Reports

Approximately 19 million people affected Floods hit hard in Bangladesh this week. More than half of the country is now covered in water. The disaster has affected 19 million people and left over 400,000 homeless. In response, additional Food for…

Salvation Army personnel in flood-ravaged Bangladesh who have already come to the aid of thousands of victims must now brace themselves to help thousands more, as local forecasts call for the flooding that has devastated the country to continue…

Rivers around Dhaka have risen sharply, submerging around 50 percent of the area around the capital and as well as the eastern and southern parts of the city. Those affected are facing acute shortages of drinking water and cooking facilities.…

Salvano Briceno is the director of the United Nations' International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in Geneva, which promotes preventive action to reduce the impact of disasters. With natural disasters on the increase globally, he calls for a new 'culture of…

Dhaka: The Government of Bangladesh has welcomed international assistance for the tens of million of people affected by severe flooding in the country. In response, the United Nations, in consultation with the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management, will embark…

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is providing CHF 450,000 to benefit the victims of the floods in Bangladesh and Tajikistan. The contribution is earmarked for emergency relief. The Swiss Cooperation Offices in India and Nepal are…

The United Kingdom Department for International Development is contributing =A35 million (US$9.1m) to support UNDP relief efforts in flood-stricken Bangladesh. About 30 million people have sought refuge in emergency shelters or move to higher grounds. Severe floods from heavy monsoon…

Dhaka (dpa) - Bangladesh has called for international help to rebuild the flood ravaged country as the death toll from the monsoon deluge reached 500 on Thursday, officials said. Almost half of Bangladesh's 130 million population have been displaced by…

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with a five million pound contribution from the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID), is preparing to distribute non-food items through non-government organization to some of those most severely affected by the recent…

$683,200 Cdn/$509,000 U.S. aid package: emergency relief, agricultural rehabilitation and disaster cleanup MCC seeks to raise $268,500 Cdn./$200,000 U.S. for the effort. Donations should be marked "Asia Emergency Assistance" and sent to MCC at PO Box 500, Akron, PA 17501.…