UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres concluded his Ramadan solidarity visit on Sunday morning, expressing his hope that Bangladesh would become one of the most perfect democracies in the world through reforms. Guterres left HazratShahjalal International Airport at 9:55am on Sunday. Environment, Forests and Climate Change Adviser SyedaRizwanaHasan and Chief Adviser's High Representative for
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Elections to be useless without reforms: Nahid
National Citizens' Party (NCP) ConvenorNahid Islam on Saturday said that elections would be ineffective without prior reforms, stressing the need for constitutional amendments through a Constituent Assembly for sustainable change. "We have discussed reforms and reiterated our stance on constitutional amendments. We believe that any fundamental changes to the constitution must
NBR Advisory Committee seeks stakeholder proposals for reforms
The newly formed five-member Advisory Committee, tasked with recommending reforms for the National Board of Revenue (NBR), has begun reaching out to stakeholders for input on pro-people changes. The committee is sending letters to private sector associations, including the FBCCI, MCCI, ICCB and ERF, seeking proposals to guide its reform efforts. “We
IMF just made the case for its own irrelevance
On Friday the 11th, the IMF announced policy changes that will save developing countries $1.2 billion per year. Despite the self-congratulations and fanfare, these reforms are only a tiny fraction of what campaigners had been asking for — and an even smaller share of what the Global South needs. This month,
Security Council reforms move at the pace of a paralytic snail
The reform of the Security Council, the most powerful body at the United Nations, has remained a never-ending political saga. According to the President of the General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi of Hungary, 43 years have passed since the question of Security Council reform first appeared on the UN agenda. “It has been
Reforms in RAB on review of US report: Kamal
UN Security Council in desperate need of comprehensive reforms
Any fair analysis of the United Nations strongly suggests that the UN of today is not the same UN that was established in 1945. The United Nations Security Council in particular, which was intended to maintain international peace and security, has sadly outlived its usefulness in its current makeup. It has,