RU's Gaziul Is the Only Hope for Animals on Empty Campus
A Rajshahi University employee has fed and cared for the campus's dogs, cats and birds for 16 years, a lifeline now that the campus is shut.
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A Rajshahi University employee has fed and cared for the campus's dogs, cats and birds for 16 years, a lifeline now that the campus is shut.
Traders in Rajshahi say the continuing curfew and internet shutdown are costing businesses around Tk 100 crore a day, with mangoes hit hardest.
Carrying mangoes to the big Sapahar market in Naogaon has changed the fortunes of van drivers as well as farmers.
Mangoes booked with couriers in Naogaon's Sapahar on 17 and 18 July rotted on the road during the quota movement's complete shutdown, a loss estimated at Tk 14-15 lakh.
After several years of poor catches at this time, fishermen at Digha in West Bengal have netted about seven tonnes of hilsa in a few days of the monsoon.
Two boys bitten by snakes died at Chuadanga Sadar Hospital on Thursday morning, and two other snakebite patients are under treatment there.
A simple step-by-step method for extracting pulp from ripe palm fruit at home for pitha and payesh, and for storing it all year.
The red fire ant, one of the most invasive insects, has turned up in Sicily, and researchers warn it could do great damage to farming if it spreads across Europe.
Fewer mangoes reached Naogaon's Sapahar market during the quota reform movement and curfew, and prices rose by up to Tk 1,200 a maund in a week.
A 55-year-old woman bitten by a cobra while moving retting jute in Kushtia's Khoksa caught the live snake and walked home with it before being taken to hospital.
The 65-day ban on sea fishing ended at midnight on 23 July, but rough seas and the nationwide curfew have left deep-sea fishermen on the Patuakhali coast waiting on shore.
Hilsa arrivals at Chandpur's Boro Station fish landing have picked up, but the curfew has cut transport to other districts and kept buyers away.
Repeated colds, dry skin, slow-healing wounds and joint pain can point to vitamin C deficiency in children, which vitamin C-rich foods can help.