Over 1,000 ICDDR,B employees laid off

The decision was made after US President Donald Trump ordered the US government to suspend all the projects and research they funded

Over 1,000 staff members of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, or ICDDR,B have been laid off following the suspension of US funding.

These staff members have been receiving letters in phases since Wednesday.

The employees worked on various research projects funded by various government agencies, including the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID.

AKM Tariful Islam Khan, senior manager of communications at ICDDR,B, told bdnews24.com on Friday that, as per the instructions of the US government, their projects and research they funded have been suspended until further notice.

"We express our sympathy and regret for the inconvenience caused to our service recipients, partners and colleagues. We are hopeful that we will be able to restart our activities again."