Experts of International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Monday said Bangladesh would not face any major crisis due to global recession in terms of job cut and GDP growth although the world is facing economic challenges due to global meltdown.

The recent health indicators for child and mental health mortality in Pakistan reveal that the country falls far below international standards, which require instant and careful consideration for effective long term planning, says a report by the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC).

Expressing grave concerns over the rampant environmental degradation in the country, environmental experts have said that Pakistan, especially Sindh, is facing an environmental disaster.

With the war over, a senior Minister said Sri Lanka must spend more on science and technology, particularly in research and development, if the country is to achieve higher levels of economic growth and eradicate poverty.

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The United States wants to forge a partnership with China, bringing the world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases together to address global warming, Washington's top climate diplomat said on Wednesday.

A Mexican proposal to raise billions of dollars to fight climate change is winning backing in talks on a new U.N. treaty, paradoxically because no one really likes it, a Mexican official said on Wednesday.

The environmental degradation is estimated to cause Pakistan economic losses to the tune of Rs 365 billion per year that amounted to six percent of the GDP, said Afsarullah Khan Wazir, Project Director Pakistan Forest Institute (PFI) Peshawar.

The European Union will boost economies and create an additional 410,000 jobs if the bloc meets its target of getting one fifth of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, a new report shows.

The 27-country bloc will boost gross domestic product (GDP) by a quarter of 1 percent in the process, the study prepared for the European Commission's energy department said.

During one of the many meetings preceding the Copenhagen round of talks scheduled to take place in December, the developed countries have tentatively agreed on a plan to collectively raise $100 billion per year in order to provide financial support to the poor and developing nations as they try to make the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy sources.

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