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'It will take the voice and energy of the next generation and the willingness of the older generation to listen and take action to address the climate emergency'

To address climate emergency, Save the Children in Bangladesh has launched the “Red Alert” campai... Read More

The South Korean government has provided 1,800 emergency food and hygiene packages, as well as 3,000 personal protective equipment (PPEs) and medical supplies, to vulnerable communities, including frontline nurses, in the capital's Mugda area who have been hard-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More

A ceremony to handover the items was held at the HR Bhaban in Kakrail

South Korean has provided Dhaka’s Mugda Medical College and General Hospital with food packages and medical supplies to help battle the ongoing Covid-19 crisis in Bangladesh.

As many as 1,800 e... Read More

The Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate change has recommended that all the national parks across the country be remain closed for visitors for next three months. 

The committee also recommended formation of a policy on eco-tourism to... Read More

A parliamentary panel has recommended keeping the national parks closed to tourists for certain periods every year after seeing nature bouncing back with the preservation of environment and wildlife during restrictions on travel and tourism amid the pandemic.<... Read More

The top leadership of Bangladesh’s health sector is going through a shake-up after various irregularities and corruption in the sector came to the forefront recently.

The government has brought about changes at high levels to clean up the sector already beset by controversy. ... Read More

The Daily Star in association with Citizen's Platform for SDGs and Plan International Bangladesh organised a virtual policy dialogue titled "Voluntary National Review 2020 and Youth Perspectives" on July 16, 2020. Here we publish a summary of the discussion. Read More