aid

Following Trump's order, USAID suspends aid operations in Bangladesh alongside rest of world
Bangladesh

Following Trump's order, USAID suspends aid operations in Bangladesh alongside rest of world

The United States is the largest single donor of aid globally - in fiscal year 2023, it disbursed $72 billion in assistance

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Bangladesh

Shaheed Smriti Foundation provides over Tk47cr aid to 2,229 July movement families 

Internally displaced Syrians from eastern Ghouta queue for food in Herjelleh shelter in Damascus countryside, Syria, April 15, 2018. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho/File Photo
World+Biz

Global hunger crisis deepens as major nations skimp on aid

A truck, marked with United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) logo, crosses into Egypt from Gaza, at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, during a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, in Rafah, Egypt, November 27, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo/File Photo
World+Biz

Sweden doubles aid to Gaza, but ends UNRWA funding

World Bank announces record $100b support for world's poorest countries
World+Biz

World Bank announces record $100b support for world's poorest countries

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World+Biz

Poorest countries face highest debt burden for 18 years: World Bank

World Bank President Ajay Banga has assured Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus of $3.5 billion in fresh assistance for the government's reform initiatives. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

WB to provide $3.5b to support Bangladesh’s reform initiatives

Rohingya refugees fleeing from neighbouring Myanmar. Photo: Bloomberg.
Bangladesh

US announces $199m new aid for Rohingya refugees 

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Bangladesh

CU student dies after accident while delivering aid to flood victims

Commercial food trucks are seen near a checkpoint near Hebron, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 28, 2024. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Feeding Gaza: Traders run gauntlet of bullets, bombs and bribes

A truck carries humanitarian aid across Trident Pier, a temporary pier to deliver aid, off the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near the Gaza coast, May 19, 2024. U.S. Army Central/Handout via REUTERS/File photo
Hamas-Israel war

Gaza pier resumes operations as aid collects in marshalling area

Aerial view of a US built pier in Gaza. Photo: UNB
Asia

First aid from US pier in Gaza has reached starving Palestinians, the UN says

US Army Soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) and U.S. Navy sailors attached to the MV Roy P. Benavidez assemble the Roll-On, Roll-Off Distribution Facility (RRDF), or floating pier, to assist in the delivery of humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, in the Mediterranean Sea April 26, 2024. U.S. Army Central/Handout via REUTERS. /File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

US military pier starts moving towards Gaza