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Foreword Gwyn Lewis Resident Coordinator, Bangladesh Since May this year, a wave of consecutive disasters has placed people and communities across Bangladesh at the epicenter of the global climate...

Humanitarian Response Plan for Cyclone Remal and Monsoon Floods in Bangladesh June-December 2024 Close to 13 million people across 30 percent of the country have been affected by three subsequent...

Just two weeks ago, on May 26, 2024, Cyclone Remal made landfall in Bangladesh, remaining on land for approximately 48 hours. The cyclone spanned an area of 400 square kilometers and caused storm...

UN and partners seek $852.4m to support Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi hosts Geneva, 13 March 2024 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, with other humanitarian partners, today called on the international...

Situation Overview The Chattogram Division has been severely impacted by flash floods and monsoon rain, leaving thousands stranded without basic necessities, such as food, clean water, medicine, and...

Strategic Objective 1 Work towards the sustainable and voluntary repatriation of Rohingya refugees/FDMNs to Myanmar. Facilitate early, voluntary, and sustainable repatriation and reintegration of the...

Situation Overview Heavy monsoon rains and water from upstream in India's northeast have inundated large parts of the Sylhet division, leaving millions of people marooned and triggering a...

Strategic Objective 1 Work towards the sustainable repatriation of Rohingya refugees/FDMNs to Myanmar.Support Rohingya refugees/FDMNs to build skills and capacities commensurate with livelihood...

Introduction Heavy monsoon rain and water from upstream sources caused slow-onset severe flooding in low lying areas of Northern Bangladesh. The 2020 flood has some remarkable characteristics...

PART I: RESPONSE PLAN OVERVIEW OVERVIEW OF THE CRISIS As of 28 June, Bangladesh had reported 133,978 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 2,526 of which had been identified in Cox’s Bazar District, including 50...

These priorities will be achieved through new COVID-19 response activities, that were not foreseen or costed in the 2020 JRP: Expanding the health response to COVID-19 for Rohingya refugees and...

Introduction On 20 May 2020, Cyclone Amphan made landfall near Jammu Island, West Bengal at 5.00 pm BST with 130-140 km/h wind speed. 26 people lost their lives and that 7 people were injured due to...

THE PROTECTION FRAMEWORK FOR THE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE The protection framework for the humanitarian response guides the 2020 JRP and will be implemented in full partnership with the Government of...

INTRODUCTION Despite the delayed onset of the monsoon, heavy rainfall occurred during the first half of July which triggered widespread flooding. Floods damaged and destroyed vital infrastructures...

PART I: OVERVIEW AND 2019 RESPONSE STRATEGY Overview of the Crisis and Needs The Rohingya people have faced decades of systematic discrimination, statelessness and targeted violence in Rakhine State,...

SITUATION OVERVIEW Since 11 August 2017, heavy monsoon rains have caused intense flooding across more than one-third of Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department warns that heavy rainfall...

SITUATION OVERVIEW The June landslides, which started on 13th June with a few episodes, resulted in heavy loss of life (160 persons), injury (187 persons), and destruction of houses (6,000...

SUMMARY PERIOD: August – October 2016 3.7 million People affected 130,965 persons Targeted US$ 13,620,052 REQUIRED Background 2016 Monsoon season started on July 22nd. The impact of the monsoon...

Humanitarian Coordination Task Team presented a joint response plan to meet immediate needs of vulnerable population in the severely cyclone-affected areas.