Institution: Bangladesh Red Crescent Society

Early action key as South Asia copes with four crises in one year

1 Oct 2020 |

In South Asia, more than 25 million people have been battling four crises in one year. Floods came...

Dreams, hopes and fears in the Bangladesh camps

1 Oct 2020 |

By Farid Alam, 21-year-old resident of Kutupalong camp, whose parents fled Rakhine, Myanmar nearly...

Tackling fear, mistrust and COVID in Bangladesh camps

30 Sep 2020 |

I’m an emergency doctor with years of experience yet dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak in the...

Cox’s Bazar: Almost 1 in 5 people in treatment have lung disease as COVID-19 spreads

24 Aug 2020 |

Kuala Lumpur, Cox’s Bazar, Geneva, 24 August 2020: New data reveals that nearly one in five...

17.5 million affected by floods and threatened by disease in South Asia

6 Aug 2020 |

Dhaka/Kuala Lumpur, 6 August 2020 – Monsoon floods are robbing millions of people of their homes...

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