Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today proposed establishment of an International Seed Bank to avert food crisis in future.

Russian strikes hit fresh civilian targets in central and eastern Ukraine yesterday, including a city previously considered a safe haven, as Moscow’s troops edged closer to the capital Kyiv.

The edible oil price has dropped to the government’s pre-fixed rate a day after the announcement of value-added tax exemption came.

The supply order, crucial for dealership of edible oils, has turned out to be a key tool being used to inflate the prices at the country’s biggest trade hub in Chattogram.

Amid soaring prices of daily essentials, the government has decided to deliver 61,000 tonnes of soybean oil, sugar, chickpea and lentil to five crore people through the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh.

McDonald's Corp said on Tuesday it would temporarily close all 847 of its restaurants in Russia, increasing pressure on other global brands to pause operations in the country following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

No matter how hard Md Shaon, a day labourer, and his wife, a domestic help, work, their attempts fall short against the skyrocketing price to make ends meet for their family of five.

A section of traders is cashing in on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war to hike  prices of essentials that were already becoming costlier, market  insiders said.  

A crisis of edible oil, particularly soybean oil, has hit the domestic markets amid retailers and wholesalers stocking up and refiners slowing down delivery, as prices of essential commodities keep climbing in the international market.

According to a new World Health Organisation /United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (WHO/UNICEF) report, more than half of parents and pregnant women (51%) have received formula milk marketing, much of which violates international standards on infant feeding practices.

A UK man has recently died of caffeine overdose after accidentally drinking a mixture containing caffeine powder worth 200 cups of coffee.

Last month, when 22-year-old Mitu Dhar was struggling to make her newborn stop crying at a private hospital in Dhaka, as she couldn’t produce enough milk for him, her family members got desperate to get some artificial milk for the baby.

Dietary changes that include more legumes, whole grains, nuts, and less red and processed meat could add over a decade to a young adult’s life expectancy in the United States, according to a new study in PLOS Medicine.

High cholesterol is when your blood contains too much of a fatty substance called cholesterol. Tobacco and alcohol use are major contributors to high cholesterol. You can lower your cholesterol by eating better and exercising more.

Scientists in a new study revealed that the crop from the plant enset (ensete ventricosumsay), a staple in Africa’s Ethiopia, could be a new superfood with the potential to feed over 100 million people -- saving their lives amid the global warming induced climate change, reports BBC.

Everyone knows of “jilapis”, but a “chaler jilapi”? Perhaps not many have heard of it, and for good reason.

Bangladesh emerged as the top destination of wheat exports from India, having the largest share of more than 54 percent in both volume and value terms in the financial year 2020-21, according to Commerce Ministry data released today.

Around 22.3 percent more rural Bangladeshi households reported food insecurity -- 18 months after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic than pre-pandemic times, according to a survey by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder today urged people to eat red rice instead of white.

Recently government and private sector donors have pledged more than US$27 billion at the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit to address the global malnutrition and hunger crisis. Represented by five Heads of State and Government, 45 countries with high burdens of malnutrition and a dozen donors delivered renewed policy and financial commitments to end malnutrition. These commitments demonstrate country leadership and prioritisation of nutrition at a crucial time, as fiscal resources are constrained, and malnutrition rates are on the rise due to the continuing global COVID-19 pandemic.