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Justice for Safety: Inception Meeting at Bhola

Bhola, 12 September 2013: COAST Trust introduces a new project called “Justice for Safety” in Bhola district. This project is funded by the UKaid with a fund of BDT- 64.06 millions for providing legal services to at 25 Unions...

Declare disaster emergency; rescue 0.5 million people of Bhola

Dhaka 24th August 2013. The recent worrisome situation of river erosion and high tide water intrusion of Bhola passing since May 2013. The situation getting worsen day by day but government haven’t taken yet any effective initiatives for protection....

Protecting Bhola and Its 2 millions People needs only Tk. 60 billions

Dhaka, August 19. The recent worrisome situation of river erosion and high tide water intrusion directly hit around half a million people, cause loss of land of around 3 square kilometer in Bhola island. The worrisome situation will continue...

Small Fisher folk’s Interest Can’t Be Ignored

Dhaka 5th August 2013: Bangladesh Fish Workers’ Alliance (BFWA) who works on the interest of small fish workers in Bangladesh expresses its concern on the government’s decision of giving license to the fishing trawlers for fishing in the deep...

Fisher folks build Human Chain in Bhola and Cox’s Bazar for their rights

5 August, 2013: Fisher folks in Bhola and Cox's Bazar districts demand to save their earnings from the big trawlers are given license without any survey on the existing resources in the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh Fish Workers' Alliance...

Idle Money in the Banks to lend to NGO – MFI

Dhaka, 4th August 2013. Today in press conference a network of NGO-MFI (Micro Finance Institution) demands for single digit interest rate in the agricultural loan for the sake of agricultural development in the country. The leaders also demand for...

Flood water intruding in Bhola, July 2013

ভোলায় প্লাবিত হচ্ছে নতুন এলাকা: বাড়ছে পানিবাহিত রোগ। রোজাদারের মানবেতর জীবন ভোলা, ২৯ জুলাই, ২০১৩: বাংলাদেশের দক্ষিণাঞ্চলের দ্বীপ জেলা ভোলায় বন্যা পরিস্থিতির অবনতি দেখা দিয়েছে। গত কয়েক দিনের প্রবল বৃষ্টিপাত এবং মেঘনা ও তেতুলিয়া নদীর বাড়তি পানি প্রবাহের ফলে এই...

COAST stretches legal support for the poor and vulnerable

Charfassion, Bhola, 29 July 2013: COAST introduces a new project called Community Legal Service" in Charfassion, Bhola to provide legal services to the poor and vulnerable of its project area by strengthening the local arbitration system i.e. "Gram Adalat"....

Family kits distributed among the people affected by Cyclone Mohasen

Dhaka, 9th June 2013: COAST Trust distributes 1,500 family kits (comprises of 17 items for daily using) in Bhola during June 6-9, 2013 among the families seriously affected by the cyclone Mohasen as per the agreement with UNICEF. The...

COAST Update 4: Cyclone Mahasen

The cyclone Mahasen in fact affected our Bhola and Outreach Islands region, although we have taken all out preparation in Cox’s Bazar region. It was forecasted that by the next 3 to 5 hours the cyclone Mahasen would cross Sitakunda...

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Educating children, transforming futures

COAST Foundation’s education project, implemented in partnership with UNICEF in Camp 14 of Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, has generated significant...