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Poa Pitha Without Soaked Rice: A Recipe
Poa pitha can be made easily with dry rice flour instead of soaked rice, using a few ingredients and little time.
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Bangladesh
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Adulterated Farm Inputs: A Serious Problem for Agriculture
The spread of adulterated, fake and substandard fertiliser, pesticide and seed is a silent but serious crisis for Bangladesh's farm sector, and fixing it needs coordinated reform.
Cooking
What Jaya Ahsan Is Cooking on a Village Clay Stove in the Winter Cold
Actress Jaya Ahsan has shared a video of herself cooking chicken for her pet puppies on a clay stove in a village on a bitterly cold winter morning.
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Prolonged Fog and Cold Waves Threaten Disaster for Agriculture
A senior agriculturist warns that longer spells of dense fog and severe cold are turning a seasonal nuisance into a structural threat to Bangladesh's farming and salt production.
LivestockSeven of 31 Cattle Seized by Sunamganj Police Die While Held on a Boat
Seven of 31 Indian cattle seized by Sunamganj Sadar police on the Surma river died while kept on a small boat, Jagonews24 reported on 5 January 2026. The officer in charge said legal complications had stopped their auction.
AgribusinessExhausted Migrant Himalayan Griffon Vulture Rescued in Sundarganj, Gaibandha
On 5 January 2026, members of the student environmental group TEER rescued a sick Himalayan griffon vulture at Kochhim Bazar in Sundarganj, Gaibandha, and handed it to the Rangpur forest department that evening.
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Severe Cold and Fog Damage Boro Seedbeds in Gaibandha
Severe cold and dense fog are killing boro rice seedlings in Gaibandha, leaving farmers worried about transplanting on time.
CookingDal-chingri: a quick recipe for red lentils cooked with prawns
Cooking prawns into red lentil dal is a quick way to vary everyday dal and rice. This is the recipe Jagonews24's lifestyle desk published in January 2026, with its ingredients and steps.
Vegetables
Grow Lettuce and Coriander in Your Kitchen This Winter
Lettuce and coriander can be grown in small pots in a kitchen garden, giving fresh leaves for cooking whenever they are needed.
Agribusiness
Trader Fined in Sitakunda for Selling Jatka
A mobile court in Sitakunda has fined a fish trader Tk 5,000 for selling jatka, the young hilsa, and seized 6 kg of fish.
Environment
Migratory Birds Decline at Protected Baikka Beel
Flocks of migratory birds once filled the protected Baikka Beel in Moulvibazar, but far fewer come now and visiting birdwatchers often leave disappointed.
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The Tebhaga Movement, the Greatest Peasant Struggle in Bengal's History
Dinajpur marks the historic Tebhaga Day on 4 January in memory of the sharecroppers' movement of 1946-47 and its first martyrs.
Vegetables
Winter Vegetable Prices Rise in Khulna
After a spell of low prices, winter vegetables in Khulna's markets have risen by Tk 5-10 a kg this week.