Development
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Vulnerable countries from Asia-Pacific meet to invest on climate action
Mar 8, 2017News Hour: Finance ministers and senior officials from 15 developing economies across Asia and the Pacific met today at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) headquarters in Manila to discuss enhanced economic and financial responses to climate... -
More than 1600 children participate in ALOHA National Level Competition on Mental Arithmetic in Bangladesh
Mar 7, 2017News Hour: ALOHA Bangladesh organized its 10th National Level Abacus & Mental Arithmetic competition 2017 in Bangladesh on February 24th at Bashundhara International Convention City (BICC) in the capital. The day long competition, one of its... -
New Boreholes in Béguédo opens in Burkina Faso
Mar 7, 2017News Hour: IOM Burkina Faso – in partnership with the governments of Italy and Belgium and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) – has opened two new boreholes in the rural commune of Béguédo, located... -
WFP receives European Union funding to boost nutrition in Burundi
Mar 7, 2017News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of €5 million from the European Union (EU) to support the Home Grown School Feeding project and boost the nutrition of 20,000 children,... -
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea
Mar 6, 2017News Hour: A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Monday, officials said, but no Pacific-wide tsunami warning was issued. The tremor hit at a depth of 28 kilometres (17 miles) near sparsely populated New... -
A quarter of all global deaths of children under 5 are due to unhealthy or polluted environments, WHO reported
Mar 6, 2017News Hour: A quarter of all global deaths of children under five are due to unhealthy or polluted environments including dirty water and air, second-hand smoke and a lack or adequate hygiene, the World Health Organization... -
Microinsurance for 5 million microfinance clients
Mar 5, 2017News Hour: BRAC has partnered with Guardian Life Insurance Limited to offer our first microinsurance product – credit shield insurance to our 5 million microfinance clients. The product is targeted towards the lower-income population of Bangladesh... -
Fight against poverty at risk by threats to women’s rights
Mar 5, 2017News Hour: Women across the globe are facing new threats which risk dismantling decades of hard-won rights and derailing the effort to end extreme poverty, Oxfam warns today. Ahead of International Women’s Day next week, the... -
exceptional progress by Bangladesh discussed in UK Parliament
Mar 5, 2017News Hour: Bangladesh’ remarkable progress over the last 40 years in reducing poverty and improving lives can offer valuable lessons for achieving inclusive and sustainable development globally. Said Dr Mushtaque Chowdhury, Vice-Chair of BRAC, at an... -
USD 24.6 million drought appeal Launched for Somalia
Mar 5, 2017News Hour: In order to meet the emergency needs of over a million Somalis affected by drought, IOM in Somalia is scaling up life-saving interventions throughout the country and appealing to international donors for funding. Humanitarian...