Rapports

Heavy rain during late September and water coming from West Bengal in India caused unexpected floods which have hit the south west of Bangladesh. The worst areas to have been hit are traditionally flood-free zones. People there have no…

period covered: January - June 2000 A relatively calm first half of the year (in terms of recurring natural disasters) gave the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) the opportunity to be involved more consistently in their on-going…

After the devastating famine of 1974, Bangladesh has successfully avoided any further disaster of its kind, surviving two close calls in 1979 and 1984 and a succession of floods in the recent years. Welcome as it,…

Introduction When hunger is as pervasive and as persistently so as in Bangladesh, the food problem ceases to be just one aspect of the economic problem. It becomes indistinguishable from the totality of the development problem itself.…