Development

A workshop titled ‘National Policy workshop on the Development of the Public Libraries’ was organized by the British Council’s Libraries Unlimited Programme and the Department of Public Libraries on 28 April 2018, at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, Dhaka. The...

The government should carry on post-budget assessment on some new policies made in the budget every year to reduce revenue deficit for sustainable revenue collection.  Because, if policy changes do not work effectively, the revenue target of the government is hampered. Foreign...

To commemorate the “International Girls in ICT Day”, Grameenphone has arranged a panel discussion at the GP House today not only to recognize the efforts of women in the ICT field but also to encourage further inclusiveness ensuring gender equity. Michael Foley,...

Bangladesh is going to be a middle-income country soon, but gender inequality persists in societies even in policies, which hinders the progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 according to speakers in a policy...

Junior Chamber International (JCI) Dhaka United has inaugurated their first “JCI Innovation Center” for Pakhi Foundation, an organization that has been actively working with the special children. This is a project of JCI Dhaka United to...

Up to one million species face extinction due to human influence, according to a draft UN report obtained by AFP that painstakingly catalogues how humanity has undermined the natural resources upon which its very survival depends....

The Visiting three top UN officials today called on the international community to continue supporting the needs of 1.2 million forcefully displaced Rohingya as well as local community in Cox’s Bazar. The three officials— UN Under-Secretary-General...

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates said on Sunday they had agreed to send Sudan $3 billion worth of aid, throwing a lifeline to the country’s new military leaders after protests led to the ousting...

Chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on planning ministry Abul Kalam Azad has urged parliaments of Asian nations to raise their voice over the Rohingya crisis as he joined the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) meeting in...

Avijatrik, a startup from Bangladesh, won the Social Innovation award at the 2nd Youth Co:Lab summit held in Hanoi, Vietnam from 2-5 April, 2019. Youth Co:Lab is the largest youth social entrepreneurship movement in Asia, supported...