Development

News Hour: The World Bank has received a contribution of US$2.0 million from the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) to provide Technical Assistance (TA) for improved solid waste management practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Technical Assistance...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Nepal today celebrated the breakthrough of the first key section of the Melamchi Tunnel. When completed, the Melamchi Tunnel will carry to Nepal’s thirsty Kathmandu...

News Hour: In emergency centers, tents are filling with people who speak of leaving Mosul at night under the cover of darkness to avoid the militants’ wrath. It’s a tough slog, many say, with trenches militants...

News Hour: Save the Children in collaboration with Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BUP) organized a roundtable on child-sensitive urban planning on December 28, 2016 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Professor Shamsul Alam, member (senior secretary), general economic division...

News Hour: Save the Children launched “UNCRC General Comment on public budgeting for the realization of children’s rights” in Bangladesh on December 26, 2016 at CIRDAP international Conference Centre in Dhaka, Bangladesh. M A Mannan, MP,...

News Hour: We published our debut list of Under 35 in 2015 and it has received huge attention. This year, we are yet again excited to be able to honor some of the most courageous young...

News Hour: IOM assisted 140 stranded Nigerian migrants, including 83 women and 57 men, three migrants in need of medical assistance, and six unaccompanied child migrants to return home to Nigeria from Libya. The IOM charter...

News Hour: Oxfam holds fears for the safety of people living in remote island communities affected by Typhoon Nock-Ten, which hammered the central Philippines late on Sunday, killing at least four people, displacing tens of thousands...

News Hour: IOM Egypt this week organized a soft launch of the revamped version of “http://www.bosla-egypt.infoBosla” – a migrant information-sharing website that provides information on services available to migrants in Egypt. Meaning “compass” in Arabic, Bosla...

News Hour: A group of Ethiopians who became stranded in Mozambique en route to South Africa returned home yesterday with the assistance of IOM. The 34 migrants began their five-month journey in the southern region of...