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Humanitarian Crisis
Humanitarian CrisisEulogy for Mizan
Ever-the-probing journalist, Mizan bhai asked pointed legal questions during interviews with scholars and experts, with his signature disarming smile and genuine modesty
Donor govts urged to recognise crimes against Rohingya as genocide
Unpublished quantitative data collected by Fortify Rights and a team of Rohingya researchers found that 100 per cent of Rohingya respondents in Bangladesh believe the Myanmar military is intent on ...
More children wed, risk trafficking in Rohingya camps in pandemic: UN
Child marriage is on the rise in Bangladesh's Rohingya refugee camps and the risk of human trafficking grows with every day the pandemic shuts youth services, according to a UN-led study that was ...
COVID-19 threatens to exacerbate conflict, humanitarian crises: WHO
COVID-19 threatens to exacerbate many issues the world is facing, such as years of conflict and other humanitarian crises, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, while calling ...
Bangladesh sex workers face hunger, abuse amid pandemic
Bangladesh is home to about 100,000 sex workers and charities estimate that seven out of 10 are struggling to survive, three months after the country shut down to stop the spread of the virus.
Tahsan auctions original tape and lyrics for COVID-19 relief
Celebrated singer cum actor Tahsan Khan sold the original master Digital Audio Tape (DAT) of his first solo album ‘Kothopokothon’ and written lyric of song ‘Irsha’.
Mother forced to sell hair to buy milk for infant
The nationwide shutdown aimed at curbing coronavirus has left her day-labourer husband jobless, leading their family, including her toddler, to starvation. As the family is new in the locality, ...
NASA steps in to help develop COVID-19 solutions
In a bid to find solutions that can address shortage of critical medical equipment like ventilators in tackling the COVID-19 crisis, the US space agency has joined forces with a task force in ...
Disaster relief: Prevent stealing, resume OMS
All on a sudden the open market sale (OMS) of rice was stopped, which was a shock to the mass people. This was not a prudent decision, no matter which was the cause - breach of discipline or failure ...
In Syria camp young teachers adapt again
After bombs forced him and his students from their homes, Ahmed Hadaja began teaching in a tent in northwest Syria. And now that the threat of coronavirus has shut even his tented school, he has ...
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