Add eggs to school meals to nourish every child: Farida  | News

DHAKA, Oct 10, 2025 (BSS) – Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter today urged the authorities to include eggs in the national school feeding programme, saying that eggs can play a vital role in combating malnutrition among underprivileged students. “Our school feeding programme currently provides milk, but it should also include eggs. Many children from insolvent families do not get sufficient nutrition at home. Adding eggs to school meals would significantly help improve their nutritional status,” she said. The adviser was addressing a discussion at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh (KIB) in the capital’s Farmgate area, organized by the Department of Livestock Services, the Poultry Industries Central Council, and the World’s Poultry Science Association, Bangladesh Branch, on the occasion of World...