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  Urban poor starve as food aid suspended

  Emran Hossain | Updated at 12:46am on July 29, 2020

  The government has suspended the special open market sale of rice introduced to help the urban poor who were force to slash food consumption after...

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  5pc eat once a day, 87pc face food, nutrition crisis: study

  Rashad Ahamad | Updated at 11:51pm on July 16, 2020

  The livelihoods of 98.3 per cent of the country’s poor people have severely been affected by the COVID-19 crisis with 87 per cent of them...

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  Top priority on agriculture to tackle food crisis: Razzaque

  Uni9ted News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 01:33am on July 06, 2020

  Giving utmost priority on agriculture sector to tackle food crisis amid coronavirus situation, the government has taken all-out measures, said agriculture minister Md Abdur Razzaque...

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  Parveen Sikder donates cash, food items

  New Age Desk | Updated at 01:43am on July 05, 2020

  National Bank director and Executive Committee chairperson Parveen Haque Sikder, MP, has donated cash and relief items to helpless poor people. The distribution programme was...

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  Crowds swell at OMS shops

  Emran Hossain | Updated at 11:49pm on June 22, 2020

  Economists fear that the urban poor is heading for food crisis as crowds are swelling at OMS shops in the capital. Food officials reported an...

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  Evaly launches food delivery service

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 02:01am on June 17, 2020

  Evaly Food Express Shop will deliver delicious foods of various reputed restaurants in the capital, said a press release on Tuesday. Through this service called...

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  Inflation drops sharply in May

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:42pm on June 02, 2020

  Point-to-point inflation significantly dropped by 0.61 percentage points to 5.35 per cent in May from 5.96 per cent in April as demand for both food...

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  StanChart, BRAC to give food to 5,000 families

  New Age Desk | Updated at 12:38am on May 22, 2020

  Standard Chartered Bangladesh is collaborating with BRAC to deliver support packages to 25,000 people from 5000 low-income families, residing in areas locked down to contain...

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  NRB Bank distributes food among poor in Gopalganj

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:17am on May 20, 2020

  NRB Bank Limited distributed essential food items to help families in dire need during the nationwide shutdown to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic,...

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  PRAN-RFL gives aid to 11000 families

  New Age Desk | Updated at 12:37am on May 19, 2020

  PRAN-RFL Group, is distributing food items to more than 11 thousand poor families across the country. The organisation has started food distribution in the third...