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Majority of bus drivers have some form of visual impairment
May 18, 2019Around half of Dhaka city’s bus drivers and conductors are suffering from some form of visual impairment, while 72% of them have never been to an eye doctor. Every day, 21% of the city’s bus drivers... -
BRAC Microfinance transforms into regulated bank in Uganda
May 2, 2019BRAC, the largest microfinance provider in Uganda, is transforming as a Tier 2 Credit Institution (CI) to broaden the range of financial services it provides to Uganda’s low-income communities. On behalf of the president, First Deputy... -
BRAC organized Felicitation for Firefighters
Apr 13, 2019Fire after fire in Dhaka. Dhaka’s Karaul slum, Chawkbazar, Mirpur fire. Before the grief erupts, there is a fire in Banani F. Towers. Again within Two days in Gulshan-1’s DNCC market. Huge loss of life and... -
Education is the only hope for children’s future
Apr 10, 2019The seventh annual Global Education & Skills Forum 2019 opened on 23rd March at The Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai, UAE, with an emotional plea by Rohingyas to support the education of refugee children, whose only hope... -
Founding of specialised commission and child ombudsperson urged
Mar 30, 2019Despite commendable progress in many sectors, Bangladesh is still fraught with the lack of proper initiatives and institutions essential for children’s development. Access to education for all children has yet not been achieved fully. On the... -
Founding of specialized commission and child ombudsperson urged
Mar 28, 2019Despite commendable progress in many sectors, Bangladesh is still fraught with the lack of proper initiatives and institutions essential for children’s development. Access to education for all children has yet not been achieved fully. On the... -
Youth should focus on climate change for a sustainable future: Sir Fazle
Mar 6, 2019Today’s youth should be very concerned about climate change because it will heavily impact their future, said Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and chairperson of the world’s largest non-governmental organisation BRAC. “Unless we change human behaviour in... -
Partnership agreement between BRAC Probashbandhu and Flight Expert
Mar 5, 2019On Tuesday 12th February 2019, a service delivery partnership agreement was signed between BRAC Probashbandhu Limited and Flight Expert. It represents an unprecedented Air Ticketing and related service delivery agreement for the migrant workers of Bangladesh... -
BRAC Sierra Leone receives 2018’s “Most Outstanding NGO Award”
Dec 23, 2018BRAC Sierra Leone has been awarded “The Most Outstanding NGO of the year – 2018,” by a consortium of national and international organisations (Council of Chief Executives in Sierra Leone, EcoMedia Corporation, Africa Media Corporation, Institute... -
Election pledge for disease eradication demanded at roundtable
Dec 12, 2018The world will need to halve the deaths from tuberculosis and reduce newly infected patients by 80 per cent to meet Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This will essentially need stepping up effort in both TB...
