Chair of Friendship Luxembourg speaks to the students and staff of Dhaka University Marc Elvinger, Chair of Friendship Luxembourg (4th from left) at the lecture at Dhaka University. ©Tawhid bin Haque/Friendship. Friendship News Desk September 14, 2022 Chair of...
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Left in the Wake
Rangpur division falls behind the rest in SDG metrics A boatman rows by an eroded riverbank, with people standing by to check out their newly-formed boundary line. ©Orjan Ellingvag by Dr. Kazi Maruful Islam,Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryMd Abdullah Al ZobairAugust 14, 2022...
Bringing up the Back
Roundtable meeting on Improving the Living Standard of Northern Char Dwellers of Bangladesh held in Dhaka Runa Khan and Dr. Shamsul Alam at the meeting, along with the rest of the delegation ©Tawhid Bin Haque/Friendship by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryAugust 4, 2022 A...
Path to Prosperity
A short documentary on a woman's path to prosperity through hardship and environmental calamity Friendship News DeskMay 19, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Oo0kmjrad4&t=108s Nazma has had a life of continuous hardship – abandoned by her husband multiple...
‘Disabled people are an integral part of human diversity’
An interview with a visually-impaired trainer on inclusivity and being a disabled person in Bangladesh Jahangir Alam conducting a training session at the Friendship Centre ©Tahmeed Chaudhury by Tahmeed ChaudhuryMay 18, 2022 Muhammad Jahangir Alam is a Senior...
Boy or Girl?
Mother's day: Motherhood is a blessing, but apparently sometimes it’s a frightful game of roulette by MD ABDUL JALIL and NAUSHAD ALI HUSEINMay 8, 2022 Mother's Day is of course a day to celebrate the wondrous miracle of motherhood. But perhaps it's also a time to...
Unable to hear no
Inclusive Citizenship is working to empower people with disability on the chars Sumaya with the toys that keep her at home ©ABIR ABDULLAH/FRIENDSHIP by TAHMEED CHAUDHURYApril 27, 2022 In Koraibari, a river island (char) in Gaibandha district, a grinning Tawhid guides...
PSG, Klabu and Friendship team up to make sporting facilities for refugee children
Sports club on wheels brings the joy of playing to Refugee and host communities in Ukhiya by RAEED ABD-ALLAH CHOWDHURY April 28, 2022 With Eid-ul-Fitr just around the corner, many in Bangladesh and around the world are readying themselves for a celebration. After...
A Community of Empowered Women
Friendship hosts a meeting with journalists ahead of International Women's Day FRIENDSHIP NEWS DESKMarch 3, 2022 “Empower just one woman,” was Runa Khan’s appeal to a meeting of empowered journalists from some of Bangladesh’s leading media outlets in the lead-up to...
Friendship school students commemorate International Mother Language Day
by TAHMEED CHAUDHURYFebruary 21, 2022 On February 21 2022, Friendship schools across the country celebrated Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day by hosting commemorations and paying tributes to the martyrs of the Language Movement. The annual event,...