While populations have seen and undergone changes since the beginning of time, one trend in particular is unfolding across the world: less children, older people. In an effort to tackle the complex issue in Asia, government officials are convening to…
Starving, enslaving, raping, torturing and killing our children Robert J. Burrowes In a recent article titled ‘Challenges for Resolving Complex Conflicts’, I pointed out four conflict configurations that are paid little attention by conflict theorists.
Dhaka – Former Brazilian coach and footballer Arthur Antunes Coimbra, better known as Zico, will arrive here after the FIFA World Cup as Brazil is looking for stronger sports ties with Bangladesh.
Today’s Profits Are Not Tomorrow’s Investments A picture can say more than a thousand words. This is certainly true for the set of graphs (see below) that the OECD published in its latest Economic Outlook and that show the rate…
The world is afflicted by problems that people experience in their daily lives: clean air in congested cities, a healthy and independent life in old age, access to digital technologies that improve public services, and treatment of diseases like cancer…
Well-structured and administered social protection programs are both financially feasible and socially and economically beneficial. • Strategies for Providing Social Protection for All • Informal workers dominate Asia’s labour force but most lack social protection. • Delivering effective social protection…
Geneva, 14 Jun (Kanaga Raja) – Investment treaty-making has reached a turning point, as for the first time, the number of effective treaty terminations outpaced the number of new IIA (international investment agreement) conclusions, according to the UN Conference on…
By Monique Barbut Bonn, Jun 14, 2018 (IPS) – Are you overwhelmed by the depressing news coming at you daily? Conflict, forced migrants, famine, floods, hurricanes, extinction of species, climate change, threats of war … a seemingly endless list. It…
by Pascal Mittermaier Washington, DC – What should a “green” city look like? Should it resemble Copenhagen, with its high rates of bicycle commuting and recycling? What about Curitiba, the capital of Brazil’s Paraná state, with its pedestrian-centered planning? Or…
Dhaka, June 14 – The Committee to Protect Journalists will honour journalists from Sudan, Ukraine, Venezuela and Vietnam with its 2018 International Press Freedom Awards.
By Manipadma Jena New Delhi, Jun 12, 2018 (IPS) – As governments scramble for corrective options to the worsening land degradation set to cost the global economy a whopping 23 trillion dollars within the next 30 years, a humble grass…
From Danielle Nierenberg Every day, thousands of researchers and scientists are collecting massive amounts of data about agricultural systems—from soil chemistry and germination rates to harvest indicators and market logistics. At the same time, an estimated 500 million smallholder farmers—the…
The present debate about Karl Marx oscillates between historicising him as a figure of the distant past and applying his insights for a critical view of the present time. Describing, explaining and criticising capitalism was the centerpiece of Karl Marx’…
By Elisabeth Eaves We can all agree that avoiding nuclear war is a good outcome, and in the sense that talking is better than firing missiles, Tuesday’s Singapore summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un—who…
By Richard Falk Ten days ago, while attending the opening ceremony of a conference in Vienna commemorating the 25thanniversary of the Vienna Declaration of Human Rights, I was struck by the simple words and sad demeanor of Nadia Murad, a…
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday threatened to take proper steps if Jatiya Party members call him a former minister of the party again.
Vatican City,(AP/UNB) — Pope Francis told leading oil executives Saturday that the transition to less-polluting energy sources “is a challenge of epochal proportions” and warned that satisfying the world’s energy needs “must not destroy civilization.”
Dhaka – Claiming that the country’s people, including the youth, are not in peace, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Sunday said it is only his party that can bring peach and ensure good governance.
SINGAPORE,(BSS/AFP) – While access to the historic summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will be tightly restricted, hundreds of Singaporeans got the next best thing on Saturday when two lookalikes showed up at…
Lawmakers at the highest levels urgently need a “revolution in thinking” to tackle the twin problem of sustainable food production and migration. Starting with an inaugural event in Brussels, then travelling on to New York and Milan, an international team…
Should you be able to sell your organs, or sell your body for sex?
Rome, 7 June 2018 – Ending poverty and hunger top the list of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, but achieving this shared ambition by 2030 will only happen if the world finds the right balance between meeting rising food demands…
On Wednesday 30th of May, Federal bank regulators proposed to allow Wall Street more freedom to make riskier bets with federally-insured bank deposits – such as the money in your checking and savings accounts.
In February, scientists reported a major outbreak of typhoid fever in Sindh, Pakistan caused by an extensively drug-resistant superbug strain.
By Orly Noy The 21-year-old paramedic was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers while trying to aid wounded protesters near the Gaza-Israel separation fence. Many Israelis either refuse to believe she was actually killed or claim that her killing was…
By Sabin Shrestha Kathmandu, Nepal, Jun 6 (IPS) – Less than thirty years ago the likelihood of a mother dying due to pregnancy or childbirth in Nepal was one of the highest in the world. In 1990 UNICEF estimated that…
The dynamics of the capitalist world economy have been mystified as globalisation. In its technical sense, globalisation refers to the possibility that social relations can be maintained with increasing ease and intensity across time and space. As a political project,…
SANDRP How is development possible along with environmental protection? There are two kinds of answers possible to this question. The standard kind of reply would try to provide a list of options that are available to a given development need.
By Dhammika Silva Since a long time, Sinhalese Extremists such as Bodhu Bala Sena, Sinhala Ravaya and Sinhala Lay (lion blood) have been very tactfully propagating racism and violence against Sri Lankan Muslims. In that long process, recently few clashes…
Although Latin America produces just five percent of the world’s plastic, it imports billions of tons annually for the use of all kinds of products, some of which end up in the sea as garbage.