September 28, 2020

Covid-19 reduced earlier gains of SDGs

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 28 September, 2020   Economists said the virus had hampered the engagement of stakeholders in the process of achieving the […]
September 3, 2020

COVID-19 Isolation and Treatment Centre opens for Bangladeshi communities and Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar (UNICEF)

UNICEF Bangladesh 31 August, 2020 UNICEF in partnership with icddr,b (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh) is supporting a 200-bed isolation and treatment centre in […]
August 17, 2020

Youth volunteers bust COVID-19 myths and combat misinformation (UNICEF)

UNICEF Bangladesh 17 August, 2020 Trained by UNICEF on spotting social media misinformation, young volunteers save online users from misleading COVID-19 information During a pandemic, rumours, […]
August 12, 2020

Without urgent action, Covid-19’s impact on education, training will be lasting: ILO

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 12 Aug 2020 The Covid-19 crisis is having a devastating effect on the education and training of young people and […]
August 12, 2020

Home education project reaches children in remote parts of Bangladesh (UNICEF)

UNICEF Bangladesh 12 August, 2020 UNICEF delivers pioneering initiative to provide home education in a remote part of Bangladesh A UNICEF-supported home learning initiative in the […]
August 4, 2020

Covid-19 causing biggest disruption of education system in history: UN

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 04 August, 2020 UNB, Dhaka Nearly 1.6 billion students across the world have been affected by the largest disruption of […]
August 2, 2020

Bangladesh receives $202 million from WB for food security

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 02 August, 2020 Star Online Report The World Bank’s board of executive directors today approved USD 202 million in additional […]
July 1, 2020

COVID-19: Impact on ready-made garment workers in Bangladesh (UNICEF)

UNICEF Zahidul Hassan, Fundraising and Partnership Specialist and Mayang Sari, Nutrition Specialist, UNICEF Bangladesh. 01 July, 2020 The socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on Bangladesh – and many […]
April 1, 2020

Reporting on Covid-19 Guidelines for Journalists and Media Professionals (UNICEF)

UNICEF Guidelines for Journalists and Media Professionals 01 April, 2020 COVID-19 (sometimes called ‘Coronavirus’) is a disease caused by the novel coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, […]