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  Food adulteration may affect nat’l goals, next generation

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 08:12pm on March 05, 2021

  Food adulteration may hamper achieving the national goals of Bangladesh and eventually affect the next generation. Dhaka North City Corporation chief executive officer Selim Reza...

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  12.4 million face food scarcity in Syria: WFP

  Agence France-Presse . Beirut | Updated at 10:37pm on February 14, 2021

  A record 12.4 million people in war-torn Syria are struggling to find enough food to eat, the UN food agency has said, in an increase...

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  Pandemic gives food frauds a free rein in Bangladesh

  Emran Hossain | Updated at 11:41pm on January 31, 2021

  The activities of Bangladesh Food Safety Authority have largely been limited to deskbound tasks after the coronavirus crisis struck Bangladesh nearly a year ago in...

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  Written exam for DGF assistant programmer on February 9

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:45pm on January 26, 2021

  The written examinations for the post of assistant programmer of the computer network unit of the Directorate General of Food under the food ministry will...

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  Safety concern pushes up Bangladesh food import

  Emran Hossain and Jasim Uddin | Updated at 12:27am on January 02, 2021

  Imported packaged foods such as bakery and confectionery items enjoy continued high demand as many people have little trust in local products over safety concerns....

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  Single certification body needed to facilitate food export

  | Updated at 12:00am on December 23, 2020

  THE recommendation of the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission for the formation of a single entity on health certification of agricultural and processed food to...

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  Razzak emphasises sustainable soil management

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 12:15am on December 06, 2020

  Emphasising the importance of soil for food and nutrition security of the people , the Agriculture Minister Dr M Abdur Razzak said the quality of...

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  Safe food remains a far cry in Bangladesh

  Emran Hossain | Updated at 11:42pm on November 20, 2020

  The institutionalisation of safe food eludes Bangladesh as the authorities concerned have failed to transform into actions plans laid out in the law book or...

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  BCSIR holds workshop on food industry

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on November 19, 2020

  Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industry Research held a workshop on ‘Safe and Nutritious Food Industry: Role of the Institute of Food Science Technology’ at...

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  BSTI hikes fat concentration limit in chips, crackers

  Emran Hossain | Updated at 11:18pm on November 13, 2020

  The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution has recently revised its chips and crackers manufacturing standards allowing higher concentration of fat in the popular processed food...