Informes

This post originally appeared on MarketLinks. The USAID Feed the Future Bangladesh Agricultural Value Chains (AVC) activity aims to develop long-term food security in the Southern Delta Region of Bangladesh by applying a market systems approach to…

Monsoon Impact The monsoon season in Bangladesh runs from June to September, preceded and succeeded by cyclone seasons, running from April to May and from October to November. Primary data available from March, before the beginning of the…

Description of the disaster Since 25 August 2017, extreme violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar, drove over 727,000 people from Rakhine State across the border into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. A situation of statelessness imposed over generations has rendered…

SUMMARY The Joint Response Plan (JRP) for the Rohingya refugee response, a prioritized plan covering the period March-December 2018, is only 39 per cent funded as of 11 October 2018, with USD 374 million received against overall…

IOM Bangladesh Needs and Population Monitoring (NPM) regularly and systematically captures and disseminates information regarding the movements and evolving needs of populations on the move, whether on site or en route. NPM’s site assessment rounds capture…

A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster During the second week of August 2017, heavy monsoon rains above the seasonal average severely impacted the riverine region of India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. This resulted in intense flooding in…

Dhaka, 15 October 2018 – In response to the collapse of the Padma River embankment in the central Bangladeshi district of Shariatpur, the European Union is providing EUR 80 000 (BDT 7.84 million) in humanitarian…

Highlights • On the 27th of September the Health Minister inaugurated the extension of Cox’s Bazar District Hospital Special Care New-born Unit (SCANU) supported by UNICEF. The unit expanded from 24 to 65 beds. In 2018, a…

HIGHLIGHTS • Cyclone preparedness remains the top priority. Shelter upgrades continue, with 169,866 households suppoted with tie-down kits (80% of target) that allow shelters to resist winds up to 40 km/hr. 3,400 households have received mid-term and…

Message from the WFP Representative 2017 marked another year of progress for Bangladesh. The country met the Least Developed Country (LDC) graduation requirements for the first time, meaning that LDC graduation could be formalized as soon as…