FisheriesHilsa roe sells for Tk 5,000-6,000 a kg in Kuakata as supply falls short
With fewer roe-bearing hilsa caught this season, the price of fresh roe has nearly doubled in a year; salted roe sells for Tk 3,000-4,000 a kg.
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Urban health care to join the national system, 100,000 more workers planned
State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr M A Muhit says urban health care, now split among city corporations, municipalities and NGOs, will be brought into the national health system, with 100,000 more health workers and ward-level health units planned.
HealthDhaka North files 28 cases over Aedes larvae, fines of Tk 177,500
Executive magistrates of Dhaka North City Corporation fined households Tk 177,500 in 28 cases after finding Aedes mosquito larvae in Mirpur, Rupnagar, Pallabi, Agargaon, Uttara, Nikunja and Baridhara.
HealthDengue killed 142 in September alone, and October may be worse, experts warn
Dengue deaths this year have reached 239 and 77,672 people have been treated in hospital; entomologist Professor Kabirul Bashar's forecasting model points to a worse October.
HealthHeart experts call for tobacco rules, less salt and primary-care funding
At a World Heart Day seminar of the National Heart Foundation, experts called for quick rules under the Tobacco Control Act 2026, budget for managing high blood pressure and diabetes in primary care, and cutting salt in food in line with WHO advice.
GalleryA day in Bangladesh: fishing on Kaptai Lake, cauliflower fields and lotus
On 30 September Prothom Alo's photographers found fishermen on Kaptai Lake in Rangamati, cauliflower fields and egrets in Shibganj, Bogura, lotus and a black-hooded oriole in Pabna and carambola blossom in Moulvibazar.
FruitsJhalokathi grows hog plum on 605 hectares: 4,590 tonnes worth about Tk 12 crore
Farmers in Jhalokathi's four upazilas grew hog plum (amra) on 605 hectares this year for 4,590 tonnes; at the Bhimruli floating market it sells for Tk 1,000 to Tk 1,600 a maund, and growers say it pays better than guava, BSS reports.
EnvironmentCasuarina found growing wild on tidal land at Mirsharai
Known in Bangladesh as a planted tree, the pabon jhau (Casuarina equisetifolia) has seeded itself into a wild stand at Ichhakhali in Mirsharai, nature writer Mokarram Hossain reports.
EnvironmentFlowering trees cut on Dhaka-Chattogram highway median to grow vegetables
On a 32 km stretch of the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Mirsarai, vegetables are now grown at 113 spots on the road median where hundreds of jarul, sonalu and oleander trees planted for shade and beauty were cut; the roads department says it will act.
GalleryIn pictures: Bogura's bananas, from Shibganj orchards to markets nationwide
Villages across Shibganj and Mokamtala in Bogura are full of banana orchards; photographer Soel Rana follows the ripe bunches from the trees to vans, wholesale depots and trucks bound for markets around the country, in a Prothom Alo photo story.
Health
Ischaemic heart disease is Bangladesh's leading killer: the heart conditions and their risks
Professor Sohel Reza Choudhury of the National Heart Foundation explains the differences between ischaemia, heart failure, arrhythmia, valve disease and congenital heart disease.
HealthEvery upazila health complex to grow to 151 beds, with dialysis in district hospitals
Health minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain says every upazila health complex is to be expanded from 50 to 151 beds, with 10 dialysis machines in each district hospital and 50 in each medical college hospital.
EnvironmentTwelve-foot python caught in fishing net in Tetulia, sent to Singra National Park
A python about 12 feet long and weighing 10 to 12 kg came up in fishermen's net on the Mahananda river in Tetulia, Panchagarh, near the Indian border; the forest department rescued it and sent it to Singra National Park in Dinajpur.