‘5 days of grill’ at Amari Dhaka
Dhaka, April 2019 – Prepare your taste buds for different delicious regional cuisines every weekday.…
Browsing: Food & nutrition
Food organizations combine to reintroduce neglected crops
Danielle Nierenberg It’s spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the perfect time to think of…
IFPRI launches global food policy report
Dhaka, April 18 – The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), an international agricultural research…
Finding a way to food sustainability
AUSTIN, United States, Apr 9 2019 (IPS) – There’s much to think about regarding food this…
BAU scientist invents Pangas fish pickles and powder
Mymensingh, A Research teams led by Prof Dr A K M Nowsad Alam of Fisheries…
10 orgs highlighting the true cost of food
Danielle Nierenberg I’m thrilled to join the Global Alliance for the Future of Food and…
Record potato output: Fair rice make farmers happy in Rangpur Region
Farmers are happy after getting an all- time record production of over 23.20-lakh tonnes of…
Safeguarding the health of people and planet thru food
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 6 2019 (IPS) – Food sustainability, both in production and consumption, is at…
Boishakhi Utshob 1426 at Amari Dhaka
Dhaka, April 2019 – A colourful and effervescent Boishakhi Utsob awaits guests at Amari Dhaka…
Dams blamed for shrinking area, farm output in Kaveri delta
by K.A. Shaji • The delta of river Kaveri, which is the agricultural backbone of…
Acute food insecurity ‘far too high’ as 113 million go hungry
Approximately 113 million people in 53 countries experienced high levels of food insecurity last year,…
Ctg BNP holds token hunger strike demanding Khaleda’s release
Chattogram, Mar 30 – The leaders and activists of BNP port city unit on Saturday…
Beverages from food waste: 10 brewers doing it right
Danielle Nierenberg Greetings from Baltimore! Today, we’re highlighting ways to prevent food waste. Last week,…
BD govt to procure 12,50,000 tonnes paddy, rice, wheat
Dhaka, Mar 28 (UNB) – The government will procure 12,50,000 tonnes of rice, paddy and…
Two years in jail for fish, fish products adulteration in BD
Dhaka, Mar 18 (UNB) – The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of…
Urgent call to African food sovereignty movements
JOHANNESBURG, Mar 8 2019 (IPS) – Africa is facing dire times. Climate change is having major…
Antibiotic free meat, eggs by 2030: Bd farmers
Dhaka, Mar 8 (UNB) – President of Bangladesh Poultry Industries Central Council (BPICC) Mashiur Rahman…
Thawatchai Gapaha joins Amari Dhaka as Executive Chef
Dhaka, February 2019 – Famed Thai Chef Thawatchai Gapaha (Deaw) has now taken the role…
UN accesses Yemen grain silo that can feed millions
The first assessment of a major UN aid storage facility in war-torn Yemen has been…
The biodiversity crucial for our food, agri is disappearing
Rome – FAO News Release – The first-ever report of its kind presents mounting and…
Food, nutrition research and policy workshop opens in Dhaka
Dhaka, Feb 24 – A 7-day training workshop for mid-level officials of Ministry of Food…
New law in the offing to save croplands in BD: Minister
Dhaka, Feb 24 (UNB) – Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury on Sunday told Parliament that his…
Mining grabs up land, deals blow to agriculture
SAN SALVADOR, Feb 19 2019 (IPS) – Like an octopus, metals mining has been spreading its…
Wake up and smell the organic coffee
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Feb 20 2019 (IPS) – In 1992, the idea of replanting her father’s ruined…
Former rice farmer praises vitamin A orange sweet potatoes
Angella Atero, Nutrition, Communication, and Advocacy Specialist, Uganda Walter Odongo, a 31-year-old farmer from Dokolo…
Plenty of fish in Bay of Bengal; still it has 475 species
Dhaka, Feb 19 (UNB) – The Bay of Bengal has 475 different species of fish…
How to eat to save the World
By Modi Mwatsama and Howard Frumkin London – There is not a country in the…
Food commodity prices begin new year on buoyant note
Geneva, (Kanaga Raja) – The international prices of a basket of key agricultural food commodities…
Krishibid Day observed at BAU amid festivity
Mymensingh, Feb 13 – Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) and BAU alumni association jointly observed Krishibid…
Flower a blooming business in Jessore area of Bangladesh
Jashore, Feb 12 (UNB) – February, the second month of the calendar year, occupies a…