nlp-thedeep/humsetbias huggingface dataset:
[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ] The DRR and EiE framework should have indicators and interventions to work with and support boys, young men and men to embrace positive masculinities and to promote gender equality in the school based disaster risk management, while also achieving meaningful results for them.
[ 24th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Arriving passengers, who already have vaccinated with 2 doses of COVID 19 vaccine and possesses PCR based COVID 19 negative certificate along with the proof of vaccination, shall have to complete a 14 days home quarantine. The local administration shall ensure their home quarantine;
[ 1st April, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Mitigation measure/ way of solving those challenges/problems: • We are trying to manage them and practicing their study. • Our children are trying to complete their education with help of Television, newspaper etc. • Some educated and aware parents have counseled with the children. • They are mainly spending their time watching TV and playing sports at home. • We have been contacted over phone with parents about child follow up, care and study. • It has been explained; the school will be opened in a few days, and discussed the issue of school material not wasted etc. • Handling them with patience. • Not creating any pressure. • I myself always free I/we did not get such type of information/incident • Even, I am not sure whether any kinds violence/occurred to children in our area • Before last Eid Ul Fitr my children demanded/requested for money for marketing like other Eid earlier happened. But due to reduce family income and facing financial problem to maintain other family costs I could not provide them money. • At present due to low or poor family income I myself and other parents of our community could not buy/purchase all necessary and important item for our families specially for children • Children became upset and unhappy when they did not get requested money or dresses during Eid • Due to fund/money crisis we could not buy/purchase all required and necessary family items which were very much essential in last 04 months. We do not know how we will meet this crisis situation, meet the requirement children? 34 • With my children and always discuss openly with them • Regularly motive them and try to make them understand about the change situation, what will be our responsibilities etc. • Motivate and tell them  ( children and family members )  to be keep quiet and silent in the house • Well behave with them like and ideal parents and love them as we did previously • They increased their children's participation in various household chores
The highest number of weekly cases  ( 76 272 )  reported in the epi week 27, 2021  ( 05   11 JUL ) , and the highest daily cases, 11 874, was recorded on 11 July 2021. The highest weekly death  ( 1 354 )  was recorded in week 27, 2021  ( 05 – 11 JUL ) , with the highest daily death of 230 on 11 July 2021. In the reported week, COVID 19 daily average cases increased to 10 896 from 8 073 in the week before. As of 11 July 2021, according to the DGHS Press Release, 6 971 167 COVID 19 tests  ( RT PCR 95.2%, GeneXpert 0.9%, and Rapid Antigen 3.9% )  were conducted in the country with an overall positivity rate of 14.65%  ( 29.67% in the last 24 hours )  by 613 laboratories/test centres. So far, 73.2% of the samples  ( 5 101 712 )  have been tested for COVID 19 in government facilities  ( RT PCR 53/130, GeneXpert 45/48, and Rapid Antigen 435/435 ) . During the last week, two  ( 02 )  RT PCR labs  ( Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital, Dhaka City; and Oncos Molbiol Limited, Dhaka City )  and eight  ( 08 )  Rapid Antigen test centres have been added to the network of COVID 19 testing facilities. As of 11 July 2021, the test per case was reduced to 6.8 indicating the number of tests required to identify 1 case.
[ 1st April, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Health: Main challenges: • Doctors are not available in their near health complex. • If any major illness could have happened it might create serious problem because all govt. and non govt. hospitals, community clinics or service Centers were closed and did not provided services • Sometime my family member suffers by food poisoning and influenza but it had been solving without medicine. • We did not get any doctors when my children affect normal fever, cough, cold and sneezing but we got support from telemedicine. • No bad experience regarding health issues. • Children regularly wash their hands and try to stay clean and if they go outside they use mask. The caregivers also maintain all possible safety measures. • By the grace of Allah last 04 months my family members did not face any major health problem • I was affected by little bit cough, became afraid and fear whether, it is Corona or not. I was be careful and took home care and became okay after 03 days • It could be danger if we faced any health problem because this time no services & health facilities are available • Only one interviewed parent respondent were sick but unable to go to the hospital for medical treatment due to scaring of the Corona virus.
In the reported week  ( week 27, 2021 ) , the number of international flights arrived at three international airports has increased by 2% than the week before  ( 178 and 174 flights, respectively ) , and the number of incoming passengers has decreased by 3%  ( 25 964 and 26 683 persons, respectively ) . In the reported week, 3 527 travellers were sent to Institutional Quarantine, and 25 970 sent for Home Quarantine after passenger screening at the Points of Entry.
