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Allocate at least 20% of total budget for agriculture

Dhaka, 11 June 2014: Today in a human chain in front of the national press club in Dhaka 15 national and district level farmers’ organizations led by EquityBD urge for allocating 20% of the total budget for agriculture. They...

Decentralize vessel permit and monitoring and sue corrupted officials

Dhaka, 25 May 2014:16 coastal and right based organisations urged to institute legal proceedings against all concerned officials and agencies who neglected their duties in protecting the waterways from risks. Today in a press conference organized in the National Press...

Save our Coastal Land. Allocation demanded for coastal embankment in FY 2014-15

Bangladesh faces enormous loss every year caused by erosion and tidal water intrusion due to lack of enough and permanent embankment across the coast. People migrate to the cities in big number having everything lost to the river or...

Seaweed can meet additional demand of food and nutrition for increasing population of Bangladesh

Dhaka, 17 May 2014.Seaweed can play a vital role in meeting additional demand for food and nutrition for the increasing population of Bangladesh. The coastal area of Bangladesh has vast potentials of seaweed cultivation and it can be cultivated integrally...

Conduct immediate survey on the safety of all launches, stop operation of launch with faulty design: Decentralize the design approval and monitoring system up...

Dhaka, 07 May 2014. Death toll in Patuakhali launch capsize rises to 15 till 5th of the May. We have learnt that, the launch MV Shathil-1 was running with a faulty design. It was capsized earlier once again. We...

Take Action now to protect Bangladesh coast before another cyclone’s landfall

Dhaka, 29 April 2014: Today at the National Press Club Auditorium right based organization COAST Trust and Photography institute Counter Foto jointly organized a panel discussion and a photo exhibition titled “Remembering 29 April 1991: Is our coast still...

Capacitate BADC as a pubic institution to ensure agricultural seed

Dhaka, 6th April 2014: Today in a seminar titled “Agriculture and Farmer Friendly Budget: Public-Private Sector in Seed Management” at the National Press club the speakers urged for sufficient allocation for Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) to rule over the...

National Consultation held on Core Humanitarian Standards on the National Disaster Preparedness Day 2014

24 March 2014: Today a National Consultation on Core Humanitarian Standards is held on the National Disaster Preparedness Day 2014 where the speakers opined that there should be some set of standards for the organizations working on emergency responses and...

We ignored the treating of equal dignity of women: We are sorry. Let us change

COAST along with other Civil Society Organizations has observed the International Women’s Day 2014 in Charfession, Bhola, Noakhali, Chittagong and Cox’sBazar based on the theme “We ignored the treating equal dignity of women: We are sorry-Let us change”.The event...

COAST Pays Homage to Language Movement Martyrs

21st February 2014: Today, COAST Trust family members pay their homage to the martyrs of the historic 1952 Language Movement, marking the Language Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day. This is to pay our respects to those who had...

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Climate-hit women farmers demand recognition and govt support

Today, COAST Foundation has organized a workshop with the collaboration and support of AVAS, BINDU and The Street Child...