GENEVA — The International Labor Organization is slated to give the green light on Tuesday to the launch of a Better Work program for Bangladesh that is expected to cover 500 garment factories over a ...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON -- Cyclone Sidr struck the southwest coast of Bangladesh in November 2007. The storm caused widespread damage to about half of the country's 64 districts, resulted in ...

The American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS) is delighted to announce the intensive, immersion-based Bangla language training program. This program offers participants an excellent opportunity ...

A vocational training program run by UNICEF and Bangladeshi NGO BRAC is giving young Rohingya refugees and members of the host community the skills and opportunities they need to survive and thrive.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Two years after the Rana Plaza building collapse shifted the world’s attention to garment worker safety issues in Bangladesh, much remains to be done to improve conditions and infrastructure in the ...

In 2012, the Minister of Health and other leaders in the Bangladesh government approached Massachusetts General Hospital to establish the country’s first bone marrow transplant program at Dhaka ...

The IRC Bangladesh's child protection program aims to achieve this strategic goal — Children and adolescents in the Rohingya refugee camps and host communities are safe in their communities and ...

Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable to climate extremes. The nation's topography lays its citizens bare to cyclones, flash floods, erosion and drought—not to mention the significant socio-economic ...

A program that protects families in rural Bangladesh from seasonal income insecurity — established in collaboration with Yale economist Mushfiq Mobarak — is among the world’s most cost-effective ...