One Health: Where does Bangladesh stand?
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that a coordinated response is needed to tackle health emergencies, and failure to do that has a massive price to pay. Yet, with 1,400 deaths this year, Bangladesh is grappling to fight off the outbreak of dengue, which is linked with so many departments from health to local government bodies […]
Call for taking common stand at COP28 to build resilience
FE REPORT South Asia should move forward in unison and take a common stand at the upcoming climate conference (COP28) to ensure mutual benefit and build resilience, climate experts suggested Sunday. One of the important observations is that the actual impact of climate change in coastal areas and the real cost of the damage are […]
Taking a stand: Addressing malnutrition and disasters in Asia-Pacific’s vulnerable states
As the world moves beyond the half-way mark toward the internationally declared deadline to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the road leading to that 2030 destination seems increasingly out of reach, if not completely out of sight. We all know the world is well off-track to meet those 17 universally agreed goals. From ending […]
Government wants to stand by farmers: Food minister
Terming farmers as the heart of the country, Bangladesh’s Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumdar on Tuesday said that the aim of the government is to stand by the farmers. “Whether they cultivate mango or paddy, the interest of the farmers must be protected,” the minister said at the inauguration ceremony of mango harvesting and marketing […]
Govt wants to stand by farmers: Food Minister
Terming farmers as the heart of the country, Bangladesh’s Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumdar on Tuesday (May 30, 2023) said that the aim of the government is to stand by the farmers. “Whether they cultivate mango or paddy, the interest of the farmers must be protected,” the minister said at the inauguration ceremony of mango […]
What chance does Holiday Market stand?
NEIL RAY | Published: January 15, 2023 22:56:10 After the weekly Farmers’ Market, here comes the first Holiday Market in Dhaka north. While the former was launched under the ‘Dhaka Food System Project’ of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the United Nations, the latter has just been introduced under the auspices of the Dhaka […]
Three-wheeler stand on Shaheed Minar premises!
Some 48 years ago, a Shaheed Minar was built at Shamsernagar area in Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila commemorating those who lost their lives during the Language Movement in 1952. Beside it, a Muktijoddha Chattar was constructed with the names of those who gave their life during the Liberation War in 1971. In 2000, a plaque listing […]
IND vs BAN: Shreyas Iyer-Ravi Ashwin SOS Stand Averts Maiden Test Defeat to Bangladesh
Last Updated: December 25, 2022, 11:44 IST India’s Ravichandran Ashwin, left, and Shreyas Iyer celebrate their team victory during the fourth day of the second cricket test match between Bangladesh and India, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Surjeet Yadav) Bangladesh had sensed a victory on the back of a fifer from Mehidy […]
IND v BAN, 1st ODI: Mehidy, Mustafizur stun India with unbeaten last-wicket stand, B’desh win by 1 wicket
Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Mustafizur Rahman held their nerve to stitch an unbeaten last-wicket stand of 51 off 41 balls to stun India and help Bangladesh win by one wicket in their ODI series opener at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) in Mirpur, Dhaka, on Sunday. In a match that ebbed and flowed all […]
Heat-resilient Red Sea reefs offer last stand for corals
Beneath the waters off Egypt’s Red Sea coast a kaleidoscopic ecosystem teems with life that could become the world’s “last coral refuge” as global heating eradicates reefs elsewhere, researchers say. Most shallow water corals, battered and bleached white by repeated marine heatwaves, are “unlikely to last the century,” the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said […]