Actor Ferdous to work for food safety
Bangladesh Food Safety Authority signed a contract with member of parliament for Dhaka-10 constituency actor Ferdous Ahmed for the fiscal year 2024-25...
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WFP provides food assistance for flood-hit people in Bangladesh
The United Nations World Food Programme is providing emergency assistance to communities affected by the severe flooding in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts in northeast Bangladesh...
Half of Sudanese face 鈥榓cute food insecurity鈥�
Some 25.6 million people, or more than half of Sudan鈥檚 population, are facing high levels of 鈥榓cute food insecurity鈥�, a report cited by the United Nations said...
St Martins out of reach, food crisis feared
GoodS transport to and from Saint Martins island through trawlers and boats has remained suspended for nearly a week due to repeated shelling from Myanmar at the Teknaf border, leading to a...
foodpanda launches own grocery range
food and grocery delivery platform foodpanda has introduced its own private label 鈥榖right鈥�, allowing customers to shop from an expanded selection of groceries online available exclusively on all pandamart stores...
Prolonged flood in Sylhet worsens livelihood, food, water crises
At least 540 people could not leave flood shelters in Zakiganj till Saturday afternoon as floodwater receded slowly in parts of Sylhet district.
Arla Foods inaugurates UHT milk factory
Arla Foods Bangladesh, local subsidiary of global dairy cooperative Arla Foods and producer of DANO, inaugurated its new UHT milk production facility in...
2 in 3 children under 5 in Bangladesh face food poverty: UNICEF
Two in every three children in Bangladesh under the age of five live in child food poverty, according to UNICEF鈥檚 report, 鈥楥hild Food Poverty: Nutrition Deprivation in Early Childhood.鈥�....
1 in 4 children face 鈥榮evere鈥� food poverty: UNICEF
More than one in four children under the age of five globally live in 鈥榮evere鈥� food poverty, UNICEF has warned 鈥� meaning more than 180 million are at risk of...
Govt must reassess measures to contain food inflation
THE average inflation in the outgoing financial year surpassing the average inflation in the past financial year, which was a decade-high, shows the inefficiency and inadequacy of measures taken by the government to contain inflation. The overall 12-month average inflation has been recorded by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics at 9.73 per cent...
Food inflation nears 11pc聽
Food inflation continued to maintain an upward trend in May, pushing overall inflation to a seven-month high and compounding the miseries of the...
BFSA holds seminar on nutrition and good family practices
Speakers at a seminar on Thursday said that formalin was a very volatile substance, due to which formalin had no role in preserving and ripening fruits.聽..
Proper market intervention needed to check inflation: BB
The Bangladesh Bank in a report said that proper market intervention and implementation was needed to address the widening price gap between retail and wholesale prices of essential items that contributed to high food inflation in Bangladesh...
Pran Dairy boss fined Tk 10 lakh for unauthorised electrolyte drink
A Dhaka Pure Food Court on Thursday fined Pran Dairy Ltd chairman and chief executive officer Ahsan Khan Chowdhury Tk 10 lakh in a case filed on charges of unauthorised production, marketing and sale of orange and lemon flavoured Aktive Plus Electrolyte Drink...
Integrating nutrition into agri value chain emphasised
Speakers at a workshop held at Sech Bhaban in the capital on Tuesday emphasised the importance of integrating nutrition into the agricultural value chain to enhance food security and improve livelihoods...
Akij chair fined Tk 4 lakh
A Dhaka Pure Food Court on Tuesday fined Akij Food and Beverage Limited chairman Sheikh Shamim Uddin Tk 4 lakh in a case filed on charges of...
Failure to keep unapproved drinks off market unacceptable
THIS is unacceptable that the authorities have not yet been able to make producers withdraw unauthorised electrolyte drinks even after a court order to this end. The authorities first failed to take action on their own against the unauthorised production, marketing and sales of electrolyte drinks...
Unauthorised electrolyte drinks still聽on market
Unauthorised electrolyte drinks are still available in the market although a week has passed since a Dhaka Pure Food Court issued arrest warrants for the...
Enhancing food safety in fish, chicken value chains urged
The results dissemination and policy co-creation workshop on 鈥楨nhancing Food Safety in Fish and Chicken Value Chains of Bangladesh鈥� was held on Monday at Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council in Dhaka...
ACME, Deshbandhu bosses fined聽聽
A Dhaka Pure Food Court on Sunday slapped fines on The ACME Agrovet & Beverages Ltd owner Tanveer Sinha and Deshbandhu Food & Beverage Ltd chairman Golam Mostafa in separate cases filed on charges of unauthorised production of electrolyte drinks...
SMC fined Tk聽16 lakh for unauthorised electrolyte drink marketing
A Dhaka Pure Food Court on Thursday fined SMC Enterprise Ltd owner Waliul Islam Tk聽16 lakh in a case filed on charges of unauthorised marketing and...
7 million face 鈥榓cute鈥� food insecurity in S Sudan: UN
More than seven million people in fragile South Sudan are at risk of acute food insecurity in the coming months, including tens of thousands at a 鈥榗atastrophic鈥� level of famine, the United Nations warned on Tuesday...
Deplorable absence of measures to contain food inflation
THE food inflation that has remained high for more than two years now reached double digits once again in April after a gap of four months. The Bureau of Statistics in its monthly update says that food inflation was 10.22 per cent in April. The surge was, as economists...
Uber to buy Foodpanda Taiwan for $950m
Ride-hailing giant Uber said Tuesday it has reached a deal with Delivery Hero SE to buy its Foodpanda delivery business in Taiwan for US$950 million...
Mediterranean food fest to begin at Crowne Plaza Dhaka on May 16
Crowne Plaza Dhaka Gulshan would arrange a Mediterranean Food Festival for its customers at The Flair, said a press release on Monday...
Food inflation hits double digit in peak rice harvesting season
The general food inflation in April crossed double-digit again after a four-month gap, heightening the risk of food security for the majority of...
Mobile food testing lab inaugurated
Food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder inaugurated mobile food testing laboratory of Bangladesh Food Safety Authority at the authority鈥檚 office at Shahbagh in the capital on Wednesday...
Foodpanda celebrates Mother鈥檚 Day
Foodpanda, a leading online food and grocery delivery platform, announced a special Mother鈥檚 Day campaign, said a press release on Saturday.
Two children die of 鈥榝ood poisoning鈥�
Two children, from two neighbouring families, reportedly died of food poisoning in sadar upazila of Gazipur Sunday night...
Unregulated baby food raises concerns
Bangladesh has no effective inspection and monitoring mechanism to check baby food items. Safe food campaigners have alleged that...