestinian areas in addition to Gaza. 60 people were killed in Gaza and other Palestinian areas on Friday, Al Jazeera reported. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his pledge to “finish the job” against Hamas in his speech to the UN General Assembly in New York. At a press conference on Friday, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric quoted the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) as saying that Israel had “carried out one bomb attack every eight to…

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Chief advisor calls for establishing weapons-free zones in South Asia and Middle East

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Desk Report: Chief advisor calls for establishing weapons-free zones in South Asia and Middle East Principal Advisor Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus has strongly demanded the revival of global arms control treaties that have weakened over time. He called for the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones, especially in the Middle East and South Asia. He said this in his speech at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Friday morning local time in New York. The Principal Advisor also said, “At the same time, we support the right of…

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Representatives of many countries walked out during Netanyahu’s speech at the UN

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Desk Report: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday that Israel must “finish the job” against Hamas in Gaza. His comments came at a time when several Western countries have recognized an independent Palestinian state and Israel is increasingly isolated in the international arena. Meanwhile, Western media outlets including CNN and BBC reported that when Netanyahu was about to deliver his speech on Friday (September 26), many representatives from different countries left the meeting room. Some even shouted slogans. However,…

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Women’s empowerment one of the government’s top priorities: Chief Advisor to the UN

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Desk Report: Chief Advisor Dr. Muhammad Yunus said, one of the top priorities of the interim government is women’s empowerment. This government’s efforts continue to ensure women’s safety, dignity and equal opportunities. He said this in his speech at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday (September 26) night. In his speech, the Chief Advisor said, ‘One of our top priorities is women’s empowerment. In the words of our national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam – “Whatever great creations in the world are eternally beneficial, half…

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