The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) welcomes the Human Rights Council’s adoption of its latest resolution on the situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar. Adopted without a vote, the resolution ratchets up pressure on the military junta. SAC-M now calls on the UN General Assembly to seize on this momentum […]
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Bangladesh has urged urgent international action to resolve the protracted Rohingya crisis, following the adoption of a consensus resolution by the UN Human Rights Council during its 59th session in Geneva. The OIC-led resolution, titled “The Situation of Human Rights of the Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar,” calls for an end to the […]
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Earlier, the army chief met Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Eid-ul-Azha Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman today paid a courtesy call on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. General Waker-Uz-Zaman was accompanied by his spouse during the visit, according to an army notification. The meeting was held in a warm […]
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The Appellate Division has cancelled the High Court verdict that had declared the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party illegal. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, delivered the verdict on Sunday. Earlier, on 14 May, the Appellate Division heard the party’s appeal and fixed 1 […]
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JOINT STATEMENT We, the undersigned organizations, express our deep sorrow and strong condemnation of the ongoing humanitarian crisis orchestrated by Arakan Army in Burma’s Arakan State and the Bay of Bengal. In early May 2025, two boats carrying Rohingya refugees sank in separate incidents, leaving at least 427 people—men, women, and children—feared dead, according to […]
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Trump tells Walmart to ‘eat the tariffs’ instead of raising prices “Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason for raising prices throughout the chain,” Trump said in a social media post Jasper Ward, Reuters US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Walmart should “eat the tariffs” instead of blaming duties […]
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