Informes

*(Excerpt) Dengue Status as of 2 May 2023 Bangladesh A total of 149 cases of dengue were reported in Bangladesh during April 2023, a 34.2% increase compared March 2023 (n = 111). During April 2022, a total of 23 cases…

Key Messages The general inflation increased to 9.33 percent in March from 8.78 percent last month, on the back of high food inflation that soared up to 9.09 percent (from 8.13 percent in February 2023). Non-food inflation…

In Brief Food security situation has worsened. Almost two in ten households (15%) was moderately food insecure, a worsening trend compared to the last month. Approximately 51 percent reported restoring to livelihood-based copings, like in February. This lean…

Ananya's life was never as easy, and things only got worse during a crisis. She knows firsthand how challenging it can be to be a transgender person in Bangladesh, where prejudice and discrimination continue to be…

PROJECT OVERVIEW The Anticipatory Action (AA) Project is an ADH Germany funded project to be conducted over fifteen months. The project’s target is to establish anticipatory action protocols for selected, disaster-exposed area programmes in order to enhance…

Overview In the evening of 24 April 2023, a fire broke out in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The fire was specifically located in Camp 21, a UNHCR-managed refugee camp in Teknaf. As of 25…

Regional research on identifying negative social and gender norms perpetuating Child, Early and Forced Marriage in Asia-Pacific and addressing them through a gender-transformative approach. Child, Early and Forced Marriage (CEFM) is a global issue, a harmful practice…

A sequence of lightning strikes and thunderstorms affected eastern Bangladesh (in particular the Districts of Sunamganj, Moulvibazar, and Sylhet) on 23 April causing a number of severe weather-related incidents (particularly due to lightning) that have resulted…

With Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar and Pakistan all hit by crippling heat as temperature records were broken across Asia this month, scientists at ICIMOD are urging global governments and businesses to make faster emissions reductions and…

This report – a collaboration between IOM and Samuel Hall in the framework of the Cooperation on Migration and Partnerships to Achieve Sustainable Solutions (COMPASS) programme, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands…