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The Government of Japan channels Emergency Aid for New Rohingya Arrivals

COX’S BAZAR, Oct. 16 (NsNewsWire) — To strengthen the emergency WASH and child protection response for the new influx of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, the Government of Japan provided Emergency Grant Aid of US$750,000 for six months through the United Nations Children’s Fund. The Emergency Grant Aid will complement the ongoing UNICEF response in […]

World Bank Stands with Bangladesh to Support Rohingya Refugees

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh today asked the World Bank for support to cope with hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees, and the World Bank said it is ready to move with a program of support for the government, host communities, and the refugees. While Bangladesh has kept its doors open to the refugee […]

World’s second largest oral cholera vaccination campaign kicks off at Rohingya camps in Bangladesh

Cox’s Bazar, Oct. 10 (NsNewsWire) — A massive cholera immunization campaign started today near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to protect newly arrived Rohingya and host communities from the life-threatening diarrheal disease. 900 000 doses of the vaccine have been mobilized and are being delivered by more than 200 mobile vaccination teams, making it the second largest […]

12 confirmed dead after Rohingya boat capsizes off Bangladesh

DHAKA – Twelve bodies were recovered after a boat with scores of Rohingyas on board capsized at the mouth of the Naf river that divides Myanmar and Bangladesh, a police official said Monday, reports Xinhua. “Bodies of 10 children, one man and one woman have so far been recovered,” said Md Main Uddin, officer-in-charge of […]

Bangladesh soldiers build Chinese relief tents to house displaced Rohingyas people

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh, Oct. 5 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh soldiers have started to build Chinese relief tents to accommodate the Rohingyas people crossing into the country from Myanmar, reports Xinhua Hundreds of tents have already been built at a new refugee camp in the southeastern Cox’s Bazar district, some 292 km away from capital Dhaka. Chinese […]

A Center of Excellence for Urban Development Launched in Banglades

Dhaka, Oct. 5 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh has experienced some of the most rapid urbanization in South Asia, yet the cities offer inadequate infrastructure and low levels of urban services, particularly in district towns and municipalities. A new Center of Excellence for Urban Development will support cities and its local agencies to collaborate to improve the […]

Healrh departments in Sydney on high alert over measles

SYDNEY, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) — Local health departments in Sydney are on high alert Wednesday, after it was revealed that two separate people who have been diagnosed with measles, visited a number of highly populated public areas last week. On Tuesday evening, the Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) and South Eastern Sydney Local Health […]

MYANMAR’S PRESS RELEASE REGARDING THE VISIT OF THE UNION MINISTER FOR THE OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNSELLOR TO BANGLADESH

Nay Py Taw, Oct. 3 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of a statement which Myanmar issued on Tuesday. “At the invitation of H.E. Mr. Abdul Hassan Mahmood Ali, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, the Union Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor, U Kyaw Tint Swe visited Dhaka, Bangladesh from […]

Moves underway to brush aside operators’ 4G guideline concerns

DHAKA, Oct. 3 (NsNewsWire) —With only two months left for the stakeholders concerned to technologically upgrade and prepare to catch up with 4G roll-out, State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim confidently said Tuesday moves are underway to ease the cell phone operators’ concerns over 4G guidelines. Addressing a views-exchange meeting with the office […]