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Most growers in food insecurity
Mahfuz Emran : Those who produce foods are in the most food insecurity. This problem is more common in farming families than in any other profession. About 26.13 percent of households producing food grains through agriculture are moderately or severely food insecure. Apart from this, about 1 percent of agricultural…
Read More »Decision on plea for Khaleda Zia’s jail term suspension today
Staff Correspondent : Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said all have to wait till today to learn about the decision on plea for BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s jail term suspension.“This time too they (Khaleda Zia’s family) have pleaded for her permanent release and allowing them…
Read More »Bangladesh ranks lowest in health sector index: ADB
Mahfuja Mukul : Bangladesh’s fragile health care has been discussed at various times. However, there has been no significant progress in this sector in the last decade.Inadequate hospital beds, shortage of doctors and nurses, shortage of skilled lab technicians, all together, the health sector of the country is in shambles.A…
Read More »Chattogram city dwellers facing serious water crisis
Daily 8 cr ltrs short supply Staff Correspondent, Ctg : I woke up in the morning and saw that water does not come out of the water tap. The caretaker of the house said that there was no water for two days. WASA stopped water supply without any announcement. There…
Read More »Karnaphuli River becomes hell for fish, aquatic species
Fire at S Alam Sugar Mills Chattogram Correspondent : A severe environmental crisis has emerged in Chattogram’s Karnaphuli River as burnt sugar waste from S Alam Sugar Mill has contaminated the river’s water, resulting a mass deaths of various aquatic species, including fish and crabs.Locals have been witnessing the mass…
Read More »Combo treatment to solve TB-HIV co-infection crisis: Study
Rafiqul Islam Azad: New clinical trial findings reveal a significant breakthrough in combating the co-infection crisis of tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The trial, conducted to assess the compatibility of two potent treatments, sheds light on the effectiveness of combining dolutegravir (DTG)-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) with 3HP, a…
Read More »Bangladesh seeks medicine IP exemption till 2032
Zarif Mahmud : As a least developed or LDC, Bangladesh has long been exempted from compliance with the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) treaty regulations on intellectual property in the pharmaceutical industry.In 2026, if it leaves the list of Least Developed Countries (LDC), this facility should not…
Read More »Pure drinking water yet not ensured
Dhaka Wasa not increasing water price soon: Wasa DMD Staff Correspondent: The authority has failed to ensure pure drinking water for the city dwellers, despite taking different initiatives wasting huge amount of money. In a situation, the Wasa is trying to hike water price.Dhaka Wasa DMD Uttam Kumar Roy, Deputy…
Read More »Medicine prices to increase 8 times
After LDC graduation Tasnim Karim : After graduation to LDC, Bangladesh will lose the existing facilities of several of our medicines. In this, the cost of developing new drugs including insulin will increase up to 8 times.The market strategy experts think that Bangladeshi drug manufacturers have already increased the medicine…
Read More »World sees first 12 months above 1.5C warming
Staff Correspondent: Earth has endured 12 months of temperatures 1.5C hotter than the pre-industrial era for the first time on record, Europe’s climate monitor said Thursday, in what scientists called a “warning to humanity”.Storms, drought and fire have lashed the planet as climate change, supercharged by the naturally-occurring El Nino…
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