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Rajshahi Mango Growers Caught Out at Season's End
With transport halted by the student movement and curfew, large quantities of mangoes ripened and rotted on the trees in the Rajshahi region at the end of the season.
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How to Ret Jute for Better Fibre
Cutting jute at the flower-bud stage, retting it in clean water and drying the fibre off the ground all help farmers get better-quality fibre.
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Beauty Care With Ripe Mango
Three homemade face packs using ripe mango, with milk and oatmeal, honey and lemon, or gram flour, for common summer skin problems.
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China's 'Minor Heat'
A Beijing-based writer describes Xiaoshu, or Minor Heat, the 11th of China's 24 solar terms, and the weather, farm work, flowers and foods that go with it.
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What to Grow in the Month of Srabon
Srabon, the second and last month of the monsoon, is the time to start seedbeds for early rabi vegetables and to sow a range of leafy greens.
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Diabetes Patients Should Be Careful With These 5 Fruits
Mango, grapes, bananas, pineapple and cherries are high in sugar, so people with diabetes should choose fruit carefully and favour low-glycaemic options.
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Golden Dreams of the Golden Fibre in Farmers' Eyes
Jute cultivation has increased in Sharsha upazila of Jashore, where farmers expect good yields and profits thanks to suitable soil, low costs and government support.
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Paddy Prices Are Higher, but Fertiliser and Pesticide Costs Hit Farmers
Boro paddy is selling for more than last season in Dinajpur, but rising fertiliser, pesticide and irrigation costs have pushed farmers on leased land into losses.
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Hill Lotkon Growers Dream of Earning Lakhs
Once a neglected wild fruit, lotkon is now in demand in Khagrachhari's hills and beyond, and growers hope to earn lakhs of taka from it.
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You Can Make Kabab With Green Bananas Too
A recipe for kabab made with green bananas and chana dal, coated in egg and breadcrumbs and deep-fried.
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Farmers Sell Lakhs of Taka Worth of Mukhi Kochu in Sharsha
At Basabari in Sharsha upazila, Jashore's biggest wholesale market for mukhi kochu, farmers sell lakhs of taka worth of taro every day directly to traders.
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Arabian aloo bukhara shows new promise in the hills
A Khagrachhari farmer has succeeded in growing aloo bukhara for the first time, but says farmers need training in processing before the crop can pay.
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Farmer brings Russell's viper to hospital after being bitten
A farmer bitten by a Russell's viper in a field on a Padma char in Shibganj caught the snake alive, put it in a sack and took it to the upazila health complex.