Washington, May 28 (IANS) The United States has mobilised more than $112 million in bilateral foreign assistance in less than two weeks to combat the fast-spreading Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, the State Department said on Thursday.The announcement came as US health officials warned that the outbreak remained “rapidly evolving and fluid”, while insisting that the current risk to the United States remained low.The State Department said it had finali…
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Dhaka, May 26 (IANS) Bangladesh is witnessing an alarming rise in violence against women and children, triggering widespread concern and outrage among human rights organisations.Amid increasing gender-based violence across the country, multiple alleged rape and attempted rape incidents involving women and children have been reported from several districts, sparking renewed concerns over the public safety of vulnerable groups, local media reported on Tuesday.The police took the accused into custo…
Dhaka, May 26 (IANS) As Bangladesh’s escalating measles outbreak claimed over 500 lives, public health experts and physicians have warned that mass gatherings, long-distance travel and family visits during Eid holidays could further accelerate the spread of the disease.They advised families with young children to avoid unnecessary gatherings, restrict movement and adhere to the preventive measures, cautioning that approaching the hot season may intensify the transmission risks, local media rep…
Guwahati, May 25 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming every sector and stressed that the state cannot afford to miss the opportunities emerging from the technological shift. In a post on social media platform X on Sunday, the Chief Minister announced that tech giant Google in collaboration with Unicef will implement the “AI Educator Series” in Assam to train teachers in the use of AI tools for classroom learning and im…
Dhaka, May 23 (IANS) The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) expressed grave concern over the recent surge in brutal violence against children reported across Bangladesh, including the rape and killing of girls and boys in places meant to ensure their safety.Stressing that “brutality against children must stop”, Rana Flowers, UNICEF Representative in Bangladesh, said that the growing number of reports of brutal and sexual violence against women and children across…
Dhaka, May 22 (IANS) As many as 11 children died from measles and similar symptoms in Bangladesh in the 24 hours till 8 am on Friday, raising the death toll since March 15 to 499, local media reported. Among the latest fatalities, nine deaths were suspected as measles-related while two were confirmed as measles-related, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), United News of Bangladesh (UNB) reported.Of the latest deaths in Bangladesh, the highest number of deaths linked t…
Dhaka, May 21 (IANS) As Bangladesh grapples with an escalating measles outbreak, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said that it had repeatedly warned the country’s earlier interim government led by Muhammad Yunus – both through written communication and meetings with health ministry officials – about vaccine shortages that could trigger a major health crisis, local media reported. Addressing a press briefing in Dhaka, Rana Flowers, UNICEF representative to Bangl…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) US-based tech giant Google on Tuesday announced a major nationwide push to expand AI literacy, tools and training across India’s education ecosystem, unveiling new partnerships with state governments and UNICEF at the Education World Forum 2026 in London.The initiative is designed in alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and aims to strengthen the use of artificial intelligence in schools and higher education institutions across the country, the compa…
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Pakistan’s worsening nutrition crisis and its growing economic cost came under sharp focus at a stakeholder dialogue hosted by the Pakistan Medical Association in Lahore, where experts called for urgent reforms in the country’s dairy sector, expansion of school nutrition programmes, and stronger food safety systems to address rising malnutrition and productivity losses, according to a report in the local media.Speakers argued that despite Pakistan being among the wor…
Shillong, May 14 (IANS) A high-level delegation from UNICEF on Thursday met Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma and praised the state government’s community-driven approach towards improving child health, nutrition, maternal care and adolescent development. The meeting was held at the State Guest House, Taraghar, in Shillong, where the delegation reviewed ongoing collaborations with the Meghalaya government in areas including immunisation, maternal and child health, nutrition and youth e…