Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and four UK-based anti-corruption organizations have called for the immediate freezing of illegal assets held by Bangladeshis in several countries including the US, the UK and EU nations. This call, made in a letter to the UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, aims
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Urgent global action Is needed to stop wave of plastic pollution
There is a growing wave of plastics, smothering our countryside and lapping at our shores. Studies have shown we are breathing microplastics, eating microplastics, drinking microplastics, and picking them up through skin contact. Evidence is mounting that they can pose a potential threat tofood safety and human health. Scientists have
COP27: global action is needed to decarbonise industries
Ahead of this year’s COP27 in Egypt, industry and government representatives from 15 developing countries across Asia, Latin America and Africa met in a series of consultations about the challenges and opportunities they face in decarbonizing some of their most energy intensive industries like steel, cement and concrete. A report from