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...
Ahmed Shaheen, Additional Managing Director of EBL (fifth from left) and Runa Khan, founder of Friendship (sixth from left), at the MoU signing ceremony in Dhaka. © Ayon Das/Friendship by Friendship News Desk,2 March, 2026 Eastern Bank PLC. (EBL) announced a strategic...
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...
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...
From left to right: Ummay Asma Bhuiyan, Assistant Programme Manager; Katharina Frowein, Intern; Md. Bodiuzzaman, Assistant Director. © Friendship by Katharina Frowein,26 February, 2026 When I arrived in Bangladesh for my internship with Friendship, I carried two big...
Friendship founder Runa Khan joins a panel discussion led by The Earthshot Prize at Climate Action Week. The panel discussion titled ‘An Evening with The Earthshot Prize’ was held at the Jio Convention Centre. © Earthshot Prize by Iffat Ara...
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...
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...
Climate Communication in a Noisy World By Magnus Mayeen Ahmed,25 January, 2026 Climate change today is not only a scientific or environmental challenge, but it is also a communication challenge. The problem is no longer just whether people hear about climate change....
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,...
by Mosamat Umma Kulsum,14 January, 2026 On 17 November 2025, the world commemorates World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day—designated by the seventy-eighth World Health Assembly as the first official World Health Day dedicated to eliminating a cancer. The stated theme,...
Runa Khan Highlights Community-Driven Solutions at the One Health for All forum © Max Claron/Friendship by Kingbadantee Sabir,7 January, 2025 On 16 December 2025, the Operational Recommendations from the One Sustainable Health for All Forum, held from 3 to 5 November...