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CookingChicken marinated for 30 minutes in yoghurt, lemon and spices, served over lettuce, tomato, cucumber, capsicum, olives and cheese: a filling salad to make at home.
CookingSix pieces of hilsa from the freezer and 200 grams of aubergine, tempered with nigella seeds and green chillies, make a light curry for dinner, in a recipe from cook Afroza Khanam Mukta.
OpinionWriting in Ajker Patrika, banker and economics writer Shoeb Shamyo Siddique notes inflation of 8.34 percent against wage growth of 7.90 percent and urges households to set savings aside first and keep three to six months of expenses for emergencies.
CropsGaibandha targets maize on 18,000 hectares across 165 chars this season, but farmers say dealers cannot supply the urea they need and many pay Tk 400-500 more a sack elsewhere; the extension office says warehouses hold enough.
OpinionWriting in Ajker Patrika, agriculturist and environment specialist Mrityunjoy Roy argues that rewilding is a simple path to restoring nature and that Bangladesh should consider such projects. The views are the writer's own.
Aman planting in Noakhali was set back a month by early heavy rain; now drought has dried out paddy on thousands of acres in Subarnachar, Sadar and Companiganj before the grain set.
CropsNikkei Asia reports that Sonam Jam Pop of Paro and Pasang Om of Bajo draw thousands of viewers with their daily farm work as Bhutan's young people leave the villages.
Daily lifeFrom windows, heaters and carpets to bathroom steam, sunning quilts and emptying bins, Ajker Patrika’s feature desk suggests how to keep dust and damp out of a closed-up winter home.
CookingOnion, mushrooms, mint and rosemary are cooked down, thickened with cornstarch, seasoned with soy sauce and mustard, simmered with broth and potatoes and finished with kidney beans and milk; it keeps 3-4 days chilled.
FisheriesMuch of the hilsa landed at Charfasson's Samraj landing after the ban had rotted; one fisher said his crew went to sea before 8 October and fished for all 22 days.
HealthMeasles cases in Pennsylvania have passed 1,350 this year with five deaths; Lancaster County, home to the largest Amish population in the US, is the centre of the country's worst outbreak in 35 years.
Dr Somen Chowdhury, a neurologist at Evercare Hospital Chattogram, cites the 2026 American Heart Association and American Stroke Association guideline: get a stroke patient to a suitable hospital the moment symptoms appear.
OpinionIn Ajker Patrika, Tanzim Hossain writes that Dhaka's green and open space fell from 53.11 to 29.85 square kilometres between 2015 and 2023, and that only enforced master plans and tough laws against encroachment can turn things round. The views are the writer's own.
