Price hike of essentials weighs on 90pc people

Around 90 % of individuals of Bangladesh are forced to get low-quality products when the costs increase as their incomes usually do not go up in keeping with the upward...

FDA approves obesity medication that helped people cut...

Regulators say a fresh version of a favorite diabetes medicine could possibly be sold as a good weight-loss drug found in the U.S.The Food and Drug Administration approved Wegovy, a...

FAO lauds Hasina's leadership found in attaining food...

Qu Dongyu, Director-Standard of the meals and Agriculture Company of US (FAO), has highly appreciated the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina found in attaining food reliability for 165 million...

Venezuela triples wages but nonetheless not enough to...

Venezuela practically tripled its minimum wage Saturday but inflation is so outrageous that sum of money won't even buy a kilo of meat.Labor Minister Eduardo Pinate announced the raise to...

Home delivery boom churns out 1 lakh jobs

Online shopping, grocery and food orders, which are growing at a fast clip, have emerged as a saviour for most through the pandemic as around one lakh people received jobs...

Anti-Asian hate: 'Eating bitterness' and the role of...

Empathy is a good collaborative effort. Asian People in America can no longer afford to get silent.This op-ed was written for Medical News Today by Dr. Yenting Chen, who's a...

No overnight relief from losses

The Bangladesh Glucose and Food Industries Company (BSFIC) will not get rest from the losses anytime soon despite closing six mills.The sugar mills of the BSFIC have been facing losses...

Western diet linked to changes in gut fungi...

The microbes that are in our guts, or microbiota, are known to play important roles in how our anatomies metabolize the food we consume and many other areas of our...

Inflation quickens to 5.32pc in Feb

General inflation accelerated to 5.32 % in February, fueled by a rise in both food and non-food items, in line with the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).Last month's Consumer Price...

Are superfoods real?

Even nonetheless there is no set definition of superfood, with many health specialists skeptical of the word, some foods classified mainly because such have already been linked to significant health...

Japanese companies go high-tech on battle against food...

Japanese companies are ramping up the application of artificial intelligence and additional advanced technology to lessen waste and spend less in the pandemic, and seeking to score some sustainability points...

Public food stocks near 3-year low

Public foodgrain stocks and shares fell to 6.56 lakh tonnes, the cheapest in nearly 3 years, raising apprehensions that greedy investors would use the current situation to control prices to...

Excessive food prices weighing about the vulnerable: FAO

High rates of rice and other important foods, including soybean oil and loose palm oil, have severely constrained the getting power for a huge section of the vulnerable population over...

Cabbages grown in Jashore make way abroad

A large number of cabbage farmers found in Jashore are getting good charges for their produce because of a project called Sustainable Agriculture, Food Secureness and Linkages (SaFaL).Solidaridad South and...

Lovello sets sights on untapped rural markets

The government's efforts to ensure electricity at rural areas have opened the doors to a vast untapped market for the ice-cream and processed food sectors, said Md Ekramul Haque, managing...

Govt approves import of 50,000 tonnes of wheat

The cabinet committee on government purchase yesterday approved a proposal to import 50,000 tonnes of wheat.The committee gave the approval for the Directorate of Foodstuff to acquire the wheat from...