Brazil on Wednesday approached the World Trade Organisation聽 for relief against a hefty trade tariff imposed by president Donald Trump on more than a third of US-bound exports from the Latin American powerhouse...
BANGLADESH has long been familiar with the wrath of nature. Nestled in the low-lying delta formed by the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers, the country endures relentless exposure to floods, cyclones, landslides, and the slow erosion of riverbanks. These threats are not new, but climate change has lent them a sharper edge. The Global Climate Risk Index...
More villages were inundated on Thursday as flash floods and water stagnation gripped vast swathes of the coastal belt, including major coastal towns and cities, with torrential rain continuing over most of Bangladesh for the fourth consecutive day...
A medium to large-scale flood is likely to occur in the 2025-26 financial year, which will begin on July 1, and erode 0.48 percentage points of the gross domestic product growth in the year, according to the finance ministry...
The Republican-led US House of Representatives voted Thursday to approve president Donald Trump鈥檚 sprawling tax relief and spending cuts mega-bill that critics warn would decimate health care while ballooning the debt...
A powerful earthquake has killed more than 1,600 people in war-torn Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand and caused widespread damage....
Bangladesh, in solidarity with the people of Myanmar, has promptly responded to the devastating earthquake of 7.7 magnitude that struck northern Myanmar on March 28....
Distraught Myanmar relief camp dwellers received final handouts from the World Food Programme on Wednesday as the UN agency begins halting aid to a million people in the country because funding has dried up...
The United Nations is going to reduce its allocation for food for Rohingyas in Bangladesh from $12.50 to $6 a month per person from the next month...
The United Nations World Food Programme and the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief called for urgent enhancements to combat climate change in Bangladesh.
Survivors of the monsoon floods that ravaged Nepal at the weekend criticised the government on Tuesday for inadequate relief efforts during a disaster that killed at least...
The United Nations and partners have launched a humanitarian appeal for $134 million to provide urgent relief and support to communities affected by ongoing and...
A foundation named 鈥楯uly Shaheed Smriti Foundation鈥� was formally launched on Tuesday with Tk聽100 crore in donations received from the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Relief and Welfare Fund...
WITH more than six million people having been directly affected by the flooding of Bangladesh鈥檚 east, north-east and south-east, public suffering continues as the government support has been visibly inadequate. Many still live in shelters and are struggling as their houses and livelihood came to be gravely affected. In Cumilla, one of the worst affected...
MANY people left stranded in Feni and Noakhali for more than a fortnight in the flooding of Bangladesh鈥檚 east, north-east and south-east still waiting for relief supplies or not getting supplies enough for their sustenance is a cause of concern. People marooned in remote areas are reported to be desperately waiting for relief supplies and medical support amidst...
Nestle Bangladesh, partnering with SAJIDA Foundation, has distributed essential food relief among more than 10,000 flood-affected families, said a press release...
A 38-year-old mentally challenged woman was allegedly raped while seeking relief in Titas Upazila of Cumilla. Local residents detained six accused from Daskandi Bazar in the Vitikandi Union in connection with the incident...
Employees of the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority have donated a sum equivalent to their one day鈥檚 salary to the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Relief and Welfare Fund, said a press release...
Premier Bank PLC, on behalf of its board of directors, officers and employees, has donated Tk 1 crore to the Chief Advisers Relief and Welfare Fund, said a press release...
RELIEF supplies for people in the flooded east, south-east and north-east well after a week of flooding appear to be going largely uncoordinated as infants are reported to be suffering for the shortage of food. In the relief operation visibly carried out by private entities and quarters that lack enough logistic support to reach remote areas, food distributed...
The director general of Bangladesh Coast Guard, Rear Admiral Mir Ershad Ali, visited the flood-affected area in Moulvibazar and distributed relief among the people on Wednesday...
Southeast Bank PLC donated TK 2 Crore to the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Relief and Welfare Fund for relief and rehabilitation of flood victims, said a press release...
Sonali Bank PLC donated its employees鈥� one day鈥檚 salary amounting to Tk 1,91,70,000 to the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Relief and Welfare Fund to provide assistance to the flood victims, said a press release...
A mobile court seized relief goods from the Paikgacha residence of former Awami League lawmaker for Khulna-6 constituency (Paikgachha-Koyra) Rashiduzzaman Morol on Tuesday.
ASA has undertaken a relief and rehabilitation programme worth Tk聽59.80 to support the victims of the current flood that devastated the southeastern region of Bangladesh.
ONE Bank employees have donated their one day鈥檚 salary to the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Relief and Welfare Fund for helping flood-affected people, said a press release...
Employees of Expressions Limited, Express Events and Digital Expressions 鈥� referred to as Expressions Family, made donations to the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Relief and Welfare Fund on Tuesday, said a press release...
Trust Bank employees have contributed Tk 1 crore to the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Relief and Welfare Fund, which is equivalent to their one day鈥檚 salary, said a press release...
The number of people in flood shelters exceeded five lakh on Tuesday as flood spread further inland, temporarily displacing 40,000 more people in the country鈥檚 eastern and...
Members of Asiatic 360 have contributed their one day鈥檚 salary to create a fund for flood-affected people, said a press release...