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[ 19 May, 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: Over 50,000 children aged 6 59 months were screened for malnutrition using the mid upper arm circumference approach; 4,105 children were identified with acute malnutrition and referred to appropriate nutrition services. Of those identified, only 318 were not currently enrolled in nutrition programmes, an indicator of strong community screening conducted by refugee volunteers and other actors in the camps.
[ 3rdJuly 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh has received its first consignment of two million doses of the Sinopharm Covid 19 vaccine. A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with the vaccines from China at around 12:40am Saturday.
[ 3rd July 2021, Bangladesh ]  The first consignment of 1.2 million out of 2.5 million doses of the Moderna vaccine gifted by Washington DC under the Covax framework arrived in Dhaka on Friday night. The second consignment of 1.3 million doses of Moderna vaccines is expected to reach on Saturday morning. These 2.5 million vaccine doses are part of the US government's recent allocation of 25 million vaccine doses for countries in Asia.
[ 6th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Overall, a very high proportion of households reported having adopted food based coping strategies in the seven days prior to data collection due to a lack of food  ( 71% ) , a further indication of potential food shortages and consumption gaps.
[ 11th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Shopping malls and markets were reopened amid the ongoing lockdown, in face of protests from shop owners and employees, and public transport service was reinstated in the cities following demands from office goers. “The spread of the virus has become severe with cases and the death toll surging. People's negligence and indifference are increasing too,' he said at the time.
[ 7th July 2021, Bangladesh ]  A moderate intensity earthquake struck the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Wednesday morning. Mild tremors were also felt in many parts of the country. The quake measured 5.2 on the Richter scale and its epicentre was Lakhipur, about 242km north of Dhaka, said Abdul Hamid of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department  ( BMD ) . “Tremor was felt in Dhaka and several parts of the country at 9:15am,' the Met Office official added. However, as per United States Geological Survey  ( USGS )  data, the epicentre of the earthquake – measured at 5.3 on the Richter scale – was 7km from Lakhipur in Assam, India. According to media reports, the tremor was also felt in several districts including Dinajpur, Rangpur, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Gaibandha, Sherpur, Rajshahi, and Naogaon. No casualties or damage to properties have been reported so far.
[ 8th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Three women and two men have died of Covid 19 in Coxs Bazar between 1 and 7 April. 101 people have been tested positive for covid on Thursday in Coxs Bazar.
[ March 2021, Bangladesh ] This meant that already vulnerable families were entering the monsoon season more exposed than usual, as their livelihoods had already taken a hit.
[ 6th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: The loss of access to education services as a result of the COVID 19 outbreak generally constituted a major concern to households and key informants  ( KIs ) . On the one hand, the majority of households  ( 62% )  reported having faced challenges in supporting their children studying at home, limiting the effectiveness of such remote study.
[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Sinopharm Vaccine: Sinopharm rolled out on 19 June 2021 nationwide in 67 health facilities which includes, Medical collage, Sadar hospital and other. In Cox's Bazar District Sadar Hospital, vaccination has also been started. • 10,800  ( both 1 st & 2 nd )  doses were received for Cox's Bazar.
[ 8th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  More than half of the Rohingya women interviewed said they needed permission to purchase soaps, masks and other items needed to protect themselves against COVID 19. Almost two thirds of the Rohingya women interviewed reported that they need permission to access health services, including isolation and treatment centres, if they have COVID like symptoms. In general, the findings of the rapid analysis show that strides made towards gender equality risk being undone as access to services and entitlements have been greatly reduced.
[ 9th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Seven day strict lockdown from 14 April. On 9 April 45 patients were found positive out of 459 samples including 6 Rohingyas in the lab of Coxsbazar Medical College.
[ 7th July 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: From 17 March 2020 Education service has been declared as non essential service inside camp by RRRC. Continuation of regular activities (  Face to face CEC Meeting, Parenting session, Teachers training maintaining social distance )  from 1st January 2021 to 2nd week of April 2021 Continuation of caregiver led education by one to one communication. They are going to children's shed and supporting each child individually for 20 30 minutes, this way each facilitator can support 10 12 children per day. From 23rd April 2021 all kind of face to face intervention stopped due to surge of Covid inside camps Online based training for partner staffs and teachers  ( SEL, MHPSS, PFA, Remote Pedagogy )
[ 10th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Police arrested a Bangladeshi drug smuggler from Ukhiya with 7000 Yaba pills.
[ 1st July 2021, Bangladesh ]  Until Wednesday  ( 30th June ) , Bangladesh administered over 1.01 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines since January end. Among them, more than 5.82 million people got their first dose, over 4.28 million of whom received the second jab as well. According to the DGHS, until Wednesday, over 55,500 people received the first dose of the Sinopharm vaccine and 1,329 of them got both doses. Meanwhile, at the same time, some 240 people also received the first dose of the Pfizer Bio NTech vaccine.
