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How Likely Is Coronavirus to Spread Through Money?
With studies finding dangerous microbes on Indian and Bangladeshi currency, a Khulna University professor says coronavirus could also spread through money.
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How Busy Cities Can Stop the Coronavirus
As coronavirus spreads fast outside China for the first time, big cities around the world face particular challenges in containing it.
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Safe Food: Lead Chromate in Turmeric Behind High Lead in Pregnant Mothers' Blood
Bangladesh's food safety authority has warned that turmeric used in cooking contains harmful lead chromate and promised mobile courts.
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Advice Not to Buy Bright Turmeric Powder, Exports Ordered Halted
The Prime Minister's Office has asked for turmeric exports to be halted after researchers found excessive lead in turmeric sold in Bangladesh.
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Why Do Bangladeshis Suffer Malnutrition Even With Full Stomachs?
One in eight people in Bangladesh cannot afford a nutritious diet, a joint survey by the WFP and the government has found.
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Seven Ways to Stop Wasting Food
About 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted every year, and New York chef Max La Manna says anyone can help change that.
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Pufferfish: The Delicacy Whose Toxin Is Deadlier Than Cyanide
Not every food is safe without careful selection and preparation, and pufferfish is among the most dangerous.
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Is Honey a Substitute for Sugar? How Much Sugar Should You Eat a Day?
Many people struggle to choose a substitute for sugar, but most alternatives carry about the same calories, so the answer is to eat fewer sweet foods.
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The Foods Behind One in Five Early Deaths
A Lancet analysis finds that diet is responsible for one in five deaths worldwide, killing more than 10 million people a year.
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Which Foods Are the Most Environmentally Friendly?
Food production accounts for a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions, and small changes to the weekly shop can make a big difference, experts say.
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The Young Man Who Built a Billion-Pound Business Out of Quick Cooking
Short of time to shop and cook after long days at work, Timo Boldt quit his job to found the recipe-box company Gousto.
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Editorial: Green Credit Scheme Treats Forests as a Commodity
An Anandabazar editorial warns that a new green credit scheme letting private firms create and sell compensatory forest land risks replacing diverse forests with single-species plantations.
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Chattogram's Pitha: Modhu Bhat
How to make modhu bhat, a Chattogram sweet rice dish set with sprouted rice powder and served with coconut and milk.