Govt signs grant agreements with UNFPA

The Economic Relations Division (ERD) on Sunday signed two project agreements with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for availing a grant amount of Taka 825 lakh. Md. Shahriar Kader Siddiky, Secretary (ERD), represented Bangladesh while UNFPA was represented by Kristine Blokhus, Country Representative in Bangladesh in the signing ceremony. The project

With planning aging population could result in a silver dividend

An aging population needn’t be a burden, experts told Parliamentarians at a conference co-hosted by UNFPA Asia Pacific Regional Office and the Asian Population and Development Association (APDA). Two National Transfer Account (NTA) experts told the session that with good planning and policy, it was possible to change the trajectory so