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United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN warns of rising heat risks in Asia and the Pacific
Extreme heat is reshaping the region’s disaster landscape and driving the fastest-growing climate-related hazards, according to the Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2025: Rising Heat, Rising Risk.
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Preparing for the next flood: Protecting women’s health in Bangladesh
Climate change has worsened monsoon flooding in Bangladesh, putting women of child-bearing age at risk – but the …
Climate Finance Asia
Climate Finance Asia calls for policy and financial reforms to accelerate coal phase-out in Asia
Asia has a unique opportunity to lead the coal phase-out by advancing policies, guarantees, transition finance, and aligned …
This year's awardees include prominent lawyers, business leaders and seasoned practitioners of diplomacy and governance.
All Bangladesh Press Releases
27 April 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
'Engines of opportunity, centres of vulnerability': The growing challenges of Asia Pacific's cities
24 January 2025
World Economic Forum
World leaders outline bold visions for future at Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos
14 December 2024
Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)
Orange Forum 2024: A global celebration of inclusive and sustainable finance
5 December 2024
UN Trade and Development
Empowering women digital entrepreneurs in South Asia
18 November 2024
26 May 2024
12 October 2023
19 December 2022
International Finance Corporation
IFC, Singapore’s Agrocorp partner to improve food security in Bangladesh
28 November 2022
24 June 2022
NEU Battery Materials
NUS GRIP Deep tech start-up, NEU Battery Materials raises S$800,000 in seed funding
3 November 2021
Exponential Roadmap Initiative
New collaborative platform to engage with suppliers to halve GHG emissions before 2030
5 July 2021
Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society (CAPS)
Companies step up: Public-private partnerships for social good proliferate across Asia
27 October 2020
The Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation commits US$1 billion to catalyse a green recovery from pandemic
26 May 2020
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Ethical Corporation by Reuters Events
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Royal HaskoningDHV
Royal HaskoningDHV wins major contract coastal protection Bangladesh
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