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When a National Red Cross or Red Crescent Society receives a forecast of an imminent extreme weather event, one of their most urgent tasks is to decide what action to take in anticipation of a possible…

BACKGROUND Taking into consideration lessons learned and good practices from the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal, the Government of Bangladesh, together with the UN RC and members of the international community agreed to focus preparedness efforts on…

Introduction For decades, Bangladesh has offered a safe haven for Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar. However, following widespread military crackdowns in Myanmar's Rakhine state in August 2017, the massive influx of Rohingya refugees has worsened the humanitarian situation…

BDRCS has been consistently monitoring the situation since the beginning of the depression formed in the bay. As of 1 May 2019, BDRCS has taken following measures: BDRCS is maintaining a close coordination with Cyclone Preparedness Program…

This paper investigates the technical, economic and institutional challenges to scaling up forecast-based early action (FbA) in Bangladesh. Taking a political economy approach it examines the structures and policies around disaster management in the country, options…

The IFRC Forecast based Action (FbA) by the DREF Fund has approved a total allocation of CHF 182,996 from its Forecast-based Action (FbA) mechanism for the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society. The approved amount consists of an…

In Numbers 12,464 mt of food assistance distributed US$ 2.9 m cash-based transfers made US$ 199 m total confirmed contribution for Cox’s Bazar L3 Emergency Response US$ 43.01 m six months (Dec 2018 - May 2019) net funding requirements for…

In Numbers 12,648 mt of food assistance distributed US$ 3.2 m cash-based transfers made US$ 193 m total confirmed contribution for Cox’s Bazar L3 Emergency Response US$ 36.9 m six months (Nov 2018 - April 2019) net funding requirements for…

In Numbers 12,463.07 mt of food assistance distributed US$ 3.3 m cash-based transfers made US$ 275 m total confirmed contribution for Cox’s Bazar L3 Emergency Response US$ 27.7 m six months (Oct 2018 - March 2019) net funding requirements for…

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, the Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB) and the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) installed state of the art rain gauges in three landslide-prone…