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The Foods That Will Cleanse Your Liver
Eleven foods, from leafy greens to avocado, can help the liver clear toxins naturally.
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No Formalin in Fruits and Vegetables: Food Safety Authority
The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority has issued a public notice saying formalin plays no role in preserving fruits and vegetables.
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No Potato Shortage, Yet Prices Are Soaring
Potato prices in Bangladesh have jumped to Tk 40 a kg despite production far above demand, with cold storage owners accused of holding back stocks.
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Farmer Omar Faruk's Success with Sweet Pumpkin
A haor farmer in Kishoreganj's Tarail upazila has turned from rice to sweet pumpkin and sold about Tk 10 lakh worth of the crop in three months.
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Tomatoes Bring Smiles to Sonagazi Farmers
Around 200 farmers in nine unions of Sonagazi upazila in Feni have profited from a bumper tomato crop and good prices.
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Kochu Lati Changes Farmers' Fortunes in Joypurhat
Latiraj taro grown for its stolons, or lati, has changed the fortunes of farmers in Joypurhat's Panchbibi and is now exported to about 20 countries.
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Climate-Smart Technology Brings Crops to Fallow Coastal Land
Poly mulch, solar-powered drip irrigation and mini ponds under a DAE climate-smart project are letting farmers in coastal Khulna grow crops on saline, fallow land.
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Abdur Rouf Profits from Integrated Farming in Badalgachhi
A Badalgachhi farmer who turned four bighas into an integrated fruit and crop farm has added chia seed this year and hopes to expand if he can sell it.
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Fresh Vegetables Too at a Makeshift Melon Market
At Garkul in Narayanganj's Baktaboli, more than a hundred farmers sell melons and vegetables straight from their fields to passing travellers.
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Broiler and Sugar Prices Stay High as Potato and Onion Prices Rise
Prices of broiler chicken, beef and sugar that rose before Eid have not come down in Dhaka, and potatoes and onions have become dearer since.
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College Student Succeeds Growing Cucumbers With Mulching in Sharsha
Twelfth-grade student Monjurul Ahsan of Sharsha, Jashore, is growing hybrid cucumbers on 50 decimals with polythene mulching and employing five to seven people.
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Capsicum Success in Gadkhali, the Kingdom of Flowers
Farmer Monjur Alam has had a bumper crop of red, yellow and green capsicum on one bigha in Gadkhali, Jashore's flower capital.
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Meherpur Farmers Happy With Drumstick Yield
Favourable weather and no natural disasters have given Meherpur a good drumstick harvest, with branches bending under the weight of the pods.