Nearly 71 percent of all deaths in Bangladesh are attributable to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including cardiovascular diseases, stroke, and cancer, with tobacco and nicotine products among the major contributing factors. Without strong legislation and effective enforcement, achieving the...
A multi-stakeholder coordination meeting was held in Cox's Bazar today to strengthen support for adolescents who have survived abuse. JAAGO Foundation Trust organized the meeting under its Shopner Sarothi (Seashore Girls Initiative) project, with support from UNICEF, at Hotel Sea Palace Limited in...
UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK Government's export credit agency, is engaging with government, financial institutions and business leaders in Bangladesh this week to raise awareness of financing solutions that can support projects involving UK goods and services. With available country...
What began as a corporate communication assignment at AKIJ Resource eventually took Md. Ashrafur Rahman from Bangladesh’s emerging digital banking landscape to one of the world’s most recognized academic institutions. About a year ago, while working at AKIJ Resource, Ashrafur was involved in...
JAAGO Foundation Trust has launched a three-day awareness campaign to ensure health, protection, and legal support services for school-going adolescents in the coastal region of Cox's Bazar. Supported technically and financially by UNICEF under the "Shopner Sharothi: Seashore Girls Project," the...
The Rohingya crisis has completed its ninth year and entered its tenth year. Since 2017, the Government of Bangladesh, national and international NGOs, and UN agencies have been providing vital humanitarian assistance to nearly 1.2 million Rohingya refugees sheltered in Cox’s Bazar. However,...
