sustainable development
How ‘sponge cities’ can solve Bangladesh’s flooding problem
A sponge city is one that is built to passively absorb, clean, and use rainfall in an environmentally benign manner, reducing polluting and hazardous run-off.
Ensure green growth for sustainable development
Green growth would help Bangladesh build long-term resilience against climate risks and potentially achieve its vision of becoming an upper-middle-income country, according to Abdoulaye Seck, World Bank country director for Bangladesh and Bhutan.
Striking a balance between development and environmental conservation
Current development practices ignore the negative impact they can have on the natural environment.
Project Syndicate / What the Paris Finance Summit must do
Lack of investment for sustainable development in the world’s poorest, most vulnerable countries is one of the most pressing global issues.
Sustaining dev, curbing inequality major challenges
Sustaining the development that has taken place in Bangladesh in the past 14 years and curbing inequality are key major challenges facing the economy owing to the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war, said Planning Minister MA Mannan.
How innovation and institution drive economic growth
There is no “one size fits all” solution to economic upgradation and growth.
Let the youth participate in our SDG journey
The youth cannot be empowered if they can’t fend for themselves and survive the economic realities of the times they operate in.
Rural Bangladesh needs next-generation village roads
The streets of rural Bangladesh should value the safety and wellbeing of its users.
Mega projects, mega dreams: But where is that omelette the government promised us?
The pitfall of measuring development based on macrodata is that it shows the big picture, but fails to account for development achieved, if at all, on a micro/personal level.
To build sustainable development
PROTECTION against crime and violence is a top priority of people everywhere. Criminal activities undermine state authority by fuelling
