UNB, London

Bangladesh and the United Kingdom Wednesday made a joint partnership calling for an ambitious international deal on cutting greenhouse gas emissions as London made a fresh pledge of 75 million pounds sterling to Dhaka for combating catastrophic impacts of climate change on livelihood and food security.
The money will go on measures such as protecting houses, schools and farms against flooding, and introducing new crop strains in Bangladesh, trebly hit last year by devastating floods and cyclone. [Read more]