Fruits
How to Make Watermelon Rind French Fries
The white inner part of watermelon rind, usually thrown away, can be turned into crisp, spicy fries.
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Fruits
Eating Watermelon in the Heat? Avoid These Mistakes
Watermelon cools and refreshes in the heat, but eating it on an empty stomach, straight after a heavy meal, ice-cold or in excess can do more harm than good.
Crops
The Role of Micronutrients in Getting Good Yields From the Soil
Plants need a balanced diet of major nutrients and micronutrients, and correcting deficiencies can raise both the quantity and quality of the harvest.
Crops
Early Flood Risk Raises Fears for Boro Crop in Netrokona Haors
Days of heavy rain, storms and hail have caused waterlogging and cracked embankments in Netrokona's haors, leaving farmers afraid an early flood will destroy their boro crop.
Crops
Solar-Powered Tube Wells Keep Narail Farmers Going Amid Diesel Crisis
Solar-powered irrigation pumps installed in two beels of Narail Sadar upazila have cut farmers' costs and freed them from worries about diesel and electricity.
Crops
What to Do When Citrus Fruit Gets Canker
Canker, a waterborne bacterial disease, is among the most harmful diseases of lemon trees, but orchard hygiene, pruning and copper sprays can keep it in check.
Agribusiness
Single Hilsa Sells for Tk 9,000 in Barguna
A large hilsa weighing 1 kg 700 g, caught in the Bishkhali river at Patharghata in Barguna, sold for Tk 9,000 at the local market.
Vegetables
Morning or Evening, Make a Protein-Packed Egg and Vegetable Omelette Your Snack
An egg omelette packed with chopped vegetables is a quick, protein-rich alternative to fried snacks in the morning or evening.
Crops
'World-Beating' in Garments, Bangladesh Relies on Imports for Cotton
Although cotton is the main raw material of Bangladesh's garment industry, the country imports about 97 per cent of what it needs, and domestic output has stalled at around 2 lakh bales.
Crops
Untimely Hill Runoff Washes Away Farmers' Golden Dreams in Dhunat
An untimely rise in the Jamuna caused by upstream hill runoff has flooded low-lying char land in Dhunat, Bogura, submerging rice, onion and groundnut fields.
AgribusinessHormuz crisis lifts urea to $625 a tonne as Bangladesh weighs its fertiliser stocks
In March 2026 four state fertiliser factories and KAFCO were idle to save gas; the agriculture minister said stocks would last about a year, while agricultural economists urged early imports from other sources.
Livestock
How to Make a Quick Egg Pulao
Egg pulao, made with fried boiled eggs, fragrant rice, milk and whole spices, is a simple and quick dish for busy days off.
Fruits
What to Do About Panama Disease in Bananas
Panama disease, a soil-borne fungal wilt, is hard to control once it reaches a field, so prevention through clean suckers, crop rotation and hygiene matters most.
Crops
New Government Must Continue Subsidies on Farm Machinery, Says ACI's F. H. Ansari
ACI Agribusiness president Dr. F. H. Ansari says the new government should continue farm machinery subsidies, build cold chains and focus on the agricultural value chain.
Environment
Students to Get Marks in Annual Exams for Planting and Caring for Trees
School, college and madrasa students will plant and tend government-supplied saplings, and their annual report cards will include marks for how well the trees grow.
Agrotech
$46 million grant to carry climate-smart farming to 1.5 million African farmers
The fourth phase of the West Africa Food System Resilience Program, granted to ICIPE, will scale drought-tolerant rice and maize, digital climate advice and solar irrigation in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Senegal and Zambia.
LivestockUS hog herd at 74.3 million head, little changed on the year
American farms held 74.3 million hogs and pigs on 1 March 2026, up slightly on the year but 1% below December, with Iowa accounting for 24.7 million head.
Crops
Bangladesh's Soil Is Well Suited to Castor Cultivation
The neglected bhenna (castor) plant, a symbol of poverty in Jasimuddin's poem, could become a source of income on Bangladesh's fallow land by replacing imported castor oil.
Environment
Three More Deer Rescued From Villages in Monpura
Three spotted deer that wandered into villages in Monpura, Bhola, apparently looking for food, were rescued and released into a protected forest.
Crops
Hailstorm Damages 4,000 Hectares of Boro Paddy in Kishoreganj
Two spells of hail on 24 March damaged boro paddy on about 4,000 hectares across Kishoreganj, hitting the haor areas hardest.