The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved a Tk 5,905.59-crore project to maintain the rural road network by rehabilitating the roads, bridges and culverts...
The tragedy of cyclones and consequent floods and embankment damage is an annual saga in Bangladesh. This year was no exception.
But what's lacking is a sustainable embankment ...
Educational institutions damaged in Jashore during cyclone Amphan are yet to be repaired nearly three months after the natural disaster hit the country on May 20.
Sources say 372 educatio...
More than 2.4 million people are estimated to be affected by flooding, including around 1.3 million children in Bangladesh, UNICEF said Thursday.
More than half a million (548,816) famili...
Although just over two months have now passed since Cyclone Amphan made landfall in the south-western coastal areas of the country, the residents of Koyra upazila who evacuated their homes as the s...
The farmers of Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat district have become frustrated with the increased salinity affecting their crop lands since Cyclone Amphan ripped through the country on May 20, leav...
The traditional Basundia jackfruit haat in Jashore from where thousands of jackfruits go to different districts every season now looks almost deserted for lack of buyers and the blame goes to Covid...
The UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated US$ 5 million to complement the government’s response to the people in need.
Last month, Cyclone Amphan cau...
Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem has called upon the United Kingdom to be the voice and conscience of the most vulnerable countries including the LDCs, SIDs and countries w...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina jointly with CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation Patrick Verkooijen wrote an article in The Guardian saying that Bangladesh can offer lessons for others facing the d...