Bangladesh leads climate action commitments
Bangladesh’s climate action pledges outlined in the third Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC 3.0) under the Paris Agreement have set a global precedent by embedding just transition principles at the heart of the country’s national climate strategy.
Submitted to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on 30 September, Bangladesh’s climate strategy for the first time incorporates just transition to ensure that the shift to environmentally sustainable and low-carbon economies is job-rich, gender-responsive and inclusive, leaving no one behind.
Gaza deal signed amid hope in Middle East
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- US President hails ‘tremendous day for the Middle East’ at gathering of world leaders in Sharm El-Sheikh
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CA places six proposals to end hunger
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today placed six proposals for a complete transformation of the global food and economic systems to end hunger, saying hunger is caused by the failure of the existing economic framework.
“Hunger is not caused by scarcity. It is caused by the failure of the economic framework that we have designed . . . we must change the system,” he said.
The chief adviser presented a keynote speech at the grand opening of the World Food Forum (WFF) flagship event 2025 at...
Nobel Economics goes to trio for work on tech-driven growth
The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded on Monday to American-Israeli Joel Mokyr, Frenchman Philippe Aghion and Canadian Peter Howitt for their work on the impact of technology on sustained economic growth.
Mokyr, 79, won one half of the prize "for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress", the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.
Aghion, 69, and Howitt, 79, shared the other half "for the theory...
LGED graft trail leads to Tk 300cr scandal
Allegations have surfaced that three influential figures within the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) turned the organisation into a hub of corruption and irregularities prior to the appointment of the current Chief Engineer (routine charge), Md. Anwar Hossain.
The trio — former Chief Engineer Abdur Rashid Mia, his close associate and then Sub-Assistant Engineer Moshiul Alam, and self-styled media consultant Abu Fattah — reportedly built a powerful network of influence within LGED under the patronage of the recently ousted Awami League government.
Army acts on tribunal orders, one officer still at large
The Army Headquarters has confirmed that 15 of the officers named in arrest warrants issued by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) have been taken into custody, while one remains missing. According to the army, Major General Kabir Ahmed has been “illegally absent” from duty.
The issue has drawn widespread discussion following the tribunal’s issuance of arrest warrants in enforced disappearance cases and growing frustration among July uprising supporters over the delay in arrests. At a press briefing held on Saturday at Mess Alpha in Dhaka Cantonment, the Army’s Adjutant General, Major General Md Hakimuzzaman, disclosed the information.
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