City
Mohammad Khaybar Rahman, Chief Executive Officer of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), has stated that the corporation will take effective measures to control tobacco use, protect public health, and safeguard people from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke.He made the statement while addressin...
ICT,City
The Consulate General of Bangladesh in Toronto has received a Google Maps rating of 4.8 out of 5 based on more than 3,000 reviews, which it says is the highest among diplomatic missions worldwide.In a statement issued on October 28, the consulate said the rating reflected feedback from a large numbe...
National
Bangladesh’s markets are witnessing a growing influx of ultra-processed foods. Alarmingly, research has found that 63% of these products contain salt levels exceeding the limits set by the World Health Organization (WHO). Meanwhile, although many products contain excessive amounts of sugar and...
A mass media campaign was launched in Dhaka on Sunday to raise public awareness and build support for front-of-package warning labels on packaged foods and drinks high in sugar, salt and saturated fat.The campaign aims to help consumers identify unhealthy products more easily and support the governm...
Speakers at a seminar in Dhaka have called for the Medina Charter to be included in the academic curriculum, saying its principles of equality, justice, social harmony and peaceful coexistence could help address growing divisions and disorder in society.They said the charter had often been used as a...
Healthcare,City
Hypertension tops the list of diseases in Bangladesh. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including hypertension, account for approximately 571,000 deaths in the country every year. The government’s recent increase in the health budget is a welcome step towards improving public health. However, ...
The consumption of ultra-processed packaged food is surging rapidly in Bangladesh, increasing the risk of diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Introducing a simple, clear, and mandatory warning-based Front-of-Package Labeling (FOPL) on the front of food packets can play a vital role in hel...
Business & Commerce
Steven Collet, Vice-Minister for International Cooperation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, visited 4A Yarn Dyeing Ltd., an outerwear manufacturing facility of TEAM Group, in Dhaka on Monday to witness the company’s sustainability initiatives and discuss opportunities for strengthening bilat...
The Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (Ansar-VDP) has begun advance security preparations across the country ahead of the upcoming Durga Puja to ensure peaceful, orderly and safe celebrations.As part of the preparations, Ansar-VDP personnel are visiting idol-making sites, puja mandaps and t...
Healthcare
Students from various universities have called for a complete ban on the sale, marketing, import and export of e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches in Bangladesh. They made the demand following a workshop organized for young people on the Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) (Amendment) Act, 20...
All Section
The Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) and the Economic Reporters’ Forum (ERF) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly promote evidence-based and analytical journalism on key economic and development issues in Bangladesh.The agreement also aims to facilitate knowledge exc...
Whey water, a nutrient-rich by-product of dairy processing, could open up new opportunities for Bangladesh’s dairy industry by reducing waste, creating new products and helping address malnutrition, experts said at a workshop in Dhaka.The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), with sup...
A public seminar was held on Wednesday to mark World Heart Day 2026, organized by the National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh under the theme “Every Heartbeat Matters.” The seminar, held at the auditorium of the National Heart Foundation Hospital and Research Institute, focused on cardio...
Weakness in the law and structural implementation bottlenecks are critically threatening Bangladesh’s national and international commitment to achieve universal birth and death registration by 2030, experts and civil society leaders warned.Despite government pledges aligned with UN Sustainable...
Country, Districts
Stakeholders at a conference in Dhamrai have called for stronger coordination among government institutions, local government bodies, civil society organisations and organisations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) to ensure disability-inclusive development, access to public services and social acc...
Misleading, false, distorted and partly true information about the Bangladesh Army, the army chief and senior officials of the armed forces has been circulating on social media in a sustained manner.An analysis by fact-checking organisation Rumor Scanner found that some of the content was created us...
A discussion meeting was held in Chattogram on Monday to ensure a 100 percent tobacco-free environment at the divisional commissioner’s office, offices of deputy commissioners and other government institutions across the division.The meeting, titled “Measures to Ensure a 100% Tobacco-Fre...
National,Sports
Bangladeshi swimmers who won medals at the World Long Distance Swimming Competition 2026 in Murshidabad, India, were honoured at a reception in Dhaka on Thursday.The medal-winning swimmers -- Bangladesh Army's Faisal Ahmed, who won gold; Bangladesh Navy's Sonia Akter and Palash Chowdhury, wh...
AdZoic, an AI-powered programmatic ad-buying platform, has been officially launched, marking a new chapter in the country's advertising market and digital marketing landscape.The platform's official launch was announced on Thursday night (September 10) at a hotel in the capital's Banani ...
Around 5.5 percent of Bangladeshi youth aged 18 to 24 are currently using emerging tobacco and nicotine products such as e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products (HTPs) and nicotine pouches, while 28.1 percent have used at least one of these products at some point in their lives, according to a new stu...
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