Reports

By Kamrul Hasan Khan Through training and standardized assessments, UNICEF and the European Union are working to address malnutrion among the most vulnerable populations in Bangladesh. NETRAKONA, Bangladesh, 30 June 2015 –The signs of severe malnutrition were plain…

By Himadri Ahsan, IFRC Since 24 June, torrential rains in Bangladesh have set off flash floods and landslides in the low-lying areas in the south-eastern districts of Cox’ Bazar, Bandarban and Chittagong. The floods drowned hundreds of…

Letter from the Executive Director Maternal mortality in Bangladesh is still too high, at 170 deaths per 100,000 live births. Moreover, the dramatic decline in under-5 mortality (from 144 to 41 per 1000 live births) between 1990 and…

Heavy rain fall in Bangladesh (and India) over the last few days has worsened the flood situation in Bangladesh. So far, nine districts in the northwest of the country are experiencing flooding. If the rainfall continues,…

COUNTRY STRATEGY WFP aims to achieve significant gains in reducing hunger and undernutrition in the coming years by implementing and developing — through effective partnerships — innovative nutrition and hunger solutions and responding to emergencies. To underpin the…

WASHINGTON, June 5, 2015—The World Bank approved a total of $476 million for two projects in Bangladesh to develop a strong financial sector and to improve agricultural productivity for one million poor farmers. The projects approved…

Hunger is a huge issue in Bangladesh. Please help WFP raise awareness by sharing the following ten hunger facts: Undernutrition costs Bangladesh more than USD 1 billion in lost productivity every year, and even more in health…

Summary: Disaster Situation Starting from mid-August 2014, Bangladesh saw several rounds of flooding. Heavy rains in the main river basins and upstream catchments of India, along with continuous rainfall in northwest and north-eastern parts of Bangladesh caused a…

Project Introduction Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) has been implementing a four-year community-based programme titled ‘Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) programme’ with financial supports from the ‘Swedish Red Cross and technical support from IFRC since 2012.…

Bangladesh has a population of more than 160 million people; it’s one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Millions of Bangladeshis are suffering from one or more forms of malnutrition, these people are…