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The adviser directed the authorities concerned to develop a comprehensive action plan to free rivers surrounding Dhaka including Buriganga, Turag, and Shitalakkhya the from encroachment and pollution.

The Report records a 25 per cent increase in the number of trafficking victims detected globally in 2022 compared to 2019 pre-pandemic figures. Between 2019 and 2022, the global number of victims detected for trafficking for forced labour surged by 47 per cent.

Many vulnerable communities have also been left with limited access to essential services such as clean water, healthcare and sanitation.

UNICEF reports that eight in ten Afghans lack access to safe drinking water. Furthermore, over 64 per cent of the population is affected by drought, exacerbating food shortages and economic hardships.

Sri Lanka plans to revise the draft bill on stolen asset recovery, a move aimed at strengthening mechanisms to retrieve illicitly acquired funds hidden domestically and abroad.

The MoU was signed on Monday by Chowdhury Liakat Ali, Director of the Sustainable Finance Department at Bangladesh Bank, and Stefan Liller, UNDP Bangladesh's Resident Representative, a UNDP press release said.

There is much work to be done to ensure an orderly political transition to renewed institutions, Guterres, and noted that his Special Envoy, Geir Pedersen, will be working with all Syrians to this end.

The latest decision to block medical education further narrows the already bleak opportunities available to Afghan women, denying them a pathway to meaningful careers and independence.