Eid Recipe: Mango Lachha Semai
Mango lachha semai, made with mango puree, is an easy Eid dessert whose taste lingers.
Mango lachha semai, made with mango puree, is an easy Eid dessert whose taste lingers.
Two and a half tonnes of Gobindabhog mangoes ripened with chemicals were seized in Kaliganj, Satkhira, and crushed under a pickup's wheels.
With Pohela Boishakh falling in Ramadan, hilsa cooked with green mango and mustard makes a festive dinner after iftar.
The way for Bangladesh's mango exports to the world market will soon be cleared, Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque said.
Mango peel, usually thrown away, is rich in nutrients and can be used for skin care, acne and overall health.
Naogaon's mango blossom is turning into young fruit, but with no traders yet buying orchards, growers are busy spraying and tending the trees themselves.
Despite heavy blossom, Fazli and Ashwina mango trees in Chapainawabganj have set little fruit, and growers are worried about the yield.
The Agriculture Information Service has set out the care Boro rice, wheat, maize, jute, vegetables, mango and jackfruit need in the Bengali month of Falgun.
A science writer describes America's largest heron, from its dagger-like beak and seven-foot wingspan to its nesting colonies and the long road from chick to hunter.
Farmers in Ishwardi are growing vegetables and native fruit along both sides of village roads and on field ridges, with advice and seedlings from the agriculture office.
Growing vegetables and local fruit on pond banks has changed the fortunes of fish farmers in Ishwardi, Pabna.
Delwar Hossain, who turned to fruit farming in Mirzapur, Tangail, after his businesses failed, has sold Tk 22 lakh of fruit in two years and now has a good China orange harvest.
Farmers in Ishwardi, Pabna, have long demanded specialised cold storage so they are not forced to sell perishable vegetables and fruit cheaply in peak season.