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Speakers, including rights activists, on Thursday stressed that the girls who were married off before finishing school be brought back to formal education. 

They said this at a programme organised by Manusher Jonno Foundation in the capital to observe the International Human Rights... Read More

A comprehensive effort is crucial to protecting the human rights of girls," said rights activists, lawmakers, and diplomats at an event on Thursday.

"When we talk about human rights, we talk about everyone in general. We cannot move forward while leaving half... Read More

The Centre for Bay of Bengal Studies (CBoBS) of Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) of Japan jointly organized an international conference on sustainable blue economy on 27-28 November at IUB.

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A two-day international conference on sustainable blue economy, jointly organized by the Centre for Bay of Bengal Studies of the Independent University Bangladesh and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation of Japan, ended at the IUB on November 28.

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Climate negotiators of Bangladesh government have called for democratic practice when it comes to making decision in the climate change Conference of the Parties better known as COP.

They observed that the prevailing function failed to protect rights of many nations impacted by the adve... Read More

The UN climate talks COP27 closed in Egypt on Saturday started to address the symptoms of the climate crisis in a breakthrough decision for the most vulnerable. 

A historic progress was made with a commitment to set up for a financial support structure for the most vulnerable to de... Read More

COP27 process represents a historic moment for loss and damage (L&D) since this is the first time the issue was adopted into the agenda and approved in the same year and am not sure if this has ever been the case within any UN negotiating process, said Saber H Chowdhury, president of... Read More