By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram Sydney and Kuala Lumpur (IPS) – The Business and Sustainable Development Commission has estimated that achievement of Agenda 2030 for the Sustainable Development Goals will require US$2-3 trillion of additional investments annually compared…
Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman on Wednesday said some 53,000 posts of teachers are currently lying vacant in the country’s 64,000 primary schools. “Of the vacant posts, about 21,000 are of headmasters while 32,000 of assistant teachers,” he…
By Shahiduzzaman Banaripara (Barisal), Sep 4 (IPS) – She was born in the early 1950’s to an ultra-poor family in Kundihar, a remote village of Banaripara of Barisal division in Bangladesh. She was a beautiful baby and her father named…
Dhaka, Sept 2 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called upon all to tirelessly work from their respective positions to take Bangladesh to a dignified position at the global stage.
Alleging that Ziaur Rahman, HM Ershad and Khaleda Zia had patronised the killers of Bangabandhu only to hurt her, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here on Thursday said Bangladesh will continue to move ahead braving all the conspiracies. “Despite many conspiracies,…
Masum Billah The different teacher organizations have been on the streets for several months with the demand to nationalize education. We can remember the retired education secretary Nazrul Islam Khan happened to meet the prime minister who wanted to know…
Mahmoud Mohieldin Medellin – In September 2015, the leaders of 193 countries agreed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – the most ambitious plan ever to promote human development – by 2030. Nearly two years into the process, there…
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday ordered the Road and Highway Department (RHD) engineers to complete the renovation work of damaged roads and highways of 15 North-Western districts within 24 hours. “No excuse, including that of natural…
Dhaka – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on Thursday signed an Accreditation Master Agreement (AMA) that will allow ADB to access and administer GCF funds and scale up the bank’s climate financing to its…
By Shahiduzzaman Dhaka, Aug 13 (IPS) – Breaking all the social barriers and taboos, poor women in Bangladesh are now engaged in rural development works across the country as labourers.
Blood-delivering drones? Check. 3D-printer working off the grid to print finger splints? Check. Disadvantaged women trained and employed in software-developing? Check. Is this how technology can deliver for development? First things first. Let’s go back to the first principles. The…
Dhaka, Aug 10 – Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon on Thursday said Bangladesh is now on the global tourism map with its growing presence though it could not successfully attract the international tourists in a significant way…
A case has been filed against 140 people, including Relief and Disaster Management secretary Shah Kamal, for their alleged involvement ‘irregularities’ in implementing haor embankment projects in the district making.Abdul Haque, the general secretary of Sunamganj district bar association, filed…
Saudi Arabia has launched a massive tourism development project that will turn 50 islands and other sites on the Red Sea into luxury resorts. It hopes to attract both foreign tourists and domestic visitors as part of efforts to diversify…
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, Jul 28 (IPS) – The demographic dividend: though not a new concept, it is one of the major buzzwords at the UN this year. But what does it really mean? There are 1.8 billion young people…
By IPS World Desk Rome/Seoul, Jul 27, (IPS) – The answer to this big question is apparently “yes” – Economic growth can be really green. How? The facts are there. For instance, in 2016, solar power became the cheapest form…
Stressing the importance of stamping out corruption from the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday laid out a 23-point guideline for the Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners (DCs) to ensure people’s welfare and directed them to be more active…
A major international event aimed at transforming how environmental and conservation issues are tackled in Bangladesh will be held in the UK Thursday, July 20.
By António Guterres UN, Jul 17 (IPS) – Twenty years ago, when I was starting my functions as Prime Minister of Portugal, the world was surfing a wave of optimism. The Cold War had ended, technological prosperity was in full…
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have agreed to work for shared prosperity through mutually beneficial win-win partnership and underlined the need for a peaceful, stable, inclusive and sustainable South Asian region. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena…
By Roshni Majumdar UN, Jul 13 (IPS) – More than two billion people lack access to clean and safe drinking water, according to a new report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
By Jens Martens Bonn, Jul 13 (IPS) – At the High-Level Political Forum which currently takes place at the United Nations in New York several events, for instance, SDG Business Forum, are devoted to the critical role of business and…
By Kenton X. Chance Brussels, Belgium, Jul 14 (IPS) – With Antigua and Barbuda joining St. Kitts and Nevis as the two eastern Caribbean nations to attain middle-income country status, a senior diplomat has identified climate change as a major…
1. Introduction In 2015, Nepal joined other members of the United Nations in adopting the global sustainable development (SDGs) goals that follow the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as the international development targets. This report gives the preliminary findings of a…
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have agreed to work together over a dozen of areas to boost digital economy and establish a knowledge-based society.A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this end was signed between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on Friday at…
The main work on the much- awaited Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) would start in September this year, Science and Technology Minister Architect Yeafesh Osman today said. “Our honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lay the foundation stone of the…
New York – Fifteen indigenous peoples’ representatives from various Asian countries, including Bangladesh, Nepal, India and Malaysia are participating in the HLPF this year taking place at the UN Headquarters in New York from 10 to 19 July under the…
by Franck Bousquet I had the opportunity recently to participate in the Third Edition of the World Reconstruction Conference, where I was reminded once again of a sobering reality – that we live in an increasingly interconnected world where multiple…
By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram Sydney and Kuala Lumpur, Jul 7 (IPS) – The G20 leaders meeting in Hamburg, Germany, on 7-8 July comes almost a decade after the grouping’s elevation to meeting at the heads of state/government…
By Azza Karam UN, Jul 4 (IPS) – A decade ago, it was difficult to get Western policy makers in governments to be interested in the role of religious organizations in human development. The secular mind-set was such that religion…