Bangladesh’s vibrant food culture is a feast for the eyes — from rainbow-hued sweets to brightly coloured street snacks. But beneath this colourful charm lies a dangerous truth: much of that colour is not natural at all. The growing use of artificial and industrial dyes in food has become a silent but severe public health crisis, threatening millions of consumers every day.

Food insecurity worsened around the world in 2023, with some 282 million people suffering from acute hunger due to conflicts, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, UN agencies and development groups said Wednesday

Denmark and Bangladesh today signed an agreement to collaborate on food safety and sustainable food production

5,000-7,000 chickens die on the way to the capital and end up in eateries, claims the state minister for industries

The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has started issuing health certificates to facilitate export of food products from the country.

From village to town, printed and used paper is widely used in Bangladesh to serve food, especially street food. But the real question is how safe it is for our health. The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has also warned about using printed paper and polythene for serving oily and warm food, but the implementation of the decision is not properly regulated.

At least 30 people including nine judges fell sick yesterday (April 21, 2022) due to food poisoning after taking iftar at a restaurant in Pabna on Wednesday (April 20, 2022).

The majority of the ready-to-consume snacks and beverages like fizzy drinks, chips and fried chicken contain substances harmful for health and are responsible for non-communicable diseases, found local researchers.

According to a new World Health Organisation /United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (WHO/UNICEF) report, more than half of parents and pregnant women (51%) have received formula milk marketing, much of which violates international standards on infant feeding practices.

A UK man has recently died of caffeine overdose after accidentally drinking a mixture containing caffeine powder worth 200 cups of coffee.

Last month, when 22-year-old Mitu Dhar was struggling to make her newborn stop crying at a private hospital in Dhaka, as she couldn’t produce enough milk for him, her family members got desperate to get some artificial milk for the baby.

Two days after the countrywide drives against brokers at government hospitals and other establishments, mobile courts assisted by Rab are conducting operations today against unscrupulous traders producing and storing adulterated or substandard foods in unhygienic environment.

Baby food, vegetables, fruit, cereals, meat, fish and other foodstuffs will have to meet stricter limits of cadmium and lead content before they can be sold in the European Union, according to new rules that will be applicable from the end of August.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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