World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Food Security
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UK's Brown Calls For G8 Action On Food Crisis
UK's Brown Calls For G8 Action On Food Crisis US: April 11, 2008 WASHINGTON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday called for a coordinated response led by the United Nations, World Bank and International Monetary Fund to address soaring food prices. In an April 8 letter, Brown asked Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, as chair of Group of Eight industrial nations, to request the international agencies develop a global strategy to address the problem of rising food costs.
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Drought To Worsen Zimbabwe Food Situation FAO
Drought To Worsen Zimbabwe Food Situation
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Drought To Worsen Zimbabwe Food Situation FAO
Drought To Worsen Zimbabwe Food Situation
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Promising harvest
With a rangbwtang (necklace made of silver coins) round her neck, Koyati Reang, clad in the traditional attire of a Reang woman
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Food price rise to worsen poverty situation: WB expert
Food price rise to worsen poverty situation: WB expert Khawaza Main Uddin Sharp rise in food grain prices in recent times will worsen poverty situation in poorer countries such as Bangladesh, making attainment of UN development goals by 2015 uncertain, says a World Bank expert.
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Govt may cut subsidies to fund rural employment scheme
Govt may cut subsidies to fund rural employment scheme Khawaza Main Uddin The interim government may trim fuel and fertiliser subsidies to make up for the planned enhancement of social protection and balance the next budget, finance officials have hinted. Raising the tax-GDP ratio to 11 from 10.3 now is one of the major targets to increase the revenue earning for meeting the costs of development and welfare activities as well as routine expenditures of the government.
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Food crisis will end with boro harvest: Gen Moeen
Food crisis will end with boro harvest: Gen Moeen Bdnews24.com . Tangail The army chief, General Moeen U Ahmed, said on Sunday the ongoing food crisis would end with the boro harvest as cultivation was high this season. Addressing a rally of farmers at Bhuapur upazila in Tangail, the army chief said there was no alternative to boosting agricultural output.
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4 killed at Haiti anti-poverty demo
4 killed at Haiti anti-poverty demo Agence France-Presse . Port-Au-Prince Four people were shot dead and some 20 injured Friday on the second day of demonstrations in Haiti against rising prices and poverty, a politician said.
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Government slated for failure in food management
Government slated for failure in food management Staff Correspondent Politicians, economist and rights defenders on Saturday slated the government for failing to ensure food security for people, and unanimously called for an immediate dialogue among government, political parties and experts to resolve the present food crisis.
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Call to introduce rationing system
Call to introduce rationing system DU Correspondent Progressive Students' Alliance, a combine of five left leaning student organisations, on Saturday demanded introduction of rationing system to avert possible famine in the country. At a rally held in front of the Central Library at Dhaka University, leaders of the alliance also demanded reduction in prices of essentials, including rice, pulses and edible oil. They said many people had been suffering from various diseases stemming from malnutrition caused by silent famine in the country.