[ 1st April, 2021, Bangladesh ] Teachers: Livelihood: Due to Covid 19 situation, Long time school close is a big problem for study as well as we can't starting our children Exam with proposed time, so it is very big challenges . • Economic crises suffer me a lot. As my income is the main source of bearing my family expenses, I did not buy necessary basic needs for my family. • To lead my family life, I compelled to borrow from others but when I cannot pay their money, they mistrusted me. • We cannot connect students as they went to their home. That hampered their daily study life. • I try to minimize my daily expenses, motivate children to take exam and continue study again. But if the covid 19 situation will not normal, we will get into a serious problem. • Not possible to provide lesson for student due school closed & class is postponed. • Students are not providing school tuition fees. • Day to day school fund decreased. • Faced obstacles to movement. • Not possible to go to village home because stay here longtime and limitation of working scope. • Unable to go for treatment in any hospital or clinic. • Unable to join teaching profession due closing of school. • We couldn't enrich our knowledge and skill about interactive teaching learning process. • The tendency to do regular study is decreasing as I am not focus to teach any one. • The mental stress is increasing day by day • Physically and mentally became lazy
[ Week 14, 5 11 April, 2021, Bangladesh ]  As of week 14,  ( 5 Apr – 11 Apr 2021 )  there are 465 confirmed cases of COVID 19  ( SARS CoV 2 ) , 35 793 samples were tested, total positivity rate 1.3%. This week  ( week 14 ) , 20 new confirmed cases detected, 879 samples were tested, test positivity was 2.3%.
[ 28th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Many FGD participants also noted that disorderly lines make things harder for vulnerable groups and waiting for long periods of time in line without being able to go to the bathroom is difficult, especially for older people.
[ 27th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Both Host and Refugees: Like the Rohingya community, gendered divisions of labor are evident in the host community where it is predominantly women who are responsible for childcare, collecting water and firewood, cooking, cleaning, and overseeing the health care of family and relatives over long hours. Unlike in the refugee community where men are engaged to some extent in non traditional roles, men in the host community maintain rigid gender roles.
According to DGHS, as of 11 July 2021, the country's current institutional quarantine capacity is represented by 629 centres across the 64 districts, receiving 31 991 persons. 76 250 individuals were placed in quarantine facilities, and 66 569  ( 87% )  of them have already been released. Over the same period, a total of 219 091 individuals were isolated in designated health facilities, and 154 077  ( 70% )  of them were released.During the reporting week, no positive case was identified at the IHR designated PoE of the country. Out of individuals sent to Institutional Quarantine after passenger screening at the active PoE during the reporting week, 59% travelled from Oman, 12% from the UAE, 11% each from India and Kuwait, 5% from Malaysia, 1% from the UK, and the remaining 1% from other countries.
[ Week 14, 5 11 April, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Diphtheria: One  ( 1 )  suspected diphtheria case was reported in go.data in week 14 A total of 9 259 case patients were reported since 2017 to till date • Confirmed = 343 • Probable = 2 803 • Suspected = 6 113 Total case reported in 2021 = 73 • Confirmed = 1 • Probable = 25 • Suspected = 47 Last confirmed case was reported in week 1  ( 4 January 2021 )  In total 47 deaths were reported, last death reported on 25 October 2019.
[ 8 August 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Ban on fishing in the Bay of Bengal for 65 days, from May to June, shifted the consumers' demand towards eggs and poultry meat leading to a rise in prices in these commodities. The increase in the price of poultry feed from BDT 4 to BDT 5 per kg and the spread of poultry diseases affecting local small farms, created a dearth in the supply of chicken and eggs.
[ Week 14, 5 11 April, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Cholera Surveillance: Total fifteen  ( 15 )  Cholera RDT positive/culture cases reported as of W14 2021. Out of those 4 was confirmed and remaining 11 were discarded by culture. In 2020, total 28 RDT/Culture positive cases for Cholera detected through sentinel testing. Specifically, 5 became confirmed by culture   2 from Ukhiya Host, 1 from Teknaf host and 2 from Refugees.
[ 22 April, 2021, Bangladesh Cox's Bazar ]  Increase in COVID 19 cases – Host Community = 7166 and Refugee=504 confirmed cases and death 90  ( 80 Host and 10 Refugee )  As of 21 April 2021  ( IEDCR field Lab, Civil Surgeon Office & WHO sub office )
[ Week 14, 5 11 April, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Community based Mortality surveillance: In week 14, 50 deaths were recorded   • 70%  ( n=35 )  were due to causes classified as “Others' • 8%  ( n=4 )  as still birth  ( Born Dead )  • 10%  ( n=5 )  as neonatal  ( <28 days old )  • 6%  ( n=3 )  as severe respiratory infection  ( SARI )  death • 4%  ( n=2 )  as infectious disease death • 2%  ( n=1 )  as injury related death
[ 27th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  It is clear that men and boys are mainly bathing at water points and comments have also been repeatedly been made about men and boys using the bathing facilities and toilets allocated women and girls.
