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What to Eat to Avoid Illness in Winter
As the weather cools and colds and fevers spread, four foods can help the body build resistance to winter illness.
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Environment
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Winter Vegetables Turn Around Fortunes of Jajira Farmers
Good soil and favourable weather have made winter vegetable farming profitable in Jajira upazila of Shariatpur, with produce now sold in Dhaka and other districts.
Environment
Photo Exhibition in Khagrachhari to Protect Biodiversity
A five-day exhibition of 51 photographs of the Chittagong Hill Tracts' birds, wildlife and landscapes will open in Khagrachhari on Saturday to raise awareness of nature conservation.
Fisheries
The Stingray, the Sea's Lazy Creature
The stingray, called shapla pata fish in Bengali, is a slow-moving sea creature with a venomous tail that is protected in Bangladesh but still sold openly.
Environment
US Man Dies Weeks After Receiving a Pig's Heart
A second American patient to receive a pig's heart in a rare transplant has died, weeks after the operation at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Agribusiness
Each Jungle Cock From This Farm Sells for Tk 3,000
A Marma farmer in Bandarban has turned three wild jungle fowl eggs into a farm of more than 150 birds, disproving the belief that jungle fowl cannot be tamed.
Environment
Two Arrested With Endangered Gorkhodok Animals in Chattogram
Police in Bakalia, Chattogram, arrested two young men with two gorkhodok animals from an auto-rickshaw near the Shah Amanat Bridge and filed a case under the wildlife conservation law.
Environment
Young Man Dies of Snakebite While Being Filmed Handling Snake
A 25-year-old man in Aditmari, Lalmonirhat, died after being bitten by a venomous snake he had caught and was handling while a friend filmed him.
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Awami League Leader Dies of Snakebite in Shariatpur
A ward-level Awami League leader in Damudya, Shariatpur, died of a snakebite after his family said the district hospital did not give him antivenom because no doctor was available.
Environment
Bird Hunting Goes On Unchecked in Chalan Beel
As migratory birds arrive in Chalan Beel with the start of winter, hunters are killing them with poison, nets and traps, and volunteers blame weak oversight by the authorities.
Fisheries
12-Foot Python Found in Fish Enclosure in Mirsarai
A 12-foot python weighing about 16 kg was rescued from a fish enclosure in Mirsarai, Chattogram, and handed to the forest department.
Environment
New Hippo Calf Born at Gazipur Safari Park
A hippo calf born on 14 October at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur has taken the park's hippo count to four.
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Nandigram Farmers' Hopes Sway on Aman Paddy Ears
Farmers in Nandigram, Bogura, expect a bumper Aman harvest from 19,420 hectares, with early varieties due to be cut from next week.