Informes

Cox’s Bazar – Bangladesh is boosting efforts to combat human trafficking with a 2018-2022 national plan of action to improve enforcement through better inter-agency coordination, improved training of officers and harmonization of existing laws. The plan, developed…

To enhance access to safe water supply and hygienic sanitation across the rural areas of the country, the Bangladesh Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project invested in the construction of piped water supply schemes and household…

Cindy Huang and Kate Gough Executive Summary Bangladesh is providing a significant global public good by hosting nearly one million Rohingya refugees, including 700,000 who fled violence carried out with “genocidal intent” in 2017. Most refugees are living…

The influx of refugees to Cox’s Bazar from Myanmar in 2017-18 put a large strain on local environment. Over 730,000 refugees struggled to build emergency shelters and used trees for makeshift structures and cooking fuel. UNHCR…

Philippus Wester Arabinda Mishra Aditi Mukherji Arun Bhakta Shrestha Editors Foreword This assessment report establishes the value of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) for the 240 million hill and mountain people across the eight countries sharing the region, for the 1.65 billion…

DHAKA, Dec. 19, 2018 —The government of Bangladesh today signed a $500 million financing agreement with the World Bank to improve livestock and dairy production as well as provide better market access to 2 million household…

UNHCR and other humanitarian agencies in Cox’s Bazar are working on sustainable solutions to mitigate the impacts of environmental degradation for refugees and the host communities and therefore to minimize protection risks. The immediate goals are…

Cox’s Bazar – Representatives from Coca Cola, GAP and Mastercard, along with other big-name brands, have visited Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, with IOM, the UN Migration Agency, to explore how private businesses can…

DHAKA, September 27, 2018—World Bank Vice President for South Asia Region, Hartwig Schafer today said the world needs to provide sustained support to Bangladesh to meet the urgent needs of the Rohingya people as well as…

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) has deployed professional midwives to rural health facilities as a commitment to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. Midwives are experts in sexual and reproductive health care and provide…