[  5th July 2021, Bangladesh ]  Seeking anonymity, a duty doctor at the Covid 19 unit said: “The pressure of Covid 19 patients is increasing at the hospital as the infection rate continues to rise. “Even after coming to the hospital, the patients need to collect oxygen from outside. Patients are dying due to the lack of oxygen supply,' he added. He admitted that there is a huge oxygen crisis at the hospital due to the lack of a central oxygen system. The authority has started supplying oxygen in large bottles, but the amount is insufficient considering the pressure of patients.
[ 30th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  At the same time, the deaths of 45 patients were also recorded around the country, which was the highest daily figure since August 28 last year. With the latest development, the number of Covid 19 cases and deaths rose to 600,895 and 8,949, respectively.
[  5th July 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Civil Society Organisation  ( CSO )  Alliance has called for the government to prioritise vaccines for field level staff and volunteers of non governmental organisations engaged in the Covid 19 vaccination campaign. The work of field level NGO staff and volunteers requires them to frequently be in the presence of other people, exposing them to a high risk of contracting Covid 19. As a result, they need to be prioritized for vaccination, the CSO Alliance said in a statement.
[ 17th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  Although the crossing of travellers through the land ports between India and Bangladesh has been suspended due to the Covid 19 pandemic, goods via cargo trucks continue to cross into the country without much precaution, raising fears of a new outbreak of the deadly disease.
[ 17th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The month of March has been witnessing an upward trend of rising cases day by day. On March 1, 585 new  ( above 500 )  Covid 19 cases were recorded, after almost a month of a lower rate of infections. According to the DGHS press release, the infection or test positivity rate in the last 24 hours increased to 7.68% and the overall rate to date stood at 13%. The mortality rate, however, remains a static 1.53%.
[ 17th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, more than 5.9 million people registered around the country to get the first dose of the Covid 19 vaccine till Wednesday afternoon, said the health directorate. Until Wednesday, over 4.5 million people have been vaccinated nationwide since January 27.
[ 26th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  There is an urgent need for continued emergency support including rebuilding accommodation, nutritional food, household items, sanitation facilities that can be accessed by older people and those with disabilities, medication, physiotherapy, psychosocial counselling, and assistive products.
[ 17th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, while speaking to media in Dhaka on Monday, Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque, said: “The Health Ministry has recommended to keep the Bangladesh India border shut for some more days to control the spread of the deadly Indian Covid variant. “The borders are now closed. Will remain closed until we say so and the situation in India improves.'
[ 26th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  According to the site management agency  ( DRC )  of Camp 8 E, 15 people died, 560 were injured, 400 are still missing, and 10,000 families were displaced along with 45,000 individuals. Approximately 10,000 shelters were damaged including six health facilities.
[ 23 March, 2021, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ]  More than 10,000 shelters were damaged in the fire and the International Organization for Migration  ( IOM ) 's largest health centre in the camp was destroyed. The loss of the 24/7 health centre, which served more than 55,000 people in the last year, now further complicates the challenge of responding to COVID 19.
[ 17th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  “To reduce the risk of a spread of the Covid 19 virus, we have demanded that Covid 19 negative certificates for all truckers entering the country be ensured, but our demands are yet to be met.' “In addition, most of the labourers who work here are below the age of 40 and thus did not qualify for Covid 19 vaccination. This is also an issue of great concern for us,' he added.
[ 11th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  The district administration in Khulna has extended the restrictions on movement by another week from 5pm on Friday as the number of Covid patients and fatalities is on the rise. According to the latest decision of the District Committee on Coronavirus Prevention, pharmacies and kitchen markets will operate as usual while shops, markets and restaurants will remain open from 9am to 5pm till June 18.
[ 17th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  The authorities concerned have said that several precautionary measures have been taken at ports along the border, such as testing booths, ambulance service for Covid 19 patients and institutionalized isolation centers for travelers to curb the spread of the Indian variant of Covid 19 in the country.
[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Vaccines in pipeline  ( expected ) : • 1.5 million doses of Moderna vaccine allocated though COVAX and expected delivery at end June/early July 2021 subject to provision of required documentation from the country • Bangladesh has been allocated 1,000,800 AstraZeneca/AZD 1222 vaccine doses by mid of July 2021
Between 8 March 2020 and 14 March 2021, according to the DGHS Press Release there were five hundred fifty seven thousand, three hundred ninety five  ( 557,395 )  COVID 19 cases confirmed by rRTPCR, GeneXpert and Rapid Antigen tests including eight thousand, five hundred forty five  ( 8,545 )  related deaths  ( CFR 1.53% ) . Bangladesh is among the top 33 countries and accounts for 0.47% of the COVID 19 cases of the world.
[ 25th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The pandemic also resulted in the cancellation of last year's Higher Secondary Certificate  ( HSC )  and equivalent examinations. The government also scrapped Primary Education Completion  ( PEC )  exams for fifth graders, the Junior School Certificate  ( JSC )  and Junior Dakhil Certificate  ( JDC )  exams for eighth graders, and the annual exams for students of grades 6 10.
