Crops
Recipe for Hand-Mixed Hilsa Bhuna
Fresh hilsa, a few everyday spices and the right technique make a delicious hand-mixed hilsa bhuna in under ten minutes of cooking.
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Bangladesh
Crops
Caring for Pets in Extreme Heat
A veterinarian explains the heat-related dangers pets face, the signs of heat stroke and how owners can protect pets and street animals.
Agribusiness
What Eating Tilapia Does to Your Body
Whether tilapia is good or bad for you depends largely on where and how it is farmed and how it is cooked.
Environment
The Conversation of Birds from a Forest That Was Cut Down
An imagined conversation between two birds over a felled forest opens a column on deforestation, biodiversity loss and development in Bangladesh.
Fruits
Off-Season Watermelon Brings Double Joy to Pakundia's Farmers
Farmers in Pakundia, Kishoreganj, are harvesting Black Queen watermelons in July, long after the normal season, using trellises, nets and mulch to earn high profits.
Agribusiness
Single Catla Sells for Tk 73,500 in Daulatdia
A 35 kg catla caught in the Padma was bought at auction at Daulatdia fish market and resold for Tk 73,500.
Fruits
When Is the Best Time to Eat a Banana?
Bananas are highly nutritious, but when you eat them affects how well the body uses their nutrients.
FisheriesHilsa of 2 kg 100 g Caught off Kuakata Sells for Tk 6,825 at Alipur Auction
On 4 July 2026, a 2 kg 100 g hilsa netted by the trawler 'Joltorongo' in the Bay of Bengal off Kuakata sold for Tk 6,825 at auction at a depot of the Alipur fish landing centre.
Environment
Ailing Elephant 'Badsha Bahadur' Moved to National Zoo on Prime Minister's Order
A sick circus elephant from Mahasthangarh in Bogura is being taken into government custody at the National Zoo in Dhaka on the Prime Minister's special instruction.
Environment
Argentina Fans for Nature Plants and Distributes 500 Saplings in Manikganj's Kouri Village
A group of young football fans turned World Cup fervour into a tree-planting drive, planting and distributing 500 native saplings in Kouri village of Harirampur, Manikganj.
Environment
1,104 exotic animals seized in Mirpur, raising biodiversity fears
Tarantulas, a Mexican black king snake, corn snakes and leopard geckos were being held in rooftop aquariums for sale, despite an import ban.
FruitsWhy unripe jackfruit is sold abroad as 'vegetarian meat'
Bangladesh's national fruit was being sold in the US, UK, Australia and Europe as a plant-based meat substitute; a Jagonews24 feature on 4 July 2026 put it down to the fibrous texture and mild flavour of unripe jackfruit.
Flowers
The Struggle for Survival in the Living World
Coral reef fish, a hawk and a rabbit, and bears eating salmon illustrate how living and non-living parts of an ecosystem depend on one another.