Baby Nazneen's mother Abida Mansur passed away. She was 75 when she died. She breathed her last at a hospital in the capital on Thursday (April 18th) while undergoing treatment at CCU.  Baby Nazneen's brother Enam Sarkar confirmed the death of his mother. "My mother had been suffering from some complications including kidney disease for a long time. She had been under treatment at home and hospital for several years. Before the last Eid, my mothers's physical condition became more serious. Since then, mom was being treated at the hospital."

A recent study by Public Eye, a Swiss investigative organisation, and IBFAN (International Baby Food Action Network) found the presence of high levels of sugar in Nestlé's baby food sold in underdeveloped and developing countries around the world. This terrible information was revealed when samples of the company’s baby food products sold in Asia, Africa and Latin America were sent to a Belgian laboratory for testing. Cerelac and Nido are very popular among Nestle’s baby foods in different countries of the world including Bangladesh. Terrible information has revealed about these two products that are among the most sold. A study by Public Eye and IBFAN, found the presence of high levels of sugar in Nestle’s baby food sold in underdeveloped and developing countries around the world. However, no added sugar is added to the same baby food sold by Nestle in the UK, Switzerland and other developed countries. According to the Public Eye report, Nestle does not use extra sugar marketed in Switzerland, but it is adding additional sugar to developing and poor countries in Asia, including Bangladesh, India, Thailand. This is a violation of international principles on the prevention of obesity and chronic diseases.

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, are the proud parents of a new baby boy. The baby, who has not yet been named, is seventh in line for the British throne and is Queen Elizabeth II's eighth great-grandchild. It is the first child for Harry and Meghan, who married a year ago.  Harry spoke before cameras on Monday afternoon. The duchess is a 37-year-old retired American actress formerly known as Meghan Markle. The 34-year-old prince is the son of Prince Charles — next in line for the throne — and Princess Diana, who died in a Paris car crash in 1997. Harry has long spoken of his desire to start a family. Prince Harry's wife Meghan went into labor early Monday with their first child, Buckingham Palace said. Palace officials didn't immediately say where Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is giving birth. She was formerly known as Meghan Markle and was a TV star before retiring from acting to marry Harry. Officials said the prince was by Meghan's side. No other details were released. The couple has said they didn't find out the baby's sex in advance. The infant will be seventh in line to the British throne and Queen Elizabeth II's eighth great-grandchild. Harry is the younger son of Prince Charles, the next in line to the throne, and the late Princess Diana, who died in a Paris car crash in 1997. The child will be eligible for dual British-U.S. citizenship if Meghan and Harry want to go through the application process. Harry and Meghan married at St. George's Chapel on the grounds of Windsor Castle a year ago this month. In April, they moved from a house on the London grounds of Kensington Palace to Frogmore Cottage, which is near Windsor Castle, where they held their gala, VIP-studded wedding reception. Journalists and well-wishers have camped out for days in Windsor, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) west of London, awaiting the baby's arrival. Kensington Palace has said the new parents don't plan to pose for a photograph or appear in public with their baby for several days so they can celebrate privately. Meghan, a California native, had a starring role on the American TV series "Suits." She had a previous marriage that ended in divorce and has strong feminist views. As the daughter of a black mother and a white father, she says she identifies as biracial. Harry, who has said he wanted to protect his wife from intrusive media coverage, and Meghan have said they plan to keep many of the details of the birth private. Source: AP AH

An MP of United Kingdom who delayed her caesarean section and turned up to parliament in a wheelchair to vote against Theresa May's Brexit deal has given birth to a baby boy. Tulip Siddiq, Labor MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, delayed the birth of her baby this week because she would have been unable to vote in Tuesday's meaningful vote had she not been physically present in Westminster. Tulip Siddiq is also the niece of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.  She returned to the House of Commons again on Wednesday night to be counted in the confidence vote against the government. "Tulip Siddiq and Chris Percy are proud to welcome Raphael Mujib StJohn Percy to the world. He was born on 9.59am on 17 Jan 2019, weighing 6 pounds 6.9 ounces," she said in a statement to BuzzFeed News. "We are extremely grateful to the doctors, nurses, midwives and staff at the Royal Free hospital for their brilliant work and for looking after our son so well." Siddiq was advised by doctors to give birth by caesarean section earlier this week after developing gestational diabetes, but asked medics to delay her child's birth by two days so that she would be able to vote. She said she wanted to vote in person because she did not trust the pairing system, which matches up absent MPs from opposing sides so that their votes effectively cancel each other out. Ahead of Tuesday's vote, which resulted in a crushing defeat for the prime minister, Siddiq tweeted: "My decision to delay my baby's birth is not one I take lightly. "Let me be clear, I have no faith in the pairing system - in July the Govt stole the vote of a new mother. It's my duty to represent Hampstead & Kilburn, and I will do just that." Whips agreed that she could be "nodded through" to vote again on Wednesday night – a process designed for members in special circumstances, such as when they are ill or have a small child with them. Siddiq said she received personal assurances from the prime minister that her vote would be counted. "I went through the division lobby in a wheelchair last night because pairing is broken, there is no proxy voting, and I wanted my vote recorded," she tweeted. "Nodding through is not ideal, I will still have to travel to Parliament and wait for whips to check I am present even though I am giving birth tomorrow. The UK is in chaos and, clearly, much greater issues face the country, but Parliament needs dragging into the 21st century ASAP." Source: Buzz Feed. AH