[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Covishield Vaccine • Received 3.2 million doses from India in form of donation and 7 million doses through self financing procurement • Total 10.2 million doses almost exhausted and more than >10 million  ( 1,00,75,703 )  doses  ( including 1st & 2nd dose )  administered in Bangladesh • Given the heightened COVID 19 crisis in India, deliveries of SII/Covishield via the COVAX Facility  ( >10 M doses by May 2021 )  got impacted and delayed
[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Few Points To Be NotedL: • Currently New Registration for 1 st dose of vaccination is on hold temporarily • Sinopharm and Pfizer vaccination is going on for those who had already registered but did not receive the 1 st dose • Sinopharm vaccination is going on following a line list of prioritization group prepared by Govt. • Pfizer vaccination will be conducted only in Dhaka • Due to vaccine constraint and delayed supply, 2 nd dose of Covishield vaccine is temporarily on hold in many districts • No scope yet to choose the vaccine by self
[ 11th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The overall infection rate in the country stands at 13.14%. Currently, 9,571 people are in isolation and 32,154 are quarantined.
[ 23 March, 2021, Bangladesh, Cox Bazar ]  A massive fire broke out at Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh on the afternoon on March 22, 2021. Around 3:00 PM, the fire ignited from camp 8E and it soon spread to Camp 8W, 9 and 10 leaving over 17,000 infrastructures including houses, community centers, schools and camp management offices fully or partly affected.  [ FIRE ]
[ 21 27 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: As of epidemiological week 25  ( 21  27 June 2021 ) , there are 1,731 COVID 19 confirmed cases in FDMN/Rohingya refugees detected from 48,323 samples tested since the beginning of the outbreak, bringing the overall positivity of 3.6%. This week  ( week 25 ) , 158 were tested positive from 1,226 samples. A total of 20 confirmed COVID 19 deaths were reported since the onset of the outbreak  ( Case Fatatlity Rate  1.2% ) , with no deaths in this reporting period. The first COVID 19 patient was detected in FDMN/Rohingya Refugee camps on 14 May 2020 and the first death was recorded on 31 May 2020.
[ 12  18 July 2021, Bangladesh ]  As of epidemiological week 28  ( 12  18 July 2021 ) , 2,287 cases of COVID 19 were confirmed among the Rohingya refugees from 52,092 samples tested since the beginning of the outbreak, giving a Test Positivity Rate  ( TPR )  of 4.4%. In week 28, of the 1,246 samples tested, 184 were positive. To date, a total of 25 COVID 19 deaths were recorded  CFR of 1.1%.
[ 21 27 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Rapid Investigation and Response Team  ( RIRT )  investigated a total of 1,431  ( out of 1,731 )  confirmed cases. Meanwhile, Contact Tracing Supervisors conducted contact tracing for 3,106 contacts registered in Go. Data. Out of these, 2,192  ( 71% )  contacts have completed their follow ups.
[ 12  18 July 2021, Bangladesh ]  Rapid Investigation and Response Teams  ( RIRT )  investigated a total of 1,854  ( out of 2,287 )  COVID 19 confirmed cases among FDMN/Rohingya refugees. Contact Tracing Supervisors conducted contact tracing for 4,104 contacts registered in Go.Data. Out of these, 2,517  ( 61% )  contacts have completed their quarantine period and 221 household contacts were tested positive within the incubation period.
[ 25th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Bangladesh is set to receive 100,000 doses of the Pfizer Covid 19 vaccine next month, says the chief of the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS ) . “We will receive the vaccine doses under the Covax scheme,' Director General Prof ABM Khurshid Alam said on Sunday. The DGHS chief was speaking to the media following an online discussion meeting marking World Malaria Day arranged by the directorate.
[ 4th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Host : On 9 March, two host community members who were alleged drug smugglers were killed by the Border Guard Bangladesh  ( BGB )  in a gunfight in Teknaf. A total of 360,000 yaba tablets and a locally made gun were seized at the location of the shooting.
[ 10 April, 2021, Bangladesh ] Although the government enforced a 7 day lockdown from Monday, people have been moving around freely, posing risks of more transmission. The government has hinted at imposing a complete lockdown from April 14.
[ 12  18 July 2021, Bangladesh ]  FDMN/Rohingya Refugees: • 620 community volunteers conducted 9,852 IPC sessions on key messages for COVID 19 and AWD prevention reaching 43,456 people. Meanwhile, a total of 200 religious leaders reached approximately 200,00 people with public health meassages through mosque based loudspeaker messaging. • 1,191 girls and 3,452 women were engaged in 1,162 religious group study sessions  ( Talim )  by 50 female volunteers  ( hafeeza )  exchanging dialogues on COVID 19 stigmatization and AWD. • Revised key messages on AWD in English & Burmese and a comprehensive Information, Education & Communication  ( IEC )  packages in English & Bengali were shared with all relevant partners.
[ 28th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ] Refugees: On the afternoon of 22 March 2021, a devastating fire broke out in Kutupalong Balukhali refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. It lasted until the early hours of 23 March. The fire has left approximately 48,000 refugees displaced, destroyed over 9,500 shelters as well as over 1,600 facilities including hospitals, distribution points, learning centres, and a UNHCR registration centre.
[ 28th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ] Refugees: The fire started in Camp 8W, and within a short period spread to Camps 8E, 9 and 10, all of which are IOM managed camps. Many refugees living in adjacent camps evacuated their shelters temporarily, while many more fled to neighbouring camps seeking safety.
