LDC graduation: A new era for Bangladesh

The UN Committee for Development Policy (CDP) visited Dhaka from 9 to 12 October, 2017 to discuss the country's prospect of graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category. The member of the CDP met with officials from different ministries, the Bureau of Statistics and the Prime Minister's Office, as...

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Ensuring enforcement of environmental governance

Environmental governance is a concept in political ecology or environmental policy related to defining the elements needed to achieve sustainability and resilience. As one of the most susceptible countries in the world, Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to climatic manifestations as a result of its unique geographic location, hydro-geological characters like...

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Palestinian independence still a far cry

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin-Salman'sz comment that Israel has the 'right' to live in peace on 'its land' has added a new element to the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Before the First World War, Palestine was part of the Ottoman empire of Turkey. Palestine had a population of 700,000 with a land...

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