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.
6 proposals from Bangladesh for effective multilateral trading system
Bangladesh makes six recommendations for an effective multilateral trading system for sustainable development.
Achieving sustainable development through entrepreneurship and innovation
My diverse job experiences have helped me to work towards entrepreneurship and women's empowerment. Bangladesh is on the way
Swiss president lauds progress in Bangladesh
Swiss President Alain Berset has stressed the need for ensuring socio-economic development in Bangladesh in a “sustainable and inclusive” manner so that nobody is left behind.
‘Climate change the biggest problem for sustainable dev’
The biggest problem for sustainable development in Bangladesh now is climate change, Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud says.
No scope to leave women behind in the name of religion: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stresses need for equal development of country's womenfolk as there is no scope to leave them behind in the name of religion.
‘Parliaments’ collaboration crucial for poverty-free S Asia’
Collaboration among national parliaments is crucial in advancing the vision of a poverty-free South Asia pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), said Speakers of South Asian countries at a high-level meeting in Dhaka today.
Sustainable businesses for a sustainable world
THE ratification of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that will be the world's roadmap for development over the next 15 years is an important...
Goals to transform the world
On September 25, 2015, world leaders adopted a resolution entitled 'Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development'. The agenda is a “comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative goals and targets” – now referred to as the Global Goals.
Hasina receives ‘ICT Sustainable Development Award’
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received "ICT Sustainable Development Award" from the International Telecommunication Union.
Bangladesh performs well in inclusive growth
AS per a report published by ESCAP titled 'Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2015', Bangladesh is ahead of both India and Pakistan in terms of inclusive growth.
