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CropsDepartment of Agricultural Extension figures show coffee imports rising from 264 tonnes in 2012 to 1,745 tonnes in 2025, while commercial coffee farming has spread from the three hill districts to Tangail, Rangpur and Nilphamari.
FisheriesDaily hilsa arrivals at Barishal's Port Road landing rose from 75 to 160 maunds in a week and prices fell by Tk 14,000 to Tk 30,000 a maund; fishers and traders want the 8-29 October ban pushed back by at least 10 days.
HealthBangladesh now has more than 16.6 million people over 60; on the International Day of Older Persons, physician Shamima Sharmin says a regular routine, protein-rich food, family time and a slip-free home keep them well alongside their medicines.
HealthSevere periodontitis raises the risk of coronary heart disease by 25 per cent and more than doubles stroke risk in large studies; dentist Syed Atiqur Rahman advises brushing twice a day and a gum check twice a year.
GalleryWith dengue patients' families buying malta, imported malta sells for Tk 480 to Tk 500 and local malta for Tk 120 to Tk 130 in Chattogram's retail markets; a photo story from the fruit shops of Kadamtali, Station Road and New Market.
GalleryGood jute prices in Rangpur, a boat loaded with pomelos in Rangamati, cauliflower grown between banana plants in Bogura and morning fog in the north: a day of fields, markets and nature through Prothom Alo's photographers.
GalleryAfter days of rain, drops cling to balsam, allamanda, crepe jasmine and periwinkle and to the flowers of lemon, bitter gourd and chilli in Rangamati: a photo story by Prothom Alo's Supriyo Chakma.
GalleryDays of intense heat in the capital have left birds uncomfortable too; on 29 September Prothom Alo photographed a flock of kites bathing in the pond at Suhrawardy Udyan.
Dr Sharadindu Shekhar Roy writes that chest pressure, breathlessness or fatigue on less exertion than before should be checked, not put down to age.
IslamPerforming wudu before going to bed is a practice the Prophet taught his Companions; writer Ahmad Sabbir explains its meaning in Prothom Alo, drawing on a hadith in Sahih Muslim.
Daily lifeAn automatic pill dispenser sounds an alarm or flashes a light and releases the right dose at the set time, and some send a text to a relative when a dose is missed; in Bangladesh they cost Tk 3,000 to Tk 20,000, Prothom Alo reports.
GalleryOn 30 September Prothom Alo's photographers found fishermen on Kaptai Lake in Rangamati, cauliflower fields and egrets in Shibganj, Bogura, lotus and a black-hooded oriole in Pabna and carambola blossom in Moulvibazar.
EnvironmentKnown in Bangladesh as a planted tree, the pabon jhau (Casuarina equisetifolia) has seeded itself into a wild stand at Ichhakhali in Mirsharai, nature writer Mokarram Hossain reports.
