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GENEVA (28 February 2012) – “The Government of Bangladesh must ensure that any policy concerning open-pit coal mining includes robust safeguards to protect human rights. In the interim, the Phulbari coal mine should not be allowed…
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HIGHLIGHTS The countrywide retail price of rice has declined from last quarter (almost 7 percent) as well as same quarter previous year. When compared to the high food price of 2008, the retail prices of all essential…
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FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Poor rains recorded during 2011/12 agricultural season Record harvests of 2011 Aman (main wet season) paddy is forecast Rice prices decreased in the recent months while wheat prices continue to rise Localized food insecurity persists Poor rains recorded…
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Dhaka, Bangladesh, 9 February 2012: GAIN – the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition – and UNICEF today announced a major multi-sector partnership that will reach an estimated 100 million Bangladeshis with vitamin A fortified vegetable oil. The…
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A new assessment of food needs in flood-affected Satkhira district shows that more than 150,000 people will require food and other assistance over the next 12 months. The report, published by the United Nations World Food…
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The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) has contributed US$ 679,000 to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), enabling much-needed support to 30,000 vulnerable families most affected by the recent floods and water-logging in…
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On the margins of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, SDC Director-General Martin Dahinden held a meeting on 26 January 2012 with representatives of the AllianzRe insurance company for an exchange on…
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Dhaka, 31 January 2012 POL/2012/D/00191/AAcd The European Union has set aside €12 million (Tk 1.2 billion) to provide humanitarian aid for communities suffering acute hardship in Bangladesh. The EU money has been allocated to help people whose livelihoods…
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On January 24, 2012, an exchange of note was signed by H.E. Mr. Joe Nakano, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Dr. Jiban Ranjan Majumder, Charge d’ affaires a.i. Embassy of Bangladesh in Japan,…
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Assisting people aected by violence Following an outburst of violence, which broke out on April 17 in the district of Khagrachari, Chittagong Hill Tracts, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Bangladesh Red Crescent…
