Gates Foundation

Participants at the high-level workshop held by FAO, Gates Foundation and the Ministry of Agriculture in the capital on 23 July 2025. Photo: Courtesy
Agriculture

FAO Bangladesh launches groundbreaking project with Gates Foundation support

The AsTP project marks a major milestone in Bangladesh's journey to modernise its agriculture sector and enhance sustainability, resilience, and productivity in the face of growing global and...

A person passes by on a scooter in front of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, Washington, U.S. May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo
Climate Change

Gates Foundation, Qatar to spend $200m on climate-adaptive agriculture

Philanthropist Melinda Gates attends an international conference on health in developing countries, in Oslo, Norway November 6, 2018/ Lise Aserud via Reuters
World+Biz

Melinda French Gates no longer plans to give most of wealth to Gates Foundation, WSJ reports

Bill and Melinda Gates are presented with the 2016 Presidential Medal Of Freedom by President Obama at White House on November 22, 2016 in Washington, DC.Photographer: Leigh Vogel/WireImage
Global Economy

Bill and Melinda Gates start dividing a $145 billion fortune

FILE PHOTO: Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates attend a news conference at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 30, 2009. More than 40 heads of state and government -- almost double the number last year -- will be joined at the WEF meeting by 36 finance ministers and central bankers, including the central bank chiefs of all the G8 group of rich countries except the United States. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo
World+Biz

Bill and Melinda Gates agreed 'separation contract' before divorce announcement

FILE PHOTO: Philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates (L) and his wife Melinda talk, after being awarded Commanders of the Legion of Honor at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 21, 2017. REUTERS/Kamil Zihnioglu/Pool/File Photo
Analysis

How will Bill and Melinda Gates’ divorce impact their charity?

Bill Gates, Co-Chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, attends a conversation at the 2019 New Economy Forum in Beijing, China November 21, 2019. Photo:Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Gates Foundation adds $70 million more funding for Covid vaccines for poor

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Panorama

Who does philanthropy actually benefit?

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, attends a news conference as the foundation teams up with the Japan Sports Agency and Tokyo 2020 to promote the Sustainable Development Goals in conjunction with the Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan, November 9, 2018. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid-19 has set global health progress back decades: Gates Foundation

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Coronavirus chronicle

Gates ups pandemic funds to $250 million, says Trump WHO move makes 'no sense'

Gates Foundation, Wellcome, Mastercard to give $125m to develop COVID-19 medicines
Coronavirus chronicle

Gates Foundation, Wellcome, Mastercard to give $125m to develop COVID-19 medicines

Narendra Modi received the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Award, September 25, 2019/ HT-Twitter@narendramodi
World+Biz

Modi ignores protests to receive Goalkeepers Award