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Daily lifeFeni municipality has just six open market sale (OMS) outlets for its 18 wards, the same number as 16 years ago; with allocations short, many low-income buyers go home empty-handed after queuing for two or three hours.
AgrotechMainul Islam, Mithun and Masum of Bholahat, Chapainawabganj, sun-dry discarded mango peel and process it in a heater machine they built themselves to make 'mango peel tea', selling at Tk 2,000 to 4,000 a kilo.
FisheriesBagerhat's 54,848 golda prawn farms need about 586 million post-larvae a year, but working hatcheries meet only 4 percent of demand; four of the district's nine hatcheries have long been closed.
EnvironmentFourteen clay kilns at an unlicensed works in Panchgargaria village, Kamalerpara union, Saghata, Gaibandha, burn wood for charcoal in the middle of crop fields; residents complain of breathing problems and damage to crops and trees.
HealthMedicine specialist Dr Ashraf Uddin Ahmed told Amar Desh's 'Hello Doctor' section that textile dyes, hydros, urea or formalin in food can raise the long-term risk of liver and oesophageal cancer.
HealthAn analysis of prescription records in Ontario, Canada, found 24 common and potentially harmful 'prescribing cascades'; cardiologist Prof Dr Mohammad Saifullah advises talking to a doctor before adding a drug for a new symptom.
OpinionIn a column for Amar Desh, agriculturist and farm journalist Dr M Abdul Momin credits BRRI's 127 rice varieties, salt-tolerant BRRI dhan117, AI-based pest and disease monitoring and 54 farm machines with a more than fourfold rise in rice output.
HealthAccording to the International Osteoporosis Foundation, one in three women and one in five men over 50 may suffer an osteoporotic fracture in their lifetime; diet, exercise and timely testing are the main defences.
Daily lifeBangladesh Bank's common QR system, Bangla QR, is planned to add person-to-person payments from 1 November, which could help with bus fares, tea bills and street purchases; cyber security and patchy networks are the main hurdles.
AgrotechSolar-powered irrigation pumps on the chars of Sariakandi in Bogura have cut farmers' diesel and electricity costs; a preliminary assessment under the SACP-RAINS project puts the saving at about Tk 9,000 a bigha.
CropsGangachara in Rangpur holds 836.20 tonnes of urea, TSP, DAP and MoP, but farmers say dealers turn them away; fields prepared for early potato, groundnut and maize stand unplanted.
Daily lifeTCB's procurement programme is worth Tk 8,000 crore this fiscal year; it says digital systems now run from beneficiary checks to delivery, while experts stress picking the right beneficiaries.
FisheriesDuring the 22-day ban to protect spawning hilsa, fish are being sold openly on the Padma bank at Zajira, Shariatpur; the upazila fisheries officer says the department has no speedboat and too few staff for regular drives.