[ 23 March, 2021, Bangladesh, Cox Bazar ]  The incident triggered a mass relocation and people, including children, who are taking shelter in other camps. About 17,000 families are estimated to be affected who need emergency support including food, shelter and medicine. As of now, we are unable to confirm the exact number of deaths as assessments from different agencies are underway.
[ 4th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  In March, the total of yaba tablets captured was the largest monthly total recorded so far. In 70 antinarcotics drives, seven security since the start of the year a wider than normally expected range of drugs were seized including the first recorded confiscation of 2kg of Crystal Methamphetamine, locally known as ice, in the district.
[ 4th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  In March, the RAB was the most active agency running antinarcotics raids. In 28 raids, RAB seized 1.1 million yaba tablets, 33 kg of marijuana, 216 litres of alcohol, and arrested 56 drug related offenders. The largest narcotics consignment seized by RAB was from the spot of a “gunfight' in Ramu Upazila on 3 March that left a suspect killed and 400,000 yaba tablets confiscated. Two days later, a team from RAB 7  ( Chattogram )  seized 350,000 yaba tablets which had been stockpiled for sale at a residence in the Hariakhali area of Teknaf's Sabrang UP.
[ 4th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  At the beginning of the month, the Bangladesh Coast Guard  ( BGC )  seized 279,600 yaba tablets on the bank of Naf River in the Shah Parir Dwip area of Teknaf's Subrang UP.11 Again around the same area of Shah Parir Dwip on 17 March, the BCG discovered 280,000 pills from an unattended boat.
[ 4th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  BGC made another large seizure of 70,000 yaba tablets on a floating island  ( namely Chhera Dwip )  near St. Martin's island in Teknaf. The district police recovered the single largest consignment of the month  ( 622,000 tablets )  from a garage in Moheshkhali Upazila on 29 March while investigating a case of arson.15 The other ten raids by the police resulted in the seizure of only 41,468 yaba tablets and 65 bottles of phensedyl across the district.
[ 21 ,May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  At the same time, findings indicate a greater loss of access to self reliance activities among persons with disabilities than among persons without disabilities.
[ 23 March, 2021, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ]  Cox's Bazar –A massive fire swept through three IOM managed sites yesterday displacing roughly 45,000 Rohingya refugees and causing catastrophic damage in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, the world's largest refugee camp.
[ 4th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The DNC seized 2,000 pieces of yaba, a localmade gun, and eight rounds of ammunition from their possession.
[ 15 April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Situation in Bangladesh: With the shattering situation of Covid 19 cases, Bangladesh reported 96 deaths in 24 hours till Wednesday morning. The latest fatalities have pushed up the local tally to 9,987 since the first death was reported on March 18 last year, a handout from the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  said. The mortality rate stood at 1.42 percent.
[ 4th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: In March, at least 21 members of criminal gangs were arrested in and around the Rohingya camps; half of them were charged with possessing illegal firearms.
[ 4th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ] Refugees: The INGO Médecins Sans Frontières  ( MSF )  highlighted in a report the sharp deterioration in living conditions within the refugee camps over the past 12 months. It notes that the armed groups have expanded their power base in the camps  ( and more securitisation in response )  resulting in more kidnappings, violence and extortion.
[ 27th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Host: In the camps, they have no livelihoods now, and they rely on the humanitarian assistance received by their families. Hijras do not have access to cash for work, skills training and leadership training offered by humanitarian agencies. Hijras in the host community receive a small amount of allowance from the Department of Social Welfare.
[ 1st January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Between February and June 2020, earnings in the informal sector dropped by 49 per cent compared to an average of 17 per cent drop for the formal sector. Despite the significant income loss, there was hardly any recovery plan reported. Even after the lockdown was lifted by the end of May, the modest retrieval in earnings could not significantly pull back the “new poor' populations groups out of poverty by June 2020  ( Rahman et al., 2020 ) .
[ 12 April, 2021, Bangladesh ]  The vaccination campaign launched on February 7 with doses received from the Serum Institute of India continues with experts calling for ramping up the drive. On April 8, Bangladesh began its second phase of inoculating people against coronavirus amid uncertainty around vaccine availability.
[ March 21, 2021, Bangladesh ] :Covid 19 infection rate had come down to below 5 percent on January 19 last. It even fell below 3 percent but soared again on February 9.
[ 1st January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The impact of COVID 19 on education, particularly of young learners and the apparent digital divide in online education has emerged as a new crisis of this pandemic situation. Dropout rates in schools have increased, which has direct implications for higher rates of early marriage and early pregnancy  ( CAMPE, 2020 ) .16 Teachers are also facing new sets of challenges with digitalisation of education platforms after the lockdown. Many teachers lack expertise in information and communications technology  ( ICT )  and are not able to or willing to teach remotely, making them vulnerable to losing jobs
[ 19th March 2021, Bangladesh ] Unicef country representative Tomo Hozumi said despite the pressure on health systems due to the Covid 19 situation, routine life saving services for pregnant mothers and newborns need to be maintained with proper protection. Senior Fellow of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies Nazneen Ahmed said that health workers should be given the opportunity to make home visits to ensure health services for pregnant women and maternity mothers.
