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Political leaders at the airport to attend the UN General Assembly

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Desk Report: Chief Advisor Dr. Muhammad Yunus is going to New York, USA to attend the 80th General Assembly of the United Nations. Leaders of various political parties are accompanying him on this visit. The Chief Advisor has six representatives from BNP, Jamaat and NCP as his entourage. Five of them are going to the United States on the same flight. They are already staying at the VVIP lounge of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, the Chief Advisor’s press wing said. He is scheduled to leave Dhaka with his entourage on…

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Chief advisor, accompanied by four politicians, leaves for New York tonight

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Desk Report: Chief advisor, accompanied by four politicians, leaves for New York tonight The chief advisor to the interim government, Professor Muhammad Yunus, will leave Dhaka for New York, the United States, on Sunday night to attend the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The chief advisor will be accompanied by four political leaders on the trip. They are BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Amir Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher, National Citizens Party (NCP) Member Secretary Akhtar Hossain, and BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman’s foreign affairs…

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Chief advisor leaves for New York tomorrow

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Desk Report: Chief Advisor to the Interim Government Dr. Muhammad Yunus will leave Dhaka for New York, USA, on Sunday night to attend the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. According to the itinerary, he will arrive in New York next Monday and will address the UN General Assembly session on September 26. He is scheduled to return to the country on October 2. Senior Assistant Press Secretary to the Chief Advisor Faiz Ahmed confirmed this information to BSS. Four political leaders will accompany the Chief Advisor on…

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Portugal announces recognition of Palestinian state

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Desk Report: Portugal has announced its recognition of the state of Palestine, following Australia, Canada, France and the UK. The Portuguese Foreign Ministry announced this in a statement on Friday. It said that the formal announcement in this regard will be made before next week’s high-level conference. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the recognition will be made on Sunday, September 21. A day later, a high-level conference on the state of Palestine will begin at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). A report in Portugal’s Correo da…

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Fakhrul, Taher, and 4 politicians accompany chief advisor to UN

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Desk Report: Fakhrul, Taher, and 4 politicians accompany chief advisor to UN The interim government’s chief advisor Dr. Muhammad Yunus is going to New York on Monday (September 22) to attend the UN General Assembly. This time, the government has included four political leaders in the list of the chief advisor’s entourage. Among them are two from BNP, one from Jamaat and a leader from Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP). Foreign Affairs Advisor Md. Towhid Hossain gave this information at a press conference at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital…

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Palestinian statehood proposal passed by overwhelming vote at UN, those who voted against

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Desk Report: The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a declaration on Friday calling for “pragmatic, time-bound and irreversible steps” towards a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians. The seven-page declaration is the result of an international conference hosted by Saudi Arabia and France in July, Reuters reported. The United States and Israel did not attend the conference. The resolution supporting the declaration was adopted by 142 votes in favor, 10 against and 12 abstentions. The vote came ahead of a meeting of world leaders scheduled for September 22,…

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Modi not attending UN General Assembly, what message is Delhi sending?

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Desk Reports: The annual session of the United Nations General Assembly is going to be held from September 23 to 27. This global diplomatic forum to be held in New York, USA, is usually attended by heads of state or government of the world’s influential countries to present their positions. However, this year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not going there. In his place, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is participating as a representative. He will also deliver a speech on behalf of the Prime Minister. This decision raises…

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