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Picasso’s ‘Woman with a Watch’ fetches $139 mn at auction
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Global food prices drop 13.7pc in 2023: FAO
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Maternal mortality & child marriage are declining in Bangladesh: UNFPA
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News Hour Correspondent
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Apr 30, 2023
According to the current State of World Population Report, which was released here today, maternal mortality and child marriage rates in Bangladesh are decreasing, while contraceptive prevalence is increasing. “Maternal mortality and child marriage rates are...
Playing for change and the UN announce “Peace Through Music: A Global Event for the Environment”
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News Hour Correspondent
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Nov 27, 2021
Playing For Change and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) announce Peace Through Music: A Global Event for the Environment, set for December 15th. The event will feature more than 200 artists from more than 35...
Increased social service is a must for marginalized tea workers and their families
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News Hour Correspondent
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Jul 13, 2021
On July 6, 2021, the ILO, UNICEF, UNFPA, and UN Women held a virtual stakeholders’ dialogue to highlight the living conditions of tea garden workers and their families during the Covid-19 pandemic as part of the...
Rabab Fatima elected as UNDP, UNFPA, UNOPS EB’s VP
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Mridha Shihab Mahmud
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Dec 8, 2020
Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative (PR) to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Rabab Fatima was elected as the Vice President (VP) of the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board on Monday, reports BSS. This selection of Rabab Fatima will allow Bangladesh...
3 UN bodies selected Bangladesh as executive member
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News Hour Correspondent
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Sep 15, 2020
Bangladesh has been named as the Executive Board member of the UNDP, UNFPA, and UNOP ensuring the highest votes — 53 out of 54 votes with one abstention — for the term 2021-2023 beginning from the...
UNICEF and UNFPA renew multi-country initiative to protect millions of girls from child marriage
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News Hour Correspondent
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Mar 11, 2020
A multi-country initiative to end child marriage and help protect the rights of millions of girls worldwide will be renewed for an additional four years, UNICEF and UNFPA announced. By 2023, the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End...
UNFPA warns, nearly 70 million girls will face genital mutilation by 2030
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News Hour Correspondent
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Mar 6, 2018
About 68 million girls face female genital mutilation between 2015 and 2030, according to new research by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. The new figures project that the current estimates of 3.9 million girls mutilated...
Bangladesh made impressive progress in reducing infant mortality and improving maternal health
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Tareq Salahuddin
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Nov 1, 2017
News Hour: Bangladesh has made impressive progress in reducing infant mortality and improving maternal health in the last two decades. However, 42% of deliveries are attended by skilled birth attendants and 38% deliveries occurring at facilities,...
UNAIDS, UNFPA launch road map to stop new HIV infections
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Mridha Shihab Mahmud
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Nov 1, 2017
News Hour As part of global efforts to end AIDS as a public health threat, UNAIDS, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and partners have launched a new road map to reduce new HIV infections. The...
Action to be accelerated to end Child Marriage in Bangladesh
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News Hour Correspondent
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Oct 31, 2017
News Hour: Child marriage is a matter of pressing concern for Bangladesh. Although Bangladesh has made considerable progress in several socio-economic indicators, the norm of the marrying of girl child at early ages still persists in...
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