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HealthDrawing on the US National Cancer Institute, Banglavision lists BRCA1 and BRCA2, Lynch syndrome and multigene panel tests for assessing hereditary cancer risk; a BRCA test usually costs Tk 20,000-30,000 in Bangladesh, and a positive result does not mean cancer.
IslamExercise to stay healthy and fit is in principle permissible, Banglavision's religion desk explains from the Qur'an and hadith, provided the awrah is covered, obligatory prayers are not neglected, modesty is kept and harmful supplements are avoided.
Aflatoxin has been found in 135 tonnes of rice imported from India at the Halishahar central storage depot in Chattogram; first passed as fit to eat, the rice was retested by BRRI scientists after warehouse staff objected, and a committee has been formed for further tests.
FruitsAbout 20 per cent of Chuadanga's 272,000 date palms are already prepared for tapping; the agriculture department has set a target of 2,700 tonnes of date palm jaggery this season.
HealthGiardia duodenalis turned up in 6.3 percent of more than 157,000 faecal samples from pet cats in the US and Canada, and 18.5 percent of the positive samples carried strains that can infect humans.
HealthSOPHiA Genetics and Myriad Genetics have agreed to work together on PrGIS, a biomarker that measures genomic instability in prostate cancer cells, to test it in clinical trials and make it available in local laboratories around the world.
AgrotechHasibur Rahman Khan, a student at Khwaja Yunus Ali University, built a robot that moves through a field on its own, measures soil moisture and nutrients, applies fertiliser and uses an AI camera to find crop disease and weeds; it cost about Tk 65,000.
IslamBuilt up by the Nasrid dynasty on a hill in Granada in the 13th and 14th centuries, the Alhambra is known for its Arabic calligraphy, geometric ornament, Court of the Lions and its water and gardens; it has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1984.
Rooftop farmingGacher Daktar (Tree Doctor), an AI app built by Khulna University agrotechnology student Adnan Shah Abir, reads a photo of a diseased leaf or fruit and returns the disease, its cause and a prescription, and takes questions by voice.
FruitsAt an Export Promotion Bureau training in Manikchhari, Khagrachari, EPB chief Mohammad Hasan Arif said hill produce cannot be exported without quality production, and that no charge beyond official tolls is acceptable on the road to the plains.
A shed of polythene, iron and bamboo shields seedlings from heavy rain, harsh sun, cold and pests and controls heat and humidity; in Tangail, Ariful Islam grows early winter vegetable seedlings in coconut-fibre cocopeat instead of soil.
EnvironmentA verditer flycatcher, a winter migrant, has been seen on remote Char Bijoy off Kuakata; the Forest Department says the 230-acre island hosts 8-10 bird species and red crabs but lacks staff and boats to patrol it.
Forest officials rescued a leopard cat that strayed into a house in Islampur on Saturday and released it in the Alutila reserved forest; a conservationist says it looked unwell and should have been observed first.
