Development

The UN declared on Tuesday that storm Freddy, which devastated southeast Africa last year after sweeping across the whole southern Indian Ocean, was the longest-lasting tropical storm ever recorded at 36 days. A group of specialists...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are providing emergency assistance to communities affected by the severe flooding in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts in northeast Bangladesh. Starting 27 June, WFP’s Sylhet Field Office, in support of...

A million displaced Palestinians may receive much-needed water if Israel agrees to restart power at a crucial desalination plant in southern Gaza, according to a statement released by the UN Children’s Fund on Thursday. According to...

Alarming new food security projections for Sudan published today show that Sudan is facing a devastating hunger catastrophe on a scale not seen since the Darfur crisis in the early 2000s, warn the heads of three...

At least 14 people have died as a result of lightning, flooding, and landslides caused by Nepal’s intense monsoon storms, a disaster official reported on Thursday. Every year, South Asia experiences significant mortality and destruction due...

Nearly 400 million children under 5 — or 6 in 10 children within that age group globally — regularly endure psychological aggression or physical punishment at home, according to new UNICEF estimates. Of them, around 330...

Air pollution is having an increasing impact on human health, becoming the second leading global risk factor for death, according to the fifth edition of the State of Global Air (SoGA) report. The report, released today...

Almost 52,000 children under the age of five in the 84 drought-affected districts in Zambia are expected to fall into severe wasting – the deadliest form of malnutrition – within the next 12 months if urgent...

Children across Sudan are continuing to pay a devastating price for the conflict that has ravaged the country, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell warned, following a visit to Port Sudan. More than half of the country’s...

The district’s four upazilas’ low-lying Brahmaputra river basins have begun to improve from their flood-prone state as a result of the river’s decreasing water level. According to authorities from the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) Office,...