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An Easy Way to Make Sweet-and-Sour Latkan Pickle
Beyond eating it fresh, the seasonal latkan fruit can be turned into a sweet-and-sour pickle at home with a few simple ingredients.
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Good Harvest but Low Prices Leave Natore Mango Farmers Disappointed
Favourable weather gave Natore a good mango crop this season, but low market prices mean farmers and orchard buyers are making little or losing money.
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Latkan Can Be Your Companion on the Weight-Loss Journey
Low in calories and rich in fibre and vitamin C, the seasonal fruit latkan can support weight control alongside a healthy diet and exercise, though it is no magic cure.
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What Happens When You Eat Karamcha? Its Health Benefits
The small sweet-and-sour karamcha, a familiar seasonal fruit of rural Bengal, offers surprising health benefits from immunity to digestion.
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US Ambassador Visits Baneshwar Mango Market in Rajshahi
US Ambassador Brent T. Christensen toured Baneshwar mango market in Rajshahi's Puthia, tasting local varieties and urging Bangladesh to build more cold chain for exports.
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Helal Uddin Succeeds Growing 75 Foreign Mango Varieties in Chandpur
A journalist-entrepreneur has turned an abandoned brickfield in Chandpur into a fruit farm growing 75 foreign and high-value mango varieties.
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How Good Is Latkan for Children?
Eaten in moderation, the sweet-and-sour latkan can help meet children's nutritional needs, supporting immunity, bones and digestion.
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Mangoes Flood the Hills: Buyers Happy with Low Prices, Growers Lose Out
A good mango harvest in hilly Rangamati has filled markets with cheap fruit late in the season, pleasing buyers but leaving growers counting losses.
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Palm Kernel Sales in the Summer Heat Change Fortunes of Over a Hundred Families in Sharsha
With the Jaishtha heat at its fiercest, demand for tender palm kernels is rising in Sharsha and Benapole, and around a hundred local families are making a living from the seasonal trade.
FruitsLatkan: nutrition facts and precautions to know before eating it
Latkan, Bangladesh's sweet-and-sour rainy-season fruit, offers calcium, phosphorus, potassium and some vitamin C. In June 2026 Jagonews24 listed points to know before eating it; here they are checked against nutrition research and health agencies.
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The Hidden Benefits of Jamun Seeds That Many Don't Know
Jamun seeds, usually thrown away, are believed to help with blood sugar, digestion, blood pressure, immunity and weight when dried and powdered, though they are no substitute for medical treatment.
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Litchi Orchards Transform Pirojpur's Economy
In Pirojpur, a district known for rice and fish, commercial litchi farming is growing, with Tarabunia village in Nazirpur upazila now known as the litchi village.
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Do You Know How Many Litchis Are Safe to Eat in a Day?
Nutritionists consider 8 to 10 medium litchis a day generally safe for a healthy adult and 4 to 6 for children, while eating too many can upset blood sugar and digestion.