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Dhaka 24 June 2020: Today EquityBD, a network of right based civil society, labor and farmer organizations, organized a virtual press conference to give reactions on budget 2020-21 titled “Stopping Illicit Capital Flight Should be Highest Priority in Domestic Resource Mobilization”. The speakers expressed concern on the enhanced trend...

Dhaka 13 June 2020: A virtual seminar titled “National budget 2020-2021, embankment and protection of coastal population” is organized by COAST Trust and CSRL (Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihood) today. Dr Qazi Kholliquzzaman, Chairman of PKSF (Polli Karma Sohayak Foundation) chaired the seminar and Mr Saber Hossain Chowdhury MP...

Equitybd observes the International Mother Language Day today in its working areas to pay the profound honor to the Martyrs of 1952 who sacrificed their lives to bring back Bangla as the Mother Language of Bangladesh. The then President of Pakistan announced Urdu to be the official language of...

Today 12 January 2020, in a seminar, civil society organizations have urged government to decentralize budgetary resource for sustainable Embankment repair & management in coastal area. They also demand to involve community and local government engagement for effective management & maintenance of embankment that’s already proofed as low cost,...

Dhaka, 04 January 2020, in a press conference today, Civil Society climate advocacy networks have criticized the CoP 25 outcome as frustrated, as the negotiation loosed the trust of MVCs (Most Vulnerable Country) & LDCs (Least Developed Countries) also in fact work and served the polluters interest. They made...

Today December 12 2019, Civil Society representatives from MVCs (Most Vulnerable Countries) and LDCs (Least Developed Countries) have meet a press conference in CoP-25 climate summit and criticize the negotiation process very frustrated as their developed countries inclined or showing an inclination to continue putting dispute or disagreement on...

Dhaka, 8 December 2019: Diversified CSO (Civil Society Organizations) met in a dialogue in Dhaka on 7th December 2019 prior to the Third South Asian Forum on SDG to be held in Bangladesh and raised issues to complement the government positions. CSO representatives said SDG should be well understood...

COP25, Madrid, 05 December 2019: Civil Society leaders of MVC (Most Vulnerable Countries) in a press conference arranged today inside the COP25 venue demanded Enhanced Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Target as urgent action by developed countries to reduce the Green House Gases (GHGs) to keep global warming rise below...

Dhaka, 26 November 2019, in a press conference today, Civil Society Organizations (CSO) on climate advocacy networks have demanded for a separate Mechanism for Displacement & Migration under UNFCCC (United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change) process, observing frustrated performance of WIM (Warsaw International Mechanism) on Loss & Damage...

Dhaka, 02 November 2019: In a seminar today in Dhaka, civil society organizations and climate networks have reviewed the proposed draft “National Strategy on Management of Disaster and Climate Induced Internal Displacement (NSMDCIID)” and demanded a wider participation before its finalization. They also opined that the draft NSMDCIID should...