The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional $23.8 million in humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh to deliver urgent food and nutrition assistance to Rohingya refugees.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 11 April, 2023 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Ambassador Haas, Rohingya Refugees, USAID, World Food Program (WFP)
Good afternoon, everyone. I want to thank CGS and the Center for International Private Enterprises for hosting this event.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 21 March, 2023 | Topics: Events, Speeches, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Corruption, U.S. & BD, USAID
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing an additional $75 million in humanitarian assistance to help vulnerable Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar and members of the Bangladeshi host community meet ongoing needs that have been exacerbated by the increasing costs of food and fuel.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 26 January, 2023 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Rohingya, Rohingya Refugees, USAID
USAID’s new five-year, $18 million Shobai Miley Shikhi (“Everyone Learns Together”) project will improve learning opportunities for primary school children in hard-to-reach areas with a focus on those with disabilities or special needs.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 21 November, 2022 | Topics: Education, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Child, Education, Learning Opportunities, USAID
Assalamu alaikum, Nomoshkar, and a very good morning. I am so pleased to welcome such an array of leaders from various political parties gathered in the same room. I have had the opportunity to sit down with many of you already – and I will continue to meet with politicians of all political parties as ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 10 August, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Speeches | Tags: Ambassador Haas, USAID
USAID partners with CARE and global fashion company PVH Corp. to expand career opportunities for over 100,000 women in the ready-made garment industry.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 10 March, 2022 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Garment, USAID, Women
Today, during a virtual high-level side event of the 76th UN General Assembly, the United States announced nearly $180 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees, affected host communities in Bangladesh, and the people of Burma.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 23 September, 2021 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: USAID
The United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), recently announced an additional $11.4 million in urgent COVID-19 assistance for Bangladesh.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 9 August, 2021 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Health Assistance, Humanitarian Assistance, USAID
This $17 million, five-year, flagship clean energy project improves access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy systems and promotes transparent and efficient energy markets. Dhaka, June 21, 2021: Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Derrick S. Brown, joined by Mohammad Alauddin, Chairman, Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA), Government of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 21 June, 2021 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: USAID
Today, the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), delivered to Bangladesh its most recent shipment of emergency medical supplies to save lives, stop the spread of COVID-19, and meet the urgent health needs of the Bangladeshi people.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 7 June, 2021 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, COVID-19, Health Assistance, personal protective equipment ppe, PPE, U.S. & BD, USAID
Last night, as part of its ongoing emergency assistance to countries in South Asia, the U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), airlifted urgent medical supplies to help Bangladesh battle its latest COVID-19 surge.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 6 June, 2021 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: COVID-19, U.S. & BD, USAID
The United States welcomes the arrival of 106,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to Bangladesh on June 01, 2021.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 1 June, 2021 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: coronavirus, COVAX, COVID-19, Global Health, Health Assistance, U.S. & BD, USAID
Marking the 30th anniversary of the devastating 1991 cyclone that claimed 138,000 lives, on Thursday, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bangladesh Acting Deputy Mission Director, Milan Pavlovic, joined Dr. Enamur Rahman, MP, State Minister for the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR), to officially handover 61 USAID-refurbished and renovated multi-purpose cyclone ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 29 April, 2021 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: CYCLONE, Humanitarian Aid, USAID
Five years ago, on April 25, 2016, USAID experienced one of its darkest days. We awoke to horrific news: Xulhaz Mannan, a dedicated USAID/Bangladesh employee, had been brutally murdered in his Dhaka home by extremists.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 25 April, 2021 | Topics: News | Tags: USAID
