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Daily lifeDMTCL invited tenders on 19 October for luggage scanners and archway metal detectors to bring airport-style security checks to Dhaka's metro rail stations; how many will be bought, where they go first and when checks begin is not yet fixed.
Citing experts at UCL, Yale and Oxford in a BBC report: in healthy people glucose peaks about an hour after a meal and returns to normal within two more hours; only prolonged highs are a concern, and there is little good evidence that glucose monitors help people without diabetes.
HealthUnder the Safe Food (Registration and Licence) Regulations 2026, listed food businesses from roadside snack stalls to restaurants, bakeries, cold stores and importers must register, and packets must carry a BFSA number; first registration for 16 common categories is free.
CropsTo cut farmers' irrigation costs, Rehan Asif Asad, adviser to the posts, telecom and ICT and science and technology ministries, has told the Barind Multipurpose Development Authority to run all its deep tube wells on solar power.
OpinionIn a Dhaka Tribune column, food scientist Dr Shahidul Islam argues that because rice is washed before cooking, flour may be the practical vehicle for fortification in Bangladesh, but an up-to-date micronutrient survey must come first. The views are the writer's own.
CropsGopalganj grew jute on more land than targeted and produced 52,656 tonnes; with mills and stockists competing, prices have reached Tk 4,700 to 5,300 a maund, leaving farmers Tk 1,200 to 1,500 profit after costs.
Scientists have described an aromatic shrub with blue and white flowers, growing on rocky slopes about 2,400 metres up in Peru's Andes, as a new species and named it Salvia messii after Lionel Messi.
A UNICEF report covering ten Dutch cities finds that more than three-quarters of what 12 to 17-year-old pupils buy is unhealthy; an Amsterdam UMC study found such shops around about 94 percent of secondary schools.
Daily lifeHarvard Health Publishing's advice: listen closely, repeat what you heard in your own words, read or work somewhere quiet, and do one thing at a time.
FisheriesA 250 kW system at Ocean Hatchery in Shyamnagar, built by Saima Power Engineering and Genixgreen Bangladesh, should make 60,000-70,000 units a month; the panels fold aside so tanks can be sun-dried, and surplus power goes to the grid.
HealthUniversity of Tokyo researchers report in Nature Cell Biology that hair-pigment stem cells with serious DNA damage turn into mature pigment cells and drop out, greying the hair; under other signals the same cells survive and can raise melanoma risk.
EnvironmentFrom 1 November 2026 to 31 January 2027, half of Delhi's office staff will work from home, non-BS-VI vehicles from outside will face entry limits and construction will be curbed, under India's winter pollution plan.
Chattogram WASA will build Karnaphuli Water Treatment Plant Project-3 at Sarafbhata in Rangunia to produce 100 million litres of treated water a day, using the second plant's existing pipeline to reach the city.