[ 22 April, 2021, Bangladesh Cox's Bazar ]  Stricter lockdown extended up to 28 April 2021– Here GoB and RRRC instructions
[ 26 May, 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugee:The Strategic Executive Group and Inter Sector Coordination Group should lead the development of a shared localisation strategy. The Strategic Executive Group and Inter Sector Coordination Group should aim at achieving solidarity among diverse stakeholders and improving protection outcomes for affected communities with enhanced and accountable local participation and leadership through an inclusive localisation strategy, building on the Localisation Roadmap that has been developed. At the level of humanitarian coordination, it should translate into the inclusion of diverse humanitarian stakeholders, including affected communities and international, national, and local humanitarian actors, by mainstreaming their participation in sectors and other decisionmaking bodies. To address language barriers, investments should be made in consistent, quality and ethical translation and interpretation support in Bangla and Rohingya languages
[ 26 April 2021, Bangladesh ]  2. Bangladesh Situation: Between 8 March 2020 and 25 April 2021, according to the DGHS Press Release <https://corona.gov.bd/press release> there were seven hundred forty five thousand, three hundred twenty two  ( 745 322 )  COVID 19 cases confirmed by RTPCR, GeneXpert, and Rapid Antigen tests including eleven thousand, fifty three  ( 11 053 )  related deaths  ( CFR 1.48% ) . Bangladesh is among the top 33 countries and accounts for 0.51% of the COVID 19 cases of the world.
[ 1st April, 2021, Bangladesh ] Dominant scenario during lockdown was stay at home reality for students. It was obvious that in this "new normal" certain matters would change as children's life was hugely affected. Most  88% did stay at home or occasionally visited their neighbors. 47% experienced total lockdown. Lockdown therefore was successful but there were under stresses. More than stayed at home for 8 weeks or more  ( 57% )  but about 40% didn't spend that time at home. Its obvious children missed the outdoors including school and playing so the psycho social stress of Covid  19 was high. For half of the children surveyed, a 6 weeks stay at home should be considered scratching the limits and with each week this lockdown time declines. Safety measures therefore need a child friendly designing
[ 26 April 2021, Bangladesh ] In the past week  ( epidemiological week 16, 2021 ) , Bangladesh reported 26 372 new cases, a 22.9% decrease compared to last week; the case per 100 000 population per week is 15.5. The country reported 668 new death, a 3.4% increase; death per 100 000 per week is 0.4. The weekly new test is 175 434  ( daily average: 25 062 ) , a 4.9% decrease than the week before; tests per 100 000 per week is 103; the weekly average test positivity rate  ( TPR )  is 15.0%, TPR decreased by 26.5% from last week. Overall Case Fatality Ratio  ( CFR )  is 1.48% which was 1.44% last week
[ 26 April 2021, Bangladesh ] 3. Surveillance & Laboratory: As of 25 April 2021, 71.2% of reported cases were from Dhaka division  ( 61.3% at Dhaka city ) , Chattogram – 12.4%, Rajshahi – 4.2%, Khulna – 4.1%, Sylhet – 2.6%, Rangpur – 2.4%, Barishal – 1.9% and the lowest 1.2% from Mymensingh division. While 58.4% of the reported death were from Dhaka division  ( 34.7% at Dhaka city ) , Chattogram – 18.1%, Khulna – 6.1%, Rajshahi – 5.2%, Rangpur – 3.7%, Sylhet – 3.4%, Barishal – 3.0%, and the lowest 2.1% from Mymensingh division.
[ 26 April 2021, Bangladesh ] In the epi week 16, the Khulna division has the highest growth of weekly new cases, 8.4%  ( 1 162 this week and 1 072 in the week before ) , followed by Sylhet 5.3%  ( 798 and 758 respectively ) . The Dhaka division reported the highest number  ( 17 748 )  of new cases, 41 new cases per 100 000/week with a decrease of 27.9% of weekly cases; and the Mymensingh division reported the lowest number  ( 308 )  of new cases, 2 new cases per 100 000/week. Out of the 745 322 COVID 19 cases registered as of 25 April 2021, 88.2%  ( 657 452 )  recovered, 10.3%  ( 76 817 )  were active cases, and the remaining died  ( previously mentioned as CFR ) . In epidemiological week 16, the average number of COVID 19 active cases decreased by 15.5% compared to the week before  ( 83 688 and 99 082 respectively ) ; during the same time, recovery increased by 10.9%  ( 42,516 in the current week and 38 346 in the week before )
[ 26 April 2021, Bangladesh ] 5. Case Management and Infection Prevention & Control: According to DGHS, as of 25 April 2021, there are 12 271 general beds dedicated to COVID 19 treatment countrywide, 41.1%  ( 5 040 )  of which are occupied. 45.3% of the dedicated general beds are in Dhaka City. There are 1 068 dedicated ICU beds in the country, of which 68.8%  ( 713 )  are occupied; 71.0% of the dedicated ICU beds are in Dhaka City.
[ 12th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  On average, a student spent only two minutes in virtual classes every day during the pandemic, which was six hours compared to physical classes. At the same time, the duration of self study of each student also declined to 115 minutes from 185 minutes, according to a Brac study done in May last year.
[ 23rd April 2021,Bangladesh ]  The health authorities said 5,225 people recovered from the disease over the preceding 24 hours. So far, 647,674 patients – 87.56% – have made full recovery across the country. As many as 25,896 samples, including the pending ones, were tested in the 349 authorized labs    government and private    across the country. The latest figures show an infection rate of 14%. The overall infection rate of the country stands at 13.95%.
[ 6th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  A significant number of the affected population are now without access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities, more than 18,000 tube well and latrine were damaged  ( Source: DPHE ) , which increases the chance of communicable disease outbreaks as well as UTIs and RTIs. Due to scarcity of safe drinking water supply and salinity, Barisal region has a prevalence of diarrheal outbreak.
