Pineapples of Madhupur: Tainted with excessive chemicals

Pineapples grown in Tangail’s Madhupur are known to be delicious, but most farmers this time are using excessive hormone to grow bigger fruits and ripe them ahead of time.
26 June 2021

Imported fruits sans formalin test!

Huge quantities of imported fruits from Bhutan and India are entering Bangladesh through Burimari land port in Patgram upazila without
12 December 2016

123 sacks of cheap rated rice seized

A mobile court in a drive seized 123 sacks of cheap rated rice meant for the poor from two godowns in Nandina Bakultola area of Jamalpur
30 October 2016

Man dies from food poisoning

A man died from food poisoning and four of his family members fell sick in Chaugachha upazila of Jessore early yesterday.
29 October 2016

3 madrasa students die of 'food poisoning' in Narail

Three students die and 13 fall sick after taking dinner at a madrasa in Narail Sadar upazila.
28 July 2016

No end yet to risk of child poisoning and deaths

Across the country people wait with bated breath for the arrival of Dinajpur's litchi crop. Local children are likewise excited to sample
9 June 2016

Man kills wife over family feud

A man killed his wife over a family feud at Kadampur Umradagi village of Ranishankoil upazila in Thakurgaon yesterday.
4 March 2016

Netherlands embassy launches 3 food safety projects in Bangladesh

About 60 million people in rural and urban areas of Bangladesh face food insecurity, and do not consume the minimal daily caloric intake required for a healthy life, according to the World Food Programme.
7 February 2016

Dangers lurk in urban street food

Street food, which is very popular to the people living in urban areas like Dhaka due to its cheap price and taste, is harmful to human
10 January 2016

BSTI fines 2 oil companies in Ctg

A mobile court of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) in Chittagong city yesterday fined two oil
26 December 2015

Woman dies in train drinking juice from co-passenger

A woman died after drinking poisonous juice, offered by a doping gang member, in a running train, Meghna Express, in Laksham on
18 December 2015

Bangladesh’s foods safety and public health at risk

Substandard, fake and even banned pesticides are making their way into the market mainly because of lax monitoring, posing a grave threat to safe food production and public health, experts say.
15 December 2015

8 ‘robbers’ beaten dead in Narayanganj

A mob beats seven suspected robbers to death when they were looting a shop in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj. Their identities could not be known immediately.
10 December 2015

One of sick dies

A cattle trader, who was among the 30 people who fell unconscious after eating breakfast at a restaurant in Rajshahi, died yesterday.
7 September 2015

Twelve jailed for producing, storing adulterated food items

Mobile courts backed by Rapid Action Battalion yesterday jailed 12 persons for storing and manufacturing adulterated food items in Dhaka and Narayanganj.
16 August 2015

UP chairman arrested in Sunamganj

Police on Monday arrested a union parishad (UP) chairman in Bishwambharpur upazila of the district on charge of misappropriating rice under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme.
15 July 2015

Pesticide in litchi kills kids, again

Swapan, a six-year-old kid, woke up restless at midnight and wanted to drink some water. After drinking water, his eyes dilated and he could hardly speak. Then he fainted.
26 June 2015

Increase drive against adulterated food: Bapa

Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bapa) yesterday demanded that the government increase drives against the sale and marketing of
19 June 2015

Housewife commits 'suicide'

A housewife allegedly committed suicide in Mathbaria upazila of the district on Tuesday. The deceased is Sumi Begum, 22, wife of Jasim
17 June 2015

Safe food, iftar items demanded in Ramadan

All types of food including iftar items during Ramadan have to be free from adulteration, demanded some social and environmental
13 June 2015