[ 16th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Around 1,37,198 Bangladeshis were scheduled to perform hajj in 2020. Tracking number, name, date of birth, father's name, mother's name, NID number, present and permanent addresses, gender, mobile number, Hajj license number and the name of the agency must be included in the vaccine card, according to the notification.
[ 23 May, 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Key informants reported an increase in credit purchase of food compared to normal times, triggered by the lack of sufficient cash to purchase goods that prevails throughout the camps exacerbated by the lockdown restrictions and price increase.
[ 10th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  Of the seven deceased – four men and three women – four were from the Dhaka division, two from Chittagong, and one from Barisal divisions. All of them died while undergoing treatment at different hospitals.
[ March 21, 2021, Bangladesh ] :The government is providing the vaccine for free. It signed an agreement with India's Serum Institute for acquiring 30 million doses.
[ 23rd June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Further disaggregated analysis by sex demonstrates that boys were found with slightly higher cGAM than girls  [ 10.8% vs 8.8% for Ukhiya; 10.7% vs 9.0% for Teknaf ]  and same for cSAM  [ 1.4% vs 0.5% for Ukhiya; 1.0% vs 0.5% for Teknaf ] . There were no statistically significant cGAM or cSAM prevalence differences found between boys and girls in Ukhiya and Teknaf Upazilas.
[ 23 May, 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  In April, the cost the food basket increased by 5%, from BDT 1057 in March to BDT 1113 in April. In Cox's Bazar, the casual fishing labour wage increased 60 percent from BDT 500 but skilled construction labour wage went down by 23 25 percent. This is plausibly due to the lockdown that reduced the work in land in contrast to the waterways which were not under lockdown measures.
[ 15th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  This year, the government initially imposed the countrywide restrictions on public movement on April 5, with the strict lockdown put into effect from April 14. The lockdown was later extended till May 16. The junior minister, while talking to an English daily, said that police may get magistracy power to ensure that people wear masks and if approved, the law will be amended.
[ 15th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  Farhad said that the government fears that virus cases may soar again after May 23 due to people going to markets, visiting their village homes while defying all the restrictions imposed, and the presence of the Indian Covid 19 variant.
[ 1st January 2021, Bangladesh ]  COVID 19 has intensified these pre existing vulnerabilities that many children are subject to on a regular basis, particularly those suffering from poverty. Early rapid assessments indicate aggravated instances of severe hunger, malnutrition, increased diseases, lack of access to proper sanitation, physical and emotional abuse  ( World Vision International, 2020 ) . In the absence of means and support to access and continue education, and especially digitalised education, there are heightened risks of children dropping out of school and being forced into exploitative activities such as child labour and early marriage.
[ 15 May, 2021, Bangladesh ]  The government is going to extend the ongoing lockdown for another week until May 23 to stem the spread of Covid 19.
[ 2 May, 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: The Rohingya people have once again faced a life or death situation, in the form of the devastating fire that recently hit the world's largest refugee camp where they are living in Bangladesh. The fire destroyed the homes and possessions of tens of thousands of incredibly vulnerable people. It also destroyed their documents and the identity card they need to access aid and social services.
[ 1st January 2021, Bangladesh ]   A large number of indigenous populations living in the plains have no homestead of their own. Their residences in isolated or remote areas lack basic infrastructure and public utilities, such as water, electricity, and access to education or medical clinics. Deprivation of access to quality education is a major factor contributing to social marginalisation, poverty, and dispossession.
[ March 19, 2021, Bangladesh ] : Health Minister Zahid Maleque on February 15 said that the Health Ministry has sent letters to districts, directing the officials concerned to impose fines on people flouting Covid protocols.
[ 1st January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Indigenous women are also subject to violence and harassment at an alarming rate owing to the lack of access to legal services. COVID 19 and the lockdown has exacerbated all of these concerns for the community and especially those related to livelihoods and income sources, food security, access to health services, violence against women, and growing debt  ( Chakma, 2020 ) .
[ 1st January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Dalit women suffer gender based discrimination and violence even within their own households and communities resulting in child marriages, exchanges of dowry, and violence. COVID 19 has compounded all of these issues for the Dalit community. They have been especially susceptible to infections from the virus due to the nature of their work. This has also accentuated all their pre existing vulnerabilities, further marginalising them from the mainstream society and opportunities.
[ 27th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The recently concluded MSNA study has reported that 98% of the respondents reported having increased their handwashing practices since COVID 19. 73% of the respondent HH are practicing handwashing before eating, 69% after defecation
[ 23 May, 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  In April 2020, a household was able to buy about 11 kg of rice from a day's wage. In April 2021, the same daily wage would afford about 9 kg or rice, depicting the erosion in purchasing power
[ 9th June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Human Rights Watch interviewed 17 people, including some refugees who lost family members during the fire, who said that people in particular, older people, children, and people with disabilities were unable to quickly escape because of the barbed wire fencing that authorities built around the camps.
