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Another US$308 million towards UN’s Afghan emergency humanitarian aid appeal from US
The UN appeal for US$5 billion in aid for Afghanistan to avert a humanitarian catastrophe has got US$308 million from the US.
The US on...
Bangladesh
Bangladesh government mulls introducing green tax to meet its environment goals
The carrot and stick policy to impose of green taxes on the one hand and incentivise green service providers on the other hand is...
COVID-19
WHO says it will consider a change in vaccine composition
The team of experts say that there is a need to develop COVID-19 vaccines that have high impact on prevention of infection and transmission.
The...
Gender
Canada becomes fifth country to ban conversion therapy
Canada outlaws attempts to use any form of therapy to convert lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders.
Canada last week became the fifth country after Brazil,...
Civil society
Time for Public Conversation, Justice after ‘Blasphemy’ killing in Pakistan, say Rights Activists
People from all walks of life have been shocked and condemned the lynching of Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana, a Sri Lankan factor manager working in...
Climate change
Greenland’s ice sheet lost some 166 billion tonnes in 12-months
It is now raining in a place that saw only snowfall. Though this is happening in another far corner of the earth, the shrinking...
Afghanistan
Banners in Kabul order women to cover themselves
Posters have come up all over Kabul city conveying the Taliban's message to women instructing them to wear the all-encompassing burqa and the black...
Bangladesh
Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazaar hit by second fire in 10 days
2022's second big fire incident in a Rohingya refugee camp has destroyed almost 600 temporary shelters.
A massive fire broke out in housing camp 16,...
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Voluntary Corporate Emissions Targets Not Enough to Create Real Climate Action
Companies’ emissions reduction targets should not be the sole measure of corporate climate ambition, according to a new perspective...
Bangladesh witnesses longest heat wave in 76 years
Meteorologists said that Bangladesh is experiencing its longest heat wave in recorded history this April with forecasts showing no...
Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is high enough not to allow microfinance to bring about any...
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Voluntary Corporate Emissions Targets Not Enough to Create Real Climate Action
Companies’ emissions reduction targets should not be the sole...
Bangladesh witnesses longest heat wave in 76 years
Meteorologists said that Bangladesh is experiencing its longest heat...
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