- Dengue takes 9 lives in 24 hrs
- Govt unveils treatment plan for injured in July-August movement
- Battery rickshaw blockade suspended until Saturday
- Akbar to be banned for two NCL matches
- Two bodies recovered in Naogaon
- Chief Advisor proud bringing Khaleda Zia to Senakunja
- I believe in free, fair, and credible election: CEC
- Shafik Rehman secures bail
- Former UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott dies at age 86
- Khaleda Zia makes first public appearance at Senakunja in 12 years
- Putin gifts over 70 animals to North Korean zoo following troop support for Russian army
- 4 foreign tourists die from methanol tainted alcohol in Laos
- Supreme Court stays ex-Addl AG Mehedi’s bail
- Farmers busy in harvesting paddy in Naogaon
- Ukraine says Russia has launched an ICBM in an attack
- No artificial crisis be allowed in food supply chain: Bashir
- Nasir Uddin appointed as new CEC, along with four others
- Garment workers block road in Gazipur protesting
- Dr. Yunus advocates for a country where people hold ultimate power
- New DMP Commissioner Sazzad Ali takes charge
Bangladesh and Japan decide to sign MoUs on waste management, carbon trading, climate resilience initiatives
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Forests, Climate Change and Water Resources called on Keiichiro Asao, Minister of the Environment of Japan in a bilateral meeting, at the Japanese Representative Office at COP29 in Azerbaijans capital Baku. The meeting decided to sign...
Miscarriages due to climate crisis a ‘blind spot’ in action plans: Report
Thereport collects the latest insights from physical and social science to inform the negotiations at the UN climate summit in Azerbaijan, reports The Guardian. The world faces planetary-scale challenges, from the rise of methane emissions to the vulnerability of critical infrastructure, said...
6th Day of COP29: Progress on climate finance, but consensus still out of reach
As the first week of COP29 has come to an end, there has been progress in discussions on climate finance, but a full agreement is still out of reach. Negotiators have made progress by streamlining the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) draft text, which is seen as a positive step forward....
Top polluting cities revealed amid rising frustration over fossil fuels
Cities in Asia and the United States are the leading emitters of heat-trapping gases that contribute to climate change, with Shanghai emerging as the most polluting, according to new data combining satellite observations and artificial intelligence, reports AP. Nations at U.N. climate talks in...
Chief Adviser returns home after joining COP29 in Baku
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home Thursday evening wrapping up his Baku tour to attend the global climate meet titled Conference of Parties-29 (COP29). A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the chief adviser and his entourage reached the Hazrat Shahjalal International...
Azerbaijan expresses interest in strengthening ties with Bangladesh
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev expressed his countrys eagerness to strengthen its ties with Bangladesh and elevate their bilateral relationship to new heights. He shared this view during a meeting with Banadesh Chief Advisgler Professor Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the COP29 global...
CA pledges reforming labour sector
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday said his government would carry out vital labour reforms in an effort to attract more foreign investment in the countrys manufacturing sector. He made the comments during a meeting with former British Prime Minister Theresa May on the sidelines...
CA calls for new economic framework to tackle climate crisis
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said the world needs a new economic framework in an effort to tackle the climate crisis and create a new civilisation that works for the earth and its people, reports BSS. The Chief Adviser was speaking at a LDC high-level meeting with UN...
Prof Yunus calls for overhaul of global healthcare system
Chief Adviser and 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday called for redesigning the global healthcare system and pharmaceutical companies. He made the call while speaking at a sidelines event on health services at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, the capital of...
CA for 'zero carbon'-based life-style to save planet
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday suggested creating a new life-style based on zero waste and zero carbon to protect the planet from climate catastrophes, presenting his longstanding dream of creating a new world of three zeroes, reports BSS. In order to survive, we need to...
CA urges mobilizing intellectual, financial, youth power for new civilization
Chief Adviser of Bangladeshs Interim Government Prof Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday highlighted the importance of mobilizing intellectual, financial and youth power to lay the foundation for a new civilizationa self-preserving and self-reinforcing civilization, reports UNB. He said while speaking...
CA to address World Leaders Action Summit at COP29 Wednesday
Chief Adviser of the interim government Prof Muhammad Yunus will address the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly known as COP29, on Wednesday, reports The Business Standard. The 29th climate summit started in Baku, Azerbaijan...
FIFA President to Join Youth Festival in January
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has said he will join the youth festival set to be held in Bangladesh in January, reports UNB. Infantino accepted an invitation extended by Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, who briefed him on the festivals goals and sought his support in bringing renowned womens...
World leaders descend on Azerbaijan’s capital for United Nations climate talks
World leaders are converging Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan although the big names and powerful countries are noticeably absent, unlike past climate talks which had the star power of a soccer World Cup. But 2024s climate talks are more like the World...
Chief Adviser engages with global leaders to address climate crisis
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday had brief interactions separately with a number of leaders as COP29, UNs biggest climate conference, is underway. Prof Yunus met with Prime Minister Daniel Risch of Liechtenstein and Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay of Bhutan. He also met with...
Greta Thunberg protests Azerbaijan's hosting of global climate summit
Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Monday attended a rally in Georgia to protest against Azerbaijan hosting the annual United Nations climate talks. Thunberg and scores of other activists who rallied in Tbilisi, the capital of the South Caucasus nation, argued that Azerbaijan doesnt deserve to...
Chief Adviser Yunus reaches Azerbaijan to attend COP29
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus reached Azerbaijan capital Baku on Monday evening (local time) to attend the UNs biggest climate conference COP29. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage, left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 11am...
COP29 must show global climate cooperation 'not down for the count': UN climate chief
The UNs climate chief Simon Stiell on Monday said COP29 must show that global cooperation is not down for the count., He said this few days after Donald Trumps reelection raised the prospect of a US withdrawal from the Paris agreement. Simon Stiell also appealed for an ambitious new goal on...
Prof Yunus scheduled to leave for Azerbaijan on Monday ahead of COP29
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is scheduled to leave for Azerbaijans capital Baku on Monday to attend the UNs biggest climate conference COP29. Global leaders and diplomats from across the world will descend on the capital Baku for the annual climate summit to discuss how to avoid...
At COP29 countries should deliver key policies for banks to finance renewable energy: IEEFA
At the upcoming 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) in Baku, dubbed the climate finance COP, representatives of different countries should deliver key decisions to design policies and regulations and offer institutional support that encourages banks to lend more to the renewable energy sector, said...
Rizwana emphasizes urgent climate actions
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan emphasized the pressing need for global unity in addressing climate change. She urged all developed countries to follow through on their commitments to climate finance and technological support for nations at the forefront of...
CA expected to join COP29 Summit in Azerbaijan next month
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus is expected to join the COP29 Summit at the Azerbaijan capital in November, where at least 32,000 people will get together to mainly discuss the thorny issue of climate finance, reports UNB. Once finalised, the Chief Adviser is likely to be in Baku in the second...
Dhaka hopes to see progress on materialising climate financing commitments
Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin has expressed hope that COP-29 will deliver concrete progress on materialising international climate financing commitments, reports UNB. In a meeting with Selwin Hart, Special Adviser to UN Chief Antonio Guterres and ASG for Climate Action at the UN, the foreign...