[ 22 March 2021, COX'S BAZAR | BANGLADESH ] :Damages: An initial rapid assessment have shown that a training centre in camp 8E, six learning centres in camp 8E; eight learning centres in Camp 9, two learning centres in camp 10; and one training centre of camp 8W are totally destroyed by the fire.
[ 1st January 2021, Bangladesh ]  While it is expected that the LNOB and PNOB groups will be in dire need of policy support for resumption and recovery of their economic activities and social development, they are also most likely to be among the most overlooked and ignored groups in the said policy design.
[ 1st January 2021, Bangladesh ]  The post pandemic income drops have resulted in livelihood uncertainties in both urban and rural households with returnee migrants but the intensities are much higher in urban households with significant contraction in consumption and food expenditure reported  ( Rahman et al., 2020 ) .
[ 1st January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Vulnerabilities of transgender and Hijra communities, who suffer from identity crises and lack of social recognition on a daily basis, have been accentuated. Many of their income sources were restricted due to social distancing measures  ( Waliul, Fatima, Noor, Kamruzzaman and Sharmin, 2020 ) . Mental anxiety regarding income and food as well as mental and verbal abuse while receiving aid was exacerbated during the pandemic. Another study suggested that about 91 per cent of Hijra and 49 per cent of female sex workers of their surveyed respondents faced gender based violence in the community, from clients and other people  ( Light House, 2020 ) .
[ 1st January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Moreover, food insecurity has been higher for urban poor compared to the rural poor. The most common coping mechanisms have been reducing the number of meals and cutting down on protein intakes  ( Rabbani, Saxena, and Islam, 2020; Innovision, 2020; Rahman et al., 2020 ) .
[ 1st January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Increase in violence against women and children have been the most inevitable and fearfully anticipated impact of the lockdown. Reports suggested drastic and alarming surges in physical, sexual, and mental abuse. A study revealed 26 per cent of their surveyed total victims/survivors had been subjected to violence for the first time during the pandemic. Around 48 per cent of the children and 20 per cent of women surveyed were new victims  ( Manusher Jonno Foundation, 2020 ) .It is also revealed that child labour as well as child marriage has also increased in the past six months, indicating school dropouts.
[ 6 May, 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee: The Rohingya refugees living in Cox's Bazar refugee camps in Bangladesh and Bangladeshi families living near the settlement are just as worried about the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic as other people around the world.The camps are home to some 850,000 Rohingya refugees displaced from neighbouring Myanmar. They worry that the health system in an already poor area will be unable to cope with a rapidly spreading virus. The United Nations Children's Fund  ( UNICEF )  is supporting interventions in Cox's Bazar District to aid Rohingya and Bangladeshi families.
[ 9th June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: According to the Inter Sector Coordination Group  ( ISCG ) , during the 2020 monsoon season there were more than 600 landslides and over 30 floods in the camps, affecting more than 118,000 refugees. Among those, over 8,700 refugees were displaced and over 24,000 shelters were partially or completely destroyed. The monsoon season also reduces availability of services over 1,000 learning facilities were affected, latrines and water access points were flooded, and one health facility was damaged.
[ 6 May, 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee:While the nationwide lockdown in Bangladesh, which began in March, is bringing an all too familiar economic shock to already impoverished communities, the requirement to stay home is causing anxiety for some refugees that has little to do with COVID 19 itself.
[ 29th July 2021, Bangladesh ]  Adolescent girls are disproportionately at risk of emotional and psychological abuse, sexual abuse, child marriage, child headed households, and pregnancy, while adolescent boys are more at risk of child labour and child trafficking.
[ 30th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Bangladesh government has clamped fresh restrictions on public movement in a bid to tackle the new Covid 19 wave. The move coincided with the health authorities recording the highest number of Covid 19 cases in a day – 5,181 – since the pandemic made landfall in the country in March last year.
[ 9th June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: In response, Bangladesh authorities beat some of the refugees with tree branches and rubber sticks. On April 28, 2021, the Bangladesh authorities sent another 30 Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char after rescuing them at sea instead of reuniting them with their families in Cox's Bazar.
[ 9th June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Those in need of emergency medical care had to pay for and obtain permission from authorities to be transported to the nearest mainland hospital, which was at least five hours away by sea and road. Such transportation is nearly impossible by either boat or helicopter in inclement weather.
[ 9th June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: At the same time, both Bangladeshis and Rohingya refugees are on the frontlines of another crisis: climate change. Situated in the world's largest river delta, a three foot  ( 91 centimeter )  sea level rise could submerge almost 20 percent of Bangladesh and displace millions. More than 10 percent of coastal land such as Cox's Bazar is predicted to be under water in the next 30 years.
[ 1st January 2021, Bangladesh ]  At the outset of the pandemic induced lockdown in Bangladesh  ( during April 2020 ) , the most common personal coping strategies in urban and rural poor and vulnerable households included savings, borrowing or grocery shop credit, and adjusting food consumption. Sale of assets was yet to be resorted to. Even though negative coping in terms of food consumption was reduced by June  ( after the lockdown ) , it did not get reversed. Social and institutional support to facilitate coping was minimal throughout the study period  ( Rahman et al., 2020 )
[ 9th June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Refugees in Cox's Bazar have faced tightened restrictions on their rights to information, movement, access to education, and health, and some have been unlawfully killed by Bangladeshi security forces. Bangladesh has a history of eschewing steps that would make camp conditions truly hospitable, thereby increasing pressure on refugees to return to dangerous conditions in Myanmar, or, in this case, to relocate to Bhasan Char.
