The European Union (EU) will send four observers to monitor the upcoming 12th parliamentary elections.
Shariful Alam, Director, Public Relation (PR) of Election Commission (EC), told BSS today.
He said that the EU observers are expected to arrive in Bangladesh on November 21 and stay in the country for about two months.
Foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today urged United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to hold Israel accountable on war crime charges for its ongoing attacks on Palestinian civilians, UN aid workers and health personnel defying international human rights laws.
Momen, now in Jeddah to join an open-ended extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Executive Committee over the ongoing Israeli atrocities in Gaza, asked the OIC to take a lead to arrange a special UNGA meeting over the issue.
“We strongly condemn the barbaric bombing on Gaza hospital which is totally unacceptable,” he said.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the global leaders to stop the war, saying the women and children are the worst sufferers of the war.
"We do not want any war. Not being a woman politician or a prime minister, as a mother, I am calling upon the world leaders to stop the war, stop the game of arms and the arms competition" she said.
The prime minister said the world has been witnessing the war ---firstly the Russia-Ukraine war and now Israeli attack on the Palestine.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government would further modernise and develop the district and upazila level hospitals alongside the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) if they get another chance to serve the nation.
"If we get another chance to serve the nation in future, InshaAllah, we will further develop the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) and each district and upazila hospital to reach healthcare services to people doorsteps," she said.
She said this while virtually inaugurating "65 community eye centres" at 65 Upazila Health Complexes in 28 districts, in the fourth phase, under Health and Family Welfare Ministry, from her official Ganabhaban residence here.