25-Jan-2015
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched its Asia-Pacific Regional Report ‘Achieving Development Results in Asia and the Pacific’, highlighting a string of successful programmes implemented in 2013 and 2014.
02-Feb-2015
We share the concern of civic groups that the inclusion of property development companies among the consultants being employed to prepare the new Detailed Area Plan (DAP) for 1,500sq-km around Dhaka city, creates an unavoidable conflict of interest.
30-Oct-2014
Urbanisation is one of the defining features of the future. Over 50 percent of the global population resides in urban areas today, a share predicted to increase to 67 percent by 2050.
05-Jan-2015
MUMBAI: Road accidents contribute "highly" to the death rate in the country and the society needs to be given knowledge on various aspects in case of an emergency, experts speaking at a symposium on health and development at the 102nd Indian Science Congress said today.
06-Jan-2015
On September 11, 2014, I stepped into the United Nations for the first time. Attending the High-Level Stocktaking Event on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, I had the opportunity to see the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, heads of nearly every department, and even, oddly enough, the director of Love Actually.
18-Feb-2015
This lecture review the interdisciplinary work of the LSE’s Urban Age programme, focusing on the interactions between space and society in some of the world’s most rapidly changing cities.
07-Jan-2015
In September 2014, mayors from three towns and cities of Bangladesh visited China as part of a government-to-government exchange towards adapting Beijing’s network of social service centres for Bangladesh.
01-Jun-2014
This Situation Analysis acknowledge that much work still needs to be done to fully realise the rights of children with disabilities in Bangladesh.
03-Feb-2015
Bangladesh has long been a success story for women’s financial inclusion, where 90% of the 21 million clients served by MFIs are women. And in terms of access to formal financial services, 35% percent of women in Bangladesh hold a bank account, which is above the regional average for South Asia (Global Findex).
06-Jan-2015
The ICT, Urban Governance and Youth report is the fourth report in the Global Youth-Led Development series. The report provides a conceptual framework which reflects the rapidly changing dynamics in three areas of urban development: the demographics of the fastest growing segment of urban populations, youth (ages 15 to 24); information and communications technology (ICT) and particularly mobile phones; and governance, particularly local governance in the developing world.
21-Nov-2014
Pllastic has an undoubtedly convenient but worrying presence in our lives. Everyday items such as wrappers, bottles and even chewing gum (yes, it’s made of plastic!) are thrown away without much thought. In fact, Americans discard 14.4 million tons of plastic a year, and only 13 percent of it is recycled.
17-Feb-2015
Recent studies suggest that the coastal population in Bangladesh will become more vulnerable to salinity intrusion in a changing climate.
15-Feb-2015
Urbanization sometimes seems to be an almost mystic force that shapes, disrupts and ultimately derails our cities according to its own obscure logic. In the face of accelerating urban growth the city makes and remakes itself without taking much account of its inhabitants, planners or rulers.
11-Feb-2015
The ICT, Urban Governance and Youth report is the fourth report in the Global Youth-Led Development series. The report provides...
03-Feb-2015
Bangladesh has long been a success story for women’s financial inclusion, where 90% of the 21 million clients served by MFIs are women.
16-Jun-2014
This Situation Analysis acknowledge that much work still needs to be done to fully realise the rights of children with disabilities in Bangladesh.
07-Jan-2015
Cities in China and Bangladesh learn from each other in serving citizens' needs
08-Feb-2015
This lecture review the interdisciplinary work of the LSE’s Urban Age programme, focusing on the interactions between space and society in some of the world’s most rapidly changing cities.
06-Jan-2015
On September 11, 2014, I stepped into the United Nations for the first time. Attending the High-Level Stocktaking Event on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, I had the opportunity to see the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, heads of nearly every department, and even, oddly enough, the director of Love Actually.
05-Jan-2015
Road accidents contribute "highly" to the death rate in the country and the society needs to be given knowledge on various aspects in case of an emergency, experts speaking at a symposium on health and development at the 102nd Indian Science Congress said today.
বাংলাদেশ আরবান ফোরাম সচিবালয়, লেভেল ১০, এলজিইডি ঢাকা জেলা নির্বাহী প্রকৌশলীর কার্যালয়, ৬২, পশ্চিম আগারগাঁও, ঢাকা-১২০৭
Bangladesh Urban Forum Secretariat, Level 10, LGED Dhaka Office, 62, West Agargaon, Dhaka-1207
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