Health

Industry Desk: According to a recent report, around 76% of Bangladeshis cannot afford healthy food.A Bangladeshi has to spend an average of Tk 276 to buy healthy food daily, according to a report titled “The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022”.The report was published jointly by…

Diplomatic Correspondent: The Embassy of China in Bangladesh, on behalf of the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC), has donated US$ 200,000 to the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) to assist those affected by recent floods.Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming handed over the donation to BDRCS chairman Major General…

Staff Correspondent: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Council at the Supreme Court yesterday said Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) prison cell has become a resort for the VIP inmates.“They (VIPs) become sick as soon as they land in jail. They come to BSMMU prison cell for the treatment. Now the situation…

166th livable city Industry Desk: Dhaka ranks as the seventh least livable city in the world this year, moving up three spots from its 2021 ranking, according to an annual report from the Economist Intelligence Unit. The Bangladesh capital improved its position, as Karachi, Algiers and Tripoli moved down. The…

Industry Report: The pharmaceutical industry in Bangladesh is one of the fastest growing industries; with a market size of over Tk 27,000 crore.The sector is meeting 98% of the country’s total demand, which grew at an average 15.6 percent per annum, having an export income of $169 million in FY…

Staff Correspondent: Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Tajul Islamsaid that the Department of Public Health Engineering has tested arsenic in about 5 million tube wells in 261 upazilas of the country, out of which about 14.5 million or 29 percent of arsenic has been found in the water…

Staff Correspondent: Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque yesterday said the ongoing floods have so far affected the Aus paddy of around 56,000 hectares of land across the country.“Now there is no major crop in the field. Even so, the ongoing floods have affected Aus paddy of 22,000 hectares of land…

Eid-ul-Azha knocking at door Golam Mostafa Jibon: As the cattle fatteners dreamt of a good profit by selling their fattened cattle with high prices ahead of upcoming Eid-ul-Azha just after relaxing of corona pandemic, the devastating flood hit hard at different parts of the country including Sylhet, Sunamganj and Sirajganj…

PM urges citizens Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the people to join a nationwide campaign of tree plantation during this monsoon to make the country greener.She urged everyone, including members of her Awami League and its associate bodies, to each plant at least three saplings of…

Special Correspondent: Bangladesh ranks 16th out of 180 countries in the world in the Environmental Performance Index. Neighboring India is at the bottom of the list. Another neighboring Pakistan is one step above Bangladesh. This information has come up in the recently published Environmental Performance Index (EPI) biennial report.EPI-2022 is…