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SDG
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)‘My Constituency’ app launched
A web and mobile based application titled ‘My Constituency’ has been launched today for the members of parliament (MPs) to measure the progress of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their ...
Bangladesh's Zahin among 17 young leaders selected for SDGs
Young Leaders for the SDGs is a flagship initiative of the Office of the UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth, which recognises the efforts of young people leading drives to combat the world's most ...
Transgender to be included as separate gender in national census: BBS
Hijras will be included as a separate gender in the upcoming National Census to begin in January 2021
Ending poverty by 2030 now a fading dream, says UN report
The global COVID-19 pandemic has pushed more than 250 million people to the brink of starvation and dashed hopes of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030, a UN expert said in a report published on ...
Roundtable
Sustainable Development Goals: Advancing Food and Nutrition Commitments
Pre-Covid-19 outbreak, Prothom Alo and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) jointly organised a roundtable titled ‘Sustainable Development Goals: Advancing Food and Nutrition Commitments’ on ...
‘20 per cent of the people still go to bed hungry’
The number of those going hungry has gone down considerably in Bangladesh and underweight rates have almost halved. Wasting rates are also almost half and the country was at a threshold. But there is ...
PM Hasina says Bangladesh on track to attain SDGs
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said Bangladesh is already on track to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the country gained a remarkable success in the Millennium Development ...
Water Poverty of Kurigram
Shamsul Alam (55) is a tea stall worker and heads a family of 7 members. He entirely depends on tube well water for drinking purpose. His wife, daughter and daughter in law collect drinking water ...
Human rights and citizens’ duty complementary: PM Hasina
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the government has been working to uphold the rule of law to protect human rights in the country, stressing the need for creating mass awareness about ...
Young Bangladeshi business leader among 10 UN SDG Pioneers
The United Nations Global Compact has announced 10 new SDG Pioneers - young business leaders including one from Bangladesh who are doing an exceptional job to advance the Sustainable Development ...
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