BRAC

On Tuesday, December 27, “Green Office Day” was observed at the BRAC Center in the city with the intention of lowering harmful carbon emissions and increasing awareness of environmental conservation. A “Climate Adda” was planned as...

Meta, formerly known as the Facebook Company, has partnered with BRAC to empower Bangladeshi women and youth on digital platforms. A skills development program has been started, with the goal of upskilling 300,000 BRAC program beneficiaries...

imo has extended flood-aid and donation campaigns for the inundated regions through a partnership with BRAC. Through a signature program called “Dakche Amar Desh” (Bangladesh is Calling), the two organizations have teamed up to stand beside...

BRAC and the Embassy of Denmark (EoD) signed a memorandum of understanding on 27 January at the Danish ambassador’s residence to implement a project titled ‘Enhancing Safe Drinking Water Security and Climate Resilience through Rainwater Harvesting’...

BRAC has acquired 56 million three-layered reusable cotton masks from Hanesbrands Inc., a US multinational firm, as Bangladesh prepares for a possible fresh wave of Covid-19, exacerbated by the Omicron form. The masks will be supplied...

SITICH for RMG, a pilot project led by BRAC Social Innovation Lab, H&M Foundation, and The Asia Foundation, has launched an international virtual competition to identify ways to protect Bangladeshi women working in RMG and improve...

Dr. Atonu Rabbani has been named the inaugural ‘Mushtaque Chowdhury Professor of Health and Poverty’ by BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, with effect from September 1, 2021. This prestigious chair was...

Over 33,300 families have been financially facilitated with efforts from Grameenphone as a first respondent to the cause “Dakche Abar Desh”, a Covid response initiative by BRAC. In addition, Grameenphone employees also stepped forward in solidarity...

The Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) has given BRAC, Bangladesh’s largest microcredit provider, permission to sell zero-coupon bonds worth Taka 1,350 crore through private placement. The issuance of a zero coupon bond by a non-governmental organization is...

Standard Chartered Bangladesh and BRAC have announced the establishment of a Covid-19 response effort, which would work with returnee migrant workers to improve skills and businesses in order to ensure economic self-sufficiency. According to a press...