Dhaka, 16th October 2014: Today thirteen right based civil society organizations led by EquityBD has organized a human chain and rally in front of the National Press Club, Dhaka demanding Government must redirect subsidy to the community-controlled renewable energy sources instead of huge subsidy to fossil fuel projects which are mainly responsible for carbon emission
DHAKA: Speakers demanded a people-centred Post 2015 development framework ensuring the meaningful participation of all concerned stakeholders where civil society in the process leading up to Post 2015 Summit. The 69th United Nations General Assembly 2014 that is set to begin next week in New York focuses on the theme “Delivering on and Implementing a Transformative
Food system is broken due to hamper food production by droughts, salinity, land and water grabbing. On the other hand, farmers particularly the small and marginalized farmers are not getting profitable prices for their production. It is also another cause for food insecurity. The government should protect the life, lives and livelihoods of farmers for
Self-employment for the hard-core poor gets a boost with the proposed allocation of Tk 1,200 crore in the budget, which is Tk 200 crore more than the current year’s allocation. This is a part of various government-funded schemes which aim to create an estimated 597.13 lakh man-months of employment, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said in
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05 December 2010: As part of consultancy work of Tradecraft Exchange, Prodip K. Roy, Chief Executive of Online Knowledge Society facilitated training in Faridpur District among the jute growers and associations for increasing leadership in jute markets.