Development

A conference center and teacher’s lounge, as well as a fully landscaped garden area, were recently launched by Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh and the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of the University of Dhaka. According to...

A senior UN official stated on Thursday that humanity is running out of time to harness the enormous potential of artificial intelligence for the benefit of all while avoiding grave threats. “We’ve let the genie out...

Starting June 1, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will partially increase food rations for all Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar camps, raising the entitlement from US$10 to US$11 per person per month. This marks the...

While BRAC Bank PLC has donated Taka 3 crore for the rehabilitation of the people impacted by Cyclone Remal, BRAC has contributed Taka 7 crore to the disaster aid fund named “Dakche Amar Desh” (Bangladesh is...

Five adjacent upazilas in Sylhet are home to about four lakh people who were trapped in a flash flood caused by heavy rain and water rushing upstream. For those impacted by the floods in Kanaighat, Jaintapur,...

According to a United Nations organization, there will be a tiny decrease in global unemployment this year, contrary to its earlier forecast of an increase. However, the agency cautioned about “slow progress” in addressing inequities. The...

The government’s weather agency reported that dangerously high temperatures were expected in the sprawling megacity of India on Wednesday, as the country’s capital saw temperatures surge to a national record-high of 52.3 degrees Celsius (126.1 Fahrenheit)....

Rich nations fulfilled their commitment to provide $100 billion in annual climate aid to developing nations for the first time in 2022, albeit two years later than anticipated, the OECD announced on Wednesday. The OECD report...

The philanthropist Melinda French Gates, who was once wed to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, announced on Tuesday that she would be donating $1 billion to individuals and groups that support women’s problems. The news is made...

As relief workers and locals faced dangerous conditions in their desperate hunt for survivors, a UN official told AFP on Sunday that more than 670 people are thought to have died following a major landslide in...