Rapports

(Dhaka, 9 June 2020) - As governments around the world are encouraging their citizens to stay home to halt the spread of COVID19, it is crucial for us to remember that for some, home may not…

STORY HIGHLIGHTS A World Bank water project in Bangladesh offers lessons for disaster preparedness and response. Immediate support, robust institutions and citizen engagement are all vital. Lives and livelihoods can be saved when they are established and operationalized. How do…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee…

While the world is grappling with the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Bangladesh also starts being affected. Joining Forces Bangladesh appreciates the measures taken by the Government of Bangladesh that includes enforcing nationwide sporadic lockdown;…

Attendance Members Present: Nutrition Cluster, Wash Cluster, GBV cluster, RCO secretariat, Displacement Management cluster, Child Protection cluster and Early Recover Cluster, Private Sector Coordinator, LSWG, NAWG. GiHA, Community Engagement and GBV cluster: Members absent: Early Recover cluster, FSL cluster,…

Floods and other weather-related disasters plague farmers in Bangladesh, and climate change threatens to exacerbate these risks. At stake are the livelihoods of millions of small and marginal farmer households that are at risk of becoming…

Executive Summary Bangladesh is currently providing an enormous global public good by hosting more than one million Rohingya refugees, over 740,000 of whom crossed the border from Myanmar between August 2017 and mid-2018. Fleeing violence and ethnic…

Mahreen Khan and Helen Dempster Bangladesh provides a significant global public good by hosting over one million Rohingya refugees. Most are living in camps in Cox’s Bazar district, where local resources and livelihoods are strained. The refugee…

UNHCR works closely with Bangladesh authorities to protect vulnerable Rohingya refugees from abduction and human trafficking at Kutupalong refugee settlement. By Louise Donovan in Kutupalong, Bangladesh | 02 December 2019 When Sara’s seven-year-old son Mohamed was…

A physiotherapy clinic in south-east Bangladesh treats Rohingya refugees and their Bangladeshi hosts side by side. By Don Murray in Shamlapur, Bangladesh | 06 November 2019 Hazera has a medical card which says she is 55…