International Day for Biological Diversity is being celebrated on 22 May every year to increase awareness and understanding of the issues of biodiversity.
Kishore Kumar Das, founder of Bangladesh's educational charity 'Bidanando', has been selected for the United Kingdom's Commonwealth Points of Light Award.
World Health Organization has re-appointed Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as Director-General of WHO for the second term with effect from 16th August 2022. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is an Ethiopian public health researcher, and official who has been Director-General of the World Health Organization since 2017.