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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Mohammad Shamim Matubbar is a farmer of Saltha upazila in Faridpur district who mainly grows onion which is his main earning source.聽
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...
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.