HealthVaccines are for adults too: flu, pneumonia, hepatitis, HPV and tetanus
Age, long-term illness and some medicines weaken immunity, so adults may need flu, pneumonia, hepatitis B, HPV and tetanus vaccines, Dr Shahnur Sharmin writes.
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Rooftop farmingReturnee migrant in Matlab earns over Tk 1 lakh a year from rooftop dragon fruit
Abu Hanif, 62, learned from YouTube and planted dragon fruit on his 1,400 sq ft roof and 6.5 decimals of yard in Matlab Dakshin, Chandpur, in 2024; he now clears more than Tk 1 lakh a year and has leased 60 more decimals.
EnvironmentCoastal water crisis and Sundarbans damage are linked, Mongla dialogue hears
Experts, forest officials and forest-dependent people at a Prothom Alo discussion in Mongla called for locally suited water technology, upkeep of existing systems and clear responsibility for protecting the Sundarbans.
Islam
The Companion who would not trade his faith: Abdullah ibn Hudhafa before the Roman emperor
Taken prisoner by the Romans in 19 AH, Abdullah ibn Hudhafa as-Sahmi refused a kingdom, arrows, hunger and a cauldron of boiling oil rather than give up Islam, and in the end won freedom for every Muslim captive.
GalleryFrom the magpie robin to a fish eagle: seven familiar birds through a student's lens
Notre Dame College student Prithu Emmanuel Gomes photographed seven familiar birds around Bangladesh; this is what Prothom Alo's photo story says about each.
EnvironmentSundarbans air holds 102 micrograms of PM2.5 against a limit of 35, study finds
The first baseline survey by CEGIS and the Arannayk Foundation found PM2.5 of 102 micrograms per cubic metre in the Sarankhola range against a national limit of 35; researchers point to dust from unloading clinker and coal.
GalleryDawn to 9am: a banana market on the banks of the Karatoya in Bogura
Between the Chelopara rail bridge and the Shah Fateh Ali bridge on the Karatoya, a small playing field turns into a banana market every morning, with Anupam, Champa, Sagar and Shabri bananas brought in from the villages and sold by 9am.
FlowersA stinging tree and a blue water flower at the Bangladesh Agricultural University
Nature writer Mokarram Hossain introduces two plants: the devil nettle, whose hairs sting for months, and the aquatic pickerelweed, which flowers blue almost all year in a pond at the Bangladesh Agricultural University museum.
IslamThe grave of the Prophet's father in Madinah, traced through the history books
Writing in Prothom Alo's seerah column, Muhammad Tajammul Haque traces the grave of Abdullah, father of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), to the house of al-Nabigha among the Banu Najjar in Madinah, an area one source says became part of al-Baqi cemetery in 1979.
Islam
Six things a believer keeps in mind when visiting someone's home as a guest
Hospitality in Islam has rules for the guest as well as the host: greeting with salam, asking first, not burdening the host, not finding fault with the food, not overstaying, and thanking the host on leaving.
OpinionSolar on tea estate land that grows no tea: economist Moinul Islam's proposal
Writing in Prothom Alo, Professor Moinul Islam says the tea association reckons only 50 to 52 percent of the land in Sylhet's 168 tea gardens can grow tea, and that solar panels on the rest could add about 10,000 MW.
OpinionWhy the Chakaria Sundarbans, lost to shrimp farms, must be restored: a column
The Chakaria Sundarbans once covered more than 21,000 acres and now has a single sundari tree; writer and journalist Khalilullah argues in Prothom Alo that mangroves and shrimp can coexist and that restoring the forest needs political will.
GalleryGlimpse: a tomato plot, betel vines, hill papayas and Padma erosion
From the photographs Prothom Alo's photographers took across the country on 10 October, a few moments from the fields, rivers and villages.