Ban Ki-moon
Ex-UN chief Ban Ki-moon due Friday
Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to arrive Dhaka on Friday on a brief visit which will be his second visit to Bangladesh this year after leaving the United Nations.
UN chief 'encouraging terror': Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of "encouraging terror".
Uniting to prevent violent extremism
Violent extremism is a direct assault on the United Nations Charter and a grave threat to international peace and security.
Hotel attacks: Mali declares 10-day state of emergency
Gun-toting jihadists took more than 100 people hostage for around nine hours at a top hotel in Mali's capital Bamako on Friday, in an attack claimed by an al-Qaeda affiliate that left at least...
UN chief to visit North Korea this week
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will visit North Korea this week, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap.
UN condemns ‘despicable’ terrorist attacks in Paris
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Security Council condemn the attacks in Paris that killed at least 140 people.
World leaders set to adopt UN goals
Leaders from nearly 200 nations are set to adopt a sweeping plank of global goals to combat poverty, inequality and climate change in the broadest and most comprehensive effort ever by the United...
UN chief seeks 'global action' on climate change
UN chief Ban Ki-Moon calls for "global action" this year to limit climate change as international weather experts began a quadrennial congress in Geneva.
North Korea cancels UN chief's visit
North Korea has abruptly cancelled UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's visit one day before he was due to arrive.
700 migrants rescued off Indonesia
Another 700 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants are rescued off Indonesia on Friday, police say, as Myanmar undermined calls for a coordinated response to the human-trafficking crisis by threatening...
Advise BNP to shun path of terrorist, Hasina tells UN chief
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expresses her hope that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will suggest BNP to return to the democratic politics shunning the path of terrorist and militant activities.