aid

Photo: Collected
World+Biz

Poorest countries face highest debt burden for 18 years: World Bank

At the same time, the amount of international aid they receive as a share of their economic output has shrunk to a two-decade low

World Bank President Ajay Banga has assured Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus of $3.5 billion in fresh assistance for the government's reform initiatives. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

WB to provide $3.5b to support Bangladesh’s reform initiatives

Rohingya refugees fleeing from neighbouring Myanmar. Photo: Bloomberg.
Bangladesh

US announces $199m new aid for Rohingya refugees 

Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

CU student dies after accident while delivering aid to flood victims

Commercial food trucks are seen near a checkpoint near Hebron, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 28, 2024. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Feeding Gaza: Traders run gauntlet of bullets, bombs and bribes

A truck carries humanitarian aid across Trident Pier, a temporary pier to deliver aid, off the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near the Gaza coast, May 19, 2024. U.S. Army Central/Handout via REUTERS/File photo
Hamas-Israel war

Gaza pier resumes operations as aid collects in marshalling area

Aerial view of a US built pier in Gaza. Photo: UNB
Asia

First aid from US pier in Gaza has reached starving Palestinians, the UN says

US Army Soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) and U.S. Navy sailors attached to the MV Roy P. Benavidez assemble the Roll-On, Roll-Off Distribution Facility (RRDF), or floating pier, to assist in the delivery of humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, in the Mediterranean Sea April 26, 2024. U.S. Army Central/Handout via REUTERS. /File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

US military pier starts moving towards Gaza

A drone view shows a trail of trucks lining up on a road near Mitzpe Ramon following a protest aiming to prevent humanitarian aid from arriving to Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near Mitzpe Ramon, southern Israel May 9, 2024. REUTERS/Shimon Bokshtein/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Israeli protesters block aid convoy headed to Gaza

Photo: Collected
Economy

Govt requests World Bank to raise budget support to $750m

US House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, US, on 29 November 2023. File Photo: Reuters/Elizabeth Frantz
World+Biz

US Speaker Johnson says will offer Israel aid bill in coming days

Palestinians rush to collect the humanitarian aid airdropped into Gaza. File photo: Collected
Hamas-Israel war

Israel says more aid is entering Gaza, but UN says little has chaged

A general view of the Erez Crossing with the Gaza Strip in the background after the Israeli cabinet approved the reopening of the crossing into northern Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as seen from Southern Israel, April 5, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Hamas-Israel war

US looking for 'results' after Israel Gaza aid move