Posted on July 19, 2020
CHATTOGRAM, July 19: Chattogram City Corporation Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin has handed over financial assistance to the children of Humaira Mahmuda Tumpa – a Socio Economic and Nutrition Facilitator (SENF) of Livelihoods Improvement of Urban Poor Communities Project (LIUPCP) under Chattogram City Corporation. Humaira Mahmuda Tumpa died in a tragic road accident on June 22 […]
Posted on July 13, 2020
The National Urban Poverty Reduction Program (NUPRP) in collaboration with Human Development Research Centre (HDRC) launched a Socio-Economic Assessment of COVID-19 impact on the lives and livelihoods of the urban poor. This assessment will help inform the NUPRP re-programming and will also contribute in the formulation of the Socio-Economic Recovery Program of the UN […]
Posted on June 22, 2020
Humaira Mahmuda Tumpa, a Socio Economic and Nutrition Facilitator (SENF) of Livelihoods Improvement of Urban Poor Communities Project (LIUPCP) under Chattogram City Corporation has died in a tragic road accident on Sunday. She was 34. The accident took place at College Bazar area under Karnafuli upazila as Tumpa was travelling by a bus on her […]
Posted on April 07, 2020
DHAKA, April 07 (2020): United Nations Development Program with support from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Government of Bangladesh, is rolling out $1.5m emergency food support for 78,000 extremely poor urban families. It aims to ameliorate some of their immediate hardships and counter potentially devastating socio-economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
Posted on March 29, 2020
DHAKA, 29 MARCH (2020): As the COVID-19 pandemic poses great threat to the lives of Bangladesh’s urban poor communities, Livelihoods Improvement of Urban Poor Communities Project (LIUPCP) has responded urgently to protect 2.16 million urban poor people from the deadly virus. In line with the National Preparedness and Response Plan (NPRP) for COVID-19 Bangladesh, Local […]
Posted on March 08, 2020
DHAKA, MARCH 8 (2020): Livelihoods Improvement of Urban Poor Communities Project (LIUPCP) has celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD) 2020 across different city corporations and paurashavas with festivity and funfair as elsewhere across the globe highlighting women’s rights and equality. The theme for International Women’s Day 2020 was “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights.” The […]
Posted on February 22, 2020
DHAKA, 22 FEBRUARY, 2020: Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific of the United Nations Development Program(UNDP) Kanni Wignaraja has visited Livelihoods Improvement of Urban Poor Communities Project (LIUPCP) implementation area at Korail slum in Dhaka today. During her visit, she spoke to project beneficiaries and community […]
Posted on February 13, 2020
Call for united action to ensure a better future for cities and towns Abu Dhabi, 13 February 2020: The 10th World Urban Forum (WUF) 2020 has concluded with a call for united action to ensure a better future for cities and towns. Held at the capital of UAE, Abu Dhabi from 8 to 13 February […]