Health
Floating hospital on the Brahmaputra treats char people, cataract surgery for Tk 20
Moored at Kamarjani char in Gaibandha, the Lifebuoy Friendship Hospital has served more than 816,000 patients in two decades, 48,784 of them in 2025 alone.
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CropsOn the Padma chars, women keep the seed but are left off the farmer list
On the Padma chars of Harirampur, Manikganj, women decide what is sown where and which seed is kept, yet their names are missing from land deeds, farmer lists and the new farmer card applications.
Crops
Farmer groups demand an end to solar plants on cropland and fertiliser at state price
The Krishak O Khetmojur Sangram Parishad rallied at the National Press Club demanding a stop to solar plants on cropland, enough fertiliser at the government price and rationing, and announced district protests on 5 October.
HealthWhat a handful of sunflower seeds offers, and why to add them to your diet
About 30 g of sunflower seeds gives 5 g of protein and about 3 g of fibre plus vitamin E, magnesium and unsaturated fat; they can be eaten raw or lightly roasted, but heavily salted or oily seeds are best avoided.
Health
Five habits to lower colon cancer risk: fibre, calcium and regular screening
With colon cancer rising among younger people, gastroenterologist Saurabh Sethi advises moderate coffee, calcium-rich food, cutting processed meat, more fibre and regular screening after 45.
HealthBeetroot's natural nitrate: possible benefits for blood pressure, circulation and exercise
Beetroot's natural nitrate helps the body make nitric oxide, which may support blood flow and blood-pressure control; but no single food guarantees health, and it is best eaten as part of a balanced diet.
Crops
Dinajpur farmers sell early Aman rice at a loss as paddy prices slide
In Fulbari, Dinajpur, early Aman yields 18-22 maunds a bigha, but at Tk 750-900 a maund farmers are not recovering their costs; paddy has fallen Tk 200-300 a maund in ten days.
Fisheries
Bamboo-and-net barriers in a Brahmanbaria beel block native fish and boats
Fishers in Bancharampur, Brahmanbaria, say bamboo-and-net barriers built across Bariadah beel by the leaseholder cooperative block native fish breeding and boat traffic, though lease rules forbid blocking natural flow.
Crops
Diesel rise adds up to Tk 2,500 a bigha to farming costs in Naogaon
With diesel up Tk 20 to Tk 135 a litre, Naogaon farmers reckon irrigation, tillage, threshing and transport will cost Tk 1,500-2,500 more a bigha, and fear losses in the coming Boro season.
Fisheries
Hakaluki haor water body fetches Tk 48 lakh more after rigged auction is scrapped
The first auction of Gotaura Haorkhal, the largest water body in Moulvibazar's Hakaluki haor, drew a top bid of Tk 50.5 lakh after fishers' cooperatives colluded; the administration halted it and a re-auction fetched Tk 80 lakh.
Fruits
Satkora prices double in Nabiganj as London's Sylheti diaspora buys to dry
A hali of satkora has risen from Tk 80 to Tk 180-200 in a week in Nabiganj, Habiganj; with four fruit costing GBP 20-25 in London, expatriates are buying the citrus at home and drying it to take back.
Crops
Banaripara's 200-year-old floating paddy and rice market still trades from boats
On the Sandhya river at Banaripara in Barishal, a paddy and rice market held from boats has run for about 200 years by local elders' reckoning; traders bring paddy by river from across the south and go home with rice.
Market Management
Chattogram kitchen market: vegetables up Tk 10 a kg, fish Tk 20, broiler at Tk 180-190
At Chattogram's Bahaddarhat kitchen market vegetables rose by an average Tk 10 a kg and fish by Tk 20 in a week, with broiler chicken now Tk 180-190 a kg.