Excessive amounts of trans fat in food are increasing the prevalence of heart diseases and various other non-communicable diseases along with the overall fatality risk in Bangladesh. Safe food must be ensured by controlling trans-fat levels in food to protect public health. The government has passed the “Controlling Trans-Fatty Acid in
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AL now depends on cops, looters as public support wanes: Rizvi
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday alleged that the ruling Awami League now leans on corrupt elements, looters, and some police officers having been abandoned by the country's people. Speaking at a press conference at BNP's Nayapaltan central office, he also said the recent upazila polls were
PM receives maiden GCA Local Adaptation Champions Award
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday received the Local Adaptation Champions Award of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) as Bangladesh won the maiden award for its leading role in introducing local adaptation programme to face climate change impacts. GCA Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Professor Patrick V. Verkooijen today handed over
President asks business leaders to be aware of profiteers
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday asked the business leaders to take care so that no profiteer can intensify people’s suffering through unethical activities. “Be aware of the profiteers who want to do unethical business by intensifying sufferings of the people,” he told the local business leaders here. The Head of the State
CCGP approves import of 40MW hydroelectricity from Nepal
The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) on Tuesday approved 15 proposals, including one proposal to import 40 megawatts (MW) hydroelectricity from Nepal. The approval came from the 15th meeting of the CCGP in this year held at the Cabinet Division at Bangladesh Secretariat with Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali
Shelter project in Bajitpur Handover 20 houses
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gifted 20 families with semi-furnished houses along with ownership of two centuries of land in the fifth phase of Bajitpur under the 'Mujib centenary will have no homeless' shelter-2 project. On Tuesday (June 11) inaugurated the program of handing over land deeds and house keys to the
Adaptive agricultural machinery trials in Jessore
Under the Farm Machinery and Postharvest Process Engineering Department of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, “Making Crop Production System More Profitable by Innovating Agricultural Machinery and Applied Technology” Funded by Head Project “Adaptive Trial of Bari Invented Agricultural Machinery” was held at Haibatpur, Jessore Sadar on Tuesday morning. Chief Scientific Officer of
Awareness meeting of Aparajita project held in Nilphamari
A day-long discussion meeting was held at Nilphamari on Tuesday with the representatives of various service providers to inform of the achievements of the Political Empowerment of Unprivileged Women project. Additional District Commissioner (General) Farooq Al Masud graced the meeting organized by Aparajita District Network as the chief guest. Daulat Jahan, President
Cricket-Themed Episode of Shark Tank Bangladesh
Last Friday at 10 PM, Shark Tank Bangladesh aired a special Cricket-themed episode, showcasing four unique and innovative sports-related businesses. This episode featured a distinguished guest on the panel of sharks for the first time: the Honorable Minister of State for Information and Communication Technology, Mr. Zunaid Ahmed Palak. In this
Shakib should feel ashamed and retire from T20Is: Sehwag
Former India opener Virender Sehwag bashed Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan after his poor showing against South Africa, saying that the all-rounder should feel 'ashamed' of recent T20 stats and retire from the format. Shakib has had a forgettable T20 World Cup so far. After going for 30 in his three overs