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...
Two recent researches found alarming levels of harmful heavy metals such as lead, chromium, and cadmium, which poses significant health risks, including cancer, in common vegetables, along with pesticide residues in various fruits in Bangladesh...
China said Friday that it would 鈥榞radually resume鈥� importing seafood from Japan after imposing a blanket ban last year over the release of water from the disabled Fukushima nuclear plant.
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University signed a memorandum of understanding with Dhaka Bank PLC in order to ensure cooperation and balanced food after the sudden flood in the country at the Administrative Building鈥檚 conference room of the university on Thursday...
Foodpanda, the country鈥檚 leading food and grocery delivery platform, announced that tickets for the highly anticipated 鈥楲egends of the Decade鈥� concert, featuring the iconic Pakistani rock band Jal, will be available on pandamart until September 25, 2024, says a press release.
The UK will ban junk food advertising on the internet and daytime TV in a bid to tackle childhood obesity, sparking criticism on the political right over 鈥榥anny state鈥� meddling.
The United Nations World Food Programme on Tuesday began its second phase of flood response for communities hardest-hit by the August floods.
BOTH at theoretical and empirical levels, ample literature on food security is in evidence worldwide. Particularly in Bangladesh, the food security issue buzzes around academic and research corners most frequently. Policymakers and politicians seemingly feel perturbed at the perilous food insecurity in the country despite tonnes of reports and recommendations put forth to face food insecurity...
The price of food items at the Teacher Student Centre of Jagannath University have been revised downward significantly...
Nestle Bangladesh, partnering with SAJIDA Foundation, has distributed essential food relief among more than 10,000 flood-affected families, said a press release...
More than one lakh people living in Shahrashti and Kachua upazilas in Chandpur have been trapped in floodwaters for over a week, with no access to food or drinking water.
The United Nations World Food Programme has launched its response to the severe flooding emergency in Bangladesh...
The leading online food and grocery delivery platform, foodpanda, has announced the addition of globally renowned PUMA and Philips products to its extensive pandamart offerings in selected areas of Dhaka, said a press release on Thursday....
The foodpanda Bangladesh distributed umbrellas to students managing traffic in Dhaka recently, said a press release on Wednesday...
A SLIGHT decrease in prices, largely because of an improved supply and a halt in extortion on highways and at markets, comes as a relief amidst the food inflation that has pushed the poor and low-income people into a tight spot. Prices of vegetables decreased by Tk 10鈥�20 a kilogram in the capital on August 9 while prices of chicken and eggs also decreased...
The foodpanda Bangladesh provided food and drinks to students volunteering for traffic management across different roads in Dhaka on Friday, said a press release...
The World Bank food security update that has put Bangladesh in the red zone for a year until May 2024 suggests the worsening food insecurity in Bangladesh. The update says that persistent high food inflation has pushed the large majority of low- and fixed-income people into food insecurity. Bangladesh is placed in the red zone with 18 other countries...
The persistent high food price has kept the country in the red zone for the past one year until May 2024 in the food security update of the World Bank.
Despite promises that France's famed gastronomy would be showcased in the Paris Olympic village, many athletes have been left unimpressed by the catering and hungry for more meat on the eco-friendly menus.
McDonald鈥檚 reported a drop in profits Monday behind broad-based sales declines as the fast food giant redoubles efforts to win over inflation-weary consumers...
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations distributed silos and cattle feed to vulnerable livestock families across five districts of Jamuna River basin to...
The World Food Programme has activated anticipatory action measures as water levels in the Jamuna River approach critical levels.
A workshop on food safety was held at the auditorium of the Old Shilpakala Academy in Bogura on Wednesday, said a press release...
THE immediate issues that the authorities need to seriously attend to in the event of flooding are the rescue of people left dangerously marooned and the supply of food for the affected. The government appears to have failed on both the fronts. While a large number of people were waiting to be rescued even from submerged...
Unauthorised electrolyte drinks remain available in the market in the absence of any measures to withdraw them, while the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority stated that it...
foodpanda Bangladesh has launched Meal For One which is a new solo meal option with all-inclusive pricing and no minimum spend, said a...
Severe localised food insecurity is expected to hit Bangladesh due to economic constraints, high inflation and weather extremes, leaving the country in need of external food assistance, according to...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a drug made by Eli Lilly on Tuesday that is designed to treat the early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
鈥楩oodi鈥�, a domestic online food delivery platform, has started its journey in Dhaka.
Halving food waste could cut climate-warming emissions and end undernourishment for 153 million people globally, the OECD and the UN鈥檚 food agency said...