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Income of deprived people rose 9 percent due to integrated development interventions
Nov 5, 2017News Hour The per capita income of the underprivileged people living in the Haor areas has risen by 9 percent as a result of the work done by BRAC Integrated Development Programme. In addition to that,... -
BRAC in Afghanistan releases research findings
Oct 22, 2017News Hour BRAC in Afghanistan organised a research dissemination event at Kabul on 15 October 2017. The event revealed the finding of a study titled Nutrition Promotion and Collective Vegetable Gardening by Adolescent Girls: Feasibility Assessment... -
NGOs slam UN aviation agency plan for biofuels
Oct 10, 2017News Hour Nearly 100 environmental and poverty fighting groups jointly released a letter Tuesday slamming a UN proposal that backs large-scale use of biofuels in commercial planes. Extensive burning of biofuels would vastly expand the production... -
Safe drinking water for more than 1 lakh people in Ukhia and Teknaf
Sep 30, 2017News Hour BRAC installed 392 tube-wells up to yesterday Tuesday (26 September) in 10 shelters in Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas of Cox’s Bazar for the distressed people arriving from the Rakhaine state of Myanmar. Besides these,... -
Hans Eskes visits BRAC programs in Pakistan
Sep 28, 2017News Hour Managing Director of BRAC International Holding BV, Mr. Hans Eskes visited BRAC’s operations in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi from 18 to 24 September 2017. Eskes discussed BRAC’s structure and the role of Stichting... -
ActionAid is responding to flood affected peoples of south Asia
Aug 25, 2017News Hour Over a third of Bangladesh and Nepal and large areas of India have been flooded and there are real fears that polluted flood waters will lead to outbreaks of disease and severe food shortages.... -
Deputy head of the DFID Pakistan visited BRAC in Pakistan
Aug 21, 2017News 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... -
Government of Bangladesh wants to work with NGOs to deliver inclusive social protection
Aug 3, 2017News Hour: Save the Children, with six other consortium members, is implementing Suchana aiming to significantly reduce the incidence of stunting in the districts of Sylhet and Moulvibazar in Bangladesh, where the highest rates of stunting... -
Her excellency Liberian president Sirleaf honoured BRAC
Aug 2, 2017News Hour BRAC in Liberia was honoured by the President of Liberia, Her Excellency Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, during the celebrations marking the 170th Anniversary of the independence of Liberia. The investiture ceremony took place on... -
Microsoft and independent experts are pushing for a new global NGO tasked with the tricky job of unmasking the hackers behind them
Jun 9, 2017News Hour: As cyber attacks sow ever greater chaos worldwide, IT titan Microsoft and independent experts are pushing for a new global NGO tasked with the tricky job of unmasking the hackers behind them. Dubbed the...
