Fruits
What to Know Before Eating Guava With the Skin
Eating guava with its skin adds extra nutrients, but nutritionists say people with diabetes or high cholesterol may be better off peeling it.
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Crops
Father and Son Succeed With Honey Farming in Magura
Al Amin and his father Sabu Molla are collecting honey from mustard flowers with bee boxes set in fields at Defulia village in Magura Sadar.
Crops
Unchecked Pond Digging Destroys Paddy Land, Leaving Thousands of Farmers Waterlogged
Ponds are being dug unchecked on triple-crop paddy land across Tarash in Sirajganj, blocking drainage and leaving thousands of bighas permanently under water.
Vegetables
Spring Onion Paratha Can Bring a Different Taste
A simple recipe for spring onion paratha, a warm winter breakfast or afternoon snack made with fresh seasonal spring onions.
Crops
Rice Seedlings Dying in Dense Fog, Farmers Worried
A cold wave and dense fog in Bhola are killing boro rice seedlings, leaving farmers, some of them on loans, fearing a shortage of seedlings.
Crops
How to Care for Livestock in Winter
A veterinary student sets out how farmers can keep cattle warm, well fed and healthy through Bangladesh's cold December and January.
Crops
Winter Vegetable Prices Rise Again
Prices of winter vegetables in Dhaka have risen by Tk 10-20 a kg in a week, with tomatoes selling at Tk 100-120 in the peak season.
Crops
Cold Hits Boro, Potato and Mustard Farmers
Prolonged cold and dense fog are reddening boro seedbeds, raising late blight risk in potatoes and cutting yields of beans and mustard across Bangladesh.
Environment
Man Caught Slaughtering Deer Trapped in Sitakunda
Local people in Sitakunda caught a man as he slaughtered a deer trapped in a coastal keora plantation, and the forest department is preparing a case.
Fisheries
Coordination Needed for Animal Health and Nutrition Security: Fisheries Adviser
Opening the sixth AHCAB international expo in Dhaka, adviser Farida Akhter said the government cannot ensure food and nutrition security alone.
Fruits
No Relief for Buyers in the Fruit Market
Imported fruit prices in Dhaka have fallen slightly as local fruit arrives, but good apples still cost Tk 280-320 a kg and buyers say fruit remains unaffordable.
Crops
Ponds Dug in the Dark: Rajshahi Loses 16,000 Hectares of Farmland
Uncontrolled digging of commercial fish ponds and spreading construction cost Rajshahi 16,159 hectares of cropland between 2015 and 2023.
CropsPotato Late Blight in Winter: Symptoms and What Farmers Should Do
In early January 2026 Bangladesh's Department of Agricultural Extension warned that potato late blight could reach epidemic levels in winter. The symptoms, preventive steps and BARI's recommended fungicide sprays.
Environment
YouTuber 'Speed' Races a Cheetah
American streamer Darren Watkins, known as 'Speed', raced a cheetah in a video, keeping pace at first before the animal pulled away to the finish.
Crops
Farmer Trampled to Death by Wild Elephants in Sherpur
A 65-year-old farmer was killed by a herd of wild elephants while cutting grass in the Balijhuri range of Sreebardi upazila in Sherpur.
Crops
BARI Mustard-20 Shows a New Way Between the Aman and Boro Seasons
BARI Mustard-20, a short-duration, high-yielding and stress-tolerant variety, is being spread in Sirajganj to use the gap between the Aman and Boro rice seasons.
FruitsDates on an empty stomach in winter: what the nutrition evidence says
A Jagonews24 report on 7 January 2026 advised eating dates on an empty stomach on winter mornings. Research shows dates are rich in sugar and fibre, but no evidence was found for an extra empty-stomach benefit, and people with diabetes should ask a doctor first.
VegetablesKohlrabi nutrition: a low-cost vegetable rich in vitamin C, fibre and potassium
Kohlrabi, an inexpensive member of the cabbage family, supplies vitamin C, fibre and potassium, nutrients that health bodies link to immunity, digestion and blood pressure, though no single food cures disease.
Environment
Tiger Caught in Sundarbans Snare Under Treatment, Regaining Its Wildness
A tiger rescued from a poachers' snare in the Sundarbans on 4 January is recovering at a wildlife rescue centre in Khulna and may soon return to the forest.
Crops
Kul Farming Grows in Sharsha, Opening New Prospects for the Farm Economy
Commercial kul farming is expanding in Sharsha, Jashore, turning Beltala Bazar into one of the south-west's key winter fruit markets.