[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  From childhood to adulthood, young girls to adolescents and adult women, face more limitations on their access to education, employment, health care, and other domains, than men. Women are only entitled to reproductive purposes and bound to do their household works, and they are not allowed to work outside of the home.
[ 28th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: These changes would also allow women to separate themselves from men and to feed their babies in a safe and private space while waiting for their assistance. It would also be helpful for older people, those who are ill, and people with disabilities who struggle with queuing in long, crowded distribution lines with limited seating and no protection from the heat.
[ April 2021, Cox's Bazar ] Recommendations: Shelter: There is a dire need of building gender and age segregated shelter facilities for the affected camp residents. These facilities need to be made accessible to all people irrespective of their gender, age and physical abilities. In the wake of an ongoing crisis, it is important to plan need based responses and prioritize them according to the necessities of the people.
[ 7th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Frightened by the recent fires, some refugees have created groups of volunteer watchmen to protect their huts from intentional fire incidents. "The most important thing that needs to be done to stop a fire is to eliminate the criminal gangs. They are the problem. We have been hearing a lot of reports from the refugees about those gangs," he told DW, adding: "Refugees are all living in fear now because of the fires."
[ 1st April, 2021, Bangladesh ] A "Network of extreme distressed' can be formed to support those whose food security is hampered. Linkage with new ultra poor including seasonal UPs has to be made. Other agencies working in the area can be part of this network
[ 12th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  As a recent spike in Covid 19 infections forced the government to enforce a strict lockdown from Wednesday, it is now evident that the country's educational institutes will take more time to reopen, adding to the woes of the already hard hit sector and its students.
[ 1 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Increased food and transport costs due to the pandemic also made buying food more difficult, in addition to the other bills.
[ 1st April, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Protection: • No one was harassed, either directly or on mobile in and around the area due to the Covid 19 situation. • Game materials have been distributed from the local child forum for sports in different ways to keep the boys and girls entertained during this situation. • As my children were always in home, so no violence occurred with them. In spite of these, we monitored and took care them seriously. • They were also busy with their online class, homework and assignment so no possibility to affect any violence. • Children were not allowed to use mobile phone so the mobile hassle was not occurred there. • Sometimes, they quarreled and bit each other. We controlled them by giving advice and even bullying but they were not exploited and abused by outsiders. • They did not face any problem regarding this issue but a boy had lost his study and deprived from his family at Mohammadpur area. But nothing like this has been visible at Sobujbag area. • They are unable to give food facilities to the children and expect the relevant authority to provide support regarding this. • Abusive or any kind of violence incidence has not been occurred. • The children were not provided clothes during Eid festival • Many times, it was not possible to afford to buy nutritious food for children • Sometimes the children used to remain busy with mobile phones and TV which irritated me and need to scold them. • Sometimes, I explained in sober way in case of children's mischief
[ 1 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  However, not everyone had access to these financial coping mechanisms and family and friends were often going through the same difficulties and struggled to help each other.
Oxford/AstraZeneca  ( COVISHIELD )  vaccination has been stopped in almost all the centres in the country from 8 July 2021. Only very few vaccination centres are running with the remaining doses. Since the beginning, as of 1 July 2021, a total of 10 628,137 doses of COVISHIELD vaccine were administered, out of which 5 820 023 population received their 1st dose and 4 808 114 competed for their two doses schedule. Sinopharm vaccine  ( BIBP )  vaccination has been continuing from the selected 122 centres in the whole country. As of 11 July 2021, a total of 206 140 target population received 1st jab, and 2 254 finished their two doses schedule. The government decided to expand the Sinopharm vaccination to all Upazila Health Complex from 12 July 2021. Moderna vaccination will start in selected vaccination centres of all the City Corporation from 13 July 2021. However, Sinopharm vaccination in the City Corporation will be stopped on 12 July 2021. Pfizer BioNTech vaccination has been continuing from the selected 7 centres of the Dhaka North and South City Corporations. As of 11 July 2021, a total of 22 342 target populations received their 1st jab.
[ 1st April, 2021, Bangladesh ] Support Needed: • We need bank / NGO loan for maintain our family's daily expenditure  ( if possible ) . Also, the loan installments need to be relaxed, or the government has to pay pension to installment system of this loan. Then maybe restricting movement will not have much effect on life. • I would be greatly benefited if I could get support for a permanent job. • When educational institution will open? • How to reduce the risk of the pandemic covid 19 • We hope Govt. and others will continue their supports to meet up the demands of the children. • Should be stopped physical and mental punishment to make the children as a future leader. • Praying that we will overcome one day by defeating Corona, we should not be frustrated and should keep our mental strength. • Only concern is only how they would be more attentive on their study
[ 7th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: The deadly fire incidents occur at a time when Bangladesh has been relocating thousands of refugees and asylum seekers to a remote island named Bhasan Char, prone to cyclones and floods. Bangladeshi authorities have sent about 13,000 refugees to the island despite opposition from international aid agencies and rights groups due to concerns over the island's habitability.
