Rapports

HIGHLIGHTS In October 2022, cyclonic storm Sitrang hit Cox’s Bazar with windspeeds of up to 62 kilometers/hour in the cyclone center. No health facility was damaged/affected. There was one minor injury and no death from the storm.…

Cartoonist Syed Rashad Imam Tanmoy has joined hands with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and its partner Artolution to support Rohingya refugees through art. Tanmoy gathered the refugee community to share their lives and capture them…

SHELTER/NFI SECTOR OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Objective 1 Provide life-saving emergency Shelter/NFI support to households affected by disasters and other sudden onset events. (SO3, SO5) Emergency events are expected to continue or increase in 2023 since shelter assistance consists of…

Project Overview Duration: 2017 - 2022 Funded by: European Union Lead Ministries: Ministry of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment (MoEWOE) and Ministry of Foreign Aairs (MoFA) Implementing Partner: BRAC Service Coverage: 64 Districts of Bangladesh OVERALL OBJECTIVE To contribute to the sustainable reintegration…

In Numbers 1,495 mt of food distributed US$14.1 million cash-based transfers made US$68 million net funding requirements (November 2022 – April 2023) 1.1 million people assisted Operational Updates • In response to Cyclone Sitrang that affected Bangladesh on 24 October, WFP prepositioned fortified…

In a blog for World Toilet Day, Oxfam’s Safwatul Haque Niloy looks at a pioneering project with engineering firm Arup that is pinpointing the best ways to deal with the huge challenge posed by waste from…

DHAKA, 13 November 2022 – Children and youth are leading the call for urgent climate action at the COP27 Climate Change Conference underway at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Among them is climate activist and UNICEF Bangladesh Youth…

Executive summary Climate change and anthropogenic activities have exacerbated biodiversity loss and severely affected the overall health of the world’s ecosystems. Technological solutions, which are often lauded as multi-purpose remedies, are limited in their efficacy and often…

DHAKA/GENEVA (17 November 2022) -- Bangladesh must take concrete action to combat entrenched and pervasive ageism and follow through on its planned measures to ensure human rights protection of older persons, a UN expert said. Concluding an…

Over the past two decades, Bangladesh, with its low-lying river delta and lengthy coastline, has been listed among the top ten countries most affected by climate change, according to the Global Climate Risk Index. Two-thirds of…