Over much of the past decade, Bangladesh’s development prospects have been buoyed by a record of strong and sustained economic growth. Yet even as the country’s bustling urban areas, including the capital city Dhaka, have helped fuel that growth, rapid and unplanned development is leaving......
26 November, 2020
The UN chief António Guterres set out a new plan to transform the world’s food systems on Monday – coinciding with the start of World Food Week – which will culminate in a major summit, scheduled to take place in September next year....
26 November, 2020
The first 20 years of this century have seen a “staggering” rise in climate disasters, UN researchers said on Monday, while also maintaining that “almost all nations” have failed to prevent a “wave of death and illness” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
24 November, 2020Funding pitfalls, growing emergencies, peace talks, and a future role for women: Key issues at a pivotal donor conference....
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