The US government will provide $51.3 million in food assistance to Bangladesh in fiscal year 2011.

The awards, which include transportation and freight costs, will be implemented under the Food for Progress and McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Programmes, said a US embassy press release Thursday.

In Bangladesh, Food for Progress will provide benefits valued

The remote far western Nepal again stands on the brink of a serious food crisis as the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said Wednesday that it is going to stop distributing food to nearly a million people in the region because of funding shortfalls.

WFP spokeswoman Christina Hobbs told AFP that it does not have enough funds to continue flying supplies by helicopter to western Nepal, where road acc

Three United Nations agencies and the government will implement a joint programme to promote food security and nutrition for ultra-poor families and children in the country.

Through the project, WFP, FAO and Unicef will work together to provide a combined set of inputs to reduce food insecurity and under-nutrition amongst families and children in three upazilas -- Manpura, Charfasson and Bamna

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