[ 7th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: The South Asian nation wants to relocate 100,000 refugees in total to the island from Cox's Bazar's overcrowded camps in the coming months. Nay San Lwin fears that over 45,000 Rohingya affected by the recent fires could eventually be relocated to the island. "They shouldn't be relocated to Bhasan Char or repatriated to Myanmar. They should be resettled back in their original shelters," he urged.
[ 18th Apr 2021, Bangladesh ]  Providing such a remote counseling service is crucial due to many young people in the country lacking access to mental health and psychosocial support services in their communities. The tabooed nature of issues related to sexual and reproductive health and rights can often also make youth and adolescents wary of seeking the services available to them. The anonymity ensured by ‘Alapon' can give young people the courage to bring up subjects they would otherwise not be comfortable discussing
[ April 2021, Bangladesh, cox's Bazar ]  Since the 1970s, the district of Cox's Bazar has seen intermittent influxes of forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, driven by waves of persecution in their home country. The largest influx occurred in August 2017, when over 726,000 people – including more than 400,000 children – arrived in the sub districts of Ukhiya and Teknaf. As of February 2021, about 877,710 Rohingya currently live in these two sub districts4 , outnumbering the Bangladeshi population by a ratio of 3:1 in the Ukhiya Teknaf region. These figures include 35,519 Rohingyas from Myanmar who were previously registered in Kutupalong or Nayapara refugee camps. Unregistered Rohingyas from the most recent influx are concentrated in 32 camps5 in the two sub districts, forming a pseudo economy embedded within the pre existing local economy that is almost entirely sustained by external humanitarian assistance.
[ 1st April, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Child education and caring during Covid 19 • We have been contacting over phone with parents about child study. • We have discussed with the parents of some of the students about their progress on their study. Upazila and Union Parishads have provided money, food and baby food to the unemployed poor families. We have been able to help 60 comparatively poor families among our students through a few teachers' contacts and their hard request. On the other hand, no. of two students has received financial support from the Upazila Scout team. • Some of the educated and aware parents have counseled with the children. • Some parents are very cool and using positive parenting like – talking with love, play with them, spent time, watching TV together, solve their education problem and prepare favorite food for children. • They should be keeping busy in physical exercise and study. • We should be flexible with them. • I am getting the studying news of students regularly • We take feedback of what the children have learned from Parliament Television • Sometimes talking to older siblings so they can support our students • If a child does not understand reading, I try to explain it to them on the phone • If I could make the class conduct in online than it would better for the students. • We should increase the parent's motivation to take care of children's study • Parents often scold their children and many times they beat children when they become out of control. • The government attaches less importance to non governmental institution etc • Start online class through zoom from home. • Provide information of Sangsod & Muhona TV class to parents. • They have collected guardian's email address and do send lessons through it regularly. • Update student information, data & mobile number. • Parents / Guardians are request to provide positive behavior with children. • Students need to study regularly & listen of their parents. • Ask the children to draw pictures from the book and analyze those pictures • If a child does not understand reading, I try to explain it to them on the phone
[ 12th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  The one year gap in institutional education has already left a negative impact on students   both in mental and physical health – that needs to be taken care of, experts say.
[ 26 April 2021, Bangladesh ] More than fifty thousand PNC 1 services for mothers were provided by public health facilities in March 2021, which is 4% lower as compared to February 2021. During the first quarter of 2021, more than 150 hundred thousand PNC 1 services were provided, which is 13% lower than the first quarter of 2020 extra efforts are needed to bring the status back to normal.
[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Among the country's entire population of girls and women, 38 million married before the age of 18; of those, 13 million married before 15 years of age. An estimated 51 per cent of women who are currently aged 20 24 were married while they were still children  ( UNICEF, 2020 ) .
[ 1st April, 2021, Bangladesh ] Schools are not just an educational space but a socio economic and cultural space too. Thus gaps created by the closure have to be met. Three recommendations are made:   Capacity building of reach and quality of TV teaching which ensures highest access. This should include both educational and entertainment progammes   Long term loans for families to buy smart phone at discount prices to access online teaching.   Subsidized internet time at fixed teaching hours to ensure higher access without economic pressure on the families.
[ 1st April, 2021, Bangladesh ] The biggest pressure was on the mental health of both adults and children and but there was little mental health support available. This is an emergency but neglected area. Regular health delivery doesn't include this component. The coalition may consider developing a new health delivery on mental health to its beneficiaries. Mental health education, counseling and psychiatric treatment referral can be designed using both inter personal and media channels.
[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  In Kurigram district of Bangladesh, this trend has been highlighted during the KIIs with school head teachers, whereby the 2017 flood and the COVID 19 pandemic has seriously impacted on children's education, especially girls. . It was identified that during the COVID 19 lockdown in 2020, 20 per cent of adolescent girls' students of one head teacher's school were married off.
[ 12th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh and Bhutan Mercy Miyang Tembon attested to the development and said Bangladesh is not in shortage of resources for getting vaccines. “The issue that we are facing now is the unavailability of vaccines, because Serum Institute is not producing as much and India is not exporting,' she added while addressing the virtual launch of a report on Monday.
