Development

Floods caused by torrential rain in and around Brazil’s financial hub Sao Paulo killed 12 people and hurt six others overnight, firefighters said Monday. In the town of Ribeirão Pires on the periphery of the country’s...

The World Bank has approved a $165 million grant to help Bangladesh provide basic services and build disaster and social resilience for the Rohingyas who fled violence in Myanmar and took shelter in Bangladesh, reports UNB....

In commemoration of International Women’s Day, the World Bank priced a Sustainable Development Bond to raise awareness for the importance of investing in women’s empowerment in rural areas....Read More

Thirty-six nations condemned Saudi Arabia on Thursday over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a rare censure of the oil-rich kingdom at the UN Human Rights Council. A statement read by Iceland on behalf of...

Whereas the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) starts, but in reality, women and girls are far away to get the fair opportunity of quality education where the science, technology and innovation learning can lead them to compete...

Progress towards gender parity at work has barely budged for the past quarter century, and will only speed up once men take on far more unpaid caregiving tasks, the UN said Thursday, on the eve of...

Some 1,500 live exotic turtles — some restrained with duct-tape — have been found inside an airline passenger’s luggage, Philippines authorities said Monday, as they vowed a crackdown on the lucrative wildlife trade. The Philippines is...

A meeting was held in Dhaka recently with the Director General of Family Planning, Dr. Kazi Mustafa Sarwar on family planning and sexual and reproductive health services (SRHS) issues. During the meeting, Zakia Akhter, Deputy Director...

Today’s youth should be very concerned about climate change because it will heavily impact their future, said Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and chairperson of the world’s largest non-governmental organisation BRAC. “Unless we change human behaviour in...

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) announced a new global advocacy campaign, “Every Child. Everywhere. In School.” The campaign is an urgent call to leaders around the world that all children, regardless of race, age,...