RAB mobile court has awarded two years imprisonment each to four businessmen over allegation of marketing expired baby foods by filling those in new packets at Shashanghat under Lalbag fort bazaar area in the capital on Sunday. Executive Magistrate of the mobile court Sarwar Alam delivered the verdict while conducting the drive from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm.   During the drive, proprietors of Siam Enterprise Mir Hossain and Saiful Islam, proprietor of Ratan Traders Mohammad Ratan and proprietor of Humayun Enterprise Imam Hossain Sumon were awarded two years imprisonment. The shops and warehouses were sealed and 1100 sacks of expired baby foods were seized from there. Executive Magistrate Sarwar Alam said, it is a matter of sorrow that the businessmen do such things for benefit and greed. We have found children’s favorite foods such as chips, noodles, milk power which expired in 2016. The businessmen are marketing those after repacking. This type of drive will continue, the magistrate said. RAB-10 took part in the drive and BSTI assisted the team. AH

Donald Trump flops over his pink and white baby walker and rolls it around his family's modest home in Kabul, blissfully unaware of the turmoil his ‘infidel’ name is causing in the deeply conservative Muslim country. The rosy-cheeked toddler's parents named him after the billionaire US President in the hope of replicating his success. But now he is at the centre of a social media firestorm in Afghanistan after a photo of his ID papers was posted on Facebook. A self-confessed fan of the American tycoon turned leader of the free world, Sayed Assadullah Pooya said he and his wife have been inundated with ‘vulgar and insulting’ comments attacking their choice of name for their third child. Some Facebook users have gone as far as threatening to kill Sayed for giving his son an ‘infidel name’, while others have accused him of endangering the boy's life. There are even suggestions Sayed is using the moniker to wangle asylum in the United States -- a charge the 28-year-old teacher vehemently denies. ‘I didn't know at the beginning that Afghan people would be so sensitive about a name,’ Sayed told AFP, as Donald played with a music app on his father's smartphone in their carpeted room. Sayed says someone posted the picture online, sparking the controversy that forced him to close his Facebook account. Even Sayed's neighbors in the heavily Shiite area of Kabul where they live have threatened the family and told them to leave. ‘When I go out of the house I feel intimidated,’ he said. Inspired by Trump Donald was born in the central province of Daikundi, a few months before the 2016 US presidential election, on the farm where Sayed's parents and grandparents grew almonds, wheat and corn. Sayed was inspired to call his son Donald Trump after reading the Persian language versions of the businessman's books, including ‘How to get rich’, which he borrowed from the local library. ‘I did a lot of research about him and that motivated me to choose his name for my son,’ he explained. He hopes his son will ‘be as successful’, adding that photos of the older Trump already make his younger namesake ‘happy’. But bemusement turned to anger when Sayed's parents realized the couple were serious about the name. As relations broke down the young family moved to Kabul, and they are now estranged from their relatives. Their life could not be more different from the one enjoyed by their son's namesake, who divides his time between the White House and his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. The family of five is squeezed into a spartan room overlooking a small courtyard and outdoor bathroom, which they rent for 2,000 Afghanis (30 US dollars) a month. Beyond their metal front gate is a warren of dirt lanes barely wide enough for a car, mud-brick houses and putrid open drains. A few blocks from their house several drug addicts loll on a grassy strip in the middle of a busy road injecting themselves or sleeping off a hit. During the interview, Sayed's wife Jamila washed the family's dirty clothes in a small machine outside while keeping an eye on the couple's daughter Fatima (9), and eldest son Karim (8). Despite the controversy Donald's parents have not broken the law by giving their son an un-Islamic name, according to Rohullah Ahmadzai, a senior advisor at the Population Registration Office in Kabul. He said they have the legal right ‘to name their children whatever they want’ -- even after American presidents. While Sayed is worried about his family's safety, particularly Donald's, he remains stubbornly unrepentant. ‘It's likely... that he will be harassed or beaten by his classmates,’ he said matter of factly. ‘I won't reconsider (his name). To hell with the other people.’ Source: AFP AH