[ 12th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Now schools and colleges are scheduled to reopen on May 23 and universities will resume academic activities on May 24. The authorities need to act promptly, they have opined. Since the start of the pandemic, the government introduced alternative learning programs such as online classes, follow up by teachers and lesson telecasts on television and radio channels. However, such measures have failed to become viable alternatives to physical classes due to accessibility problems.
[ 1st April, 2021, Bangladesh ] Parents  children relationship was severely tested in this period. Both parents and children need family education. Children were understandably under severe strain but so were parents. Since forced life at home was affecting family life in general, Life skills education  ( LSE )  during the Covid 19 is an urgent need. Tis may be done inter personally or digitally.
[ 12th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  The Bangladesh government is all set to sign a $500 million funding agreement with the World Bank on Tuesday, to ensure the availability of resources to purchase and distribute Covid 19 vaccines. Confirming the development, World Bank Senior External Affairs Officer Mehrin Ahmed Mahbub said the agreement would help Bangladesh strengthen its national system to ensure prompt delivery of vaccines to one third of its population.
[ 1st April, 2021, Bangladesh ]  Several areas for advocacy were identified by the study which needs immediate attention as the study finds certain gaps. They are: a. Establish a "Children in Crisis and Emergency" group. It's necessary as few official policies have directly addressed the difficulties children face in such situations. This should have representation of all the stakeholders from the policy to the implementation level. They should become the "voice of children' which is currently not as robustly present. b. Develop a regular update for policy and media consumption. In the crisis, media rarely covered the issued which the report has covered. c. Link up with various research agencies and donor funded organizations to include indicators in such work which reflect the situation of children in emergency d. Research on children of hyper vulnerable groups is needed and meetings and webinars are suggested to improve the profile of children in crisis. e. Operational papers should be drafted by the Coalition to address each of the specific areas that the study has addressed. Education, livelihood, access to food, protection and social condition all can be distributed to create awareness of child rights in times of Covid  19.
[ 12th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Previously, the World Bank said it would help Bangladesh procure safe and effective vaccines, expand vaccine storage facilities, and distribute vaccines to about 31% of its population, in support of the government's prioritized plan of covering 40% of the population in the first phase of vaccination.
[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  The Need Assessment Working Group's Anticipatory Assessment Report reveals 49.2 per cent of women and girls feel safety and security is an issue in the current lockdown. The Human Rights Watch Report October 2020, Gender Monitoring Network consultation and BRAC study on COVID 19 in the slums, support the assumption of increased domestic violence during the COVID 19 pandemic in Bangladesh.
[ 1 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Education services were closed due to the lockdown, and there were problems accessing other services such as medical care, with one women attributing the loss of a child to this:
[ 6th May 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Weak shelter structures leave the refugees vulnerable to the impacts of the recurring cyclone seasons that destroy thousands of shelters each year.
[ 12 April 2021, Bangladesh Cox's Bazar ]  In response to the deteriorated COVID 19 pandemic situation and in compliance with the government decisions, all activities, facilities and service of GOs/NGOs/INGOs/UN agencies will remain postponed in 'Forcibly Displaced Myanmar  ( FDMN's )  camp area from 14 April 2021 06:00 am to 21 April 2021 midnight except the following: a )  All health and nutrition facilities and services. b )  Regular food carriage, distribution and related services. c )  LPG carriage, distribution and related services. d )  Water supply, sanitation and Hygiene related services.  ( i.e. safe water supply, de sludge, disinfection, Faecal sludge management, repair and maintenance of hand washing devices and other sanitation installation ) . E )  Installation of infrastructures and all sorts of distribution in recent fire affected camp 09, 8E and 8 W. f )  Any services related to fire extinguishment. g )  Disaster management activities and post Disaster relief at times of fire incident, cyclone,flood, nor'westers, landslides. h )  Activities related to burial proces/cremation.
[ 23 June 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Women in Bangladesh on average performed 3.43 times more unpaid domestic care work than men  ( BBS Gender Statistics 2018 ) . During the COVID 19 lockdown, school closures and the entire family staying at home has further exacerbated the burden of unpaid care and domestic work on women. This unpaid work is even more difficult for woman headed households and single mothers  ( UN Women in 2020 )
[ 3rd June 2021, Bangladesh ]  In April 2021, the DTM REMAP team in Bangladesh assessed 23 PoEs. The most common type of PoE reported was land borders  ( 12 ) , followed by airports  ( 8 )  and blue borders  ( 3 ) . Internal transit points are not taken into account for analysis in this snapshot. During the PoE reporting period  ( April 2020   April 2021 ) , the number of assessed PoEs in Bangladesh increased from 19 to 231 PoEs. The status of the PoEs changed notably. None of the PoEs were fully operational at the beginning of the assessment. However, by April 2021, 10 PoEs were fully operational, nine were partially operational, three were fully closed and one was unknown.
