Vegetables
Cold Storage Owners Want Uninterrupted Power
Cold store owners warn that load-shedding is spoiling stored potatoes, fruit, fish and meat, and have asked the government for uninterrupted power.
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Bangladesh
Crops
Mango Cupcakes
A quick snack recipe for cupcakes made with the puree of two ripe mangoes.
Fruits
Which Fruits Can Diabetes Patients Eat?
People with diabetes can eat fruit regularly if they watch the quantity and the glycaemic index, according to a Bombay Hospital specialist.
Environment
Ansar Battalion Holds Tree Plantation Programme in Khagrachhari
The 20 Ansar Battalion in Manikchhari opened a day-long tree plantation programme as part of the national tree planting campaign.
Livestock
Proposal to Extend Eid Holiday by a Day Is Logical: Home Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says the law and order cabinet committee's recommendation to add a day to the Eid-ul-Azha holiday is logical, and the cabinet will decide on it.
Environment
Jackal Bites Toddler Playing in Her Yard in Nabinagar
An 18-month-old girl named Lamia was injured when a jackal bit her on the head and face in the yard of her home in Nabinagar, Brahmanbaria.
Livestock
Highway Police Form Quick Response Teams to Stop Extortion
To keep highways free of extortion before Eid-ul-Azha, the Highway Police Cumilla region has formed 30 quick response teams alongside 66 patrol teams from 22 stations and outposts.
Fruits
Foods That Raise Your Platelet Count
Platelets help blood clot, and a range of everyday foods, from pomegranate and coconut water to papaya leaf juice, are said to help raise a falling count.
Fruits
Lalmonirhat Journalists' Forum Holds Fruit Festival in Dhaka
The Dhaka-based Lalmonirhat Journalists Forum held a seasonal fruit festival at the TV Camera Journalists Association office in Banglamotor.
Environment
Snakebites Kill About 7,500 People a Year in Bangladesh: NCDC
A nationwide snakebite survey by the Non-Communicable Disease Control programme found that 4,03,317 people are bitten each year in Bangladesh and about 7,511 die.
Crops
Afrahim Badsha Finds Success as a Litchi Grower in Dinajpur
Former power-technology engineer Afrahim Badsha Manik has followed his father into litchi farming in Biral, Dinajpur, and expects to sell about Tk 50 lakh worth of fruit this year.
Agribusiness
Expatriate's Wife Raises 'Rajababu', Asks Tk 10 Lakh
In Kumarkhali, Kushtia, Halima Khatun has raised a Friesian bull named Rajababu, weighing an estimated 957 kg, and is asking Tk 10 lakh for it ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
Crops
Cotton Research Officer Dies of Snakebite in Bandarban
Chiranton Chakma, a 49-year-old cotton research officer in Bandarban, died in hospital in Chattogram after a venomous snake bit him at his staff quarters.