The country鈥檚 business leaders on Sunday demanded low-cost bank loans, rescheduling facilities, deferred payment of loan instalments and waiver of port demurrage due to the suspension of business activities caused by the nationwide shutdown, curfew, general holidays and internet outage centring the quota reform movement...
IN 2022, 7.1 million Bangladeshis were forcibly displaced by weather-related events, a figure forecast to nearly double by 2050. One US Agency for International Development report estimates that 90 million Bangladeshis 鈥� 56 per cent of the population 鈥� live in regions classified as 鈥榟igh climate exposure areas.鈥� Half of them face 鈥榲ery high鈥� exposure...
The Asian Development Bank on Thursday lowered the growth in gross domestic product and made upward revision of inflation in Bangladesh for FY25.
A HIGH out-of-pocket expenditure, poor access to quality health care, rampant corruption, poorly regulated growth of private healthcare system and low government investment in the health sector have eroded people鈥檚 access to health care. The out-of-pocket expenditure has also pushed a large number of households below the poverty line...
Alliance for聽 Sustainable Development Foundation, a not for profit organisation, arranged Tree Plantation and Climate Awareness Campaign-2024 at Bangahaban Government High School in Dhaka at recently aiming for making Dhaka a better place to live in...
The government is going to borrow $250 million from the Asian Development Bank to implement a project for capacity building of the National Pension Authority struggling to...
The Bangladesh Bank in an explanation of its actions erasing billions of dollars from the country鈥檚 export earnings account has said that the National Board of Revenue and the Export Development Bureau were responsible for duplication in export data...
Experts on Saturday emphasised that both public and private universities need to prioritise research and development to cultivate skilled graduates capable of meeting both local and global market demands...
The Institute for Planning and Development issued a statement on Friday, calling for a reduction in the recently raised entry fees for six botanical gardens...
The Minor Irrigation Wing of the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation on Wednesday organised a workshop on 鈥榯he effectiveness of constructed or to be constructed rubber dams in Bangladesh and minor irrigation survey 2023-24鈥�...
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury emphasised the critical role of the blue economy in Bangladesh鈥檚 economic growth and sustainable development during her speech at the 鈥業nternational Conference on Ocean Prosperity: Catalysing Blue Economy in Bangladesh鈥� held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday...
Visiting vice-president of the Asian Development Bank Yingming Yang on Wednesday called on environment, forest and climate change minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury at his secretariat office in Bangladesh aiming to strengthen climate collaborations....
A study unveiled on Tuesday projected that if the current trends of temperature hike persisted in the country, it could exceed 45 degree Celsius temperature by 2030...
Grassroots politicians at a convention on Saturday called for keeping space for dialogue in politics to avoid conflict for unity and solidarity among all political parties...
Experts, including academics, in a conference on Wednesday called for sustainable urban development to create resilient cities capable of withstanding the adverse effects of climate change amidst rapid urbanisation...
The Interactive Professional Development Initiatives Foundation and the Bangladesh Institute of Parliamentary Studies organised a workshop on Monday focused on raising awareness of non-communicable diseases and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation...
Senior secretary of the industries ministry Zakia Sultana on Monday informed that time-bound action plans were being formulated for the development of the leather industry...
THE likely increase in the losses of the Bangladesh Power Development Board by almost 200 per cent in 2025 suggests a deplorable absence of measures to amend the power policy, which is burdened by, among others, an abnormal level of overcapacity and an absurd capacity charge system...
INDIA鈥橲 announcement to send a technical team to Bangladesh to discuss the conservation and management of the River Teesta appears farcical. India, which has since 2010 put on hold the signing of an agreement on the sharing of the water of the cross-border Teesta...
Bangladesh鈥檚 power and energy sector is set to downslide further with the budgetary measures announced this month, ignoring the need to make amends that could have...
Research and Policy Integration for Development, a private think tank, has identified lack of proper policy direction in the proposed budget for the 2024-25 financial year against the government鈥檚 intent to address macroeconomic challenges...
The cabinet committee on government purchase in a meeting on Tuesday approved a proposal to import 40 megawatt hydro power from Nepal through India...
Bangladesh Water Development Board, Institute of Water Modelling and Centre for Environmental and Geographical Information Services jointly organised a workshop on...
Bangladesh Rural Development Academy concluded the 196th basic training course, organised for Bangladesh Civil Service (general education) cadre officers, on Sunday...
A workshop on current situation, achievements and prospects of the project titled 鈥楶roduction, processing and distribution of quality spice seeds鈥� held at the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation in Dhaka鈥檚 Sher-E-Bangla Nagar area on Friday...
SAUDI Arabia hosts World Environment Day this year, focusing on land restoration, desertification and drought resilience. This is relevant within the framework of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021鈥�2030), a global initiative designed to protect and revive ecosystems to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals...
The flash flood in north-eastern Bangladesh is feared to linger amidst forecasts of heavy to very heavy rain continuing, particularly in the upstream in neighbouring India...
The presence of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl, a diverse group of chemicals harmful for humans and the environment, in rivers and, even, supply water at a dangerous level is alarming. A study, conducted by the International Pollutants Elimination Network and the Environment and Social Development Organisation...
Industries minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Thursday said Bangladesh was working for sustainable development of the ship-recycling industry as per the Hong Kong ship recycling convention...
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation held a training workshop on the 4th Industrial Revolution on Wednesday, said a press release...