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Article on Micro credit Summit 2016

The Microcredit Summit 2016 was held on 14-17 March at Abu Dhabi, UAE which was organized by Microcredit Summit Campaign. The Summit explore ‘Frontier Innovations in Financial Inclusion.’ More than 1000 people from the Middle east, Africa and beyond...

COAST Annual Report 2014-15: Striving towards Self Reliance

The annual report of COAST has just been released. It covers the reporting period of July 2014 to December 2015. Every year COAST publishes its annual report with a specific theme. Theme or title of this year is Striving...

International Women’s Day Observed

International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. "The story of women's struggle for equality belongs...

COAST Homage to Language Martyrs: Strives for Equity and Justice Based Society Echoed

21st February 2016. 21st February is International Mother Language Day. In 1952 some students from the University of Dhaka, Jagannath University and Dhaka Medical College were shot dead by police while they were demonstrating for the recognition of Bangla...

Government and NGOs Expressed Commitment to be Accountable to Community

Dhaka 11th February 2016. Today Bangla version of Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) which has developed in Bangladesh through a yearlong participatory process and field trail has been lunched in a seminar title “ Accountability and Quality Management in Humanitarian...

Bangladesh will Promote Climate Displacement as a Global Development Agenda

Dhaka, 7th November 2015. Today in a seminar title “Toward CoP 21 and A Tale from Climate Ground Zero” have been held in National Press club where Foreign Secretary Mr. Shahidul Haque stated that, it is not only in...

Gypsy families have been lightened through solar panel

The solar panel distribution program in to the water gypsy families was taken place on the Meghna River Bank in Bhola on October 19, 2015. The event was with the support by Enhanced Coastal Fisheries project (ECOFISHBD) funded by...

A Tale from Clime Ground Zero: Launching the Coffee Table Album

A Coffee Table Book titled "A Tale from Climate Ground Zero" is going to be launched today in Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali MP, the honourable Minister Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh will launch the Book in the...

Making Humanitarian and Development Activism Localized and Accountable: Some Initial Actionable Proposal on Reshaping Aid

A. WHS Opportunity for Local NGO The Secretary General of UN Mr. Ban Ki Moon has initiated the discourse on WHS (World Humanitarian Summit) as a bottom up consultation process during 2013 for effective,accountable and innovative Humanitarian Activities around the...

Principles of Partnership: Learning and Way Forward

Dhaka, 8th August 2015. Today ICVA (International Council for Voluntary Associations), BNfWHS and COAST jointly has organized a seminar title “Principles of Partnership : Learning and Way Forward” in Brac center, where local, national and international NGO leaders given...

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COAST distributes 1 crore taka to 1000 fishermen in Teknaf

To improve the alternative livelihood of 1000 fishermen families dependent. COAST distributes 1 crore taka to 1000 fishermen in Teknaf...