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Mridha Shihab Mahmud

Mridha Shihab Mahmud is a writer, content editor and photojournalist. He works as a staff reporter at News Hour. He is also involved in humanitarian works through a trust called Safety Assistance For Emergencies (SAFE). Mridha also works as film director. His passion is photography. He is the chief respondent person in Mymensingh Film & Photography Society. Besides professional attachment, he loves graphics designing, painting, digital art and social networking.

Growing concerns for children as bodies line the streets and shops are looted in Juba

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 15, 2016

News Hour: Following four days of bloody clashes between rival forces in South Sudan, which has left close to 300 people dead, at least 42,000 displaced and tens of thousands facing critical food and water shortages,...
House Appropriations Bill a positive step for mothers and children worldwide

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 15, 2016

News Hour: Save the Children and Save the Children Action Network (SCAN) today applauded the funding levels for maternal and child health, migration & refugee assistance and several other accounts provided by the U.S. House of...
FIFA kick-starts overhauled development programme

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 13, 2016

News Hour: The FIFA Development Committee, chaired by FIFA vice-president and AFC President Shaikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, met in Zurich today and started putting in motion Forward, FIFA’s overhauled development programme approved by the...
Global leaders and youth advocates launch new partnership and fund to end violence against children

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 13, 2016

News Hour: The United Nations children joined world leaders to launch a new partnership and fund to make ending violence a public priority and a collective responsibility. End Violence Against Children – The Global Partnership brings...
UNICEF providing urgent aid for families displaced by South Sudan fighting

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 13, 2016

News Hour: UNICEF and partners are providing urgent life-saving assistance to thousands of people displaced by last weekend’s heavy fighting in Juba. Four trucks of supplies were dispatched from UNICEF warehouses and taken to a UN...
WFP launches innovation accelerator to test drive hunger solutions

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 13, 2016

News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today stepped up its search for innovative solutions to spur progress towards Zero Hunger by launching an Innovation Accelerator to identify and nurture new, bold responses to...
WFP airlifts bring humanitarian lifeline to families in northeast Syria

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 13, 2016

News Hour: The WFP-chartered flight carried 40 tons of food including rice, bulgur, pulses, salt, vegetable oil and sugar. WFP also sent Plumpy’doz, a specialized nutrition product used to treat and prevent malnutrition in children. It...
Voter ID card urgent to reach out govt aid in Thanchi

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 13, 2016

News Hour: World’s largest and number one NGO, BRAC organised a press briefing today on Thursday on the food shortage in Thanchi upazila. BRAC directors KAM Morshed (left) and Gawher Nayeem Wahra (middle) and Thanchi local...
IOM condemns South Sudan violence and welcomes ceasefire pledges

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 13, 2016

News Hour: IOM has condemned the violence that broke out in South Sudan’s capital Juba days after the country’s fifth anniversary of independence and welcomed a ceasefire declared yesterday by the warring factions. President Salva Kiir...
Germany backs establishment of global migration data portal in Berlin

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 13, 2016

News Hour: IOM today announced that it will establish a Global Migration Data Portal with financial backing from Germany. The portal will be housed at IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) in Berlin and will...