Development

The Federal Council was briefed at its meeting on January 29, 2025, on the implementation of the development cooperation measures that Parliament had approved upon. Parliament trimmed CHF 321 million from the 2026–28 financial plan for...

Today, the Volunteer Network for Palliative Care had a successful preparatory meeting in the NCC Conference Room in Narayanganj. The conference, which was organized by AYAT Education with assistance from Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC), is a...

Supradip Chakma, the adviser to the Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Ministry, advised the local hill district council’s chairman and members today to adopt the mindset of providing services for the area’s development. “You have to work...

Volunteers from the “Compassionate Narayanganj” project staged a special street drama called “Our Loved Ones, Our Responsibility” to increase public awareness of family values, social responsibility, and palliative care. The drama was staged on Tuesday at...

The “Project for the Improvement of Equipment for Air Pollution Monitoring” will get 835 million Japanese yen, or around Taka 64.87 crore or $5.45 million, from the Japanese government. In this context, the governments of Japan...

BRAC is proud to present the Kaiser and Wendy Zaman Fellowship, an endowment that will launch a new educational initiative within its Medhabikash program. This innovative intervention of the BRAC Education Program (BEP) provides financial and...

At least 242 million students in 85 countries had their schooling disrupted by extreme climate events in 2024, including heatwaves, tropical cyclones, storms, floods, and droughts, exacerbating an existing learning crisis, according to a new UNICEF...

The number of internally displaced children in Haiti has increased by nearly 50 per cent since September – now equaling approximately one in eight children in the entire country – as a result of ongoing violence...

To increase awareness of palliative care, a networking event with media was hosted on December 26 at 11:00 AM in the conference room of Narayanganj City Corporation. AYAT Education coordinated the event as part of the...

Four months after famine was first confirmed in Zamzam camp in Sudan’s North Darfur state, more areas in North Darfur and the Western Nuba mountains have been identified as experiencing famine conditions, as access to food...