Use of nuke energy to ensure sustainable development urged
While countries all over the world are committed to cut down their greenhouse gas emissions…
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IFPRI launches global food policy report
Dhaka, April 18 – The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), an international agricultural research…
European Elections in the UK: A Brexit turning-point?
by Brendan Donnelly Director, The Federal Trust It is easy to sympathise with last week’s…
EU drive for trade liberalisation adds to tensions in Tunisia
by Werner Raza, Jan Grumiller and Bernhard Tröster The European Union’s disproportionate pressure for trade…
Solar irrigation infuses new dimension into Barind’s agriculture
Solar pump irrigation has brought a new dimension in agriculture in the drought-prone Barind tract…
World Bank dispossessing rural poor
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury Kuala Lumpur and Sydney, Apr 16 2019 (IPS)…
Modern monetary theory: the dose makes the poison
Can government deficits be financed directly by central banks, as modern monetary theory suggests? The…
Impact of high debt levels on LDCs ‘can’t be overstated’: UN
The impact of high levels of debt on development efforts “cannot be overstated”, the head…
Smart cities hold key to sustainable development
BANGKOK, Thailand, Apr 3 2019 (IPS) – Asia and the Pacific’s phenomenal development has been a…
The future of manufacturing—is it in Europe?
Europe can remain a manufacturing hub if it ensures early adoption of game-changing technologies, engages…
SDGs ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’
Unless the world faces its “social, economic and environmental challenges head-on”, United Nations Secretary-General António…
2500 schools colleges to get govt monthly pay order from May
Dhaka, April 10 – Education minister Dr Dipu Moni yesterday said at least 2,500 non-government…
Dirgha Bridge opens in Pirojpur
The long-awaited 360-meter long Dirgha Bridge over Taltala River on the Pirojpur-Nesarabad road in Najirpur…
Bangladesh Ports to check money-laundering by scanners
Dhaka, Apr 10 (UNB) – The Working Committee on Anti-Money Laundering-Combating Financing of Terrorism has…
The new spirit of postcapitalism
Raval, Barcelona, March 2019. The streets are full of young people (and not just students)—sitting,…
Ershad donates all his assets to a trust
Dhaka, Apr 7 (UNB) – A day after nominating his younger brother as his party…
No compromise over tobacco, says taxation chief
Dhaka, Apr 7 (UNB) – Chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Md Mosharraf…
Israel PM vows to annex West Bank settlements if re-elected
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West…
NESCO to implement Tk 1091-cr mega project in Rajshahi division
Northern Electric Supply Company (NESCO) Limited is going to implement a mega project aims at…
David Malpass 13th President of World Bank Group
Washington, April 5 – The Executive Directors of the World Bank today unanimously selected David…
SDGs: Ambitions are affordable for Asia and the Pacific
BANGKOK, Thailand, Apr 4 2019 (IPS) – Three years of implementation of the transformative 2030 Agenda…
Full and good employment
Within the Democratic Party in the United States there is a flourishing of initiatives, promoted…
BD among world’s top 5 growing economies: WB
Dhaka, Apr 4 (UNB) – Bangladesh is among the top five fastest growing economies in…
Has privatization benefitted the public?
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 2 2019 (IPS) – In most cases of privatization, some outcomes benefit…
Bangladesh’s GDP growth to hit 8pc in FY19-20: ADB
Dhaka, Apr 3 (UNB) – Bangladesh’s economy will grow at 8 percent in 2019-20 fiscal,…
Ex-Customs Commissioner sent to jail on illegal property charge
Dhaka, April 01 – A Dhaka court on Monday sent a former Customs Commissioner and…
DU students demand removal of outsiders from dorms
Dhaka, Apr 1 (UNB)— Residential students of Dhaka University’s SM Hall demonstrated on early Monday against…
SDGs and Bangladesh: Progress, challenges, missing links
‘Despite various challenges Bangladesh is on track to achieve Sustainable Development Goals’, a recent government…
Bank loan interest rate to be brought down: PM
Dhaka, Mar 31 (UNB) – Expressing here government’s firm stance to bring down the interest…
66 pc buildings in BD capital Dhaka unplanned: Minister
Dhaka, Mar 31 (UNB) – Around 66 percent buildings in capital Dhaka and its adjoining areas…