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What Are the Best Foods for People Fasting?
Five foods that help people who are fasting in Ramadan stay full, hydrated and energised after iftar.
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Chaitra Rain Leaves Mango Growers Torn Between Hope and Worry
Growers in Chapainawabganj cannot yet tell whether a day of heavy rain harmed or helped their mango trees; officials say it will help fruitlets but damage young blossom.
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BRRI Issues Urgent Warning on Rice Blast Disease
The Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) has issued an urgent warning that leaf blast and neck blast could spread widely in rice fields.
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Bhola Char Farmers Succeed With Trellis Vegetable Farming
Farmers on two isolated chars in Bhola have kept rain, tidal water and salinity off their vegetables this year by growing them on raised trellises.
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Litchi Trees Laden With Blossom, Ishwardi Growers Hope for a Record Crop
Growers in Ishwardi, Pabna, known as the 'litchi kingdom', expect a record litchi crop after trees blossomed heavily this year.
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Tk 7,000 Invested, Tk 2 Lakh in Sales: Feni Farmer's Khira Success
A Sonagazi farmer who grew khira on one bigha of fallow land on a trial basis sold about Tk 2 lakh worth from an outlay of Tk 7,000.
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Miniket Rice Brings Profits, But Who Bears the Mega Loss?
An opinion piece argues that coarse rice polished and sold as Miniket earns millers big profits while costing consumers nutrition and money.
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Started With Tk 350, Her Garden Now Holds Plants Worth Lakhs
A Government Titumir College student who began gardening with a single Tk 350 plant during the pandemic now has plants worth lakhs of taka.
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Bumper Sweet Pumpkin Harvest Brings Smiles to Faridpur Farmers
Char farmers along the Padma in Faridpur have reaped a bumper sweet pumpkin crop on once-fallow sandy land this year.
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Unable to Sell, Farmers Leave Bottle Gourds at Market in Bagha
With no buyers at Arani municipal haat in Bagha, Rajshahi, bottle gourd farmers took their produce home or left it behind at the market.
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Natore Traders Ordered to Sell Watermelons by the Piece
The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection has ordered traders in Natore to sell watermelons by the piece rather than by weight from 17 March.
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How Good for You Is Each Dry Fruit?
A guide to the nutritional benefits of seven common dry fruits and nuts, and a reminder to eat them in moderation.
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Two Friends Become Self-Reliant Growing Jujube in Rajoir
Two friends in Rajoir, Madaripur, have become self-reliant with a jujube orchard that paid off in its first year and has since grown.