Noticias sobre Bangladesh
Invention of simple water treatment system to save children’s lives
The world famous medical journal The Lancet has published the results of a two year health impact trial in Bangladesh.
There has never been a more urgent time to safeguard children’s right to safe water and sanitation
Access to safe drinking water is a right critical to a child’s survival, yet protracted crises have left some 420 million children without basic sanitation, and 210 million lacking access to safe drinking water, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said last week.
Water and sanitation subsidies need to better benefit the poor, says World Bank
Water and sanitation subsidies are disproportionately benefitting the better-off, according to a new report from the World Bank.
Paper filter from algae could save lives in Bangladesh
The problem of access to safe drinking water in most parts of Bangladesh is a persistent challenge.
India: the human side of the climate crisis
Extreme heat and irregular monsoons are the worst threats for India.
Safe food? Not if water isn’t
Water with fecal waste is one of the main causes of food contamination and its spreading in a community.
Bentley Systems Announces Finalists in the Year in Infrastructure 2019 Awards Program
Winners to be selected and announced at Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure 2019 Conference, October 21-24 in Singapore.
ACT Alliance provides emergency response to monsoon floods in Bangladesh
About 5.3 million people affected with more than 200,000 people displaced and living in temporary shelters.
Monsoon rains bring severe flooding and landslides across South Asia
Heavy rainfall, flooding and landslides across three countries in South Asia – Nepal, India, and Bangladesh – have killed at least 93 children, and put the lives of millions more at risk.
AIIB approves USD100 million loan to improve Bangladesh water supply, sanitation
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a USD100-million loan to Bangladesh to accelerate the country’s efforts to deliver improved water supply and sanitation services to underserved communities.
Community resilience through rapid prototyping of flood proofing technologies in Bangladesh
An official inauguration ceremony on the newly constructed amphibious house marked the opening of the learning space in Sirajganj, Bangladesh.
Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar at risk from flooding and landslides as monsoon rains continue
Thousands of children and families living in the Rohingya refugee camps and host communities in Cox’s Bazar in south-eastern Bangladesh are at risk from flooding and landslides caused by heavy rainfall in the last few days.
Heavy monsoon rains drench Rohingya sites in Bangladesh
Three days of continuous rain in Bangladesh have destroyed 273 shelters and injured 11 people in the Cox’s Bazar settlements where more than 900,000 Rohingya refugees live.
Protracted conflicts and adverse weather conditions exacerbate food needs
41 countries in need of food assistance – African Swine Fever threatening food security of a large number of people.
Making irrigation technology more affordable in Ethiopia
“We will give due attention to the agricultural sector to bring about a fundamental change, to convert our deserts into paradise and to increase product and productivity by implementing irrigation works extensively and in a coordinated manner, by investing intensively in pastoralist and semi-pastoralist areas and developing regions.”
Access to basic sanitation still lagging for millions in East and Southern Africa
Despite progress towards ensuring basic sanitation services for all, access still eludes many.
$4.2 trillion can be saved by investing in more resilient infrastructure, World Bank report finds
Investing in resilient infrastructure pays for itself four times over.
Antibiotics found in world’s rivers exceed ‘safe’ levels, study finds
Concentrations of antibiotics found in some of the world’s rivers exceed ‘safe’ levels by up to 300 times, the first ever global study has discovered.
Investing in menstrual hygiene management is to invest in human capital
Globally, over 500 million women and girls lack adequate facilities for menstrual hygiene management (MHM).
Longer dry season shrinks water supply for Rohingya refugees to critical levels
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.