Dhaka-India continues to have serious levels of widespread hunger forcing it to be ranked a lowly 97 among 118 develop ing countries for which the Global Hunger Index (GHI) was calculated this year. Countries worse than India include extremely poor…
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Developing countries share sustainable dev philosophies
UN (IPS) – Countries of the Global South, also known as developing countries, share many principles in common when it comes to implementing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. This was reflected at a special meeting of the 133 members of…
Bangladesh ranks 111 among 144 in girls’ opportunity index
Dhaka – Bangladesh has been placed at 111 on the Girls’ Opportunity Index, a report published by Save the Children. The report has ranked 144 countries according to opportunities provided to ensure development of girls.Bangladesh has been placed in the…
Plan to dredge, train Bangladesh’s 24 major rivers
Dhaka – The government has planned to dredge 2100 kilometers of 24 major rivers alongside 690 kilometers river training across country over the next 15 years, aiming to increase and maintain their navigability, reports Golam Moin Uddin, UNB Staff Writer.…
UN sets limits on global airline emissions amid dissent
A United Nations agency approved a landmark accord on Thursday to curb aviation pollution amid criticism the deal, which will cost the industry billions of dollars, fails to trim emissions enough on international flights. The International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO)…
Cage fish farming succeed in Bangladesh’s Pirojpur
Dhaka – The people of Dhawa and Harinapal villages, particularly women, in Bhandaria upazila have now become self-reliant through ‘cage fish farming’, UNB news agency reported.
JS passes Bill for regulating foreign funded NGO work
Dhaka – The Jatiya Sangsad Wednesday passed the Foreign Donations (Voluntary Activities) Regulation Bill, 2016’ in an amendment form with a provision for non-government organisations to take prior approval from the NGO Affairs Bureau to undertake any project and implement…
Padma Bridge construction will be visible from Dec: Obaidul
The construction of Padma Multi-purpose Bridge will be visible from December and January months, Minister for Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader told Parliament yesterday.
World have to go through a ‘transformative journey’ : Prof Mustafizur
Dhaka-Bangladesh needs to keep fighting at global forums to realise the commitments made by the developed nations for implementing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at national level and achieve global peace, said a leading economist here on Saturday.
Save tourist spots before damages becomes irreversible
-By Raquib Siddiqi Tourism in Bangladesh is having a rudderless existence. The government has failed not only to build a workable tourism infrastructure but also to provide proper guidance to private sector which in recent years has come up in…
Dhaka seeks global support for marine protection plan
Dhaka has sought support from the global community to help develop an integrated plan for protecting marine resources, according to a document of the Ministry of Environment and Forests.Environment and Forests Minister Anwar Hossain Manju made the request at the…
Extraordinary action needed to achieve SDGs, says new forecast
Will the world achieve the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030? What can business do to lead the charge? DNV GL set out to answer these two critical questions in its new forecast examining the future of…
‘Only targeted policies on rural people to eliminate poverty’
Rome – Economic growth is not enough to save those threatened daily with starvation. Governments need to tailor policies and investments to transform rural areas in developing countries if they want to eliminate poverty, according to a new global study…
Bangladesh on track to enter world’s top 30 economies: US
Dhaka – With two decades of six percent growth per year, Bangladesh is on track to become a top-30 economies by 2030 despite ‘serious’ security challenges, says the United States.
G20 leaders reaffirm commitments to sustainable development
g20- As leaders from the Group of Twenty (G20) gathered for their 11th Summit in Hangzhou, China, on 4-5 September, there was no shortage of pressure from non-state actors for the Group to place climate change and related issues prominently…
Revisiting the Journey to the Sustainable Development Goals
It’s been almost one year since heads of state and government adopted ‘Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ – the ambitious agenda which contains 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) and 169 targets during a special session of…
Middle East life expectancy drops due to conflict
Wars and uprisings in the Middle East have wiped five years off local life expectancy due to high casualties and drops in healthcare standards, a study warns. The result of the ongoing war in Syria and intermitted, violent political uprisings…
PM seeks more British inv in BD’s economic zone
Dhaka-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday sought more British investment in Bangladesh’s economic zones as the government has taken steps to set up 100 such zones in different parts of the country to gear up industrialisation.
Four important lessons from Cuba’s urban food survival srategy
Aurel Keller Cuba has come a long way since the collapse of the Soviet Union, when the loss of imports crucial for the island nation’s industrial agriculture system—such as chemical pesticides and fertilizers—left Cuba with a severe food crisis in…
Faith communities as sowers of sustainability?
Gary Gardner The seeds of sustainable economies may be sown in surprising places, I thought as I toured a church-run project in East Palo Alto, California that is designed to promote home gardens. That project, and other religious activism on…
EU steps up efforts to promote, protect indigenous peoples’ rights
Dhaka – The European Union has reaffirmed its commitments to promote and protect the rights of indigenous peoples. A declaration in this regard was made by the High Representative, Federica Mogherini, on behalf of the European Union on the occasion…
A new breed of business for the SDGs
Imogen Mathers Global leaders from business, civil society and universities meet in New York, United States, today for the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit. They will debate what the organisers call the “tremendous market opportunity for businesses … to invest,…
JICA president’s Dhaka visit postponed
Dhaka – The planned visit of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Shinichi Kitaoka to Bangladesh has been “postponed” as Japan wants to take more time to see “convincingly improvement” in security environment, UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka sustainable development summit begins Sunday
Dhaka – The 4th Bangladesh Summit on Sustainable Development begins on Sunday to review the implementation and monitoring process of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The two-day Summit is being jointly organized by Secretariat of Global Citizens’ Forum on Sustainable…
No one can block Bangladesh’s march forward: Hasina
Dhaka-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said no one will be able to thwart the pace of the country’s development by unleashing militancy.
Implementing the SDGs: The sooner the better
The first 1000 days after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals are critical, according to a report published last week, urging UN member states to take action quickly.“It’s a little bit like a pension,” Elizabeth Stuart of the Overseas…
Deals signed with ADB for improving city’s water supply system
The government on Sunday signed $275 million loan agreements with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for improving and expanding the capital’s water supply system. Senior Secretary of Economic Relations Division (ERD) Mohammed Mejbahuddin and Kazuhiko Higuchi, Country Director of Bangladesh…
Govt. set new target for FY 2016-17
Dhaka-The government set the country’s export target at $37 billion for the FY 2016-17, which is 8.06 per cent higher compared to export earning of the immediate past fiscal, said commerce minister Tofail Ahmed. “We achieved the target and earned…
Sustainable dev hinders economic recovery?
The global economic and employment situation is alarmingly protracted, with recovery not expected any time soon. In October 2012, then IMF chief economist Olivier Blanchard indicated he did not see a global economic recovery before 2016.Now, in mid-2016, it is…
Agenda 2030 – a new start towards global sustainability?
Related Documents 2016_spotlight_ch1_1.pdf By Jens Martens on behalf of the Reflection Group on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted unanimously at the United Nations by world Heads of States and Governments in September…