মোয়াজ্জেম হোসেন নান্নু, যুগান্তর: দেশে প্রচলিত ৩৬টি ব্রান্ডের গুঁড়োদুধের মধ্যে ৮টিতেই মানবদেহের জন্য ক্ষতিকর মেলামাইনের অস্তিত্ব মিলেছে। এগুলো হচ্ছে- অস্ট্রেলিয়ার ডিপ্লোমা, রেডকাউ; ডেনমার্কের ডানো ফুলক্রিম। চীন থেকে আমদানিকৃত ইয়াশলি-১, ইয়াশলি-২, সুইট বেবি-২, নিউজিল্যান্ডের নিডো ফর্টিফাইড ইন্সট্যান্ট, অ্যানলিন। দীর্ঘ পরীক্ষা-নিরীক্ষা শেষে ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের রসায়ন বিভাগ বুধবার এ সংক্রান্ত রিপোর্ট বিএসটিআইয়ের কাছে হস্তান্তর করেছে।

Most of the coloured iftar items including the reddish jilapi, the saffron beguni, peaju, potato chop, sweets, biryani and white muri (puffed rice) pose serious health hazards to the consumers as textile dyes, carbide, ethopene and urea are being used to make them look more attractive to the customers, said sources in the Institute of Public Health.

The prices of vegetables, milk, fruits, red meat and chicken have increased sharply in the past couple of days, making consumers apprehensive about the exorbitant prices of essentials and undue profiteering by traders that has become an inevitable feature of Ramadan in Bangladesh. Market watchers and the consumers observed that, as usual, unscrupulous traders were making windfall profits from the frantic Ramadan shoppers, belying all assurances of the government to keep prices stable in the month of fasting.

For years now, the popularity of mushrooms as a medicinal plant is growing. Even though mushrooms have been acknowledged as one of the smart addition to your dining table, we really do not know what their value to our health is. But just like any other plants that are grown in our backyard, the mushrooms that we cook have their own advantages that will contribute to our health.

Bangladesh, China, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam could register the largest gains

Bangladesh and some Asian nations can attain tremendous growth in rice output this year, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said Monday forecasting a new record level in food grain production.(The New Nation)

DHAKA (AFP) — Bangladesh will buy a record amount of rice from farmers this year at prices 55 percent higher than in 2007 to stimulate production and build emergency stocks, the farm minister said Sunday.

The government will build a stockpile of 3.2 million tonnes of rice, nearly double the previous record for emergency stocks, food and agriculture minister A.M.M. Shawqkat Ali said.

The humble potato is being promoted as the answer to soaring rice prices in impoverished Bangladesh as the crisis pushes many to the brink of starvation, but the poor are reluctant converts.

Some of the nation's many impoverished people have turned to potatoes -- which they eat seasoned with chilli and salt to make them more palatable -- only as a last resort.

খাদ্যের অস্বাভাবিক মূল্য বৃদ্ধিতে বাংলাদেশের জন জীবন চাপের মধ্যে পড়েছে। কঠিন সময় পার করছে মানুষ, বিশেষ করে যাদের আয়ের সিংহভাগ ব্যয় হয় খাবার কিনতে। কয়ে

Abnormal price escalation has increased the number of hungry people to 30 million-up by 50 percent from the previous level, said speakers at a discussion on 'Stop Price Hike, Save People' held at the National Press Club yesterday.

Politicians and economists on Tuesday urged the government to increase allocation in agriculture and development sectors in a bid to ensure food security and to create employment opportunity in the country.