Crops
Trees, the Last Refuge for Protecting Biodiversity
Trees sit at the heart of the web of life that sustains farming and food, and protecting them is essential as biodiversity loss deepens.
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Crops
A Touch of Kalai Dal Will Lift the Taste of Beef
Cooking beef with kalai dal, a traditional rural lentil, adds depth and variety to a favourite Bengali dish.
Crops
Do You Know the Benefits of Madhubhat? Here Is the Recipe
Madhubhat, a fermented sweet rice dish, remains a treasured family tradition in Chattogram, and it is also a source of quick energy.
CropsNetrokona farmers' 'crop hospital' advises natural pest control, not pesticide
At a 'crop hospital' run by the Baghra Haor Farmers' Association in Atpara upazila, farmers bring samples of diseased crops and get advice on natural pest and disease control, BBC Bangla reported in June 2026.
Fruits
Make Mango Falooda at Home This Summer
Mango falooda, a popular chilled dessert, can be made at home in the mango season with a few everyday ingredients.
Crops
Treating a Son-in-Law With a Home-Reared Rooster Is Now Just a Story
The custom of welcoming a son-in-law with a home-reared deshi rooster has faded in Pabna as backyard chicken rearing has declined.
Fruits
Dinajpur's Lychee Market Begins to Pick Up
Lychee trading has picked up in Dinajpur, but prices are well below last year's because the Eid holiday emptied cities and halted freight.
FruitsBrother and sister drown in a pond beside their home in Panchagarh
On Sunday 31 May 2026 a brother and sister, Asif and Sathi Akter, drowned in a pond next to their home at Kekupara in Chaklahat union of Panchagarh Sadar upazila. Locals believed they fell in while picking mangoes from a tree on the bank.
VegetablesJatrabari market in Dhaka stays quiet on the last day of the Eid holiday
On 31 May 2026, the last day of the Eid-ul-Azha holiday, trade at Dhaka's Jatrabari kitchen market and fish depot had not picked up; vegetables were a little cheaper, fish was dear because of short supply, and fruit shops saw some buyers.
Crops
Cook Delicious Bhuri Bhuna in Coconut Milk
Adding coconut milk to bhuri bhuna, a popular Bengali tripe dish, makes it richer and creamier, and a hot coal adds a smoky flavour.
Livestock
Hides Worth Crores Dumped in River After Daylong Wait in Moulvibazar
When nobody came to collect sacrificial animal hides in Moulvibazar after a daylong wait, people were forced to throw them in the river or bury them.
CropsWhy rose leaves turn brown in summer heat, and how to care for the plant
Roses can keep flowering in hot weather while their leaf edges turn brown and scorched; harsh sun, wrong watering and too much fertiliser are the usual causes, and each can be managed.
Crops
Boro Output Satisfactory, Government Takes a Raft of Steps to Meet Procurement Target
Despite flash-flood losses in the haor region, officials say overall boro output is satisfactory and the government has taken a series of steps to meet its 18 lakh tonne procurement target.
Environment
12-Foot Python Found in a House in Chattogram
A 12-foot Burmese python was rescued from a house in Chattogram's Boalkhali upazila and released into a hill forest.
Crops
Looking for a Different Taste? Make Beef Menda
Beef menda, cooked with spices and thickened with rice flour, offers a change from the same everyday dishes.
LivestockBeef skin haleem for Eid ul-Adha: ingredients, method and food safety
For Eid ul-Adha 2026, Jagonews24 published a recipe for haleem made with beef skin, mixed lentils, polao rice and spices; here it is with the World Health Organization's advice on cooking and storing meat safely.
Livestock
DNCC Says 18,344 Tonnes of Qurbani Waste Removed
Dhaka North City Corporation says 18,344 tonnes of Qurbani waste were taken to landfill by the third day of its 72-hour action plan.
CropsFarmer Dies After Mango Stone Lodges in His Windpipe in Alamdanga, Chuadanga
A 55-year-old farmer, Shahidul Islam, died on the morning of 30 May 2026 in Bhangbaria village of Alamdanga upazila, Chuadanga, after a mango stone lodged in his windpipe while he was eating a mango. Police confirmed the death.
LivestockChapainawabganj MP Bulbul's Eid drive sacrifices 65 cows and 14 goats
Over Eid-ul-Azha 2026, 65 cows and 14 goats were sacrificed in Chapainawabganj at the initiative of local MP Nurul Islam Bulbul and the meat given away. Jugantor reported that 49 cows were funded by a Turkish NGO and the rest of the animals with money from Jamaat patrons.
Livestock
Make a Tasty Dish From Beef Skin
Beef skin, usually thought of as useless, can be cleaned and cooked with spices into a soft and tasty bhuna.