Dhaka – The government has selected 285 private colleges across the country for their nationalisation. UNB news agency reported
Category: Development
Stopping deforestation: ‘Indigenous people are the best park rangers’
Trees soak up greenhouse gases, so how do we ensure their protection? Our experts offer seven ideas for the conservation and restoration of forests s1 | Stop subsidising agriculture that harms forests Countries need to stop using outdated fiscal policies…
Caribbean pursues green growth despite uncertain times
By Desmond Brown Bridgetown, Barbados, Apr 14 (IPS) – Barbados and its Caribbean neighbours are continuing to press ahead with their climate change agenda and push the concept of renewable energy despite the new position taken by the United States.…
Country to move forward in new year: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed her firm optimism that Bangladesh will continue its march forward in the new year. “Bangladesh will make further progress in Bangla Nababarsha by removing all the wastes and trashes of the past year,…
Economic recovery crucial to sustainable development
More than eight years after the global financial crisis exploded in late 2008, economic growth remains generally tepid, while ostensible recovery measures appear to have exacerbated income and other inequalities. Yet, despite the G-20 group of the world’s largest economies…
What future? Seven big questions needing urgent response
By Baher Kamal Rone, Apr 6 (IPS) – Around the world, profound changes in the nature of work are underway, that’s clear. So it is a fact that the on-going transformations in the world of labour are disrupting the connection…
Bangladesh improves in Human Development Index
Bangladesh has gained three spots on the Global Human Development Index (HDI) 2015 ranking, placing 139th out of 188 countries, according to the Human Development Report (HDR) 2016. HDR 2016 was officially launched at the Planning Commission in Dhaka on…
Can the SDGs be financed?
By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram Sydney and Kuala Lumpur, Mar (IPS) – Investment in the least developed countries (LDCs) will need to rise by at least 11 per cent annually through 2030, a little more than the 8.9…
BD progress in population dev presented at UN session
Dhaka, Apr 4 – State Minister for Health and family Welfare Zahid Maleque has said Bangladesh is marching forward in population development by putting people’s empowerment at the heart of its national development agenda.
Consider environmental in haors’ dev projects: President
Dhaka, Mar 15 – President Abdul Hamid has asked the authorities concerned to consider climate change issue seriously in taking and implementing infrastructure development projects in haor region.
All the sustainable ladies: 10 women who will inspire you
As the effort to achieve equality for all women and girls continues this International Women’s Day, here are 10 women who are leading the global push towards climate action, genChinese revolutionary Mao Zedong’s popular saying proclaims that women hold up…
Let Women Speak and Give Them a Hearing
Basic rights always need champions, and that’s truer today than it ought to be as around the world we see an unwelcome pattern of reaction to modern complexities ranging from globalization and automation to austerity and dwindling wages. One alarming…
Time to Champion Women’s Empowerment: Implementation of SDGs in Bangladesh
The year 2015 was highly significant in relation to global convergence on ways forward towards achieving sustainable development at local, national, regional, and global levels. Global leaders reached four groundbreaking agreements that year, the first of which was the Sendai…
Work on to shortlist sites for Bangabandhu Int’l Airport: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said work is on to shortlist the sites for state-of-the-art Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib International Airport in any of the capital’s surrounding areas. “On completion of the site survey work for the airport, now the…
Development should consider indigenous cultures: Pope Francis
Rome, 15 February – In a private meeting with indigenous peoples’ representatives, Pope Francis stressed the need to reconcile development, both social and cultural, with the protection of indigenous peoples and their territories, “especially when planning economic activities that may…
‘No ocean wide enough, no fence high enough’
Rome, 14 February – Describing rural development as a “moral obligation,” Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), made his final appeal to governments on behalf of poor rural people across the globe at today’s…
40pc work on Padma Bridge completed: Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday told Parliament that some 40 percent work on Padma Bridge completed as of January 2017. The progress of construction works on the much-sought bridge is satisfactory, he said replying to a…
LDC graduation the ‘first milestone’, not the ‘winning post’
Geneva, (Kanaga Raja) — The Trade and Development Board of UNCTAD on Monday held a discussion on the Least Developed Countries Report 2016 which amongst others had argued that graduation of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is “not the winning…
Court verdict indicates plot behind Padma bridge scam: Joy
Dhaka, Feb 11 – Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy today said the Canadian court verdict binning Padma Bridge Corruption Case indicated a plot behind the Padma Bridge scam. “The Canadian court trying the Padma Bridge corruption case…
51.20 lakh beneficiaries of social safety net: Nuruzzaman
State Minister for Social Welfare Nuruzzaman Ahmed today said 51.20 lakh beneficiaries, including physically challenged persons, have been brought under social safety net and food security programmes of the government. “The Ministry of Social Welfare has undertaken various programmes for…
President urges Asia Pacific leaders to fight terrorism together
Noting that terrorism is the greatest enemy of mankind and civilisation, President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday called upon the leaders of Asia Pacific Region to build a united resistance against it for attaining continued peace, prosperity and development. “Extremism and…
Dhaka seeks quick conclusion of Bimstec FTA negotiations
Bangladesh has urged Bimstec member states to conclude the Bimstec Free Trade Area (FTA) negotiations as early as possible. Bangladesh conveyed its position at the seventeenth session of the Bimstec Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) held on Tuesday in Kathmandu, Nepal…
E-9 countries together to achieve equitable education by 2030
Dhaka – Leaders of the E-9 countries under the UNESCO yesterday vowed to work together for the achievement of inclusive and equitable education by 2030.
Billions needed to eradicate poverty and hunger – IFAD
Rome, 26 January – The world needs to take urgent action to mobilise the estimated US$265 billion a year needed to achieve the first two Sustainable Development Goals to end poverty and hunger by 2030, said Kanayo F. Nwanze, President…
Global unemployment to rise by 3.4 million in ’17: ILO
Geneva, 20 Jan (Kanaga Raja) — The global unemployment rate is expected to rise modestly to 5.8 per cent in 2017, representing an increase in the number of unemployed globally of 3.4 million compared with 2016, the International Labour Organisation…
Sustainable business can ‘unlock $12 trillion’
Over 35 CEOs and civil society leaders of the Business and Sustainable Development Commission on Monday revealed that sustainable business models could open up economic opportunities worth at least $12 trillion and up to 380 million jobs a year by…
Stark inequality: Oxfam says 8 men as rich as half the world
The gap between the super-rich and the poorest half of the global population is starker than previously thought, with just eight men, from Bill Gates to Michael Bloomberg, owning as much wealth as 3.6 billion people, according to an analysis…
Police clearance certificate goes online
Dhaka – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said Bangladesh has moved one more step towards building digital Bangladesh with the inauguration of the online police clearance certificate service.
PM seeks people’s help to maintain dev pace
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged all to extend their cooperation to maintain the present pace of development to turn Bangladesh into a middle income digital country by 2021 and a developed one by 2041..”I seek cooperation from all…
BEZA okays four private Economic Zones
The governing council of the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) today approved four private Economic Zones (EZ).The approval was given in the fifth meeting of the governing council of BEZA at Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) with Prime Minister and chairman…