[ 21st March 2021, Bangladesh ]  The daily infection rate in the country is rising, which was at 10.29% on Sunday. However, the total infection rate, from the beginning of the pandemic till now, remains at 12.95%. The mortality rate decreased by a decimal point to 1.52%. At least 6,187,288 registered for the vaccine till Sunday. While, 4,760,747 got vaccinated across the country till Saturday.
[ 9th June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: The internet shutdowns affected refugees' ability to get information and to communicate outside the camps, including with relatives and friends still in Myanmar. Soon after, the authorities started fencing the camps. However, instead of making the refugees safe, the fencing denied them freedom of movement and placed them at serious risk
[ 9th June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Witnesses said that those caught escaping were held, verbally abused for being “ungrateful,' and beaten with rubber sticks in the newly built police station on the island. Some refugees said that once their names were added to the list to be relocated to Bhasan Char, Bangladesh authorities took away their Smart Cards  ( UNHCR identity document )  so that it would be impossible for them to stay in Cox's Bazar and access aid.
[ 15th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  All secondary and higher secondary level educational institutions of the country will remain closed until May 29, in light of the Covid 19 pandemic. The Education Minister in a statement on Saturday said that the decision to extend the closure was taken considering the safety of students, teachers, institution employees and guardians.
[ 29 March 2021, Bangladesh ] Out of 595,714 COVID 19 cases registered as of 28 March 2021, 90.0%  ( 535,941 )  recovered, 8.5%  ( 50,869 )  were active cases and the remaining died  ( previously mentioned as CFR ) . In epidemiological week 12, the average number of COVID19 active cases increased by 18.5% compared to the week before  ( 45,770 and 38,627 respectively ) ; during the same time, recovery increased by 26.4%  ( 13,536 in the current week and 10,710 in the week before ) .
[ 30th March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]   “Right now, our priority is to build back better: to rebuild these facilities in a more sustainable way that protects refugees from further harm and to improve the quality of the education. We are asking for stronger, more fire resistant materials, for the development of comprehensive evacuation plans and we will continue to advocate for better quality and formally recognized and accredited education for Rohingya children.'
[ 9th June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Both helicopter and boat services are suspended during inclement weather, a common occurrence in the Bay of Bengal. In many cases, refugees are required to pay for this transportation. For most, this is impossible, particularly considering the lack of livelihood opportunities on the island.
[ 23rd June 2021, Bangladesh ]  However, vehicles providing emergency services will remain out of the purview of the restrictions. Also, agricultural and food items including mangoes will be transported, added the DC. All kinds of social, political and religious ceremonies will remain halted.
[ 1st January 2021, Bangladesh ]  Lack of access to computers and the internet was recognised as a cause of youth unemployment in focus group discussions  ( FGDs )  with youth who are currently disengaged i.e. not in education, employment or training  ( Khatun and Saadat, 2020 ) . The resulting digital divide among young people belonging to different socio demographic groups is becoming even more evident since the COVID 19 breakout. The pandemic has fast tracked the digitalisation of many essential services including education and employment opportunities. As such, a big proportion of the youth population that was previously “disengaged' has become further marginalised. A large number of students are expected to drop out, new graduates will find themselves without jobs and many younger employees will be laid off  ( Citizen's Platform for SDGs Bangladesh, 2020 ) .
[ 15th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  All schools and colleges were scheduled to reopen on May 23 and the universities the next day. On April 29, a directive was issued for conducting online classes under the cluster system for the 2021 academic year, and also for launching online schooling for the next academic sessions.
[ 1st January 2021, Bangladesh ]  COVID 19 induced lockdown has further hindered access to markets, livelihood opportunities, and health, education, and other social services. For people in the region, risks of food insecurity may be a greater concern than the risk of infection given higher chances of them being left out from awareness campaigns, relief activities, and public policy support.
[ 15th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  Mentionable, a study revealed that some 19% of primary and 25% of secondary school going children are at risk of learning loss as educational institutions in the country have remained shut since March last year due to the pandemic. The government and experts are fearing a further rise of Covid 19 cases due to the mad rush of Eid holidaymakers going to village homes, who are also likely to return in large numbers to the cities when the vacation ends.
[ 15th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  Under the circumstances, the government is all set to issue a gazette notification on Sunday, extending the ongoing restrictions on public movement   which were imposed last month    for another week.
[ 15th May 2021, Bangladesh ]  On March 25 this year, Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni said all schools and colleges in the country would reopen after Eid ul Fitr on May 23 in light of the surge in Covid 19 cases and deaths at that time. Prior to that, the government in late February announced resuming academic activities at all universities – public and private – from May 24. It then also decided to reopen the student dormitories of public universities on May 17.
