Inflation in Bangladesh climbs to 11.38% in November
The upward trend in inflation continued as it went up further to 11.38 per cent in November on the back of price hikes of food items in both rural and urban areas.
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58pc oil used at Rajshahi eateries unhygienic: report
About fifty-eight per cent edible oils used at different hotels and restaurants in Rajshahi are harmful to human health, according to a report of the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority published on Monday...
Govt should break market cartels to contain prices
PEOPLE, especially the poor and the segments of the population with low, fixed and limited income, continue to suffer as prices of goods remain high. Prices of vegetables, onions, potatoes and edible oil remained high in the week ending on November 29. A slight decrease in prices of coarse varieties of rice, broilers and eggs in the week has, however, failed to make any noticeable difference for...
RMG workers to get TCB subsidised food items
The government has asked the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh to include about 10 lakh readymade garments workers in its subsidised food items distribution programme to one crore card holders...
Bangladesh urges FAO to ensure uninterrupted exports during calamities
Bangladesh鈥檚 newly appointed ambassador to Italy ATM Rokebul Haque stressed the need of more effective role of FAO for uninterrupted exports of agriculture goods during global emergencies and disasters, sidestepping export restrictions by any country...
Republic of Korea contributes $2m to WFP鈥檚 food assistance for Rohingyas in Bangladesh
United Nations World Food Programme would be able to reach nearly 76,000 Rohingyas in Bangladesh and provide them with a full ration of US$12.50 for two months as Republic of Korea has stepped up its support to the WFP with a new contribution of US$2 million, says a press release...
No artificial crisis be allowed in food supply chain: adviser
Commerce adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin on Thursday said that no artificial crisis would be allowed in the supply chain of food and other essentials...
British farmers protest in London over inheritance tax change
British farmers massed in London on Tuesday, calling on the Labour government to scrap plans to change inheritance tax rules for land ownership, which they say threatens the agriculture sector and food production...
Towards land degradation-neutral world
LAND acts as the primary source of food. More than eight billion people still draw 99.9 per cent of food from land. Out of agriculture, the first human intervention in the nature, emerged communities, which ultimately brought in pollution. Records show that civilisation has spoilt most of the land people lived on. Neolithic revolution caused changes in the...
Foodpanda offers discounts on payment thru VISA card
Foodpanda Bangladesh has partnered with VISA to offer exclusive discounts to customers who use VISA cards for payments, said a press release.
Govt to continue OMS to ensure food for all聽
The government will keep the food distribution continue under open market sale to ensure food security of all people throughout the country.
Digital communication and food supply chain
With growing population and urbanisation in Bangladesh over the decades, the country is faced with the challenge of supplying foods to various destinations without much distortion in prices. In this digital age, it is important to make market information, data and intelligence available to all stakeholders so that no one loses and there is no...
Rice prices to go down with Aman in market: adviser
Food adviser Ali Imam Majumdar has said that rice prices might decline gradually with the new Aman rice coming to the market...
Govt aims to raise food stock: food adviser
Food adviser Ali Imam Majumdar on Monday said that the government had an aim to increase stock of foods.
Global food prices reach 18-month high: FAO
Global food prices rose in October to their highest level in 18 months, with a sharp increase in the cost of vegetable oil, the Food and Agriculture Organization said on Friday.
Bangladesh鈥檚 revenue authority lifts duties on rice import
The National Board of Revenue has lifted all import and regulatory duties on rice to ensure food security and control prices for the common people.
GAIN holds nutrition campaign in Dinajpur
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and Department of Agricultural Extension jointly organised a nutrition campaign as part of the Diversified Resilient Agriculture for Improved Food and Nutrition Security project at Dinajpur Sadar on Thursday...
WFP calls for full access to Sudan amid looming famine
The World Food Programme has called on the warring parties in Sudan鈥檚 conflict to grant full access to the agency as the countries faces the imminent threat of famine...
Amari Dhaka to organise ASEAN food fest
Amari Dhaka will organise the ASEAN Food Festival at Amaya Food Gallery, celebrating the vibrant flavours of Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Brunei, the Philippines, Cambodia, Singapore and Malaysia, says press release.
Annual estimated food loss stands over 2.11cr tonnes in Bangladesh: experts
Experts on Wednesday urged developing technologies to reduce significant annual food loss in Bangladesh as the country鈥檚 annual estimated food loss and waste is around 19.4 per cent from production to consumption level.
World Food Day today
The World Food Day-2024 will be observed in the country on Wednesday as elsewhere in the world with the theme 鈥楻ight to foods for a better life and a better future鈥�, emphasising the...
Right to food
ON OCTOBER 16, the world observes World Food Day鈥攁 stark reminder of the persistent global crises of hunger and malnutrition that continue to plague millions. According to the...
Food security for all should be policy priority
Bangladesh having slipped three notches in the Global Hunger Index 2024, based on 2019鈥�2023 data, shows that the development model pursued and trumpeted by the toppled Awami League government ignored people鈥檚 most basic necessities. The index, prepared by two European non-governmental organisations and made public on October 11, has...
Govt should immediately attend to food inflation
PERSISTENT food inflation was a major issue that aggrieved people, especially low- and fixed income people, who were disappointed about inadequate regulatory measures and took to the streets during the Awami League鈥檚 rule. Low-income people, who were one major group that actively participated in the July uprising...
Food waste intensifying inequality: experts
Experts at a seminar on Sunday said that food wastage intensified food insecurity and social inequalities, creating a significant divide between those who can afford to waste food and those who struggle with hunger...
USTDA awards grant for cold storage dev for food security
The United States Trade and Development Agency has awarded a feasibility study grant to establish a temperature-controlled logistics network to develop cold storage refrigeration warehouses in Bangladesh to reduce food losses and improve food security...
National strategy to curb food losses could minimise import
THE losses incurred by a growing waste of food 鈥� before, during and after the harvest of agricultural produces 鈥� stand to threaten food security. A government study, Estimation of Overall Food Losses and Waste at all Levels of the Food Chain that the horticulture department of the Bangladesh Agricultural University conducted and made public in...
Food loss, wastage grow聽in Bangladesh in absence of strategy
Mohammad Shamim Matubbar is a farmer of Saltha upazila in Faridpur district who mainly grows onion which is his main earning source.聽
High time for govt to act to ensure food safety
TWO pieces of research, one on fruit and the other on vegetables, have found the presence of harmful heavy metals such as lead, chromium and cadmium and pesticide residue in the produces that could expose humans to significant health risks, including cancer. The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute has carried out the research on fruit and the...
National wage commission is a timely demand
SUCCESSIVE governments have been generally negligent in ensuring minimum wage and labour rights for workers in export-oriented industries. The apparel workers got some policy attention, and their minimum wage was increased from Tk 8,000 to Tk 12,100 in 2023, but the increase is extremely inadequate considering the unprecedented food inflation in the...