Agribusiness
Poultry Farmers Block Highway in Gazipur to Protest Feed Price Rise
Poultry farmers in Sreepur, Gazipur, blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway to protest a rise in feed prices while egg prices keep falling.
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Livestock
What Happens to Your Body If You Eat a Rotten Egg?
Eating a rotten or contaminated egg can cause food poisoning, so it pays to know simple ways of telling whether an egg is fresh.
Vegetables
Flour, Oil and Sugar Prices Climb as Vegetables and Eggs Stay Expensive
Companies have cut the supply of bottled edible oil in Dhaka's markets while loose oil, sugar and flour prices climb and vegetables, fish, meat and eggs stay expensive.
Fisheries
A Popular Bengali Dish from British Times: Chicken Curry with Small Prawns
Chicken curry with small prawns, cooked in the kitchens of steamers crossing the Padma from Goalundo Ghat in British times, became known as the Goalundo Steamer Curry, and it can be made at home.
Livestock
Egg or Chicken: Which Is Better for Protein?
Skinless chicken breast packs far more protein by weight, while eggs offer complete protein plus vitamins and choline, so both can have a place in a balanced diet.
Fisheries
Plastic in Fish, Plastic in Milk: A Plate Full of Plastic
A senior columnist argues that the plastic Bangladeshis discard in rivers, drains and rubbish heaps can return to their plates as microplastics in fish and milk, making plastic a food-safety issue.
Livestock
300 Families Give One of Their Own Goats to a Needy Neighbour
Three hundred families in Jamalpur whose three goats from World Vision Bangladesh have grown into herds of 12 to 15 are each giving a goat to a poorer neighbour.
Agribusiness
What You Can Buy at Tongi's Weekly Animal and Bird Market
Every Sunday, amid Tongi's noise and traffic, a roadside market fills with ducks, chickens, pigeons, parrots, rabbits, cats and colourful fish.
Livestock
Chickens Die in Heat and Power Cuts, Pabna Poultry Farmers Face Ruin
Severe heat and long power cuts are killing chickens on Pabna's poultry farms, adding to losses from high feed and medicine prices and disease.
Vegetables
Eggs Tk 150 a Dozen, Vegetables Still Expensive in Dhaka
A dozen eggs now costs Tk 150 in Dhaka, up from Tk 130 to 140 two weeks ago, and most vegetables still sell above Tk 80 a kg.
Crops
Ducks Rule Tongi's Animal and Bird Market, Tk 800-1,200 a Pair
Ducks dominate the weekly Sunday animal and bird market in Tongi, where a pair sells for Tk 800 to 1,200.
Crops
BLRI's Avian Influenza and Goatpox Vaccines to Be Produced Commercially
Avian influenza and goatpox vaccines developed by the Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) have been handed over for commercial production and delivery to farmers.
LivestockUSDA and Homeland Security sign pact on screwworm and cattle smuggling
A memorandum of understanding announced at Moore Air Base in Texas aligns USDA's animal health work with DHS border and inspection powers, targeting an estimated 800,000 cattle smuggled into Mexico each year.