Development

The Food and Agricultural Organization said on Friday that global food prices fell in February for the seventh consecutive month as declining cereal prices outpaced rising costs for meat and sugar. According to the UN organization,...

The most widely used AI tools in the world are driven by OpenAI and Meta algorithms that exhibit discrimination against women, claims a study released on Thursday by UNESCO, the UN agency for cultural affairs. The...

IWAMA Kiminori, the Japanese ambassador, visited Friendship Primary HealthCare Center (FPHCC) at Bhasan Char Island today to witness the project’s opening ceremony, which is supported by Japan. “The Project for Procurement of Medical Equipment for Pathological...

Emirati astronaut Nora AlMatrooshi has dreamed of traveling to the Moon and has spent a large portion of her childhood staring up at the stars, much like her predecessors did. She graduated from NASA’s training program...

The UN’s International Organization for Migration said on Wednesday that 2023 was the worst year since records began ten years ago, with at least 8,565 deaths on migration routes globally. “The 2023 death toll represents a...

The urgent need for amplified funding to bolster locally-led adaptation initiatives, particularly in Char communities grappling with loss and damage, was fervently advocated for at the Youth-led Char Summit held on March 5, 2024. The summit,...

In an effort to improve humanitarian operations for the Rohingya refugees on Bhasan Char Island, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR) of Bangladesh have inked two...

The World Food Programme of the United Nations said on Wednesday that Sudan’s nearly 11-month-long conflict between rival generals “risks triggering the world’s largest hunger crisis”. Tens of thousands of people have died, infrastructure has been...

Stefan Liller, the UNDP’s resident representative for Bangladesh, stated today that the organization would aid Bangladesh in continuing its progress toward development, particularly through a number of initiatives linked to LDC graduation. He stated that the...

According to the UN on Friday, unless the Israel-Hamas conflict changes, famine in the Gaza Strip is all but certain. Even while conditions in the Palestinian territory have gotten worse since the war began on October...