[ April 2021, Bangladesh, cox's Bazar ] Three years into a crisis that had begun to assume a protracted and more stable nature, the COVID 19 pandemic occurred. In Cox's Bazar, the pandemic triggered a dual humanitarian crisis in which lockdowns disrupted regular income and livelihood opportunities in host and Rohingya communities. Following 8 April 2020 government directive, aid operations not deemed critical  were suspended or reduced, while critical life saving assistance was adapted to continue within the regulations introduced to curb the spread of COVID 19. The approval to resume essential self reliance activities was communicated on 12 July 2020.
[ 3 December 2020, Bangladesh, Cox's Bazar ]  MAIN FINDINGS: HEALTH IMPACT In Bangladesh, in October 2020, there were 458 711 confirmed cases of Covid 19, with 6 544 deaths for a total population of more than 164.7 million3 . In Cox's Bazar District, which is the second poorest district in Bangladesh, there are 861,545 Rohingya refugees4  ( of which 52% women and 52% children )  in 34 camps.
[ 7th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: Nearly one million of the persecuted Muslim minority   many of whom escaped a 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar that UN investigators concluded was executed with "genocidal intent"   live in squalid conditions at the network of camps in Cox's Bazar. Louise Donovan, the spokesperson for the UN refugee agency UNHCR in Cox's Bazar, told DW that apart from the bigger incidents, multiple smaller fires have also been reported across camps in Kutupalong and Nayapara in the past week.
[ 10th June 2021, Bangladesh ]   Reports of six dengue related deaths have been sent to the IEDCR, which has so far reviewed four cases.
[ 4th 10th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: From 0.75 million yaba tablets seized last week, the seizure of yaba increased to 1.38 million this week – four times higher than the weekly average. A total of 25 people were arrested for drug related offences including six Rohingya from 21 counter narcotics raids. The RAB made the largest single seizure of 413,700 tablets in Teknaf Sadar on 4 April.
[ 7th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: The fire service authority of Cox's Bazar has recorded 73 fire incidents in the Rohingya refugee camps since 2017, claiming the lives of at least 25 refugees. 2021 has been the deadliest year so far, with at least 14 refugees losing their lives to fires in the first three months of the year.
[ 10th June 2021, Bangladesh ]  Five new cases of dengue have been reported in the past 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services  ( DGHS )  said in a press release. A total of 129 patients have been admitted to different hospitals with dengue since January and of them, 111 patients recovered.
[ March 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Reports of increased selling of non food items were also recorded in the affected camps. Selling of bamboo, provided for rebuilding, and utensils were the most reported. Food assistance sell was quite minimal. Selling  ( of assistance? was mainly driven by desire to buy food and clothes.
[ 4th 10th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  According to the media reports, a stricter week long lockdown would begin from 14 April across the country. Unnatural deaths decreased to four this week, from a spike of 13 last week. The number of murders is also down from four to one. On 5 April, a 55 year old man was attacked and killed by his relatives following a land related dispute in Ramu Upazila.
[ 3 December 2020, Bangladesh, Cox's Bazar ]  Covid 19 detection issues and trust: During the first months after the virus was declared, most refugees and host community members who had Covid 19 symptoms did not want to get tested due to fears and rumours about the disease: fear of being isolated, stigmatized, deported, etc. In addition, during the first weeks, infected people did not receive proper treatment as some hospitals and health centres were closed; due to fear and the lack of protective equipment, hospital authorities were reluctant to provide standard services.
[ 4th 10th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Since the nationwide lockdown has been introduced on 5 April, the authorities in Cox's Bazar have been continuing the enforcement of the requirement for the public to have masks on in public spaces. At the beginning of the week, the mobile courts administered by the district administration fined more than 100 people and 20 shops across the district with BDT 151,100 for not conforming with the COVID 19 health directives.
[ 11th July 2021, Bangladesh ]  Ruet VC Prof Md Rafiqul Islam Sheikh said: “Most of our students live in remote areas. They do not have access to uninterrupted electricity and stable internet connections. “These are the reasons why they are longer interested in online exams.' The situation was similar for Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology  ( Cuet ) , and Khulna University of Engineering and Technology  ( Kuet ) .
[ 7th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: "The recent incidents highlight that further efforts are required in order to ensure the safety of refugees in the case of fires and other emergencies. These are being discussed among all partners as well as the Bangladeshi authorities," she underlined.
[ 28th April 2021, Bangladesh ]  Returnees from the above mentioned countries with only negative Covid 19 certificate will remain in the quarantine system prescribed by the government. Doctors will then examine them within 3 5 days and give them permission to be home quarantined for 14 days. However, even in this case, they have to inform their respective police stations
[ 18th July 2021, Bangladesh ]  The government has authorized 78 private healthcare institutions across Bangladesh to conduct rapid antigen tests to detect Covid 19 infections. In a notice issued in this regard on Sunday, the health directorate set the maximum fee to conduct a test at Tk700. In special cases, an additional charge of Tk500 can be levied for collecting samples from home. However, the amount will remain the same even if multiple samples are collected from a single household.
