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Why the global dialogue on demographic diversity is critical

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the landmark International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).

Development challenges even stiffer now

Bangladesh is facing huge population and development related challenges owing to high prevalence of child marriage, early pregnancy, and sluggish progress in family planning and poor youth unemployment, said experts yesterday.

Nearly 7.5 lakh teenagers give birth every year

The adolescent (15-19 years) birth rate in Bangladesh is still high as approximately 750,000 adolescent girls are giving birth annually, according to a new UN report.

Still the highest in the region

A staggering 59 percent of the marriages that took place in Bangladesh between 2006 and 2017 involved brides below the age of 18, says a UN study.

New UNFPA representative meets foreign minister

The newly appointed United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative in Bangladesh, Asa Britta Torkelsson, meets Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali.

May 15, 2024
May 15, 2024

Why the global dialogue on demographic diversity is critical

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the landmark International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).

July 22, 2019
July 22, 2019

Development challenges even stiffer now

Bangladesh is facing huge population and development related challenges owing to high prevalence of child marriage, early pregnancy, and sluggish progress in family planning and poor youth unemployment, said experts yesterday.

April 18, 2019
April 18, 2019

Nearly 7.5 lakh teenagers give birth every year

The adolescent (15-19 years) birth rate in Bangladesh is still high as approximately 750,000 adolescent girls are giving birth annually, according to a new UN report.

April 17, 2019
April 17, 2019

Still the highest in the region

A staggering 59 percent of the marriages that took place in Bangladesh between 2006 and 2017 involved brides below the age of 18, says a UN study.

March 21, 2018
March 21, 2018

New UNFPA representative meets foreign minister

The newly appointed United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative in Bangladesh, Asa Britta Torkelsson, meets Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali.