Cooking
Four meat dishes: beef mutha kebab, kala bhuna, beef with stems and smoked mutton
Israt Jahan's recipes for beef mutha kebab, kala bhuna, beef cooked with vegetable stems and charcoal-smoked leg of mutton, with ingredients and steps.
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Islam
A good word is charity: Islam's teaching on how we speak at home and beyond
The Prophet (peace be upon him) called a good word charity. A teacher at Madrasatud Dawah, Aminur Rahman Narail, writes on speaking to children, family and those we correct, and on the worth of silence.
Islam
Daughters are a mercy from Allah: what the Quran and hadith say
The Quran condemns dismay at the birth of a daughter, and the Prophet (peace be upon him) promised his closeness on the Day of Judgement to whoever raises two daughters to adulthood.
Islam
Whom the Prophet called wise: the one who takes account of himself
A hadith in Tirmidhi calls wise the person who holds himself to account and works for the life after death, and helpless the one who follows his desires while hoping in vain for Allah's forgiveness.
Health
Dhaka University reporters seek a tobacco-free campus; pro-VC urges checks on sales
At a Dhaka University Journalists' Association and DORP dialogue, speakers demanded enforcement of the amended tobacco control law on campus; the pro-vice-chancellor called for monitoring of tobacco sales in halls and shops.
Crops
Light traps help Lalmonirhat farmers spot aman pests and cut needless pesticide
Lalmonirhat Sadar's agriculture office sets light traps, a lamp over a pan of soapy or kerosene water, across nine unions and the municipality every week and advises spraying only after counting the pests caught.
EnvironmentSand trucks' road blocked its mouth: Netrokona's Atrakhali river now a sandbank
The mouth of the Atrakhali, a branch of the Someshwari in Netrokona, was sealed by a road for sand trucks, leaving the river a sandbank, riverside fields without irrigation and native fish gone.
CropsPlant once, harvest again: Abed Chowdhury's Panchabrihi rice yields 19 tonnes a hectare
Scientist Abed Chowdhury says his Panchabrihi rice gave one boro and two aus crops from a single planting, 19 tonnes a hectare in all, and that a shade-tolerant rice for growing under solar panels is on trial.
EnvironmentThe harmless rat snake guards crops from rats; do not mistake it for the krait
The rat snake is harmless and a farmer's friend, while the night-roaming common krait is deadly; writer Almas Tahmid explains how to tell them apart.
Environment
15,000 saplings and palm seeds in 18 years: one man's joy in planting trees
Since 2008 Zobayer Ahmed Khan Opu has planted about 15,000 saplings and palm seeds across Tangail, Gazipur, Dhaka, Dinajpur, Sylhet and Sunamganj.
IslamThe heart in the Quran: from the sound and tranquil to the sealed heart
Mufti Mahbub Hasan draws on the Quran and hadith to describe the states of the human heart and why Islam stresses keeping it pure.
Fisheries
PSTU opens fluorescence labs to test seafood quality and microplastics in minutes
Patuakhali Science and Technology University has opened two labs using fluorescence fingerprinting and chemometrics to check the freshness, adulteration and microplastic content of fish and seafood in seconds to minutes.
HealthRabies risk for vets and health workers: pre-exposure jabs and quick action
People who work with animals face a higher risk of rabies, writes Professor Md Ahsanul Haque of CVASU's One Health Institute; pre-exposure vaccination, protective gear, washing wounds at once and vaccinating dogs are the defence.