[ 15 28th Feb 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  WHO continues to provide epidemiological data to support operational decision making for the COVID 19 response in Cox's Bazar. As of 28 February 2021, a total of 5593 individuals from the host community in Cox's Bazar district have tested positive for COVID 19: 539 in Chokoria, 105 in Kutubdia, 367 in Moheshkhali, 221 in Pekua, 405 in Ramu, 2923 in Sadar, 457 in Teknaf and 576 in Ukhiya.
[ 7 July 2021, Cox's Bazar ] Host/Refugee: Across the Rohingya camps and host communities, WFP resilience building activities  ( Livelihoods, Disaster Risk Reduction, Self Reliance )  have had positive contributions on relationships within the host and Rohingya, trust levels and attitudes within and between host and Rohingya communities. Social cohesion levels within the host and Rohingya community is higher compared to between the host and Rohingya, hence emphasis on improving a sense of peaceful coexistence between the host and Rohingya refugee communities.
[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  In Bangladesh, the majority of research respondents from the FGDs with parents confirmed that the people in these communities, especially poor families, withdrew their girl child from school because of CEFM. Girls are mostly married off between the ages of 12 to 16 years of age. Once a girl child is married off, her in laws do not allow her to go back to school, as a result, her education comes to a stop. In this way, the practice of dowry and early marriage, alongside poverty remains a barrier to girls' education.
[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Bangladesh ranked at 50 because the country has a strong performance on the Political Empowerment sub index  ( score of 54.5 per cent, ranking 7 th out of 153 countries worldwide )  where women have had a longer tenure than men at the helm of the state over the past 50 years. Currently, the Speaker of the National Parliament, the Prime Minister, and Leader of the Opposition and the Deputy Leader of the House are all women  ( World Economic Forum, 2020 ) . In the economic sphere, as of 2018, 38 per cent of adult women were part of the labour force  ( up from 34 per cent in 2017 ) , compared with 84 per cent of men. Only one in 10 leadership roles is occupied by a woman, and the estimated average annual income of women is 40 per cent that of men  ( World Economic Forum, 2020 ) .
[ 22 March 2021, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh ]  Total 163 Learning Facilities damaged and destroyed 135 LCs destroyed in Camps 8E, 8W, 9 and 10 28 Community Based Learning Facilities  ( CBLF )  destroyed in Camp 8E and 9 12 LCs partially damaged in Camps 8W, 9 and 10
[ 8th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  In the past week  ( epidemiological week 09, 2021 ) , Bangladesh reported 4,114 new cases, an increase of 43.6% compared to last week; case per 100,000 population per week is 2.4. The country reported 54 new death, a decrease of 8.5%; death per 100,000 per week is 0.03. Weekly new test is 102,178, weekly increase of 6.0%  ( daily average: 14,597 ) ; tests per 100,000 per week is 60.0; weekly test positivity rate is 4.03%, TPR increase by 35.4% from last week. Overall Case Fatality Ratio  ( CFR )  is 1.54 which was same in the last two weeks.
[ 15 28th Feb 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Between weeks 07 08, ten  ( 10 )  new confirmed cases were detected from 1603 samples tested, the test positivity was therefore 0.6%. As of 28 February 2021, the cumulative incidence is 47.2 per 100 000 people. The overall positivity of samples tested is 1.3%. Among the cases, 6.7% showed severe symptoms at the time of admission while 6.2% reported at least one co morbidity.
[ 27th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Maximum of importance should be given to encourage partners engagement in promotion handwashing after cleaning children bottom, before breastfeeding and before feeding a child. Handwashing should be intended as handwashing with soap and clean water  ( drinking water quality is not needed for hand washing ) . Hand washing with ash, despite being a valuable substitute of soap, is not recommended in this contest as soap is regularly distributed. Handwashing with soil is not recommended and should not be promoted.
[ 15 28th Feb 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  As of 28th February, the designated points of entry  ( PoE )  for temperature screening and hygiene promotion have been closed. From now on, hygiene education activities related to COVID 19 health awareness will be carried out under routine activities of the WASH sector.
[ 5 July 2021, Bangladesh ]  Refugee: As Bangladesh enters its most severe lockdown yet, amid a deadly outbreak sparked by the highly contagious Delta variant, experts are warning that the new variant poses the greatest threat to countries that are poorly vaccinated, with low income countries among the worst affected.
[ 8th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to DGHS, as of 07 March 2021, the current institutional quarantine capacity in the country is represented by 629 centres across the 64 districts, which can receive 31,991 persons. A total of 49,526 individuals were placed in quarantine facilities and of them 46,232  ( 93.3% )  have already been released. Over the same period, total of 100,905 individuals were isolated in designated health facilitates and of them 91,191  ( 90.4% )  have been released.
[ 8th March 2021, Bangladesh ]  According to DGHS, as of 07 March 2021, there are 10,283 general beds in the country of which 31.1%  ( 3,193 )  in Dhaka city and 566 ICU of which 49.6%  ( 281 )  in Dhaka city dedicated for COVID 19 treatment. Presently 15.5% of the general beds and 31.3% ICU beds are occupied all over the country.