Crops
What to Do for Boro and Aus Rice in the Month of Falgun
As Falgun brings spring, farmers need to know the month's tasks for boro rice fields and for preparing aus seedbeds.
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Fruits
Can People With Diabetes Eat All Fruits?
Fruit is not the enemy for people with diabetes, provided they choose the right fruit, eat the right amount and eat it at the right time.
Vegetables
A Different Taste From Winter Vegetables: Cabbage Kofta
Cabbage, usually cooked as a curry or bhaji, can be turned into koftas that are crisp outside and soft inside.
Crops
Sifat Khan's Colourful Dream Journey With Colourful Budgerigars
Young lawyer Md Sifat Khan has turned a childhood fascination into Sifat Aviary, a budgerigar farm of about 130 birds that earns him Tk 20,000-30,000 a month.
LivestockSaudi Arabia launches camel passports to record identity, ownership and health
In early February 2026 Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture launched passports for camels, documenting each animal's identity, owner, breed and vaccinations. Government figures put the herd at about 2.2 million, worth more than two billion riyals a year to the economy.
Livestock
Put Egg Makhmali on Your Plate on a Day Off
Egg makhmali, boiled eggs in a smooth cashew, onion and coconut milk sauce, is an easy, homely dish for a day off.
Crops
Pabna Hopes to Harvest Tk 4.5 Crore Worth of Honey
Pabna's agriculture department expects to harvest 110 tonnes of honey worth about Tk 4.5 crore from bee boxes set beside mustard fields in the district.
Crops
Six New BRRI Rice Varieties Approved, Including Vitamin E-Rich Black Rice
Six new high-yielding BRRI rice varieties, including the country's first vitamin E-rich black rice, have been released for cultivation nationwide.
FisheriesHilsa pickle recipe with mustard oil, vinegar and panch phoron
Beyond bhapa, bhuna and jhol, hilsa can be cooked into a tangy, spicy pickle with mustard oil, mustard paste, vinegar and panch phoron to eat with hot rice. The ingredients, the steps and how to store it safely.
Crops
Lead Pollution in Farmland, the Soil's Silent Killer
Lead contamination of Bangladesh's farmland, driven largely by illegal battery recycling, is becoming an environmental and public health crisis that reaches people through crops.
Crops
A Story of New Spring Among Falling Leaves
As winter's damp fades, falling leaves, new shoots and the scent of mango blossom mark the arrival of spring, even at Hatirjheel in Dhaka.
Vegetables
Did You Know Goat Meat Can Be Made Into Bharta? Here Is the Recipe
Goat meat can also be made into a bharta, a mash with its own history and taste in rural Bengali kitchens.
AgribusinessSugarcane, okra and coffee groups turn Choluteca's harvests into rural jobs
In Choluteca, southern Honduras, a powdered-sugarcane plant, an okra exporter shipping a container a day and a specialty coffee cooperative employ hundreds. The World Bank said in February 2026 that the ComRural II project behind them had helped more than 3,200 people into jobs.
Crops
Serve Bean-Seed Dal to Lift a Plate of Hot Rice
Winter bean seeds cooked with mung or masur dal make a simple, nourishing dal to eat with hot rice.
Fruits
The Fruits That Help Most During Cancer Treatment
Choosing fruit to suit the side effects of chemotherapy or radiotherapy can make cancer treatment easier, though no single fruit cures cancer.
Vegetables
Manikganj's Singair Could Sell Tk 90 Crore Worth of Carrots This Season
Carrots on 905 hectares in Singair upazila could sell for around Tk 90 crore this season, though farmers say a lack of cold storage denies them a fair price.
Fisheries
Driven by Hunger, African Penguins Are Feeding Their Chicks Stones
With sardines and anchovies depleted, starving African penguins are feeding stones to chicks, which then die, a South African seabird rescue group says.
Vegetables
Rising Above Taunts, College Student Minhajul Succeeds in Farming
Twelfth-grade student Minhajul Minar of Joypurhat's Khetlal has turned taunts into praise by farming vegetables on three acres of mostly leased land.
Cooking
Carrot Rasmalai Recipe
Carrot rasmalai, made with ordinary household ingredients, brings a new colour and flavour to a familiar dessert for festivals or guests.
Cooking
Beetroot Halwa Recipe
Beetroot halwa, made with coconut, ghee and cashews, offers a colourful change from traditional halwa for Shab-e-Barat.