UNICEF has set up a field office in East Pakistan to conduct operations in East Pakistan.
1949
The first office was opened in Dhaka with two staff and one driver.
1950-1960
UNICEF works closely with the Ministry of Health to prevent tuberculosis (TB), smallpox, malaria and cholera. Improved maternal and child health care systems and training of health workers were introduced.
Apart from this, various programs are being taken for the development of toilets, water supply and education, training and livelihood development for the common man.
1970
On November 12, a devastating cyclone hit the coast, killing at least 500,000 people. Another 4.5 million people lost their homes, fishing boats and livestock. UNICEF repaired and rebuilt more than 11,000 wells at the time and provided 1,000 tons of rice and other relief supplies.
1971
About one crore people fled to India during the war of liberation. UNICEF works with other UN agencies in Calcutta to provide them with shelter, food, sanitation, clean water and cooking utensils. Assistance was provided to six and a half lakh children in the refugee camps to provide supplementary food. George Harrison's concert for Bangladesh in New York on 1 August drew the world's attention to the humanitarian crisis and raised funds for UNICEF-led work to help refugees. This was the first such concert and it was recognized as an inspiration to raise funds to deal with more contemporary humanitarian crises. With the sale of albums and films, people began to learn about the plight of Bangladesh and the war-torn population, as well as the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF. Bangladesh gained independence on 16 December. However, the war crippled the country's economy and left a deep scar on the nation's psyche.
1982-83
UNICEF contributed তিন 32 million to the UN's recovery efforts in Bangladesh. The activities of the organization are conducted with an emphasis on providing vitamin supplements and high protein supplements for children and establishing safe water sources.
1984
Bangladesh joined the UN on 16 September.
196
UNICEF, for the first time under the Government and UNICEF's Joint Consultative Group (JGUAG), has initiated collaborative activities with the new Government of Bangladesh.
196
UNICEF installs 300,000 tubewells and provides one press mill for every 250 people in Bangladesh.
1969
In collaboration with UNICEF, the government launched the National Oral Rehydration Campaign. The food saline invented in Bangladesh was first given to children suffering from cholera during the 1971 War of Independence. This oral rehydration saline (ORS) is a solution of water, salt and glucose in the right proportions to fill the dehydration caused by diarrhea.
The expanded immunization program was officially launched on April 6, 1989 to vaccinate children against diarrhea, tetanus, pertussis, tuberculosis, measles and polio.
1984
UNICEF assisted Grameen Bank in formulating 17 decisions. Under this, the poor women are committed to take care of themselves and their children, educate their children and work for the development of the local community with micro loans from the organization.
1985
UNICEF works with the government and domestic and foreign partners to strengthen the EPI program. As a result, the rate of timely vaccination of all children under the age of 1 increased from 2 per cent to 62 per cent within five years.
1990
On January 26, Bangladesh ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
1992
Meena comes this year. The fictional character Mina is nine years old. The girl highlighted the rationale for establishing the rights of the child in films, books, posters and radio programs.
1993
The presence of arsenic in groundwater reduces the number of people who have access to safe water.
At that time, UNICEF assisted the government in testing all tubewells and marking red and green arsenic contaminants.
1995
Garment owners have signed a memorandum of understanding with UNICEF and the International Labor Organization (ILO) to eliminate child labor in ready-made garment factories.
1996
UNICEF and the Government of Bangladesh have launched a program called 'IDEAL' to improve the quality of education in primary schools. About half of the schools in Bangladesh are working under this project.
2006
Every year, UNICEF supports the world's largest measles prevention program to prevent the deaths of about 20,000 children in Bangladesh. Under this program, 33.5 million children in Bangladesh are vaccinated, which is why it is the largest public health initiative in Bangladesh alone.
2006
Terrible floods and cyclones have affected about 14 million people in Bangladesh. By December, UNICEF had spent কোটি 22 million on emergency relief and relief assistance. The experience of dealing with similar floods in 1986 and 2004 and the aftermath of the 1991 cyclone helped to deal with various disasters and save thousands of lives.
2011
Working with more than 220 staff in Bangladesh, UNICEF contributes about থেকে 40 to মিল 50 million a year to the country's development. UNICEF is working in coordination with the Government of Bangladesh and other partners.
2013
The government approved the 'Children Act 2013'. It has provided a cohesive legal framework to protect children from oppression, violence, deprivation as well as their access to justice. The law is based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
Bangladesh has taken an initiative to reduce the infant mortality rate to zero by 2035 by saving the lives of one lakh eight thousand children under the age of five every year.
2015
Bangladesh achieves the Millennium Development Goals (SDGs) which reduce maternal mortality and under-five mortality. In this case, Bangladesh is far ahead of the neighboring South Asian countries.
2018
UNICEF has launched a new Country Program for the period 2017-2020 with an emphasis on sustainable development goals. UNICEF received government approval to own a plot this year. The land was given to the United Nations in 1997. UNICEF plans to build its own building on this plot in Agargaon, Dhaka.