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The Right Way to Breathe
How we breathe affects our physical and mental health, and a simple hand test shows whether we are breathing correctly.
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Don't Waste Food
The writer urges readers not to waste food but to give what they cannot eat to the hungry, remembering neighbours and the homeless.
Fruits
Fruits to Eat for Healthy Skin
A few vitamin C-rich fruits in the daily diet can help keep skin bright and youthful.
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How to Store Hilsa All Year Round
Two simple methods let households keep hilsa for six months or even a whole year.
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Smriti Saha's Recipes
Smriti Saha shares four recipes: chana dal, coconut and kheer sandesh, luchi, and the mixed vegetable dish labra.
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Tempting Amsotto Kheer Roll
Instead of queuing at crowded sweet shops during the pandemic, you can make the traditional Bengali amsotto kheer roll at home.
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Friday Special: Morog Polao
A simple weekend recipe for morog polao, chicken cooked in yoghurt and spices and layered with fragrant polao rice, loved by young and old alike.
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How to Make Malai Cha
A step-by-step recipe for malai cha, the cream-topped milk tea, made with tea leaves, egg yolk or biscuit crumbs, cream and optional saffron and cardamom.
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Bhasan Char Can Store Three Months' Food for 100,000 People
Four huge warehouses built on Bhasan Char can store three months' food for more than 100,000 Rohingya, part of a project that also includes solar power, fuel tanks and a lighthouse.
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Why We Love Fiery Food Even Though It Hurts
Hot chillies can put people in hospital, yet world chilli production keeps rising, and on average each of us ate about five kilograms of chillies last year.
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Coronavirus: Robots Put to Work Killing Germs
A Danish company's ultraviolet disinfection robots are in heavy demand since the coronavirus pandemic, with production tripled and many units sent to Wuhan.
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Did the Coronavirus Pandemic Start with Pangolins Smuggled into China?
Scientists writing in Nature have found coronaviruses closely related to Covid-19 in pangolins smuggled into China and urge a strict ban on their sale.
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Coronavirus: The Myths, and What the WHO Says
The World Health Organization has warned people against popular myths about protecting themselves from the new coronavirus.