The World Bank reaffirmed its continued support to Bangladesh to achieve the country’s vision of reaching an upper-middle income status through ensuring green growth, as the...
Despite the long history of local governance and recent decentralization efforts, the local government institutions in Bangladesh play a limited role in delivering services due to...
Two colonial mass killings from the twentieth century are always remembered: The Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre on April 23, 1930 in Peshawar (then India, now in...
The government of Bangladesh today signed a $165 million grant financing agreement with the World Bank to provide basic services and build disaster and social resilience...
When it comes to urban mobility, Global South cities suffer significant challenges such as lack of transport equity and poor accessibility for the urban poor. On...
Bangladesh is among the few countries in South Asia that has increased female employment in the last decade while also cutting the wage gap between men...
By 2050, the population of cities is projected to double from its current size, with nearly 70 percent of the global population residing in urban areas....
More than 19 million children in Bangladesh are at risk from devastating floods, cyclones and other environmental disasters linked to climate change, the UN Children’s Fund...
This year the theme for World Water Day 2019 is ‘Leaving no one behind’ and goes hand in hand with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-six which...
The World Bank has approved a $100 million credit for improving fiscal forecasting, and budget preparation and execution. The Strengthening Public Financial Management (PFM) Program to...