Bangladesh highly vulnerable to climate impacts: seminar
Speakers at a seminar on Thursday highlighted Bangladesh鈥檚 role as an active voice in global climate diplomacy, combating climate change and implementing the Sustainable Development Goals...
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World Telecom and Info Society Day today
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day will be celebrated in the country today with the theme 鈥楧igital Innovation for Sustainable Development鈥�...
PM asks engineers to take sustainable projects for development
Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked the engineers to take the pro-people, pro-environment, cost-effective, suitable and sustainable strategy and plans to quicken country鈥檚 development...
Country faces challenges created by others: adviser
Prime minister鈥檚 energy adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Bir Bikram, on Thursday said that Bangladesh was facing a challenge not to be created by it rather it is created by others...
Speed cap fixed at 80kmph
The government has fixed the maximum speed limit for motor vehicles at 80 kilometres per hour in an attempt to reduce road crashes...
Pledge to eliminate child labour by 2025 appears mere rhetoric
AN INCREASE in child labour, with more than a million children engaged in hazardous work, shows the emptiness of the government鈥檚 pledge to eliminate child labour in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals aimed at ending all forms of child labour...
ADB, WTO boost ties for growth in Asia-Pacific
The World Trade Organisation Secretariat and the Asian Development Bank have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at bolstering collaborative efforts to drive inclusive and sustainable development through trade and economic integration, including in Asia and the Pacific region...
Govt must increase allocation to improve national education
THE government appears to have been left with many issues to shore up to improve the education system, which is an influential target of the Sustainable Development Goals and a key instrument of development...