Unicef

Bidya Sinha Mim appointed as UNICEF Bangladesh's National Ambassador

Bidya Sinha Mim has been appointed as UNICEF’s newest National Ambassador in Bangladesh.
19 May 2022, 14:19 PM

Bangladesh, a Covid vaccination success story, says UNICEF

UNICEF has listed Bangladesh, Peru, Vietnam and the Philippines as "Covid-19 Vaccine Success Stories" in their recent report, noting that Bangladesh's vaccination rate has risen sharply.
13 May 2022, 15:09 PM

Early development of girl children top priority for UNICEF this year

Early childhood development and education of the girl child are some of the top priorities of UNICEF for the current year, says Rabab Fatima, Bangladesh’s permanent representative to the UN and president of UNICEF’s executive board for 2020.
12 February 2020, 09:12 AM

Bangladesh elected as the president of UNICEF Executive Board

Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has been unanimously elected as the President of the UNICEF Executive Board at the elections of the Bureau held yesterday at the UN Headquarters in New York.
15 January 2020, 06:49 AM

More TV stations come forward to amplify children’s voices marking the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting

Marking the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting, four leading private satellite television channels of Bangladesh have come forward to allocate one-minute free air coverage to promote children’s issues.
10 December 2019, 07:11 AM

Bangladesh need not worry about NRC

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday assured his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in India would have no impact on Bangladesh and there was no need to be worried about it.
27 September 2019, 18:00 PM

29 million babies born into conflict in 2018: Unicef

More than 29 million children were born into conflict-affected areas last year, says Unicef.
20 September 2019, 14:13 PM

Children are at risk due to climate change, but they are also sources of solutions

A recent report from Unicef mentions that 19 million (or one in three) children in Bangladesh are at risk from the effects of climate change.
9 April 2019, 18:00 PM

MENSTRUATION HYGIENE MANAGEMENT

Menstruation is painful, socially awkward, quite expensive and most of the time very problematic to manage for the girls and women
11 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh elected VP of Unicef executive board

Bangladesh has been elected as a member and vice president of the executive board of Unicef this year.
6 February 2019, 18:00 PM

145,000 Rohingya children going to Unicef's learning centres

More than 145,000 Rohingya children – living in Cox's Bazar camps – are now going to Unicef-supported learning centres, as a new school year begins.
23 January 2019, 18:00 PM

8,428 babies born on New Year's Day in Bangladesh

Unicef yesterday said according to their estimations, as many as 8,428 babies would be born in Bangladesh on New Year's Day
1 January 2019, 18:00 PM

PM receives two UNICEF awards for campaign against early marriage

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina receives two international awards given by the UNICEF in recognition to her government’s campaign against early marriage.
20 August 2018, 11:57 AM

Unicef gets $15.7m fund for Rohingya children, women in Cox’s Bazar

The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has scaled up humanitarian assistance and life-saving interventions for the Rohingya children and women along with the vulnerable host population in Cox's Bazar with US$15.7 million funding received from the government of Japan.
8 May 2018, 06:56 AM

Only $5.9mn raised against required $ 10mn, says Unicef

Unicef has estimated that more than 100,000 people including approximately 55,000 children, mostly Rohingyas, are at risk due to floods and landslides in Cox's Bazar district which is one of the most flood prone areas of Bangladesh.
2 May 2018, 04:22 AM

Unicef-Facebook for child-safe internet

Unicef and Facebook launch a joint initiative to create a safe digital world of internet for children in Bangladesh.
30 March 2018, 11:16 AM

Child Marriage: Declines globally, not in Bangladesh

Child marriages still remain high in Bangladesh, although the rate is globally declining, with the largest drop in South Asia, according
6 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Rohingya children stranded in Myanmar without their parents, says UN

About 100 Rohingya children are stranded in Myanmar without their parents after military operations drove 655,000 people into Bangladesh since August, the United Nations says.
10 January 2018, 04:43 AM

48,000 Rohingya babies set to be born in overcrowded Bangladesh camps in 2018

More than 48,000 Rohingya babies are expected to be born in Bangladesh this year, beginning their lives in camps and makeshift settlements where families rely on food rations to survive and live in flimsy tents made of plastic and bamboo.
6 January 2018, 08:11 AM

Rohingya child happy with friends in Bangladesh

After her parents were forced to flee from Rakhine state of Myanmar, Noor has developed friendship with many similar to her age at a tiny village of Bangladesh.
22 November 2017, 07:25 AM