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BSTI bans 43 more bad food items
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 06:53pm on May 11, 2020
The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution on Monday banned 43 food items for not complying with the Bangladesh standards and asked their producers to stop...
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Standard Bank gives Tk 28 lakh as food aid
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 09:34pm on May 04, 2020
The employees of Standard Bank Limited sacrificed their one-day salary amounting to over Tk 28 lac and handed over it to Bidyanondo Foundation. The donated money...
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Government food aid far from adequate to meet hunger, nutrition
Ahammad Foyez | Updated at 11:57pm on May 03, 2020
Food being distributed as relief by the government among the poor is far from adequate to meet the demand for food and nutrition as the...
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BCB distributes food items to clubs
| Updated at 09:43pm on May 03, 2020
Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday distributed essential items to 76 clubs, who are taking part in the different tiers of cricket league. Earlier, the BCB...
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Reduction of power, gas prices demanded
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 09:45pm on April 30, 2020
Energy experts and civil society members on Thursday called on the government for immediate reduction of power and gas prices so that people could spend...
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Modi phones Hasina, pledges to work together to boost food production
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 11:18pm on April 29, 2020
Dhaka and New Delhi on Wednesday pledged to work together to boost food production to offset the possible food crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic...
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People defy lockdown, block road for food
Our Correspondent . Jashore | Updated at 01:08am on April 29, 2020
Several hundred people defying the shutdown blocked the Jashore-Magura Highway in Jashore sadar upazila on Tuesday demanding food aid. Earlier, the people, who lost livelihood...
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GP, BRAC launch platform to support families with food
Business Desk | Updated at 09:59pm on April 24, 2020
Grameenphone and BRAC have launched ‘Dakche Amar Desh’, an initiative to stand beside and support people who have been most affected by the coronavirus outbreak...
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Minister for uninterrupted cargo vessel services
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:05am on April 23, 2020
State minister for shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury on Wednesday sought cooperation from the owners of cargo vessels and container ships to continue their services for...
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Shippers Council hands over food to DNCC mayor for distribution among poor
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:37am on April 21, 2020
Chairman Shippers’ Council of Bangladesh chairman Md Rezaul Karim on Sunday handed over 1,000 packets of food items to Dhaka North City mayor Atiqul Islam...