Reports

10 districts in Northwest and Northeast Bangladesh are severely affected by flooding. According to the National Disaster Response Coordination Center, more than 600 000 people are affected and more than 100 000 houses have been partially…

Key Highlights Out of the 10 districts analyzed, Sunamgonj and Bandarban have been classified in Level 4 or Severe Chronic Food Insecurity (CFI). The other 8 districts have been classified in moderate CFI (Level 3). Of the total…

BANGLADESH CALL FOR ACTION FOR INTEGRATED FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS TOWARDS ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT 2.4 MILLION PEOPLE are experiencing SEVERE CHRONIC FOOD INSECURITY across 10 DISTRICTS OF BANGLADESH and are IN NEED of support to improve their…

Highlights 1-30 June 2016 Bangladesh: In June, IOM provided return assistance to two Bangladeshis returning from Thailand. There were no minors among these returnees. IOM provided food and onward transportation to the returnees. To date, IOM has…

Highlights Retail price of food: During the reporting quarter, the national average retail prices of coarse rice and wholemeal wheat flour (atta) decreased slightly from the previous quarter. The prices of lentils (masur) and palm oil showed quite…

Operational Summary 17-19 May 2016: Cyclone Roanu originated from a low pressure area that formed south of Sri Lanka, and gradually drifted north towards the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha and intensified into…

Executive summary Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated and one of the poorest countries of the world and has some of the highest rates of under nutrition, with millions of children under the age of…

Highlights WFP Bangladesh is developing a new Country Strategic Plan 2017 – 2020, to be approved by WFP’s Executive Board in February 2017. WFP is providing emergency food assistance to 56,000 people in Southern Bangladesh following the effects…

B. Situation analysis Description of the disaster Cyclone Komen made landfall on 30 July 2015, weakening as it moved slightly towards the northeast. Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Bandarban, Noakhali, Feni and Bhola districts were significantly affected. The regions were…

By Maherin Ahmed When Cyclone Roanu hit southern Bangladesh in May it not only endangered poor people’s immediate access to food, but also threatened to derail efforts to help particularly vulnerable women leave extreme poverty behind. Cox’s Bazar…