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Mynul Hasan Sohel (Dhaka Bureau) Bangladesh is set to witness a historic moment at the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Today, Thursday, September 24, during the afternoon session in New York (3:00 AM Bangladesh Time), Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will proudly take the podium on the world stage. Delivered entirely in…

Groups seek expanded and tighter controls on phthalates and bisphenols 24 September 2026, Quezon City.  Policy reforms are urgently needed to address the invisible problem of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), such as phthalates and bisphenols, leaching from everyday plastics. The Ateneo Center for Research and Innovation (ACRI) and the EcoWaste Coalition pushed for such reforms at…

Vice President Sara Aagesen today announced Spain’s endorsement of the Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships (CHAMP) for Climate Action during Climate Week NYC, strengthening the growing coalition of national governments working with cities and regions to accelerate climate action. With Spain’s endorsement, CHAMP now brings together 78 countries and the European Union committed to…

September 26 has been established by the UN General Assembly as the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (Nuclear Abolition Day).  On September 29, 2026, at the General Assembly, the nations of the world will convene to celebrate this shared goal, and address the question: How can we end the threat of…

By Antonina Makoba | Uasin Gishu County, Kenya At 26, Antonina Makoba became a widow. But in the days and months after her husband’s death, she says she experienced another kind of loss—one that was difficult to explain to people outside her community. She felt that her voice had disappeared. “I was called cursed, unclean,…

by Mahmudur Rahman Roni (Barguna, Bangladesh) Patharghata Upazila in the coastal district of Barguna is situated along the Bishkhali and Baleswar rivers, near the estuary of the Bay of Bengal. The majority of the Upazila’s residents are engaged in the fishing profession. Driven by the need to earn a livelihood, fishermen must constantly venture out…

“There are men who fight for a day and are good. Others fight for a year and are better. Some fight for many years, and they are very good. But some fight all their lives; those are the indispensable ones”. Bertolt Brecht. A few days ago, various institutions in northern Peru announced the regrettable death…

“The word ‘security’ is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment.” —Justice Hugo Black, New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) By John and Nisha Whitehead “National security” has become the government’s all-purpose permission slip to behave badly. They have become…

Edited and translated by Maxine Lowy, with a contextual introduction. Originally published by Memoria y Justicia.cl in September 2007. It was September 1975. It had been a year since the Military Junta, headed by Augusto Pinochet, under international pressure—and particularly pressure from Venezuela—had deported Orlando Letelier, the first political prisoner to be released outside Chile. He had…

The simultaneous September 2026 staging of WorldFood Moscow and the IX International Fishery Forum & Seafood Expo Russia provided a broad picture of Russia’s changing food, fisheries and agricultural trade geography, according to a report by the famous and popular Russian analytical publication ‘Russia’s Pivot To Asia’. WorldFood Moscow was held from 15–18 September at…