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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that DFID and the FCO will merge, combining development and diplomacy in one new department that serves together Britain’s international effort. Work will start promptly on the merger. The...

The Palli Karma-Shayak Foundation (PKSF) is going to implement a new challenging project — Pathways to Prosperity for Extremely Poor People (PPEPP) – targeting some of the extremely poor of the country. The piloting of the...

The UK government is working with the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and World Health Organization (WHO) to monitor the situation and be ready to act quickly to tackle the spread of...

A workshop on flood recovery project was organized to share experiences of interventions on April 25, 2018, in Gulshan, Dhaka. Director General of NGO Affairs Bureau (NGOAB) K.M. Abdus Salam was present as chief guest on...

The UK is driving greater transparency across the developing countries we work in to deliver greater value for money and accountability, boosting economic growth and improving the lives of poor people. The UK is behind a...

More than 40 British doctors, nurses and firefighters experts from the UK’s Emergency Medical Team are attending Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh to save thousands of lives at risk from the outbreak of disease diphtheria. This is the...

News Hour The newly appointed deputy head of DFID Pakistan, Ruth Lawson, visited BRAC in Pakistan head office in Islamabad. Lawson met with BRAC in Pakistan’s higher management and the head of education programme where she...

News Hour The UK is leading the final global push to eliminate polio around the world for good, International Development Secretary Priti Patel announced on 4 August 2017. Polio was wiped out in the UK in...

News Hour: Seven individuals named on the Queen’s Birthday Honours list have been recognised for their work at the Department for International Development. International Development Secretary Priti Patel said, I congratulate all the DFID staff who...

News Hour: Marking London Pride in 2016, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Human Rights Minister, Baroness Anelay, and Department for International Development Minister, Baroness Verma said, “We are proud to support Pride in London and the theme...