Dhaka, Feb 05 – The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) Tuesday has demolished around 100 structures that built illegally grabbing the river bank of Buriganga. The second face eviction drive of its 11-day programme has conducted at city’s Nababerchar…
Cities will develop Climate Action Plans that deliver on the objectives of the Paris Agreement, with support from C40 Cities and the UK government.Pledge made at meeting of city officials in Quito, Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador 29 January — Buenos Aires;…
Dhaka, Jan 27 (UNB) – Jatiya Party on Sunday started selling nomination forms to those who want to contest the February-28 by-election to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) with the party support. Jatiya Party presidium member and its Dhaka North…
Dhaka, Jan 26 – Awami League on Saturday picked former BGMEA president Atiqul Islam to contest the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral by-election. The ruling party also nominated Syed Zakia Nur Lipi, sister of former AL general secretary Syed…
The by-elections to the vacant mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Kishoreganj-1 constituency will be held on February 28.
Dhaka, Jan 12 – City of London Corporation councillors have voted in favour of removing the honorary freedom award granted to Aung San Suu Kyi over her failure to condemn atrocities committed against the Rohingya people in Myanmar.
C40’s global competition celebrates women innovators and helps accelerate technological solutions to climate change. Winners will see their solution implemented in Paris and Tel Aviv.
Zaman Tower, a multi-storey building in the city’s Bijoynagar area which houses the office of Jatiya Oikyafront, caught fire on Friday.
C40 research highlights actions that could yield an 87% reduction in GHG emissions, a 49% reduction in PM2.5 levels, 223,000 premature deaths averted and up to $583 billion in economic benefit
The vehicular movement on the western side of the busy Airport Road remained halted from Airport Crossing to Abdullahpur since Saturday morning following a clash between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat.
Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Cali, Montería, Tshwane, Quito, Curitiba, Quezon City, and Dar es Salaam will receive support in implementing sustainable projects. The announcement made at CFFactory conference in Berlin. Berlin, Germany, 28 November 2018 – Nine cities will receive specialist financial advice…
Speakers at a workshop on Wednesday opined that due to lack of proper action plan Dhaka city’s micro climate situation is rapidly degrading which has a big impact on its development and habitation.
Dhaka, Nov 24 )- Three people, including a minor boy, of a family, received burn injuries due to gas cylinder explosion in the city’s Muslimbagh of Kamrangichar on Saturday.
By Lina Abirafeh BEIRUT – One of the top priorities for the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda is to make cities “inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.” City leaders can take a simple step that would go long a way toward…
by Seema Thomas Today when you go to the toilet, be it in someone’s basic latrine in a rural village you might be visiting, in a public toilet where you work, or on a comfortable water-flushed ‘loo’ at home, take…
Monowara Begum Moni from Germany At last, I have visited that place, which I have seen very often on TV, the colourful Onion Doms of Moscow. Its name is St. Basil`s Cathedral, an icon of Russia. Its onion- domes have survived…
Rome, 9 November 2018 – At this week’s Paris Peace Forum, Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will ask global leaders to consider the crucial role that increased investment in rural areas of developing…
By Johan Rockström , Jørgen Randers, and Per Espen Stoknes Stockholm – Nearly 50 years ago, the Club of Rome’s report “Limits to Growth” warned that if economic growth continued apace without regard for the environment, the world could face…
Ra’dia Inc. in association with Bizz Solutions Ltd. (BSL) is set to organise a workshop titled ‘Funding Mechanism for Entrepreneurs’. The workshop will be held at the Seminar Room of BSL at City Centre in Motijheel between 2:30 pm and…
“The health of our children is more important than the health of your profits,” they say New WHO report finds 630 million children under 5 years old are exposed to unsafe air globally Children are at greater risk than adults…
Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday told Parliament that steps are being taken to demolish 255 vulnerable buildings in the capital.
Dhaka, Oct 28 – Commuters faced immense sufferings as transport workers across the country went on a 48-hour work abstention on Sunday to press home their eight point-demand, including amendments to the recently passed Road Transport Act.
Detroit, Oct 27 (AP/UNB) — General Motors says it will ask the federal government for one national gas mileage standard, including a requirement that a percentage of auto companies’ sales be zero-emissions vehicles.
A minor boy who along with seven others suffered burn injuries in a fire incident in the city’s Uttarkhan area on October 13 succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday night, taking the death toll…
Danish capital has been chosen by C40’s Mayoral Steering Committee to host 2019 gathering of mayors committed to bold action on climate change. Mayors, CEOs, philanthropists, campaigners, scientists and citizens will convene at landmark Copenhagen summit.
Dhaka. Oct 18 – The Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh on Thursday organized a token clean-up operation in Hatirjheel Lake to promote the EU’s anti-plastic policy.
Green activists here on Saturday urged the authorities concerned to take immediate steps to properly control air pollution caused by dust in the capital and ensure punishment for people responsible.
by Christian Borja-Vega co-authors: Eva Kloeve In our previous blog, we looked at how water and sanitation came to be recognized as a human right, and what that means in practice. Today, we look at how formal and informal institutional…
With over 550 million people in Asia-Pacific predicted to move to cities by 2030, the food industry faces immense pressure to provide affordable and nutritious food that doesn’t cost the Earth.
Dhaka Clean-up Campaign, organised by Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) in the capital on April 13 last, has hit the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest clean-up campaign.