UNDP launches scholarship for medical students

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bangladesh, in collaboration with 'The Bangladesh Medical Students' Society (BMSS)' has launched the 'Scholarship for Medical Students' initiative-Bangladesh's first-ever program offering medical students' free access to certified courses from world-renowned universities. This initiative, under the Futurenation platform of UNDP and Grameenphone, will provide 300 medical students

Empower youths with green skills for future: Speakers

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the British Council jointly organised an event called "Youth Skills Conference 2023" to empower the youths of Bangladesh on Wednesday. This transformative event powered by FutureNation was designed to cultivate an understanding of diverse green skill sets and equip young individuals from all divisions

A vital partnership for the 2030 agenda

Flexible and predictable funding allows UN agencies to respond promptly and with agility in times of crisis. In countries such as Afghanistan, Yemen, and Ukraine, UNDP implements projects and programmes that help protect livelihoods and enhance the resilience of vulnerable communities. The UN has estimated that the world will need to

Dear signed on landslide risk management in Cox’s Bazar

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Dhaka and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed an agreement for a two-year project for landslide risk management in Cox's Bazar.The agreement was signed by UNDP Bangladesh Resident Representative Stefan Liller and Norwegian Ambassador to Bangladesh Espen Rikter-Svendsen on behalf of their respective

Time running out for decisions on debt relief as countries face crisis

Developing low- and middle-income economies are taking hard hits from global economic developments outside their control. Monetary tightening in advanced economies coupled with increasing fears of a global recession have weakened currencies, sent interest rates soaring, and investors fleeing. All of which is contributing to a rapid deterioration of an already

Unsettled lives in a troubled world

Cross-continent vacations seem to be the norm once again with the lessening of COVID-19 while new cities are being built with skyscraping $4M condos shooting up in a matter of months, and just-out-of-University millennials launching into their careers with minimum start-off salaries of $75K. Sounds pretty good. Those scenarios present a shocking

Dickson visits Unilever, UNDP’s plastic waste project

The British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson recently paid a visit to Unilever's Plastic Waste Management Project (PWMP) site in Narayanganj City Corporation. A partnership has been ongoing between Unilever Bangladesh, FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) company, and UNDP Bangladesh. In partnership with Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC), they have created

NSU, UNDP hold training programs on negotiation skills

Two consecutive training programs on “Climate Change and Development Financing Related Negotiation Skills” were held on 21-23 May and 24-26 May 2022 at the North South University (NSU) campus, a press release said Sunday. The training programmes were jointly organized by the South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) of