The first Belt and Road Chinese University and Overseas Partner Exchange Conference
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First Belt and Road Chinese University and Overseas Partner Exchange Conference held
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13-year-old killed in Ashulia wall collapse, 3 others injured
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A thirteen-year-old girl was killed and three other people, including the victim s mother, were injured after a wall of a one-storey building collapsed on them in Ashulia today.
The deceased was identified as Happy Akter Mina, a fifth grader at a school in Ashulia, said fire service official.
Abdul Alim, deputy assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defence (Zone-4) said some workers were demolishing a one-storey building owned by one Ali Hossen in Zirani area since this morning.
Around 11:00am, a portion of the wall collapsed on four pedestrians leaving Mina dead on the spot and three others injured.
Head of Programme, World Food Programme (WFP) Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, we are implementing a five-year country strategic plan which will end in December 2020 and then be extended for another year. In this five-year country strategic plan, WFP has worked in areas where humanitarian help is necessary and in other areas with the help of different government agencies. By providing technical assistance we improved the systems for designing the safety net programmes. WFP also carries out some innovative works such as development of systems that can improve the delivery of social protection programmes.
Through the country strategic plan, WFP also intends to find ways to help the vulnerable communities in adopting healthy coping strategies so that they do not resort to negative coping mechanisms after experiencing any shock. Our initiatives include forecasting their financing through which we find ways of reaching out to beneficiaries particularly for flood-affected groups. This initiativ