Fruits
An Easy Recipe for Green Mango Pickle
Homemade green mango pickle avoids the extra sugar and preservatives of shop-bought jars and keeps for at least a year if stored properly.
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Agribusiness
Crops
Groundnut Farming on the Rise in Nilphamari
Nilphamari farmers are growing more groundnut this season, drawn by low costs, few diseases and good market prices.
Crops
Fields Full of Paddy, but Haor Farmers Worry About Prices
Despite a good boro harvest in Sunamganj's haors, farmers fear the paddy price will not cover the higher costs of fertiliser, pesticide and labour.
Crops
Maize Farming Rises in Kurigram's Char Areas
Maize cultivation in Kurigram's char areas has grown by 1,220 hectares this season as farmers turn to a crop that costs less and earns more than paddy.
Crops
Coffee and Cashew Show Promise in the Folds of the Hills
The government's coffee and cashew project has planted 25 lakh saplings in the Chattogram hill districts, some already fruiting, while IMED has ordered lost saplings replaced.
Crops
Bumper Watermelon Yield in Shyamnagar, Satkhira
Farmers in five unions of Shyamnagar are getting good yields and prices for watermelon grown after paddy, arriving just as supplies from other regions run low.
Crops
Shwapno Starts Selling Cucumbers 'Cheaper' Than the Open Market
Retail chain Shwapno says it is buying cucumbers from farmers at fair prices after wholesale rates fell to Tk 2-4 a kg, and selling them below open-market prices.
Vegetables
Zero-Tillage Potatoes Bring Higher Profits in Patuakhali
Potato farming without tillage is spreading in Patuakhali, where seed tubers are laid on soft soil after Aman and covered with straw, cutting costs and beating salinity.
Crops
Bumper Watermelon Yield on the Banks of the Bishkhali River
Watermelons have been grown on about 120 bighas of Bishkhali river char land in Rajapur, Jhalakathi, and farmers have begun selling them at good prices.
Fruits
The Mistake After Eating Watermelon That Can Leave You Bloated
Watermelon is rich in water and nutrients, but drinking plenty of water right after eating it can leave the stomach bloated.
Crops
Commercial Sunflower Farming Grows in Mirsharai
Farmers in Mirsharai upazila of Chattogram expect a bumper sunflower harvest, and the agriculture office says low costs will draw more growers to the crop.
Agribusiness
Kashvi Enterprise's Pet Bird Licence to Stay Cancelled
The Appellate Division's chamber judge has kept in force the cancellation of Kashvi Enterprise's licence over birds imported outside its no-objection certificate and 65 undocumented pet birds.
Crops
Local Fruit Meets Extra Ramadan Demand
Year-round farming of local fruit is meeting much of Bangladesh's extra Ramadan demand as dearer imports push buyers to cheaper home-grown fruit.