Millers for Nutrition Coalition powered by TechnoServe organised a two-day intensive training on Food Safety Management System (FSMS), Quality Control, and Quality Assurance for Fortified Rice Kernel (FRK) production from October 28 - 29 at Hotel Windy Terrace, Cox鈥檚 Bazar, says a press release.
A report of the Road Safety Foundation has exposed an alarming reality. At least 314 areas across Bangladesh have become accident-prone zones where thousands of people are maimed or killed every year. The study has identified 21 鈥榟igh-risk鈥� areas, including parts of Dhaka, Gazipur, Tangail, Chattogram and Mymensingh, where road deaths are disproportionately high...
RAMPANT food adulteration is a grave and persistent public health threat, with unsafe food turning what sustains life into a slow and silent agent of disease and death. Recent laboratory tests by the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority show how deeply the problem has penetrated the food chain. Of the 15 bread samples tested, 11 contained potassium bromate, a banned...
A report has revealed at least 314 upazilas and cities across the country where more road crashes happened between 2020 and 2024...
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has directed the authorities concerned to observe a weeklong fire safety preparedness across the country to ensure fire readiness in all public and private establishments...
Experts called for political commitment to ensure workplace safety, emphasising its inclusion in party manifestos for the upcoming national election...
The government鈥檚 consideration of making 60 hours鈥� training from approved institutes mandatory for driving licences marks a overdue but commendable step towards improving road safety. For far too long, untrained and reckless driving has remained one of the principal causes of the appalling record of road accidents, which continue to claim thousands of lives every...
With the vision 鈥榬oad safety is our collective responsibility鈥�, tyre brand ZESS Tyre undertook an initiative to promote road safety awareness to improve overall road safety conditions, launching a day-long public awareness campaign across 11 major intersections in Dhaka on Wednesday...
AS BANGLADESH observes National Road Safety Day 2025, the grim reality on its roads exposes the hollowness of official slogans and failures of successive governments to make meaningful changes. Despite repeated promises and millions of takas spent on awareness campaigns, roads remain death traps 鈥� chaotic, corrupt and criminally neglected. Over the past...
The overall road safety situation has deteriorated across the country over the past one year while the chaos on roads has intensified...
The government鈥檚 approval in principle of amendments to the detailed area plan, raising the floor area ratio for buildings, risks exacerbating the very crises facing Dhaka that the plan was meant to address. By allowing developers and landowners to construct very tall buildings across most areas under the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha, the decision would increase...
Fire safety concerns persists as hundreds of readymade garment factories across Bangladesh continue operating without government licences or trade body affiliation, exposing thousands of workers to life-threatening hazards.
BRAC Bank entered into a partnership with two fine dining destinations, Thai Express and Saffron Dine, to offer exclusive privileges to its cardholders, said a press release...
At least 417 people were killed and 682 injured in 446 road accidents across the country in September, according to a report published by the Road Safety Foundation on Saturday...
Rights activists at a discussion on Sunday urged authorities to ensure the safety of children and youth in the digital space, saying that increasing harassment and violence online were deterring them from expressing their views...
Bangladesh suffered a 4-1 defeat to India on penalties, despite a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser in the final of the SAFF Under-17 Championship at the Racecourse International Stadium in Sri Lanka on Saturday.
Bangladesh stormed into the final of the SAFF Under-17 Championship with a 2-0 win over Pakistan in the first semi-final of the seven-team tournament at the Racecourse International Stadium in Colombo on Thursday.
Forward Rifat Kazi struck a treble as Bangladesh stormed into the semi-finals of the seven-team SAFF Under-17 Championship 2025, after a 4-0 win over hosts Sri Lanka in their Group A match at the Racecourse International Stadium in Colombo on Sunday.聽
Bangladesh started their SAFF Under-17 Championship 2025 campaign in style with a 4-0 win over Nepal in their Group A match at the Racecourse International Stadium in Colombo on Thursday.
The Fire Service and Civil Defence has provided two-day training on fire safety to 40 members of Dhaka Reporters鈥� Unity concluded on Tuesday...
Vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Medical University Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam at a programme at the BMU in Dhaka on Wednesday said that BMU was committed to providing safe healthcare services across Bangladesh...
Parveen Mahmud has received lifetime women leadership award 2025 of South Asian Federation of Accountants, said a press release...
Covered vans which mostly are modified beyond allowed limits have posed a serious risk to road safety as such goods-carrying vehicles are often involved in fatal road accidents across Bangladesh, said experts, campaigners and transport worker leaders.
THE progressive withdrawal of humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh now threatens the safety and dignity of more than 1.2 million stateless people, and places at risk regional stability, Bangladesh鈥檚 social fabric and the prospect of secure, sustainable repatriation. Reductions in support from NGOs, international agencies and the United Nation...
PUBLIC transports remains fatally unsafe for passengers as the interim government has so far kept the sector off its reform agenda. The Passengers Welfare Association of Bangladesh on September 13 reported that at least 86,690 people died and 153,257 became wounded in 62,619 road accidents in 11 years. The number of fatalities, however shocking, is not surprising as...
Bangladesh鈥檚 tourism industry continues to lag behind its South Asian peers, with a decline reported in the business last year, apparently due to deterioration in political stability and law and order...
THE demand for a cyber safety policy for the campus before the students鈥� union elections in the University of Rajshahi is more than justified in view of the extent of cyber harassment that candidates in such elections in the University of Dhaka and Jahangirnagar University faced during campaigns. Women candidates in the Rajshahi University Central Students鈥� Union elections...
The Bangladesh Football Federation on Friday announced a 23-member squad for the SAFF Under-17 Championship 2025, which will be held at the Racecourse International Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
THE call that government officials, development partners and rights activists have put out for a comprehensive social protection system covering all marginalised groups to build an equitable society is what the government should heed, especially at a time when Bangladesh, now a lower middle-income country, is set to graduate out of the bloc of least developed...
The road safety campaigns implemented by the authorities concerned in the past six financial years until FY24 utterly failed amid a surge in fatal road accidents in the country.
