On 01 June 2022, Her Excellency the Ambassador, Ms. Alexandra Berg Vone Linde, Embassy of Sweden, Dhaka, Bangladesh; along with Prasenjit Chakma, Assistant Resident Representative, UNDP; Mohammad Iftekhar Hossain, Programme Coordinator, NRP; Mr. Abu Saleh
young men and women with yellow vests are becoming ‘symbols of saviour’ among the general mass in urban areas. In the recent months they, as the ‘extended force of the city authorities’, got engaged in extinguishing
Jonaki Akhter grew up with her two sisters in Jamalpur, a flood-prone northern-east district of Bangladesh. Having no brother, she was always treated like a burden in her family. Even the neighbors used to make fun
Soil erosion is a ‘round year crisis’ for the people living on the banks of sandy rivers in flood-prone areas, especially in Kurigram and Jamalpur districts in Bangladesh. During monsoon, it poses the threat of breaching
Over the past few months, Institute of Asset Management (IAM) Certified LGED officials have been able to train 186 participants (9 batches) on Asset Management in collaboration with the Engineering Staff College of Bangladesh (ESCB). This
Noor Jahan lives at Mistri Para village in Ramna union of Chilmari Upazila with her physically challenged husband Rubel Mia (20) and elderly father-in-law. Their only source of income is her Father-in-law’s daily wage from the
“Morjina Khatun lived in Borul village, union- Belgachha, Islampur, Jamalpur. Her husband Chan Miha was day laborer & he was the only earning member of the family. She couldn’t maintain her family’s needs and children’s education
Satkhira is widely regarded as one of the hot spots for climate-induced disasters like cyclones, river erosion, and salinity intrusion. Embankments are often severely damaged or broken and local community is inundated. They lose their homes
NRP programming division is providing technical support to Bangladesh Planning Commission for the institutionalization of disaster risk reduction, as part of this initiative, a framework, and tools for Disaster Impact Assessment (DIA) has been developed. This
“When you volunteer you are not paid in money or recognition you are paid in love”, the statement has motivated Md. Golam Sazzad Haider becoming a Volunteer. He lives in ward No 16 of Rangpur City
