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Palestinian activist wins prize for peaceful resistance

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Palestinian activist Issa Amro on Thursday accepted the Right Livelihood prize -- considered by some an alternative Nobel -- for ...

BD to continue support for Palestine: Yunus

Chief Adviser Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday reaffirmed Bangladesh's continued support for the State of Palestine and its people."We ...

'You've called spade a spade': Palestine envoy praises Chief Adviser's UNGA speech

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Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday (October 1) expressed Bangladesh's continued support for the State of Palestine and its ...

Saudi Arabia announces new global coalition to establish Palestinian state

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Saudi Arabia's top diplomat has announced the launch of a new initiative to establish a Palestinian state and garner support ...

Prof Yunus calls for immediate ceasefire to protect Palestinians

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Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday urged the global leaders to enforce an immediate and complete ceasefire to protect ...

Palestinians absent from Israeli news coverage of Gaza war

TEL AVIV, Sept 25: Since war began in Gaza on October 7, Israel's military campaign has received rolling coverage on ...

Palestinians say Israeli strike killed 22 in shelter, army says it hit militants

CAIRO, Sept 21: Palestinians said an Israeli strike killed at least 22 people in a school sheltering displaced people in ...

UNGA declares Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories illegal

BD co-sponsored resolution tabled by Palestine in UN special session

Shahnaj Begum from UN Head quarter, New York, USA

UNGA declares Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories illegal

The United Nations General Assembly's 10th Emergency Special Session has adopted a key resolution endorsing the International Court of Justice's ...

Saudi Arabia will not recognise Israel without Palestinian state: Crown Prince

DUBAI, Sept 19: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday said the kingdom would not recognise Israel without a ...

Spanish PM, Palestinian leader urge Mideast de-escalation

MADRID, Sept 19: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday called for a de-escalation of the conflict in the Middle ...

UN members demand end to 'unlawful' Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories

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UN member states voted Wednesday to formally demand an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories within 12 ...

UN adopts Bangladesh co-sponsored resolution against Israeli occupation of Palestine

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The United Nations General Assembly's 10th Emergency Special Session has adopted a key resolution endorsing the International Court of Justice's ...

UN to demand Israel end 'unlawful' presence in Palestinian territories within 12 months

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 18: The United Nations General Assembly will on Wednesday adopt a Palestinian-drafted resolution that demands Israel end ...

UN chief condemns ‘collective punishment’ of Palestinians

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 17: Nothing justifies Israel's collective punishment of the people of Gaza as they endure "unimaginable" suffering, UN ...

Peace remains elusive in Palestine, Ukraine

Md Saiful Islam Shanto

The ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict and the Russia-Ukraine war are stark reminders of the complexities that entangle nations in seemingly endless ...

European, Muslim countries meet in Spain eyeing schedule for Palestinian statehood

MADRID, Sept 13: Spain, hosting a high-level meeting on Friday of several Muslim and European countries on ways to end ...

Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt opening of Toronto film fest

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The Toronto film festival, the largest in North America, kicked off in earnest Thursday with Ben Stiller's family movie "Nutcrackers" ...

We are another Gaza: Palestinians in shock after West Bank raid

NUR SHAMS CAMP, Aug 30: Palestinian residents of the Israeli-occupied West Bank expressed shock and despair Friday at the outcome ...

40,405 Palestinians killed in Israel's military offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, Gaza health ministry says

CAIRO, Aug 25 : At least 40,405 Palestinians have been killed and 93,468 others injured in Israel's military offensive on ...

Israel kills top Palestinian militant as Gaza truce talks stumble

SIDON, Aug 21: Israel killed a senior militant from Fatah's armed wing Wednesday in a strike on Lebanon, leading to ...

41 Palestinians injured in Gaza war flown to Malaysia for treatment

SELANGOR, Aug 16: Forty-one Palestinian civilians who suffered various injuries in the war in Gaza were flown to Malaysia on ...

Palestine’s lament over the times- How long to settle down!

Mahbubur Rahman

The Palestinians are unfortunate. They have been beaten by the occupying Jews in their lands for almost a century. Blood ...

Palestinian Authority president Abbas to meet Erdogan

ANKARA, Aug 14: Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas is set to meet with Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday in ...

Putin tells Abbas ‘concerned’ about Palestinian civilian toll

MOSCOW, Aug 13: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday told Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas that Moscow was "concerned" about ...

Palestinian president to visit Russia on Monday

MOSCOW, Aug 11: Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas will visit Moscow next week to discuss the Gaza war with Russian ...

Over 100 Palestinians killed in Israeli strike targeted school in Gaza

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More than 100 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a Gaza school sheltering displaced people, ...

Israel kills 40 Palestinians in Gaza airstrikes amid fears of wider war

CAIRO, Aug 8: Israeli forces stepped up strikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 25 people, Palestinian ...

Israeli forces kill at least eight Palestinians in West Bank clashes, medics say

JERUSALEM, Aug 6: Israeli forces killed at least four people in the volatile city of Jenin in the occupied West ...

Gaza officials say buried 80 Palestinian corpses handed over by Israel

KHAN YUNIS, Aug 5: Gaza's Civil Defence agency said it received the bodies of 80 unidentified Palestinians from Israel on ...

UK’s new Labourgovt and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Yossi Mekelberg

A month after sweeping to power in the general election on July 4, the UK's new Labour government has its ...