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Coronavirus pandemic: PepsiCo Bangladesh and Brac to provide 1.4 million meals to underserved families

PepsiCo in Bangladesh, along with the global food and beverage company’s philanthropic arm, the PepsiCo Foundation, has partnered with Brac, the world’s leading NGO, to provide over 1.4 million meals to low-income and ultra-poor families impacted by coronavirus pandemic across Bangladesh.
Coronavirus outbreak: Brac asks head office staff to work from home

Brac has instructed all non-essential staff working at its head office in the capital’s Mohakhali to stay at home and work remotely from March 22 to March 25 as a preventive measure against the novel coronavirus.
Zero tolerance policy against illegal migration: Minister

The government has taken zero tolerance policy against illegal migration, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam says. He suggests that those who had gone to Libya with the ultimate purpose of reaching Europe illegally should be brought under law.
Standing by them, sad

It was just some 40 minutes before the iftar yesterday when a group of people showed up at arrival lounge of Dhaka’s airport, unsure about what to do. At that time, both passengers and airport staff were taking preparation to break the day’s fast.
BRAC ranked top global NGO for 4th consecutive year

BRAC, a Bangladesh-based non-government organisation, has been ranked the top NGO in the world in 2019.
Brac wants govt to fund NGOs' dev projects

The Brac wants the government to fund NGOs to implement development programmes as foreign funding for the sector has been declining with the country moving into middle-income status.
Brac seeks govt funding in NGOs for development

Brac Executive Director Muhammad Musa says that the government should invest in the non-government sector accelerating its development programmes to turn the country into a middle-income one.
Sir Fazle Abed ranked among world’s greatest leaders

Brac founder and its Chairperson Sir Fazle Hasan Abed has been named as one of the greatest leaders, according to Fortune Magazine's latest list of "The World 50 Greatest Leaders”.
Muhith lauds Yunus, Abed for poverty alleviation

Finance Minister AMA Muhith applauds Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and Brac founder Fazle Hasan Abed for their pioneering efforts to eradicate the country’s poverty.
‘Govt must ensure skills dev training for growing human resources’

Government and private sector companies must ensure sufficient skill development training for the country’s growing human resources, discussants say at a seminar.
Man held in Bagerhat over threat ‘using IS’s name’

Police in a drive arrest a man on Friday night for allegedly giving a threat to a teacher and a Brac employee using the name of militant outfit Islamic State (IS) from Doshani area in Bagerhat town.
Dubai charity to build school to honour brave Bangladeshi nanny

A Dubai charity is building a secondary school in Bangladesh in memory of Sufia Akter, a Bangladeshi nanny who died saving four Emirati boys from drowning two years ago, reports the Gulf News.
Sir Abed gets award from Michigan University

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and chairperson of Brac, has received the Thomas Francis Jr Medal in Global Public Health award from the University of Michigan.
Alumni Association of BRAC University honours industry leaders and recognises outstanding alumni works

The current executive body of Alumni Association of BRAC University on Friday organised the first ever alumni fest in the capital.
2 Brac officials abducted in Afghanistan

Two Bangladeshi Brac officials working in Afghanistan are abducted by unidentified miscreants from Kunduz city.
Fire at Mohakhali Brac Centre doused

A fire that broke out at Brac Centre in Mohakhali of Dhaka is doused half an hour after it originated.
BRAC-Channel i hold Taray Taray Dwipshikha

BRAC, in association with Channel i, arranged a talent hunt competition “Taray Taray Dwipshikha” for underprivileged students of BRAC Education Programme.
Development economist Dr Mahbub Hossain no more

Renowned agricultural and development economist Dr Mahbub Hossain has died at Cleveland clinic in Ohio State at the age of 71.
An end in sight for ultra poverty

First, social protection programmes designed to offer protection (for example, from hunger), fail to offer the ladder (for example, jobs or livelihood) to climb out of extreme poverty. Second, it doesn't recognise that the ultra poor require additional guidance.
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed receives World Food Prize

Brac Founder and Chairperson Sir Fazle Hasan Abed receives the 2015 World Food Prize for his outstanding contribution to enhance the world's production and distribution of food to those most in need.
Fazle Hasan Abed wins World Food Prize

A man who created a nonprofit organisation credited with helping more than 150 million people out of poverty is named the winner of the 2015 World Food Prize.
Hotline for info on trafficking victims

Migrant rights workers launch hotline numbers in Bangladesh and Malaysia to facilitate the passage of information of the rescued trafficking victims to the aggrieved families.
NUMBERS 15

BRAC, the world's largest non-government organisation, plans to spend over $15 million in two years to help earthquake victims in Nepal.
UC Berkeley first to have Bangladesh studies centre

Improving garment-industry safety, designing apps to solve social problems and gathering data on antibiotic-resistant bacteria found on fruits and vegetables: These are among the innovative research projects made possible by UC Berkeley’s new Subir & Malini Chowdhury Centre for Bangladesh Studies
PIONEER IN CHANGE

One of the few radical change makers that began a journey right after independence to transform the country for the better is BRAC.