Tag: Bangladesh

Bangladesh faces severe climate challenges, with rising temperatures, unpredictable rainfall, and frequent natural disasters threatening livelihoods. BRAC Microfinance has introduced innovative solutions that integrate financial security with climate-smart strategies to support vulnerable communities.

The Markazi Chand Committee, responsible for moon sightings in Bangladesh, has not sighted the crescent moon on Friday and therefore Ramadan will commence March 2.

This surge in ocean warming has fuelled devastating storms, including Tropical Cyclone Mocha (2023) and Cyclone Remal (2024), which caused widespread destruction in Bangladesh

Some of the students who took part in last year’s uprising that ousted the nation’s autocratic leader are leaving the interim government to start a political party.

Nahid Islam, who recently resigned from Muhammad Yunus’ interim government, is leading the National Citizen Party (NCP) and has promised to establish a “New Bangladesh” …

A United Nations investigation released this month into last year’s deadly student-led protests in Bangladesh found that up to 13% of the victims were children, with most deaths likely caused by …