[ April 2021, Bangladesh, cox's Bazar ]  Farmers' market initiatives had to be temporarily discontinued along with other non critical operations. Learning centres and most self reliance activities in camps and livelihood activities in host communities – which were critical in supporting households' consumption needs – were all suspended, deepening household vulnerability. As humanitarian operations have been crucial to Rohingya and host communities during the crisis, the contraction in activities affected both populations albeit to varying degrees.
[ 4th 10th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: The number of patients tested COVID 19 positive continued to increase in the district: from the last week's 203 to 289  ( including seven Rohingya )  this week. Out of four parliamentary constituencies in Cox's Bazar, three Members of the Parliaments  ( MPs )  'have reportedly been infected by the COVID 19. The Daily Inqilab  ( Bang. )  reported that five COVID infected patients  ( including three women )  died in the district between 1 and 7 April 2021.
[ 4th 10th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: The BGB made the second largest seizure of 400,000 tablets in Ukhiya on 7 April. Earlier on 5 April, BGB seized 460,000 yaba tablets from three separate drives in Ukhiya and Teknaf. There were also 15 kg of cannabis and 17 cans of beer seized by RAB during the week. On 6 April, a Rohingya man was arrested by APBn with 145 yaba tablets from Camp 2. Three days later, APBn arrested a Rohingya man with 1,000 yaba tablets from Camp 24.
[ 11th July 2021, Bangladesh ]  Meanwhile, Jahangirnagar University, and Shahjalal University of Science and Technology  ( Sust )  are currently taking online classes and exams. JU VC Farzana Islam said that they were able to ensure 100% participation of the students in online exam activities. “Students are being given assignments. They are participating in hour long online exams. They are also sitting for online viva. “We have experienced no issues with the initiative so far,' she added. Sust VC Prof Farid Uddin Ahmed said: “Our final year students are done with their online exams. “Students of other semesters will soon give their exams online too.'
[ 7th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ] Refugees: Mohammad Zubair, a Rohingya refugee at a camp, thinks that at least one deep motor tube well with long pipes needs to be set up in each block of the camps for use during an emergency. "Housing for refugees in the camps should be made with less flammable objects like bricks and tin," he told DW.
[ 21st May 2021,Bangladesh ]  Refugees: The government allowed shops to reopen and transport to resume on a limited scale in the cities ahead of the Eid al Fitr festival on May 14. Bangladesh launched a COVID 19 vaccination drive in February and some six million people have received one or two doses, but that campaign has not reached the Rohingya refugees.
[ 3 December 2020, Bangladesh, Cox's Bazar ]  Infrastructure and waste management: WASH activities were allowed during lockdown, but mainly focused on COVID 19 awareness and hygiene promotion. Infrastructure maintenance and improvements were put on hold. As a result, damaged fences, doors, lighting and locks in bathing areas have not been replaced or repaired, which is mainly a concern for women, who do not feel safe using these
[ 4th 10th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: The Bangla Tribune reported that since the police station in Bhashan Char  ( island )  started its operation on 19 January, four Rohingyas have been arrested there possessing 1,233 yaba tablets. Recently, on 7 April, a Rohingya man was arrested on the island with 603 yaba tablets.
[ 4th 10th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  Refugees: While addressing a webinar titled “Evolving Rohingya Crisis and International Response: Canada's Future Role in Repatriation and Accountability Initiatives', Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen urged the international community to seriously consider regional or multilateral initiatives for the repatriation of Rohingyas to Myanmar.
[ April 2021, Bangladesh, cox's Bazar ]  Both refugee and host: Food consumption score: Overall trends: Food consumption outcomes have declined for host and Rohingya communities compared to 2019: for the Rohingya, the proportion of households with acceptable food consumption decreased from 58 percent in 2019 to 50 percent in 2020. For the host community, 67 percent of households had acceptable food consumption compared to 79 percent in 2019. The deterioration in food consumption is reflected in the increase in the share of households with borderline consumption, as the proportion of households with poor consumption continued to shrink from 4 percent in 2019 to 1 percent in 2020  ( Figure 5 ) . This increased share of unacceptable food consumption may be driven by economic and operational contractions caused by COVID 19 lockdowns, whose residual effects continued to be felt even after restrictions were lifted. For the Rohingya, the transition from value to commodity vouchers, low preference of some food items in the food basket  ( such as yellow split peas and loitta dry fish )  and an inability to smooth out consumption until the next distribution cycle affected consumption outcomes. Related to the later, households reported lower consumption towards the end of the distribution cycle.
[ 4th April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  8 people including the headman of the forest department and the Juba League leader were shot by the miscreants during the occupation of 30 acres of shrimp farming land in the Ring Bing area of Chakaria Upazila in Cox's Bazar. RAB arrested a Bangladeshi man with 413,700 yaba tablets in Boro Habir para, Teknaf Sadar. RAB arrested two Coxsbazarian drug smugglers from Shitakundu, Chattogram with 4795 pieces Yaba.
[ April 2021, Cox's Bazar ]  These continued feelings of anxiety, fear, hesitancy and discomfort may lead to different psychological issues and hamper the physical and mental wellbeing of these women and girls. The lack of light facilities becomes apparent during night time and women and girls are especially at risk if they have to move around alone. Hence, adolescent boys are also at risk of kidnapping and trafficking.