Today, thanks to Congress and the generosity of the American people, President Biden announced that the United States intends to provide an initial $2 billion, out of a total planned $4 billion, to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to support the Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment (Gavi COVAX AMC) to provide COVID-19 vaccines for 92 low- ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 20 February, 2021 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: COVAX, COVID-19, USAID
USAID has stood shoulder to shoulder with the people of Burma for decades in their struggle for peace, democracy, and freedom.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 12 February, 2021 | Topics: Press Releases, South & Central Asia | Tags: Burma, USAID
To strengthen the capacity and resilience of coastal communities to natural disasters, the U.S. government, through USAID, is refurbishing 96 existing cyclone shelters to serve as both safe havens and as schools, and constructing 25 new multi-purpose disaster shelters in Cox’s Bazar.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 3 December, 2020 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: USAID
Life for residents in the underserved settlement of Kallyanpur in Dhaka city, Bangladesh, was slowly improving thanks to a USAID - US Agency for International Development urban food program to assist COVID-19 victims, implemented by the World Food Programme and BRAC.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 23 November, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, News, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: COVID-19, Humanitarian Assistance, USAID
The United States Government, through U.S. Embassy Dhaka and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has delivered 100 pledged state-of-the-art ventilators to Bangladesh to assist its fight against COVID-19.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 15 November, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, COVID-19, Health Assistance, U.S. & BD, USAID, Ventilator
As-salamu alaykum. Good day. I would like to thank the Honorable Minister, our Government of Bangladesh partners, our heroic health care workers and members of the media for joining us today.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 15 November, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Speeches, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: coronavirus, COVID0-19, Health Assistance, Kurmitola Hospital, U.S. & BD, USAID, Ventilator
Today, at the Indo-Pacific Business Forum hosted virtually out of Hanoi, Vietnam, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Assistant Administrator for Asia Javier Piedra announced new activities valued at more than $28 million to advance regional energy markets in South Asia.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 29 October, 2020 | Topics: Press Releases, South & Central Asia, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Indo-Pacific, U.S. & BD, U.S. Government, USAID
Today, at the U.S. Government’s third annual Indo-Pacific Business Forum hosted virtually out of Hanoi, Vietnam, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick announced a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a consortium of U.S. retail, apparel, and footwear companies and industry associations to pursue much-needed relief to the predominantly female workers ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 29 October, 2020 | Topics: Press Releases, South & Central Asia, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: COVID-19, Indo-Pacific, USAID
Mission Director Brown launched a new Tuberculosis (TB) initiative “Alliance for Combating Tuberculosis in Bangladesh” in Sylhet Division; part of the U.S. government’s commitment to end TB globally. This latest activity builds on the more than $1 billion in health assistance provided to Bangladesh over the past 20 years and nearly $38 million in COVID-19 ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 6 October, 2020 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Derrick Brown, ENDTB, TB, U.S. & BD, U.S. Funding, U.S. Government, USAID, USAID Mission Director
U.S. Embassy Dhaka distributed personal protective equipment (PPE) to Dhaka Metropolitan Police Diplomatic Security Division in support of its COVID-19 response efforts.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 24 August, 2020 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Ambassador Miller, AmbMiller, Bangladesh, coronavirus, COVID-19, Diplomatic Security Division, Humanitarian Aid, Humanitarian Assistance, personal protective equipment ppe, PPE, U.S. & BD, U.S. Funding, USAID
The U.S. is leading the global response to COVID-19 with foreign assistance funding, having allocated $20.5 billion for the development of vaccines and therapeutics, preparedness efforts, and other foreign assistance.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 21 August, 2020 | Topics: News, Press Releases, South & Central Asia, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, coronavirus, COVID-19, Foreign Assistance, Global Health, Humanitarian Aid, Humanitarian Assistance, Office of Foreign Affairs, Office of the Spokesperson, USAID
U.S. Embassy Dhaka coordinated with the Ministries of Health and Home Affairs to distribute personal protective equipment (PPE) to COVID-19 first responders.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 10 August, 2020 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Ambassador Miller, coronavirus, COVID-19, Humanitarian Assistance, personal protective equipment ppe, PPE, U.S. & BD, U.S. Funding, U.S. Government, USAID
Today, Ambassador Earl R. Miller visited the 250-bed Tuberculosis (TB) Hospital in Shyamoli, Dhaka to observe how U.S. government-provided GeneXpert machines can detect COVID-19 within 45 minutes and handed over equipment to improve diagnosis of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB).
