A university in India should be able to learn from one in Africa. A Latin American campus should be able to adapt an innovation developed in Asia. Universities should be able to compare pathways, learn from failures, share data and accelerate solutions. This is where SCCN can play a distinctive role
Unlike many regions where imported garments quickly become waste, countries such as India have built thriving ecosystems of repair, resale and recycling. Long before the "circular economy" entered policy vocabulary, informal markets and recycling clusters had already extended the life of clothing through reuse and material recovery.
If Earth Overshoot Day falls on 30 July in 2026 , humanity is currently effectively requiring nearly one and three-quarter Earths to sustain its present patterns of production and consumption.
Climate change is reshaping national security in South Asia. Military preparedness, though important, cannot make up for decaying infrastructure, failing water systems, or recurrent economic disruptions brought on by extreme weather. Governments must expand the definition of security to incorporate climate resilience as a central strategic goal.
Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena met the United Nations Resident Coordinator Hanaa Singer and the heads of UN agencies based in Colombo Monday at an event held at the Foreign Ministry to mark the 65th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s membership of the United Nations
Niranjala’s (name changed) husband started physically abusing her soon after they got married
Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) is going to replace its three contingents consisting of 320 members at the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO)
UNESCO has launched an international award named after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman following Bangladesh’s proposal
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a worldwide "state of climate emergency" to tackle global warming
Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) aviation unit serving in United Nations peacekeeping duties in the Central African Republic has been recognized for their contribution to Intelligence, Surveillance and Rescue operation (ISR) following a rebel attack on a village that left more than 2000 people displaced
Praja Trevedi, former economic adviser to the Indian government, has been named the Commonwealth Secretary-General's special envoy for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
A resolution in the United Nations General Assembly on the situation in Afghanistan has called all Afghan parties to reduce and end violence in the country while supporting an “Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process.”
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for global solidarity to fight COVID-19 in a message on Human Rights Day
Nepal has presented its second nationally determined contribution (NDC) report to the UN outlining its ambitious targets for the next decade to reduce emissions and support vulnerable communities to adapt to the impacts of climate change
The instability and fear that the COVID-19 pandemic brings about is exacerbating human rights concerns around the world
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has confirmed that he will take a COVID-19 vaccine publicly when it becomes available to him
Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has said COVID-19, besides the other devastation is has caused, is also threatening to steal from millions of girls their right to education, she said
Bangladesh has conveyed to the UN refugee agency that the international community has no reason to worry about relocation of Rohingyas to Bhashan Char
Bangladesh has called upon the United Nations to delineate outer limit of Bangladesh’s continental shelf that would unleash new opportunities in the county’s pursuit of “blue economy”
