Informes

According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), due to strong monsoon, steep pressure gradient lies over the North Bay of Bengal. Maritime ports have been advised to host local cautionary signal No 3. Due to its…

HIGHLIGHTS “Sometimes when three customers come together to my shop, and I suggest that they keep distance and wait, one of the customers goes to another shop instead. So we lose customers.” – Vendor from Cox’s Bazar…

FAO, in partnership with the Department of Agricultural Extension, has distributed rice seed to 24 000 farmers in Cox’s Bazar in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and last month’s super cyclone. The emergency response will…

DHAKA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in support of the Government of Bangladesh’s emergency response, has dispatched cash assistance to communities at risk of monsoon flooding in northern Bangladesh. With funding from the Korea…

Highlights • WFP has successfully transferred 80 percent of the refugee population to the digital food assistance modality. More than 700,000 refugees are receiving food through WFP electronic voucher outlets. By September 2020, WFP aims to cover…

Highlights • As of 31 May, 29 confirmed cases of COVID-19 had been identified in the Rohingya refugee camps. 673 COVID-19 positive cases had been reported in Cox’s Bazar District, according to IEDCR. For weekly operational updates by Sectors/Working…

ADRA’S RESPONSE Needs Assessment The COVID 19 Regional Taskforce has now finalised and circulated a remote assessment guide and shared with country offices. Assessment questionnaires will also be made available within the network. The secondary impact has now been…

Context Analysis In May 2020, the rise in COVID-19 transmissions in host and camp communities, coupled with Cyclone Amphan and the rescue of about 300 displaced people from Rakhine, from the Bay of Bengal and who were…

IOM to produce Hand Sanitizer with District Administration and Local Partners in Cox's Bazar Cox's Bazar - In the days following the first confirmed COVID-19 case in Bangladesh in early March, hand sanitizer and other essential hygiene…

Dhaka, 29 June 2020 - As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to threaten communities globally, especially high-risk urban populations including migrant workers, street hawkers and people with low strata of income, it’s no different in Bangladesh. Like…