The World Bank approves $1.1 billion for Bangladesh to enhance food security and livelihoods amid rising global prices.

A project on food safety in Bangladesh has improved the situation but gaps still remain, according to an evaluation document. The report covers efforts from 2013 to 2019 in Bangladesh, funded by the ...

Bangladesh and Pakistan strengthen bilateral trade during a meeting in Dhaka, focusing on food commodities and industrial ...

Muhammad Rayhan Ahmed is JURIST’s Bangladesh correspondent and a law student at the University of Dhaka. This is his inaugural report. “No one believed. They listened at his heart. Little—less—nothing ...

Quota reform may have been the spark, but at the heart of the unrest was widespread public discontent with the government, fueled by economic hardship, inflation, and the rising cost of necessities.

The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has highlighted food safety-related work in several countries. A food control system assessment has been started in Pakistan. The initiative ...

The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) carries an uncomfortable message for Bangladesh. The country is not facing famine, nor is it experiencing a catastrophic food crisis per se. Yet it appears ...

Dhaka, June 2 -- Though excessive salt consumption, particularly from processed packaged foods (PPFs), is contributing to an alarming rise in hypertension and cardiovascular diseases across Bangladesh ...

Excessive use of chemical fertilizers is causing soil health degradation in Bangladesh, putting the country’s food security at risk. The degradation of soil health has been attributed to higher crop ...

, June 8 -- Bangladesh wastes around 3.5 million tonnes of food every year, State Minister for Food Abdul Bari told Parliament on Monday, citing the Food Waste Index Report 2024 of the United Nations ...

Well before the sun rises in Chapra, a small village in the northwest of Bangladesh, Mohammad Abdur Rouf is on his feet. He travels six miles to a neighboring village, where he joins hundreds of other ...

These food ration cuts, along with escalating restrictive measures imposed by Bangladesh authorities and violence in the squalid, overcrowded refugee camps, are increasing pressure on the refugees to ...