Government Policies on Electrolyte Drinks in Bangladesh: Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has recently sued the owners of seven companies for selling five popular brands of electrolyte drink without necessary approvals. The brands are SMC Plus, Aktive Plus, Bruvana, Recharge, and Turbo. In the case filed with the Pure Food Court, arrest warrants have been issued against
Silencing the messengers: Israel’s deliberate killing of journalists in Gaza Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.
In Bangladesh in the days after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack in Israel, religious organizations, political parties, and students on university campuses, and workers' groups led a series of street protests against Israel. The same sentiments are also reflected in newspapers and columns. However, the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, which dropped Israel exclusion
Sexual abuse of 2 women in Manipur: While the incident took place in May this year, it only came to light last week when a graphic video of the women being paraded naked and then taken into a field where they were gang raped brutally went viral. Interestingly, it took the police 62 days to take any action against the perpetrators of the gang rape, though an FIR was lodged by