Environment
Snake Given Chemotherapy in a First for Cancer Treatment
Chester Zoo in the UK has used electrochemotherapy for the first time to treat cancer in a 15ft python, a treatment it believes has never before been given to a snake.
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Environment
Officer Dies During Snake-Catching Demonstration
A Malaysian civil defence officer has died after being bitten by a king cobra while demonstrating snake-catching techniques at a community event in Temerloh.
Vegetables
Ever Tried a Spicy Shrimp Pickle? Here's the Recipe
A spicy shrimp pickle, made at home with a handful of ingredients, makes a different accompaniment to rice or khichuri.
Bangladesh
New Food Minister Calls for Visible Change in Food Ministry's Work
Newly appointed Food Minister Afroza Khanam has called for visible change in the food ministry through greater transparency, accountability and efficiency, and for food programmes to reach genuine beneficiaries.
Environment
Young Man Dies of Snakebite in Sherpur; Family Alleges Negligence in Treatment
A 20-year-old college student died after a snakebite in Sherpur, and his family blames doctors at the district hospital for not giving antivenom in time, which the hospital denies.
Agrotech
Can Technology Protect Bangladesh's Farmers From Lightning?
With lightning deaths rising, the writer argues that lightning arrester towers in haor fields would protect farmers far sooner than planting palm trees.
Livestock
What Happens to Your Body If You Eat a Rotten Egg?
Eating a rotten or contaminated egg can cause food poisoning, so it pays to know simple ways of telling whether an egg is fresh.
Crops
Kamal Sheikh Succeeds With Super Hot Chilli on 10 Decimals of Land
A trial plot of super hot chilli on just 10 decimals of land in Kaliganj, Gazipur, has brought farmer Kamal Sheikh a good harvest and good market prices, and he plans to expand next season.
Agribusiness
Fish Bought as a Gift for Kuwait to Be Sold at Auction
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh will auction 20 tonnes of prawns, shrimp and pomfret it bought as a gift for the Kuwaiti government after flight problems stopped the shipment.
Environment
Together We Will Make Dhaka a Green City: DNCC Administrator
Dhaka North City Corporation administrator Shafiqul Islam Khan, launching a tree planting programme in Uttara, said the city will be made clean and green with everyone's cooperation.
Agrotech
What Does AI Have in Common With Dogs?
Thinking about how artificial intelligence will change society, it helps to recall an older technology, the dog, and two new books by Daron Acemoglu and Jill Lepore on the risks and choices ahead.
Cooking
Make Tasty Pitha With a Hand Fan: An Easy Recipe
An ordinary hand fan can be used to print patterns on dough and make pakha pitha, a fried, syrup-soaked patterned pitha.
Agrotech
The Technology That Could Change the Future of Farming in Bangladesh
The AI-based platform Dr. Chashi, used with about 100,000 farmers since 2020, lets farmers photograph a diseased crop, get a likely diagnosis and act before reaching for pesticide.