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(extract) CYCLONE PREPAREDNESS PROGEAMME In October 2013, a daylong orientation session on welding and management of CPP volunteers was completed in Khulna with the support of Community Disaster Management Program (CDMP). A total number of 1005 volunteers from…
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INTRODUCTION This report is a consolidation of available information regarding waterlogging in the south west of Bangladesh. It aims to provide stakeholders with a synthesised overview of the current situation, an understanding of information gaps and assist…
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HIGHLIGHTS Retail price of food: Overall the prices of basic food items except for rice were stable during the current quarter. The average retail price of coarse rice in September was 31.59 Tk/kg which is 31 percent…
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DHAKA – More than 6,000 children in Islampur Upazila under Jamalpur District will receive cooked meals at school by January 2014 through an initiative launched today by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the…
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Dhaka, 15 October 2013: UNICEF and the Government of Canada are joining forces to improve health and nutrition for hard-to-reach mothers and young children. Canada’s support to UNICEF will help strengthen immunization efforts through the introduction…
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It covers the period from: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 : 1200 to Sun, 15 Sep 2013 : 1400 Hazards 1. Flood 2. Flash Flood Areas at risk: Jamalpur, Rajshahi, Gaibandha, Kurigram, Sirajganj, Faridpur, Rajbari, Mymensing, Chandpur. Flood Situation Overview The Padma,…
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(extract) DISASTER RESPONSE DEPARTMENT The Department distributed Sari and Lungi to the poor during Eid-Ul-Fitre at the districts of Board Members of BDRCS. A total of 3600 people were covered through this distribution where 1800 piece sari and…
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DHAKA – The Bangladeshi Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have today entered into a new partnership to address persistently high rates of maternal and child undernutrition…
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When Cyclone Mahasen hit southern Bangladesh on 16 May 2013, more than one million people were evacuated to cyclone shelters and around 155,000 houses were destroyed or damaged. The British Red Cross has now given £56,700…
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The programme reaches 80 000 very poor women Context About half the people in Bangladesh live in poverty. Almost 30 million (one in five) have a daily intake of less than 1 804 kcal. The main causes of…
