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Almost 40% of Bangladeshi children aged 12-59 months and many pregnant women have toxic amounts of lead in their blood, with lead exposure costing Bangladesh $28.6 billion in health-related economic losses in 2019 — about 8% of GDP.
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Bangladesh government plans comprehensive financial, technological and policy reforms, higher productivity, solar power investment and export diversification to restore economic viability of country's tea sector facing ageing plantations, rising costs and mounting loan defaults.
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Bangladesh has ranked 84th in the Global Hunger Index 2026 with a score of 19.2, placing the country in the moderate hunger category. Bangladesh ranked ahead of India and Pakistan but behind Nepal in the assessment.
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UNDP Bangladesh has linked five educational institutions with local recycling entrepreneurs to promote source-level plastic waste segregation and recycling, going beyond awareness to establish practical collection chains.
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Bangladesh State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Sultan Salauddin Tuku has promised easy-term loans for farmers to cut production costs, citing training of 850 farmers and grass imports from Australia.
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Bangladesh poultry feed prices have increased twice in one month as major raw materials became more expensive, with corn up 24%, de-oiled rice bran up 27% and soybean meal up 20%, forcing feed mills to absorb losses.
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⚡ Breaking Fertiliser subsidies consume nearly 80% of Bangladesh's agriculture budget, with rice farming getting 85-90% of support while livestock, poultry and fisheries receive almost nothing, according to CIMMYT policy note.
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⚡ Breaking Climate shocks caused Bangladesh's salt production to fall 28% below target in FY26, pushing prices up 50%. Cox's Bazar salt farmers hit hardest.
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Bangladesh's Office of the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports approved 150,000 tonnes of unrefined salt imports for 251 BSCIC mills, citing possible supply shortfall. Local salt farmers say existing stocks are sufficient for 4 months.
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⚡ Breaking Bangladesh's poultry farmers face a perfect storm of rising feed costs (maize +24%, rice bran +27%, soybean meal +14%) and falling broiler prices, with farmers receiving only Tk 135-140/kg while consumers pay Tk 180/kg.
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The Financial Express documents how Bangladesh's poultry industry has been transformed by mobile phone-based price information, with per capita egg consumption rising 145% between 2005 and 2022.
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Daily Star's S Dilip Roy reports that early cultivation on additional char land in Rangpur region has pushed up fertiliser demand, with farmers protesting and blocking roads for adequate supplies.