BNP to meet with UN Secretary General

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will meet with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday (March 15). The meeting will be held at 1 pm at the capital’s Hotel Intercontinental. BNP media cell member Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed this information on Tuesday (March 14). He said that several leaders of the party, including BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, will participate in the meeting. It is worth noting that the UN Secretary-General arrived in Bangladesh on a four-day visit last Thursday (March 13) at the invitation of Principal Advisor Professor…

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Guterres’ Bangladesh visit: Will the world stand by the hungry Rohingya?

Guterres’ Bangladesh visit: Will UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is visiting Bangladesh amid fears that food aid for Rohingya refugees could be cut drastically due to funding shortages. The food crisis could worsen the already inhumane living conditions in the world’s largest refugee camp. Guterres visited the Cox’s Bazar refugee camp on Friday (March 14). This is his second visit to Bangladesh. Guterres’ visit is seen as significant after the World Food Programme (WFP) announced it would reduce food aid after USAID’s operations were halted. The WFP said food aid for…

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