IDSS-UIU hosts the 8th UIU-ICSD 2026.

Asia poverty: 1.5B lifted, but millions remain vulnerable. Sustainable solutions are key.

Paradoxically, Bangladesh is also regarded by many as a test case of sustainable development.

A sponge city is one that is built to passively absorb, clean, and use rainfall in an environmentally benign manner, reducing polluting and hazardous run-off.

Green growth would help Bangladesh build long-term resilience against climate risks and potentially achieve its vision of becoming an upper-middle-income country, according to Abdoulaye Seck, World Bank country director for Bangladesh and Bhutan.

Current development practices ignore the negative impact they can have on the natural environment.

Lack of investment for sustainable development in the world’s poorest, most vulnerable countries is one of the most pressing global issues.

Sustaining the development that has taken place in Bangladesh in the past 14 years and curbing inequality are key major challenges facing the economy owing to the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war, said Planning Minister MA Mannan.

There is no “one size fits all” solution to economic upgradation and growth.

The youth cannot be empowered if they can’t fend for themselves and survive the economic realities of the times they operate in.

The streets of rural Bangladesh should value the safety and wellbeing of its users.

The pitfall of measuring development based on macrodata is that it shows the big picture, but fails to account for development achieved, if at all, on a micro/personal level.

Bangladesh Bank has formed a Tk 2,000 crore refinance scheme to ensure sustainable development of the shipping industry, increase export earnings and employment and gradually reduce import dependence.

Bangladesh makes six recommendations for an effective multilateral trading system for sustainable development.

My diverse job experiences have helped me to work towards entrepreneurship and women's empowerment. Bangladesh is on the way

Swiss President Alain Berset has stressed the need for ensuring socio-economic development in Bangladesh in a “sustainable and inclusive” manner so that nobody is left behind.

The biggest problem for sustainable development in Bangladesh now is climate change, Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud says.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stresses need for equal development of country's womenfolk as there is no scope to leave them behind in the name of religion.

Collaboration among national parliaments is crucial in advancing the vision of a poverty-free South Asia pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), said Speakers of South Asian countries at a high-level meeting in Dhaka today.

THE ratification of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that will be the world's roadmap for development over the next 15 years is an important...