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World Bank supports Bangladesh in flood risk reduction, recovery

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Thursday, May 15, 2025, approved $270 million in financing to bolster Bangladesh’s flood recovery efforts and...

Families in Bangladesh forced to flee homes as floods wreak havoc

Families, who have lost everything in the ongoing Bangladesh flooding, are reliving painful memories of the day the floodwaters came gushing into their homes,...

Bangladesh flooding leaves two dead, nearly 3m people stranded

Extensive flooding in eastern Bangladesh has left two people dead and nearly three million people stranded, the government reported on Thursday, August 22, 2024. Heavy...

10 dead from heatwave in Bangladesh

No fewer than 10 people – eight men and two women – have died in a week in Bangladesh due to scorching temperatures. The government...

Bangladesh braces for blistering heat amid soaring temperatures

Bangladesh has been bracing for a searing summer after record-shattering heat last year. Mild to moderate heatwave is already sweeping over parts of the South...

Reactions, as Japan halts aid for coal plants in Indonesia, Bangladesh

Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Press Secretary, Hikariko Ono, on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, announced the suspension of Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) for...

COP26: Bangladesh slams developed nations for decades of climate ’empty pledges’

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has come down heavily on the developed nations for climate “empty pledges” in the past decades. She also made a...

Over 200 die after weeks of flooding, landslides in South Asia

Weeks of severe flooding and landslides across Nepal, India and Bangladesh on Monday, July 20, 2020 left more than 200 dead, with high waters...

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Plateau mine gas tragedy: Govt inaugurates 18-member probe panel

The Federal Government has inaugurated a high-level 18-member committee to investigate the Zurak Mines gas poisoning incident in Wase...
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NCDC alerts 10 states on flood-linked cholera, disease outbreak risks

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has alerted 10 states to a high risk of cholera and...

Senate gives NNPC April 29 deadline to explain N210trn audit queries

The Senate, through its Committee on Public Accounts, has given the management of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL)...

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Plateau mine gas tragedy: Govt inaugurates 18-member probe panel

The Federal Government has inaugurated a high-level 18-member committee...

NCDC alerts 10 states on flood-linked cholera, disease outbreak risks

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has...