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Implementation of trans-fat limiting regulation crucial to ensure food standards

Implementation of trans-fat limiting regulation crucial to ensure food standards

Breaking News, National
There is no alternative to ensuring food standards to safeguard public health. The risk of various non-communicable diseases including heart disease is growing increasingly in Bangladesh due to excessive amount of trans fat in food, which is alarming. Although the government has passed the “Controlling Trans-Fatty Acid in Foodstuffs Regulation 2021” to ensure trans-fat-free food, no progress has been noticed so far in terms of its implementation. Speedy implementation of the trans-fat limiting regulation is required to safeguard public health. Speakers highlighted this information at a webinar titled “Trans-fat in food and Heart Disease Risk: Way Forward”, organized by research and advocacy organization PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) with support from Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHA...
UNOPS and WaterAid Collaborate to Propel Sustainable WASH Services in Bangladesh at SDG Cafe’s Third Episode

UNOPS and WaterAid Collaborate to Propel Sustainable WASH Services in Bangladesh at SDG Cafe’s Third Episode

Breaking News, National
Continuing the momentum of the previous ones, UNOPS Bangladesh organized another successful completion of the flagship roundtable SDG Café, an event aimed at propelling sustainable development goals in Bangladesh. With a focus on SDG 6: Bangladesh's Journey in Ensuring Access to Sustainable WASH Services. The Café participants discussed “Bangladesh's Journey in Ensuring Access to Sustainable WASH Services." The third episode took place on June 6, 2023, at the UNOPS Bangladesh premises in Dhaka. In this edition too, the SDG Café gathered key stakeholders from the Government of Bangladesh, academia/think tanks, UN agencies, INGOs, Bi-Laterals and multilateral Development partners, and policy advisors. The event fostered insightful discussions and meaningful dialogues, exploring the curren...
Samsung’s ‘Jomjomat Khushir Haat’ Eid campaign goes live with exciting offers

Samsung’s ‘Jomjomat Khushir Haat’ Eid campaign goes live with exciting offers

Breaking News, Feature
Taking upcoming Eid-ul-Adha festivities to the next level, Samsung brings super exciting offers under the campaign ‘Jomjomat Khushir Haat.’ The campaign is scheduled to run till June 30, and is set to elevate customers’ Eid preparations with lucrative discounts, cashback opportunities, exchange offers, and attractive gift box!  With Eid-ul-Adha right around the corner, Samsung brings amazing offers under the new campaign on its refrigerator, television, and washing machine models. Through the cashback offer, customers can avail up to BDT 9,000, BDT 11,000 and BDT 8,000 on the refrigerator, television and washing machine models, respectively. In the exchange offer, Samsung is also providing up to BDT 23,000 on refrigerators, up to BDT 20,000 on televisions and up to BDT 5,500 on washing ...