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Warning labels on packaged foods could help cut country’s NCD burden
Public health experts, researchers and journalists have called for the introduction of mandatory warning-based Front-of-Package Labelling (FOPL), saying the measure could play a crucial role...
Bidi workers place five-point demands
Bangladesh Bidi Sramik Federation called for inclusion of Bidi in cottage industries category and Five-point demand including do not increasing the duty on bidis. They...
Skull, skeletal remains found in Mohammadpur
Police have recovered a human skull and several bone fragments of a skeleton from the roadside in the capital’s Mohammadpur area. The remains were found...
Drainage overhaul urged to end Dhaka waterlogging
Coordinated drainage and sewerage development projects must be accelerated to provide Dhaka residents relief from chronic waterlogging, Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Minister Mirza...
Eid security plan reviewed by DMP
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has held a coordination meeting to finalise security and traffic management preparations ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha celebrations in the capital....
Shahid Zia’s 45th death anniversary
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Monday announced a seven-day programme from May 25 to June 1 marking the 45th death anniversary of its founder and...
Minister visits injured doctor
Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Sakhawat Hossain has visited injured physician Dr Nasir Uddin at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Dhaka Medical College...
Land Service Fair begins today
The Ministry of Land launch a three-day “Land Service Fair 2026” from May 19 to 21 simultaneously across national, divisional, district and upazila levels to...
Public transport reform
The long-stalled Dhaka-Gazipur Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project could emerge as a cost-effective alternative to metro rail and significantly reshape Bangladesh’s urban transport system once...