CookingPotol chingri dolma: pointed gourd stuffed with spiced shrimp
Hollowed pointed gourds are filled with small shrimp cooked in a cashew, poppy seed and mustard paste, lightly fried and simmered in a spiced gravy, in a recipe by Shahnaz Setu.
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EnvironmentThe lesser adjutant, once common across Bangladesh, is fading away
Seen almost everywhere three or four decades ago, the lesser adjutant stork now survives in a few pockets of the Sundarbans, Chapainawabganj and Thakurgaon, writes Professor Tuhin Wadud, who urges protection of its habitat.
GalleryFog arrives early on autumn mornings across Bangladesh's north
It is still sharat, yet fog is settling over many parts of the country at dawn, most of all in the north; a Prothom Alo picture story from Panchagarh, Rangpur, Pabna, Naogaon and Sajek.
HealthA surgeon who thought her breast lump was harmless on what cancer taught her
Sharmin Akter, an associate professor of plastic surgery at NITOR, writes that she left her own lump after a reassuring FNAC; cancer-free after seven months of treatment, she now insists on core biopsy and a tumour board.
GalleryChhatim blossoms scent Sylhet's evenings as the seasons turn
Hemanta is still about 15 days away, yet chhatim trees across Sylhet are in flower, and after dusk their sweet scent drifts through the city's lanes.
CropsMeherpur farmers short of DAP and TSP as aman and winter vegetables collide
Meherpur's aman and winter vegetables need about 3,656 tonnes of DAP and TSP, but September's allocation was 2,197 tonnes, and farmers queue at dealers without getting what they need.
Islam
Is sympathy for wronged women partiality? What Islamic ethics says
Deep compassion for oppressed women is not the tribal partisanship Islam forbids, Prothom Alo's religion desk explains from hadith and classical scholars; what is forbidden is backing one's own group in wrongdoing.
CropsRaw jute trade is brisk at Chatmohar's markets, but jute acreage is shrinking
Farmers from the Chalan Beel area bring jute by boat, van and truck to Chatmohar's weekly markets, where fibre length and colour set the price; lower prices and demand than before are cutting cultivation.
HealthCardiac rehabilitation: getting back to normal life after a heart attack or bypass
Physical medicine specialist Sakib Al Nahiyan explains how a medically supervised cardiopulmonary rehabilitation programme breaks the cycle of fear and weakness after a heart attack, a stent or bypass surgery.
LivestockPabna's Sharatnagar cattle market buzzes with trade twice a week
Farmers and traders from neighbouring districts come to Bhangura's Sharatnagar market on Saturdays and Wednesdays for local cattle, buffalo, goats and sheep; cattle once came by boat on the Baral, now by minitruck and pickup.
IslamFive lessons from the Quran and Hadith for a happy marriage
Couples living under one roof are drifting apart; Muhammad Muhsin Mashkur draws on Surah Ar-Rum, An-Nisa and Al-Baqarah and the sayings of the Prophet (peace be upon him) for five ways to strengthen a marriage.
FisheriesChalan Beel's native fish reach the city through Chatmohar's dawn markets
Puti, shing, magur and taki caught overnight in Kuruliya beel are sold at dawn in Chatmohar and carried by traders to city markets, but blocked canals, water hyacinth and pesticide run-off are cutting the beel's fish.
CropsInternational Coffee Day: the long road from coffee cherry to your cup
About 25 million households, most of them smallholders in developing countries, grow around 80 per cent of the world's coffee; the value chain from picking the cherries to green coffee, export and roasting.