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Isobel Coleman, deputy administrator of USAID, speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday at the American Centre in the capital

Concern over labour rights Bangladesh not eligible to receive DFC funding from the US

DFC was established in 2019 with the objective of investment for the development of the energy, healthcare, critical infrastructure and technology sectors in developing countries.

Planning Minister MA Mannan and USAID Deputy Administrator for policy and programming, Isobel Coleman, lunches the five-year project at a Dhaka hotel on 10 May 2022

USAID launches project to protect Sundarbans, Sylhet forests

As a result of the ‘Protibesh’ project, Bangladesh will be able to combat the effects of climate change, protect the country’s critical natural sources and build resilience to climate induced natural ...

USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman (L) calls on Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen at the Foreign Service Academy, Dhaka, on 9 May 2022

Rohingya repatriation Bangladesh hopes US to influence ASEAN

Momen thanked USAID for their continued support for the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals

Mariia Skorokhod, 81, reacts near a grave of her daughter Alla Hrytsenko, 63, killed during Russia's invasion, at a yard of her house, in the village of Termakhivka, in Kyiv region, Ukraine on 14 April 2022.

Fighting rages in Mariupol, blasts rattle Kyiv

Ukraine said on Friday it was trying to break Russia's siege of Mariupol as fighting raged around the city's massive steel works and port, and the capital Kyiv was rocked by some of the most powerful ...

Clockwise: Farida Parveen, Nurun Nahar Begum, Liza Talukdar, Faisal Mahmud

Roundtable Child marriage is an obstacle to women’s development

Issues like violence against women and child marriage are creating obstacles for women to move forward, said speakers at a roundtable

JSI calls for proposals from local firms on developing TrMIS

USAID-funded TIFA project JSI calls for proposals from local firms on developing TrMIS

JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc. (JSI), under the USAID-funded Tuberculosis Implementation Framework Agreement (TIFA) project, calls for proposals from Bangladeshi IT firms to develop a ...

Bangladesh needs commitment to democracy and rights: USAID

Bangladesh needs commitment to democracy and rights: USAID

Bangladesh’s gains have not been easy, and it will require continued commitment to democracy and human rights amid the pandemic and refugee crisis, United States Agency for International Development ...

Gender Based Violence in relation with Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights and Family Planning Services

Roundtable Gender Based Violence in relation with Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights and Family Planning Services

A roundtable on ‘Gender Based Violence in relation with Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights and Family Planning Services’ was held on Monday, 13 December 2021, organized by USAID Shukhi Jibon, ...

Bangladesh's position in CSOSI

Bangladesh civil society organisations’ strength declines for 5 straight years

The CSOSI measures civil society sectors’ strength and overall viability based on seven dimensions

Violence against woman

Hopes for a women friendly society and end to violence against women

Fundamental rights of women as human beings are severely overlooked. They have been subjects of discrimination legally and by the state as well for time unknown. We cannot claim that the laws, ...

Burdening women with reproductive health

Burdening women with reproductive health

Receiving information and services in regard to family planning and making relevant decisions are sexual and reproductive rights and fundamental human rights. But women in Bangladesh have been ...

Commerce ministry signs MoU to facilitate import, export of agricultural goods

Commerce ministry signs MoU to facilitate import, export of agricultural goods

The ministry of commerce and the United States Department of Agriculture funded Bangladesh Trade Facilitation Project on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to improve the processes ...

The United States has donated 18 trucks to help Bangladesh establish a dedicated fleet of specialised cold-chain vehicles to deliver Covid-19 vaccines across the country

USA donates 18 freezer trucks for vaccine delivery in Bangladesh

The United States has purchased 18 trucks to help Bangladesh establish a dedicated fleet of specialised cold-chain vehicles to deliver Covid-19 vaccines across the country

Bangladesh opens first one-stop TB service centre

Bangladesh opens first one-stop TB service centre

The first one-stop tuberculosis (TB) service centre in the country was launched on Tuesday.

‘Transgender community has the right to healthcare’

Virtual roundtable ‘Transgender community has the right to healthcare’

The hijra and transgender community in the country face all sorts of obstacles in availing healthcare in the country, if they can get it at all

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