THE Global Hunger Index 2024, published by Welthungerhilfe, Germany based non-profit and non-governmental aid agency, provides an important snapshot of the global state of hunger and malnutrition. This year鈥檚 findings reflect both progress and stagnation. While some nations inch closer to the Sustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger by 2030, others...
A group of female students of Dhaka University staged a sit-in and a symbolic hunger strike in front of the vice-chancellor鈥檚 residence on Monday morning, demanding accommodation facilities...
Students of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh on Thursday night withdrew their hunger strike after the university authorities agreed to take measures regarding their demands.
Students of the University Of Liberal Arts Bangladesh on Thursday began hunger strike, demanding resignation of vice-chancellor Imran Rahman...
UN food agencies warned Thursday of deadly hunger levels in 16 鈥榟unger hotspots鈥� in coming months, with the Palestinian territories, Sudan and South Sudan, Mali and Haiti of most concern.
A group of students went on hunger strike on Thursday demanding immediate arrest of identified attackers during the student-led mass uprising that forced Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India.
Bangladesh having slipped three notches in the Global Hunger Index 2024, based on 2019鈥�2023 data, shows that the development model pursued and trumpeted by the toppled Awami League government ignored people鈥檚 most basic necessities. The index, prepared by two European non-governmental organisations and made public on October 11, has...
MANY war stories end with hunger wreaking havoc on significant portions of a population. In Christian theology, the Biblical 鈥榝our horses of the apocalypse,鈥� believed by...
Grassroots politicians at a convention on Saturday called for keeping space for dialogue in politics to avoid conflict for unity and solidarity among all political parties...
A Thai rights activist detained on royal defamation charges died on Tuesday while on hunger strike in custody, the kingdom鈥檚 department of...
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 on Wednesday...
LIKE all living creatures, people need to eat to live. Some people, eaten from within by a demonic force, try to deny others this basic sustenance. All across the...