Frozen food exports keep growing
Braving economic meltdown throughout the world, the country’s frozen food export sector posted a 7.56 per cent growth in the first seven months of the current fiscal over the same period a year earlier. According to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), the sector fetched $ 413.32 million during July -January against 384.27 million during the [...]
The World Bank has warned developing countries they need to be prepared for shocks as global economic growth slows. The organisation has slashed its growth forecasts, and is now predicting a 0.3% contraction for the eurozone in 2012. “Developing countries need to evaluate their vulnerabilities and prepare for further shocks, while there is still time,” [...]
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The Bangladesh government is looking near and far – from Ukraine to South Sudan – to bolster food security at home, according to the ministry of food and disaster management. “Whether from the public sector or the private sector, the government of Bangladesh is fully behind any attempts to seek out unused land beyond its [...]
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Bangladesh’s hilsa fish export to India may be hampered by a recent move by the Paschimbanga government of India, which sought duty free access of the fish from Myanmar to India. According to a recent report of Indian Bangla daily Anandabazar Patrika, Paschimbanga Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee last week requested India’s Central Commerce Minister Anada [...]
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The celebration of the Islamic holiday of Eid-ul-Adha is a reminder of whole-animal food preparation, an essential process throughout the developing world that is enjoying a renaissance in modern American dining. Eid-ul-Adha – or Bakra Eid (Eid of the goat) as we called it – is a day on which Muslims around the world sacrifice [...]
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The world watched as two boats carrying food aid bound for Gaza are stopped and boarded by IDF navy in History-Repeats-Itself manner. According to reports, The Canadian Tahrir and Irish Saoirse were boarded after they failed to heed Israeli instructions to stop their progress towards Gaza. According to the IDF, nobody was injured during the boarding of the boats. As [...]
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By INDRANI SEN Published: November 1, 2011 LAURENCE EDELMAN is not a chef who looks often to Asia for culinary inspiration. Emily Berl for The New York Times, Mustard oil in use at Neerob restaurant. Recipes “I’m not the kind of guy that’s out there looking for the exotic,” said Mr. Edelman, who opened his [...]
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By DAVE COOK October 3, 2011 Source; NYTIMES.COM Mohammed Rahman’s fish dishes, lentils and pakoras draw people to Neerob in Parkchester, the Bronx. GOOD Bangladeshi cooking is hard to come by in New York. Though “Bangladesh” is stamped on many menus, too often these are passports to food from other parts of the subcontinent. [...]
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