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 27 July, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: AmbMiller, COVID-19, Humanitarian Assistance, TB, U.S. & BD, U.S. Government, USAID
As floods spread across Bangladesh, the U.S. government is providing relief assistance, which builds on more than $7 billion in development assistance to Bangladesh since 1971.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 24 July, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, COVID-19, Disaster Management and Relief, Disaster Response, FLOOD, Foreign Assistance, natural disasters, U.S. & BD, U.S. Government, us assistance, USAID
U.S. Embassy Dhaka distributed personal protective equipment (PPE) to Bangladesh Armed Forces Division in support of its COVID-19 response efforts.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 21 July, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, Bangladesh Armed Forces, civil defense, COVID-19, fire service, Health Assistance, Humanitarian Aid, Humanitarian Assistance, Indo-Pacific, Ministry of Health and Family, personal protective equipment ppe, PPE, U.S. & BD, U.S. Funding, U.S. Government, U.S. Military, USAID
USAID partnered with ABC Radio (FM 89.6), prominent musician Fuad Al Muqtadir, and a group of talented young Bangladeshi singers, including Zohad, Elita, Xefer, Rafa, Tashfee, Palbasha, Emil, and Issa for a special tribute to Bangladesh’s real-life superheroes.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 20 July, 2020 | Topics: Art & Culture, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh, U.S. Agencies | Tags: COVID-19, USAID
Around the world, heroic people are working tirelessly to prevent the spread of COVID-19, to help treat those who are infected, and to support us all in meeting these daunting challenges.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 8 July, 2020 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, News, Speeches, U.S. & Bangladesh, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Ambassador Miller, AmbMiller, BRAC, COVID-19, Humanitarian Assistance, personal protective equipment ppe, PPE, U.S. & BD, U.S. Funding, USAID, World Food Program (WFP)
Funding is part of the over $43.4 million in U.S. government assistance to date to support Bangladesh’s COVID-19 response efforts and builds on more than $1 billion in health assistance to Bangladesh over the past 20 years.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 8 July, 2020 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Ambassador Miller, AmbMiller, Bangladesh, BRAC, coronavirus, COVID-19, Health Assistance, Humanitarian Aid, Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. & BD, U.S. Government, USAID, World Food Programme
The United States continues to lead the global effort to respond to and end the COVID-19 pandemic. Building upon decades of investment in life-saving health and humanitarian assistance, the American people should be proud of the real results we are achieving through our help to nations around the world, which also helps protect the homeland.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 18 June, 2020 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News, Press Releases, South & Central Asia, U.S. & Bangladesh, U.S. Agencies | Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, Foreign Assistance, Global Health, Humanitarian Aid, Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. & BD, U.S. Funding, USAID
U.S. Embassy Dhaka coordinated with the National Board of Revenue to distribute COVID-19 personal protective equipment to the Customs Department.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 17 June, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue, Chattogram, civil defense, coronavirus, COVID-19, fire service, Indo-Pacific, personal protective equipment ppe, PPE, U.S. & BD, U.S. Government, United States, USAID
Assalamualaikum, suvechha sobaike and a very good morning.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 15 June, 2020 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, News, Speeches, U.S. & Bangladesh, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Ambassador Miller, AmbMiller, Bangladesh, coronavirus, COVID-19, Directorate General of Health Services, economic growth, Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. & BD, USAID, USAID Mission Director
Funding builds on more than $1 billion in health assistance to Bangladesh over the past 20 years and includes funding to support food assistance to urban poor living in Dhaka.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 15 June, 2020 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Ambassador Miller, AmbMiller, Bangladesh, coronavirus, COVID-19, Directorate General of Health Services, economic growth, Foreign Assistance, Health Assistance, Humanitarian Aid, U.S. & BD, U.S. Funding, U.S. Government, United States, Urban Living, us assistance, USAID
The United States continues to lead in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, illustrated by recent announcements of new foreign assistance that are made possible through the American people’s generosity and the U.S. Government’s action.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 29 May, 2020 | Topics: News, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, coronavirus, COVID-19, Global Health, Humanitarian Aid, Humanitarian Assistance, Office of the Spokesperson, USAID
Months into fighting the COVID-19 pandemic at home and abroad, the United States is continuing to lead the global charge against the pandemic, building on decades of leadership in life-saving health and humanitarian assistance.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 20 May, 2020 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, U.S. & BD, U.S. Funding, us assistance, USAID
