To promote financial literacy and inspire youth engagement in the banking sector, Prime Bank PLC, in collaboration with the SUST Career Club, organised a seminar titled 鈥楩inancial Inclusion: Engaging and Inspiring Youth in Banking鈥� at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST)...
Bangladesh Society of Water and Power Engineers has recently held a seminar titled Sustainable Infrastructure and Strategic Planning: The Role of Engineers in Future Leadership at the Mukti Hall of the Power Building in Dhaka...
Sustainability Summit 2025, presented by AkijBashir Group and powered by SMC Enterprise Limited, returned for its second edition at the Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel, Dhaka on Saturday...
Public health experts, development activists and journalists, among other speakers, at a roundtable on Tuesday emphasised youth engagement in policymaking to promote their effective empowerment and ensure the country鈥檚 sustainable development...
The Sustainable Agriculture Foundation Bangladesh, in partnership with Swiss TPH, ETH Zurich, Sight and Life has recently organised a closing workshop titled Celebrating Success and Sustaining Impact to mark the achievements of the Nutrition in City Ecosystems Project at Hotel InterContinental Dhaka...
The Sustainable Agriculture Foundation Bangladesh, in partnership with Swiss TPH, ETH Zurich, Sight and Life has recently organised a closing workshop titled Celebrating Success and Sustaining Impact to mark the achievements of the Nutrition in City Ecosystems Project at Hotel InterContinental Dhaka...
IFIC Bank PLC, in collaboration with Shahjalal University of Science and Technology鈥檚 anthropology department, has organised a financial literacy workshop to equip students with knowledge on financial management...
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed has cautioned against approving unnecessary large-scale projects that could undermine debt sustainability...
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology administration organised a two-day training programme for enhancing awareness and professional skills of security personnel to ensure discipline and safety on the campus.
THE government is being judicious in reading the signs of the time. The country continues to be in the throes of the economic crisis that it inherited. It faces formidable challenges in confronting a combined opposition that governed Sri Lanka for the past 76 years. In addition, the world is in crisis with international law being openly disregarded in the joint US鈥慖srael...
The Shahjalal University of Science and Technology administration on Tuesday expelled the university鈥檚 two students for life on charge of raping a female classmate.
CLIMATE change has emerged as one of the most urgent crises of our time, bringing about widespread loss of human life and irreversible damage to nature. Extreme weather patterns 鈥� including rising temperatures, prolonged cold waves, water scarcity, wildfires, sea-level rise, flooding, polar ice melting, storms, landslides, hurricanes and a steep decline in biodiversity...
Bangladesh has recently been selected as one of seven emerging ocean economies to pioneer the Ocean Centres Initiative 鈥� a global effort to foster safer and more sustainable ocean economies in the global south...
Infrastructure Development Company Limited has won 鈥楤est Sustainable Bank 鈥� Bangladesh鈥� recognition at FinanceAsia Awards 2025, said a press release...
The authorities of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology on Thursday suspended an activist of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, from the university on charge of attempting to attack his fellows.
The department of development studies under the faculty of arts and social sciences at Bangladesh University of Professionals organised a seminar titled 鈥楶olicy process, institutional reform and sustainable Development in Bangladesh: contemporary issues and challenges鈥� on its campus in Dhaka on Monday...
Civil society members said on Sunday that a national consensus was essential for sustainable reforms in various sectors...
A financing agreement was signed on Sunday between the government of Bangladesh and the International Development Association of the World Bank Group involving $270 million loan to implement the 鈥楤angladesh Sustainable Recovery, Emergency Preparedness and Response Project (B-STRONG)鈥�...
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology has recently held a seminar titled Bangladeshi Films: In Search of Own Language at the seminar room of Bangla department of the university in Sylhet.
World Metrology Day will be observed on Tuesday across the country and elsewhere in the world, aiming to raise awareness of the importance of measurement science and its impact on various aspects of life, including business, trade, and sustainable development...
Petroleum and mining engineering students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology on Sunday staged demonstrations and locked the main entrance to the department building protesting at the appointment of a teacher and demanding cancellation of his appointment...
Standard Chartered has announced the impact of its sustainability initiatives across six core areas 鈥� agriculture, education, entrepreneurship, environment, health and disaster management, said a press release...
Bangladesh Maritime University held an international seminar titled Blue Economy: Unlocking the Potential of Oceans for Sustainable Development of Bangladesh at the Senaprangan, Dhaka Cantonment on Monday...
WATER is the lifeblood of Bangladesh, a delta nation intricately woven with rivers and wetlands. Yet, this abundance of water has paradoxically become a source of distress due to rampant pollution, unsustainable extraction, and climate-induced challenges. To address these issues comprehensively, Bangladesh has sought expertise from China to develop a 50-year master...
Debapriya Bhattacharya, convenor of the Citizen鈥檚 Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh, on Tuesday called for creating a favourable business environment for the private sector to adopt a sustainable business model...
AS THE economy revives from the July uprising, concerns loom regarding the nation鈥檚 way forward to attaining the objective of undergoing the renewable energy transition in line with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. A sub-target under SDG 7 makes it pertinent for all signatories of the pact, including Bangladesh, to substantially raise the share of renewable...
AS THE world reaches the halfway point to the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals, the urgency to accelerate progress is undeniable. Amidst this challenge, young people stand out as a transformative force. With 1.8 billion individuals aged 10 to 24, their potential to drive change and shape a sustainable future has never been more critical...
In demonstration of their shared commitment to聽advancing sustainable economic growth, Bangladesh and Indonesia engaged in a聽high-level exchange on sustainable finance.
DONALD Trump in the United States is showing how, in a democratic polity, the winner of the people鈥檚 mandate can become an unstoppable extreme force. Critics of the National People鈥檚 Power government frequently jibe at the government鈥檚 economic policy as being a mere continuation of the essential features of the economic policy of former president...
