Food supply

‘Market has no food scarcity, rather problem is in supply chain’

Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun says

The vulnerable need food support

Why cut back on public food distribution programmes when they are needed the most?

PM steps in to ensure smooth food supply

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday instructed Bangladesh Bank to intervene if any bank faced a dollar shortage while opening letters of credit for importing food, fertiliser and other agricultural inputs to ensure uninterrupted food supply.

UNDP provides $1.5m to help the urban poor stay home

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with support from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and Bangladesh government, is rolling out $1.5 million in emergency food support for 50,000 extremely poor urban families.

Low-income people to get food support countrywide: ministry

Government has taken an initiative to provide food assistance to those who have lost their means of daily income, due to the ongoing 10-day shutdown.

Food supply gets more challenging

UN food agency sees tough days ahead as it struggles to raise funds for continuing food support for over 800,000 Rohingyas amid conflicts in various parts of the world.

March 27, 2023
March 27, 2023

‘Market has no food scarcity, rather problem is in supply chain’

Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun says

January 25, 2023
January 25, 2023

The vulnerable need food support

Why cut back on public food distribution programmes when they are needed the most?

November 7, 2022
November 7, 2022

PM steps in to ensure smooth food supply

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday instructed Bangladesh Bank to intervene if any bank faced a dollar shortage while opening letters of credit for importing food, fertiliser and other agricultural inputs to ensure uninterrupted food supply.

April 7, 2020
April 7, 2020

UNDP provides $1.5m to help the urban poor stay home

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with support from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and Bangladesh government, is rolling out $1.5 million in emergency food support for 50,000 extremely poor urban families.

March 30, 2020
March 30, 2020

Low-income people to get food support countrywide: ministry

Government has taken an initiative to provide food assistance to those who have lost their means of daily income, due to the ongoing 10-day shutdown.

November 9, 2017
November 9, 2017

Food supply gets more challenging

UN food agency sees tough days ahead as it struggles to raise funds for continuing food support for over 800,000 Rohingyas amid conflicts in various parts of the world.