Friendship Founder Runa Khan on International Women's Day 2026 By Runa Khan,8 March 2026 International Women’s Day! As the world drapes itself in purple, we should ask what we are truly celebrating. We celebrate “rights” while women still negotiate around permission...
Empowerment
Cancer Won’t Wait for Its Patients
Friendship Hospital Shyamnagar, observed World Cancer Day with patients to strengthen community awareness on cervical cancer by Iffat Ara Sharmeen,5 March, 2026 On World Cancer Day, i.e. 4 February, Friendship Hospital Shyamnagar, Friendship VIA Screening Centres...
Prime Bank Partners with Friendship to Strengthen Climate Resilience in Char Communities
Runa Khan, founder of Friendship (centre), with Hassan O Rashid, CEO of Prime Bank, holding the MoU signed by the two of them. © Tawhid Bin Haque/Friendship by Friendship News Desk1 March 2026 Prime Bank PLC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with...
From Relief to Resilience
A snapshot of Friendship’s Transitional Funding Project implemented across 198 climate-vulnerable communities in Bangladesh. The project was implemented in four phases across 198 villages in five districts – Kurigram, Gaibandha, Patuakhali, Satkhira, and...
Sowing the Seeds of Prosperity
Farmers of Goynar Potol in Chilmari, Kurigram, find new avenues of agricultural success through Friendship Farmers Clubs Members of the Friendship Farmers Clubs test the soil, check weather patterns, vaccinate livestock, and receive training from authorities to...
Friendship Observes Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Informing, encouraging, and empowering women to take charge of their reproductive health 602 women showed up in the awareness sessions in the clinics and centres, while 768 women attended the field courtyard sessions. © Eshrat Jahan/Friendship By Iffat Ara Sharmeen,8...
Friendship organises national workshop on Sustainable Economic Development and Livelihood Resilience in Dhaka
Agricultural experts call for identifying sustainable innovations in the agriculture sector The chief guest, guests of honour, and Runa Khan seated on the stage at the national workshop. © Ayon Das/Friendship By Abu Bakar Bin Alam18 January, 2026 On 15 January 2026,...
Integrated, holistic, locally-led and nature-based Climate adaptation solutions are the proven means in effective, sustainable development
Friendship's mangrove afforestation project works with local communities, ensuring livelihoods, protecting biodiversity, building a carbon sink, and creating opportunities all at the same time. © Friendship by Kazi Amdadul Haque,November 10, 2025 Friendship has...
City Bank and Friendship Join Hands for Mangrove Afforestation in Coastal Bangladesh
The signing ceremony took place at the City Bank Centre in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 29 October, 2025. © Tawhid Bin Haque/Friendship by Friendship News Desk,29 October, 2025 City Bank and Friendship SPO signed an agreement today, 29 October, at a ceremony at the City Bank...
Friendship announced as a finalist for Earthshot Prize 2025
Friendship’s holistic approach recognised for the most prestigious environmental prize in the "Fix our Climate" Category The mangrove ecosystems stretch across the coastal regions in the south of Bangladesh, providing a natural shield against tidal surges, as well as...
THE EARTHSHOT PRIZE ANNOUNCES FRIENDSHIP NGO AS A 2025 FINALIST
by Friendship News Desk,4 October, 2025 Friendship, an NGO based in Bangladesh, is today revealed as a 2025 Finalist for the world’s most prestigious environmental award, The Earthshot Prize. Friendship joins a historic coalition of leaders recognised for driving...
THE EARTHSHOT PRIZE ANNOUNCES 2025 FINALISTS
The Earthshot Prize, a global environmental prize launched by HRH Prince William to identify, celebrate and back solutions to repair the planet, reaches a pivotal milestone in 2025, marking the halfway point in its ambitious ten-year mission by Friendship News Desk,4...












