News & Events
Meeting with Community Emergency Health Actions Team members held at Cox’sbazar
YPSA organized 5 advocacy meetings with the CEHAT (Community Emergency Health Actions Team) members at four Upazilas of Cox’sbazar district during the month of June of 2015. First two meetings were…
Mobile court fined 2300 taka for Tobacco advertisement in Cox’s Bazar
A mobile court was operated in Cox’s Bazar on 21 June’15 to enforce the law of tobacco control. The court fined 3 shops Tk. 2300.00 for violating law by displaying tobacco…
No alternative to family planning to make the nation happy and prosperous
“Family planning program in Bangladesh evolved through a series of development phases that took place during the last 52 years. Family planning efforts began in the early 1950s with voluntary…
YPSA observed World No Tobacco Day 2015 in 11 districts of Chittagong division
YPSA observed World No Tobacco Day’15 on 31st May in all 11 districts of Chittagong Division jointly with District Civil Surgeon Office and District Tobacco Control Taskforce. The theme of…
Barhmanbaria Pourosova commits to continue tobacco control initiatives and allocate budget
YPSA has organized a lobbying meeting with Brahmanbaria Pourosova on “Budget allocation for implementing tobacco control initiatives” on 28th May 2015 in Brahmanbaria Pourashava with the support of Campaign for…
Comilla City Corporation printed 4000 Smoke Free vigilance notices and organized meeting from their own budget
In the fiscal year 2014-2015, Comilla City Corporation allocated budget of one lac (0.1 million) Taka for implementing the smoke free guideline and Tobacco control activities. From this budget Comilla…
Orientation for village doctors held at Rangunia
YPSA’s Malaria Control program organized a orientation program for village doctors held at Mogoler Hat Utshob Community Center, Rangunia on 19 May, 2015. Upazilla Health Officer Dr. Sheikh Fazle Rabbi…
YPSA celebrated its 30th anniversary
YPSA celebrated its 30th anniversary at YPSA Head Office Chittagong on May 20, 2015. Md. Arifur Rahman, Chief Executive, Md. Mahabubur Rahman, Director (SD), Mr. Palash Chowdhury, Director (Finance), Md….
Tobacco control task force meeting held in Comilla
Tobacco Control Task force meeting was held on 21 May 2015 Comilla Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) office conference room in Comilla. Md. Hasanuzzaman Kollol, Deputy Commissioner of Comilla district and President of tobacco control…
Tobacco control task force meeting held in Cox’s Bazar
Tobacco Control Task force meeting was held at Cox’s Bazar District Administration Office on 19 May 2015. Mr. Md. Ali Hossain, Deputy Commissioner of Cox’s Bazar district and President of…
Staff induction meeting for new project held
YPSA has started implementing a new project YPSA-EU-SRHR (Creating and enabling environment for young people to claim and access their sexual and reproductive health rights in Bangladesh) at Panchari Upazilla…
Sensitization meeting on Better Sexual and Reproductive Health held
YPSA organized a local level sensitization meeting on “Link Up: Better Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights for Young People Affected by HIV” with the GOs, NGOs and Civil Society….
YPSA attends Legal Aid Fair
YPSA set up a stall at Legal Aid Fair held at Chittagong court building premises on May 6, 2015. Chittagong district and session Judge Nurul Huda inaugurated the fair.
Historical and impressive Moment!
For the first time in Bangladesh, YPSA with the collaboration of World Intellectual Properties Organization [WIPO], Accessible Book Consortium, Digital Accessible Information System [DAISY] Consortium and Australian Aid distributed 4th…
National Legal Aid Day 2015 observed
YPSA observed National Legal Aid Day-2015 at different sub-districts of Chittagong and Cox’sbazar. The theme of this year is “Door open for getting legal aid from the government.” In Rangunia,…
YPSA distributes sewing machines to the women entrepreneurs
YPSA has distributed sewing machines to the women entrepreneurs, who are economically or socially disadvantaged, at Banshkhali, Chittagong. Fourteen women received sewing machines in this batch who successfully completed their…
Community Legal Service (CLS) center launched at Sandwip
In order to provide legal aid to women, men and children living in poverty or facing disadvantage or discrimination, YPSA has launched Community Legal Service (CLS) center at the Nazirhat…
Nansen Initiative Regional Consultation in South Asia held in Khulna
More than 90 participants representing governments of seventeen countries from South Asia and the Indian Ocean region including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, and Sri Lanka as well…
YPSA become winner of the International Excellence Award 2015
YPSA became winner of the Accessible Books Consortium Award for Accessible Publishing Initiative at the International Excellence Award 2015 held in London Book Fair (LBF) , United Kingdom on 14th…
MOLGRD&C will circular a notice to all local government for ensuring smoke free LG
YPSA has organized a sharing meeting on “Implementation of Tobacco Control Law and the Role of Local Government” on 8th April’ 15 at the conference room of DPHE, Dhaka with the…