By Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury NEW YORK, Apr 17 2020 (IPS) – The current financial crisis, triggered as a result of withholding or delaying payment of assessed contributions by Member States, is nothing new to the United Nations. We have…
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Bridging gap between hunger and food waste during a pandemic
By Seema Sanghavi NEW DELHI, Apr 14 2020 (IPS) – On March 12, the first email came in. An email from a boutique hotel that said they needed to postpone their apron order. The hotel had decided to put a…
COVID-19 and the Crisis in Food Systems
“Under-valued and under-protected, the vulnerabilities of health and food systems are laid bare by COVID-19” Brussels, 14 April 2020 –The COVID-19 pandemic shows that health and food systems, and the people underpinning them, have been “under-valued and under-protected” for years…
Signs missed and steps slowed in Trump’s pandemic response
Washington, April 13 – By the time President Donald Trump first spoke publicly about the coronavirus, it may already have been too late. Interviewed at Davos, a gathering of global elites in the Swiss Alps, the president on Jan. 22…
Human rights and compassion must guide COVID-19 mitigation
By Siddharth Chatterjee NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 6 2020 (IPS) – Covid-19 infections continue to rise, bringing normal life to a virtual standstill and causing countries to shut themselves off from the rest of the world. Increasingly, governments are turning to…
Coronavirus & early lessons from China
By Helge Berger, Kenneth Kang, & Changyong Rhee, International Monetary Fund (IMF) WASHINGTON DC, Mar 27 2020 (IPS) – The coronavirus is having a profound and serious impact on the global economy and has sent policymakers looking for ways to…
Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson released from coronavirus treatment
US actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have been released from a hospital in Australia after receiving treatment for coronavirus.
Tackling Climate Change and Preserving the Water Body in BD
By Fairuz Ahmed NEW YORK, Feb 17 2020 (IPS) – For any riverine country, the state of the water body around big cities and conditions of major rivers hold a leadership position in the overall climate effects and how the…
AI and predictive justice in our courts
By Dr Jaspal Kaur Sadhu Singh Malcolm Gladwell in his book, Talking to Strangers, wrote of the difficulty faced by a judge whether to allow bail to an accused. Gladwell, in essence, highlights that being human, there is a propensity…
UAE’s food waste pledge and winnow tackle US$4 b problem
Danielle Nierenberg Efforts to raise awareness about—and create solutions to—food loss and food waste continue to expand throughout the globe. And some of the most creative and impactful solutions are happening in the Middle East.
US Mideast Peace Plan: From a paper Pharaoh and a fake Moses
By Ameen Izzadeen COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb 3 2020 (IPS) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu was slapped corruption charges last week while he was hobnobbing with US President Donald Trump in Washington. Bibi has, apparently, done his homework…
Coronavirus: China admits ‘shortcomings and deficiencies’
China’s top leadership has admitted “shortcomings and deficiencies” in the country’s response to the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
Low voter turnout mar Dhaka North and South City elections
Low turnout of voters has marred the charm of the just concluded elections of the two city corporations at Dhaka’s North and South. Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda has remarked that the actual voter presence in the just concluded…
AL mayoral candidates win Dhaka North, Dhaka South polls
Dhaka, Feb 02 – Awami League mayoral candidates were unofficially declared elected in the elections in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on Saturday.
Food security and nutrition: ‘Organic is the Future’
By Sapna Gopal HIMALAYAS, India, Jan 30 2020 (IPS) – Vandana Shiva, a pioneer of organic farming in India, is incensed by the 2019 draft law to compulsorily register all seeds used by farmers. On a wintry afternoon, at her…
Fears and hopes around future minimum wages
by Christine Aumayr-Pintar on 30th January 2020 @ChristineAumayr The proposal by the European Commission to legislate on fair EU minimum wages has excited contrasting attitudes among trade unions in member states.
Librarians honor books by Luiselli and Higginbotham
New York, AP/UNB, Jan 27 – Valeria Luiselli’s novel “Lost Children Archive” and Adam Higginbotham’s nonfiction “Midnight in Chernobyl” have been awarded the Andrew Carnegie Medal, a $5,000 prize presented by the American Library Association.
Climate change and financial risk
By Pierpaolo Grippa, Jochen Schmittmann, and Felix Suntheim WASHINGTON DC, Jan 16 2020 (IPS) – Climate change is already a reality. Ever-more-ferocious cyclones and extended droughts lead to the destruction of infrastructure and the disruption of livelihoods and contribute to…
Ending bullying and humiliation over Menstruation
By Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE , Jan 21 2020 (IPS) – When 14-year-old Nomcebo Mkhaliphi first noticed the blood discharged from her vagina, she was shocked. Confused, she turned to her older sisters for advice. “My sisters told me that they…
24 breweries, distilleries, and wineries for sustainability
Danielle Nierenberg It may be Dry January for some, but there’s no shortage of unique ideas in the alcohol world to become more sustainable. Breweries, wineries, and distilleries around the globe are finding ways to make sure their beverages can…
Good meeting between Bahrain authorities and labourers
Happy that not drastic changes are happening due to the Trade Union Awareness, constantly we are Making.
Golden Globes 2020: Fleabag and Olivia Colman win awards
The 77th Golden Globe Awards are under way in Los Angeles, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge among the early winners.
Europe and the tragedy of Israel/Palestine
by Stephen Pogány on 3rd January 2020 Amid the intractable struggle in Israel/Palestine for the moral high ground of legitimate victimhood, Europe has a historic responsibility.
Rare fishing cat trapped and captured in Magura
Magura, Dec 30 – A rare fishing cat, locally known as ‘mechho bagh’, was trapped and captured at Shialjuri village of Sadar upazila on Sunday night.
Climate policy, ‘just transition’ and quality of government
by Marina Povitikina and Bo Rothstein on 17th December 2019 In our series on ‘just transition’, Marina Povitkina and Bo Rothstein argue neglected issues around quality of government need addressing to secure public legitimacy. The challenges which climate change is…
Sustainability is social, environmental and economic
by Liina Carr on 16th December 2019 @liina_carr The principle of ‘sustainability first’ should become the golden thread unifying all EU actions. While recent Fridays for Future and Extinction Rebellion actions have heightened the focus on climate change, sustainability is…
Climate summit caught between realism and hope
By Emilio Godoy MADRID, Dec 2 2019 (IPS) – Tens of thousands of delegates from state parties began working Monday Dec. 2 in the Spanish capital to pave the way to comply with the Paris Agreement on climate change, while…
Right to food denied by poor policies and inaction
By Busani Bafana MILAN, Italy, Dec 4 2019 (IPS) – Global food systems are ripe for transformation if people are to be nourished and the planet sustainable, says Hilal Elver, Special Rapporteur of the Right to Food of the United…
BNP’s rally in Dhaka, other divisional cities on HR Day Dec 10
Dhaka, Dec 2 – BNP will stage rallies in the capital and other divisional cities across the country on December 10, marking the International Human Rights Day.
Statistics and stories: Time to change the refugee narrative
By Farhana Haque Rahman Farhana Haque Rahman is Senior Vice President of IPS Inter Press Service; a journalist and communications expert, she is a former senior official of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Fund for…