Development
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At least one million children facing emergency levels of food insecurity in Haiti
Apr 18, 2025Over one million children are facing critical levels of food insecurity in Haiti, UNICEF estimates. Persistent armed violence, repeated displacement, and lack of sufficient humanitarian access continue to threaten vulnerable families – while the risk of... -
Germany to Contribute €52.5 Million for Bangladesh’s Climate Adaptation Efforts
Apr 16, 2025On April 16, 2025, Germany and Bangladesh entered into an agreement for a significant climate change initiative, with Germany committing to provide €52.5 million (approximately BDT 724 crore) to support Bangladesh’s climate adaptation projects. The agreement... -
Number of children in need of humanitarian assistance in Sudan doubles as conflict enters third year amid ‘perfect storm’ of threats to children
Apr 16, 2025As the conflict in Sudan enters its third year, the number of children in need of humanitarian assistance has doubled, from 7.8 million at the start of 2023 to more than 15 million today. Without urgent... -
Approximately 3,500 children have died in the central Mediterranean over the past 10 years
Apr 16, 2025Approximately 3,500 children have died or disappeared attempting to cross the Central Mediterranean migration route to Italy over the past 10 years, according to the latest estimates from UNICEF. This is the equivalent of one child... -
Dhaka Flow Youth Fest Kicks Off at NSU
Apr 14, 2025On Sunday, April 13, North South University (NSU) witnessed the powerful launch of the Dhaka Flow’s Second Annual Youth Festival 2025, a campus wellness movement that aims to transform how students approach mental, emotional, and physical... -
UN to cut humanitarian operations office staff by 20%
Apr 13, 2025The United Nations humanitarian body will reduce its staff of about 2,600 people by 20 percent, its chief said in correspondence seen Friday, citing “a wave of brutal cuts” including US funding reductions by the Trump... -
Amazon satellite launch scrubbed due to weather
Apr 10, 2025Weather prevented a rocket carrying the first batch of Amazon satellites designed to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink from lifting off Wednesday, in a setback for the planned Project Kuiper network. “Stubborn cumulus clouds and persistent... -
Waste burning is strictly prohibited: Rizwana
Apr 6, 2025Syeda Rizwana Hasan, the adviser for the environment, forests, and climate change, stated today that waste should never be burned, not even in the Matuail Sanitary Landfill. Following her tour of the Matuail dump in Dhaka,... -
100K+ Child Deaths, 63K Stillbirths in Bangladesh
Apr 5, 2025According to recent statistics published by the United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), Bangladesh is confronting serious difficulties in providing care for mothers and newborns. Even though there has been improvement since... -
CA urges youths to build themselves as three-zero persons
Apr 4, 2025During his keynote address at the BIMSTEC Young Gen Forum, which was held on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit here, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus urged the young people to become “three-zero persons” in order...
