Daily life
Chattogram's Pitha: Binni Rice Pitha
How to make binni rice pitha, a Chattogram griddle cake of ground sticky rice filled with sugar and grated coconut.
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Prothom Alo
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Fruits
Saudi 'Sammam' Now Grows in the Barind
Monirul Islam, back from 16 years in Saudi Arabia, has grown the sammam melon on trial in Chapainawabganj's Barind area with promising results.
Organic
Vermicompost Makes Patiya's Sohaf Uddin Self-Reliant
A 31-year-old from Patiya in Chattogram who left school after class eight now produces three tonnes of vermicompost a month and runs a seed and fertiliser shop.
Fruits
Ghatail's Shamsul Succeeds With Orange Farming
A teacher in Ghatail, Tangail, has grown sweet China oranges on more than a hundred trees, inspiring farmers from nearby areas to plant orchards of their own.
Livestock
'Virtual Glasses' for Cows
A pilot project near Moscow is fitting cows with virtual reality headsets showing a summer pasture, to calm them and increase milk production.
Vegetables
Floating Vegetable Farming Brings Prosperity
Floating vegetable beds on 150 hectares of water have given farmers of Satla beel in Barishal's Wazirpur a new income during the flooded months.
Fruits
A Year-Round Mango at Shyamoli Park
A mango tree bearing blossom and young fruit in Dhaka's Shyamoli Park is the Thai year-round variety Katimon, which fruits three times a year.
Crops
Sugarcane Pays, and Cultivation Is Growing
Sugarcane is proving more profitable than aman paddy in Fatikchhari, and the number of growers has risen from 20-30 five years ago to over 100.
Crops
Perching Grows Popular for Pest Control in Khulna
Perching, which gives insect-eating birds places to sit in rice fields, now covers about 60 percent of Khulna's Aman land, cutting farmers' pesticide use sharply.
Fisheries
New Fish Found in the Sundarbans
A team of Bangladeshi and South Korean researchers has discovered a new species of puffer fish found only in the Sundarbans.
Daily life
Rui Fish with Cauliflower
A home recipe for rui fish cooked in a spiced curry with cauliflower and new potatoes.