The U.S. government recently announced a commitment of $37 million in financing from the Emergency Reserve Fund for Contagious Infectious Diseases at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for 25 countries either affected by novel coronavirus COVID-19 or at high risk of its spread.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 12 March, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Emergency Services, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: AmbMiller, coronavirus, COVID-19, U.S. Funding, U.S. Government, USAID
The U.S. Government announced today a commitment of $37 million in financing from the Emergency Reserve Fund for Contagious Infectious Diseases at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for 25 countries affected by novel coronavirus COVID-19 or at high risk of its spread.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 3 March, 2020 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency Reserve Fund, USAID
On March 3, the United States announced more than $59 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh and internally displaced Rohingya and members of other affected communities in Burma.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 3 March, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Human Rights, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, Burma, Humanitarian Assistance, Office of the Spokesperson, Rohingya, Rohingya Refugees, United States, USAID
Ambassador Earl Miller, accompanied by USAID Mission Director Derrick Brown, traveled to the Sundarbans from January 26-28, 2020, to support the growing partnership between the United States and Bangladesh.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 28 January, 2020 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: AmbMiller, Sundarban, USAID, USAID Mission Director
As part of U.S. Embassy Dhaka’s bilateral engagement with Bangladesh, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Bangladesh Mission Director (MD) Derrick S. Brown visited key USAID development programs in Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) this week.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 8 December, 2019 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: USAID, USAID Mission Director
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick and Acting Assistant Secretary of State Alice G. Wells traveled to Bangladesh from November 5-7 to promote expanded U.S.-Bangladesh bilateral relations, increase commercial and security ties, and address the ongoing Rohingya humanitarian crisis.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 8 November, 2019 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: USAID
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is partnering with the Government of Bangladesh and the Bangladeshi private sector to help diversify Bangladesh’s economy and stimulate new streams of economic growth.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 6 November, 2019 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: PSA, USAID
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick will travel to Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh, and Indonesia from October 29 to November 11, 2019.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 3 November, 2019 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Bonnie Glick, USAID
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Bangladesh’s Counter Trafficking in Persons (BC/TIP) program,
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 3 November, 2019 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Human Trafficking, USAID
State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Mr. Zakir Hossen, MP, and USAID Bangladesh Mission Director Derrick Brown jointly inaugurated a new multi-purpose cyclone shelter in Mirzaganj Upazila of Patuakhali District today. This new cyclone shelter, located at the Uttor Jhati Bunia Government Primary School, can accommodate approximately 1,800 people during a cyclone and will ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 18 April, 2019 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: USAID
Nine year old Sabbir was ill. For several weeks he complained of chest pain and had a bad cough, sometimes coughing blood. His parents took him to a pharmacy where he was misdiagnosed and given ineffective medication. When his symptoms did not go away, Sabbir went to a doctor who fortunately recognized the symptoms of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 24 March, 2019 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, Press Releases | Tags: Ambassador Miller, AmbMiller, ENDTB, Op-Ed, USAID
USAID/Bangladesh Mission Director Derrick Brown visited USAID development programs in the Jashore-Khulna region from September 18-20, including visits to key agriculture, labor and food assistance programs. The site visits were undertaken in collaboration with WordFish, WFP, Winrock International and World Vision Bangladesh among other implementing partners.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 20 September, 2018 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: USAID
The United States announces more than $44 million in additional humanitarian assistance to meet the urgent needs of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and people affected by violence and conflict in Burma. This brings the total U.S. humanitarian assistance for displaced people in and from Burma to more than $299 million.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 15 May, 2018 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Funding, Rohingya, USAID
While in Bangladesh and Burma, Administrator Green plans to visit several sites where the U.S. Government is providing humanitarian assistance to displaced Rohingya and affected host communities.
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By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 12 May, 2018 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Press Release, Rohingya, USAID
