Islam
Non-violence in Islam: restraint in anger, forgiveness and justice
A Muslim is one from whose tongue and hand others are safe: Maisara Jannat writes on non-violence, controlling anger and forgiveness in the Quran and hadith.
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LivestockSouth African livestock recovers, but meat prices pull in different directions
Better grazing and cheaper maize are helping South African farmers rebuild cattle and sheep herds, which keeps red meat prices up, while recovering pork and poultry output is pushing those prices down, Absa's spring outlook finds.
Daily life
Short of money by month's end? Ten ways to save on household costs
With everyday prices rising, saving on a limited income is hard, but budgeting at the start of the month, skipping impulse buys, stocking up during discounts and setting aside a share of pay at once can still leave money over.
CropsCorn ethanol set to reach a third of Brazil's output two years early
StoneX expects corn to supply a third of Brazil's ethanol by 2027/28, and Inpasa, the world's second-largest producer, turns second-crop corn into fuel, cattle feed and oil for other biofuels.
Crops
Indian pesticide makers oppose data protection, warning of higher costs for farmers
The Crop Care Federation of India says extra exclusivity for agrochemical data would delay cheaper generic pesticides, because patented molecules already reach India late.
AgribusinessAries Agro lifts plant-nutrition capacity to 101,400 tonnes with Gujarat plant
The Indian plant-nutrition company commissioned a 6,000-tonne facility at Sayakha, grew its depot network to 30 and says it reached 54,948 farmers through awareness meetings during the year.
LivestockMonil adds calving alerts and grazing maps to its virtual fence collars
The Norwegian livestock tech company's solar-powered cattle collars will warn farmers when a cow is calving and map how hard each pasture is grazed, as it grows in the US and doubles its warranty to ten years.
Agrotech
AgroSustain and Herd Advance win Tesco's 2026 Agri-tech Challenge
A Swiss crop-protection coating and a British cattle-monitoring system won the supermarket's two categories, earning trials inside its supply chain where farmers and suppliers can see them work.
Environment
Noakhali restaurants start logging how much food they waste each day
On the international day on food loss and waste, more than 10 hotels and restaurants in Maijdee, Noakhali, agreed to record their daily food waste and display it to diners; each throws away 50 kg or more a day.
Environment
Young people hand government a national climate charter ahead of COP
A charter drafted by about 300 young people at a two-day national youth climate summit at Bangla Academy, setting out demands on climate justice, loss and damage, finance, adaptation and green jobs, was handed to the government.
IslamCalicut's Mishkal Mosque: 650 years of timber architecture
Built in the 14th century by the Yemeni shipowner Nakhuda Mishkal at Kuttichira in Kerala, the mosque once rose seven storeys; four survive today, standing on 24 pillars.
IslamHonouring and caring for the elderly is a duty of faith, say the Quran and Hadith
Verse 23 of Surah Al-Isra forbids saying even 'uff' to parents in old age; Our Islam calls checking on the elderly, sitting with them and seeking their advice a duty of faith.
IslamIndonesia's average Hajj wait falls to 14 years after data clean-up
Indonesia's Hajj and Umrah ministry says the national average wait to perform Hajj is now 14 years, after checking some 5.7 million registrations and removing about 400,000 invalid records.
AgrotechBrazil clears Switch Bioworks to field-test its nitrogen-making microbes
The US startup's engineered soil microbes switch on nitrogen production around a crop's roots about six weeks after planting; Brazil's biosafety approval opens field trials in a country that imports most of its fertiliser.
Health
Climate change is driving up skin disease, study of 136 countries finds
In research presented at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology congress, 42.6 per cent of countries reported climate-related changes in skin disease, with heat rash rising most.
FisheriesSix months in jail and a cancelled fisher card for catching mother hilsa in Chandpur
For the 8-29 October ban, Chandpur will set up five temporary police camps in its 70 km sanctuary, block canal mouths and shut ice factories; 41,390 fishers in the district will get 25 kg of food aid each.
HealthLow-cost dialysis deal ends in November, leaving public-hospital kidney patients anxious
Sandor's 10-year PPP contract with the health directorate, which provides cheap dialysis on 59 machines at the national kidney institute and 31 at Chattogram Medical College Hospital, ends on 29 November with no decision yet on renewal or an alternative.
CookingMushrooms going watery and rubbery in the pan? Five cooking tips
Don't wash mushrooms too much, turn up the heat when they release water, add spices only once it has dried and salt at the very end: five simple ways to cook mushrooms well.
CropsRaw jute trade is brisk at Chatmohar's markets, but jute acreage is shrinking
Farmers from the Chalan Beel area bring jute by boat, van and truck to Chatmohar's weekly markets, where fibre length and colour set the price; lower prices and demand than before are cutting cultivation.
HealthCardiac rehabilitation: getting back to normal life after a heart attack or bypass
Physical medicine specialist Sakib Al Nahiyan explains how a medically supervised cardiopulmonary rehabilitation programme breaks the cycle of fear and weakness after a heart attack, a stent or bypass surgery.