Introduction Bangladesh is currently home to almost 1 million Rohingya refugees who have fled targeted violence, large-scale armed attacks, and human rights violations in neighbouring Myanmar. Most...
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Introduction Bangladesh is currently home to almost 1 million Rohingya refugees who have fled targeted violence, large-scale armed attacks, and human rights violations in neighbouring Myanmar. Most...
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In response to the recent fire in one of the refugee camps, hosting nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, the European Union has released €300 000 to assist the affected population. The...
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On 7 January a large fire broke out in the Cox's Bazar Rohingya camps, starting in one block of Camp 5 and then quickly spread to three other blocks, where 1,400 families live. Within hours the fire...
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A new tropical storm named MIDHILI formed over the central Bay of Bengal on 14 November in the evening (UTC) and started moving north-east toward eastern India and the neighbouring southern...
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Tropical cyclone HAMOON made landfall over the southeastern coast of Bangladesh on the night of 24-25 October as tropical storm. On 25 October at 0.00 UTC, its centre was located about 40 km...
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According to the Ministry of Disaster and Relief, over 1 million people (including 25,533 refugees) are affected by flash floods in Chattogram Division (Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban, Rangamati,...
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On 7 August, heavy rain triggered flash floods in South-eastern Bangladesh as major rivers flowed far above their danger levels, leaving many areas submerged in Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban and...
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The tropical storm named FOUR formed over the northern Bay of Bengal on 31 July, and made landfall over the southern coast of Bangladesh on 1 August. It afterwards moved west-northwestwards and...
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6 years into the Rohingya refugee crisis, nearly 1 million Rohingya remain stranded in Cox’s Bazar of Bangladesh, their plight far from over. With few employment opportunities and their movement...
A sequence of lightning strikes and thunderstorms affected several Districts of Bangladesh on 23-24 May causing a number of severe weather-related incidents, particularly due to lightning that have...
A sequence of lightning strikes and thunderstorms affected eastern Bangladesh (in particular the Districts of Sunamganj, Moulvibazar, and Sylhet) on 23 April causing a number of severe...
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Following the fire outbreak in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar on 5 March, and its devastating consequences on people living in the most affected areas, the EU has released €1 million in...
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On 5 March 2023, a massive and devastating fire broke out in Kutupalong Balukhali refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Flames blazed for three hours in Camp 11, until the Rohingya refugee Safety...
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Facts & figures Almost 1 million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar EU humanitarian aid and disaster preparedness: €22.5 million in 2023 €46.8 million in 2022 Over €389 million since 2002 Introduction ...
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Tropical Storm SITRANG made landfall in the afternoon of 24 October over the central coast of Bangladesh, near Barisal City, with maximum sustained winds up to 95 km/h. After that, SITRANG gradually...
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The newly formed Tropical Storm SITRANG is moving northwards over the Bay of Bengal, towards southern Bangladesh. On 24 October at 0.00 UTC its center was located 500 km south-west of Cox's Bazar...
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25 August 2022 marks 5 years since a military crackdown in Myanmar forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee their homes to reach Bangladesh. Today, nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees...
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On 25 August 2017, the world witnessed the beginning of the forced displacement of more than 750 000 Rohingya people from Rakhine State in Myanmar, fleeing violence and persecution from the Myanmar...
On 2-3 July 2022 a joint mission of the United Nations, humanitarian donors (European Union, United Kingdom) and NGO partners visited the flood-affected districts of Sylhet and Sunamganj. An...
According to the Government and United Nations Resident Coordinator, the floods in northeastern districts continue to affect more people with 7.2 million people impacted across 9 districts in the...