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Foundation training for NIPORT officers concluded at BARD

The concluding ceremony of the foundation training course for the officers of the National Institute of Population Research and Training was held at the Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development in Cumilla on Wednesday...

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British Council concludes Varendra Museum training

The British Council in partnership with the United Kingdom’s department for culture, media, and sport organised a closing ceremony for the four-month Varendra Research Museum training programme at the Varendra Research Museum in Rajshahi on Tuesday...

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Lack of quality diet causes food security concern: IFPRI director

Visiting International Food Policy Research Institute director for the poverty, gender and inclusion unit, Daniel Gilligan observed that malnutrition and lack of access to high quality diets were among the leading challenges to food security in Bangladesh...

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RDRC chair Azaz made DNCC administrator

Mohammad Azaz, the chairman of River and Delta Research Centre, was appointed as the administrator to Dhaka North City Corporation on Wednesday, with immediate effect...

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UGC holds meeting on social, behavioural change

The meeting of the management and coordination committee for conducting research on social and behavioural change and capacity building of university teachers was held at the auditorium of University Grants Commission of Bangladesh in Dhaka on Tuesday...

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Early election demanded

Politicians at a discussion in the capital Dhaka on Saturday called on the interim government headed by Professor Muhammad Yunus to declare a road map for the next general election without delay...

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Bangladesh probes spate of turtle deaths

Bangladeshi scientists are probing the deaths of more than 80 turtles found washed up on the beach over the past week, a government marine research institute said Thursday. Olive ridley sea turtles are a relatively small and abundant species found in tropical waters the world over and can live for up to 50 years in the wild.

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Improving air quality can save 81,282 lives: report

Bangladesh can save 81,282 untimely deaths by improving air quality as air pollution is responsible for roughly 1,02,456 deaths in the country annually, according to a report revealed on Saturday...

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IEDCR confirms HMVP case in Bangladesh

A case of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) has been detected in Bangladesh, according to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research.

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IBTRA begins internship programme

Islami Bank Training and Research Academy inaugurated its 161st internship programme on Tuesday, said a press release...

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Stakeholders’ workshop held at BCSIR

A stakeholders’ workshop, organised by Institute of Glass and Ceramic Research and Testing, was held at the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industry Research in Dhaka on Thursday...

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Effective measures needed to fight inflation, rising poverty

THIS is highly worrying that inflation, especially food inflation, has pushed about 10 per cent of the population, 1.78 crore people, either into poverty or at risk of poverty in 2022–2024. A Research and Policy Integration for Development study has also identified that the segment of people living in extreme poverty has increased from 5.65 per cent in 2022 to 7.95 per cent in...

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Collective efforts needed to reform food systems

Reforming food systems is feasible, but highly complex due to the multitude of stakeholders involved, said Johan Swinnen, director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute, on Tuesday...

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Govt should step up dengue prevention efforts

WITH at least 42,470 cases of hospitalisation and 214 deaths from dengue, the outbreak situation is likely to get worse this year unless the government takes urgent steps to contain the spread of the viral fever. Virologists and physicians are also concerned that the outbreak may turn more fatal this year as people are reporting their experience of being infected...

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Call for health research reforms

THE Awami League government, before its downfall on August 5, had revised the budget on June 6 allotting, Tk 414,080 million in the 2025 financial year, with a 9 per cent increase from the 2024 budget to accommodate macroeconomic challenges sucg as pandemic, price inflation and banking sector instability in banking. The health budget accounted for...

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High time for govt to act to ensure food safety

TWO pieces of research, one on fruit and the other on vegetables, have found the presence of harmful heavy metals such as lead, chromium and cadmium and pesticide residue in the produces that could expose humans to significant health risks, including cancer. The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute has carried out the research on fruit and the...

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