Today is the 88th birth anniversary of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed.
Highlighting the role of NGOs in eradicating tuberculosis, Samina Chaudhary, Infectious Diseases Team Leader at USAID, stressed the importance of making NGOs aware of their responsibilities and involving youth in the process instead of spreading panic among patients. Insisted. Shahryar Ahmed, Assistant Scientist, ICDDR,B, while presenting the keynote address in the program, threw light on […]
Bangladesh is the fourth most lead pollution affected country in the world. About 36 million children in Bangladesh, or 60 percent, are victims of lead poisoning, with an average blood lead level of 6.8 μg/dL. A recent World Bank study shows that children in Bangladesh have lost 20 million intelligence quotient (IQ) points, leading to […]
UDDIPAN President Mohammad Nazrul Islam Khan expressed his gratitude to British politician Samuel Terry for visiting various sites to know the developmental work in Bangladesh. “The economy of Bangladesh is rapidly moving towards a developing economy. We believe that the country has the potential to reach this milestone. Uddipan is supporting the journey as a […]
Forests are not only key habitats for animal life, but also serve as important regulators of the global climate and carbon sponges, absorbing emissions released by human activity. However, deforestation last year was 20 percent higher than expected to meet leaders’ pledge, with 6.6 million hectares of forest destroyed, much of it primary forest in […]
At the event, Tirtha Sarathi Sikdar, Senior Project Manager, Plan International Bangladesh, highlighted various aspects of the project to be completed this year. He informed the attendees about the significant contributions, outcomes and challenges of the project and exchanged ideas and participated in the discussion. He informed that the project is actively working with 129,000 […]
The panel discussion session included a series of discussions by eminent speakers from various professional backgrounds and focused on the emerging needs of the Rohingya population, related challenges and strategies for the future. The discussion mainly focused on the role of aid agencies to deal with the cash crunch, food security, self-reliance, skill development, social […]
Countries are increasingly echoing that concern: Canada, Australia and Belgium among others have insisted international marine mining cannot begin without stricter regulations. On Friday, Marcelino Miranda, Mexico’s representative, insisted that “the conditions do not exist to begin the exploitation of the seabed.” Other nations – they include France, Germany, Chile and Vanuatu – are pushing […]
According to the survey, the poor are facing the worst in the health and education sectors. In June last year, 16.1 per cent people could not manage the cost of treatment due to financial difficulty and this percentage increased four times to 50 per cent in February this year. The percentage of people who could […]
“There are allegations about several NGOs doing terror funding… this will be probed,” he said. Referring to cyber crime, the minister said that law enforcement agencies are trying and have sent letters to various social networking sites including Facebook, YouTube but no response has been received so far. He also demanded setting up of an […]
“We could not effectively reach children, women and men in need in Afghanistan without our female staff,” the statement said. The suspension of some aid programs that reach millions of Afghans comes at a time when more than half the population depends on humanitarian aid, according to aid agencies, and during the mountainous country’s coldest […]
