Crops
What to Eat and What to Avoid When You Have Diarrhoea
With many people falling ill with diarrhoea in the sudden heat, here is what to do quickly if you get it.
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Agribusiness
'Nothing for Us but Pangas and Tilapia', Laments Kuddus Boyati
Folk singer Kuddus Boyati has criticised the decision to export hilsa to India in a social media post saying ordinary people get nothing but pangas and tilapia.
Agribusiness
Legal Notice Served Seeking Action to Stop Hilsa Exports
A Supreme Court lawyer has sent a legal notice asking government officials to take steps to stop hilsa exports to India.
Fisheries
Hilsa Catching and Sales Banned From 13 October to 3 November
The government has banned all hilsa catching, transport, sale and storage for 22 days from 13 October to 3 November to protect breeding fish.
Agribusiness
Hilsa Export Allowed at India's Special Request: Fisheries Adviser
Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter said the Commerce Ministry permitted hilsa exports at India's special request for Durga Puja.
Fruits
What Happens to Your Body If You Eat Too Much Dragon Fruit?
Dragon fruit is attractive and tasty, but eating too much of it every day can cause several health problems.
Crops
Returnee Migrant Selim Finds Success With a Nursery
Selim Uddin of Mirsharai, who came home ill from the Gulf, started a fruit sapling nursery with Tk 3,000 of borrowed money and now earns more than he did abroad.
Agribusiness
Hilsa Exports Will Help Improve Relations Between the Two Countries
Economists and a former foreign ministry secretary say the interim government's approval of hilsa exports to India should be seen as a symbol of bilateral friendship rather than an earner.
Agribusiness
Joy in West Bengal as Bangladesh Announces Hilsa Shipments
After months of refusals, Bangladesh's interim government has approved hilsa exports to India, and West Bengal expects Padma hilsa on its tables before Durga Puja.
Crops
Grow Bitter Gourd All Year Round
Bitter gourd, once a summer crop, can now be grown throughout the year across Bangladesh with the right soil, care and fertiliser.
Agribusiness
3,000 Tonnes of Hilsa Going to India for Durga Puja
The Commerce Ministry has approved the export of 3,000 tonnes of hilsa to India for the upcoming Durga Puja.
Environment
Two Women Die of Snakebite in Mirzapur
Two women died of snakebites in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail, one while pulling straw for cattle and the other on Friday evening.
Fisheries
Hilsa Worth Tk 22 Lakh Seized While Being Smuggled to India
Border Guard Bangladesh seized 885kg of hilsa worth about Tk 22 lakh as smugglers tried to take it to India through Dowarabazar in Sunamganj.
Crops
Worker Electrocuted by Wire Set Up to Stop Theft in Orchard
A 50-year-old labourer was electrocuted when he went to drink water in a dragon fruit orchard in Alamdanga, Chuadanga, whose owner had electrified the fence to stop theft.
Vegetables
SAU to Give Vegetable Seedlings and Fertiliser to Flood-Hit Farmers in Cumilla and Feni
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University's horticulture department will distribute 20,000 free vegetable seedlings to 500 marginal farmers hit by flash floods in Cumilla and Feni.
Fisheries
Cook Hilsa Biryani on Your Day Off
Hilsa biryani makes a special dish for a family meal or for guests, and here is how to cook it.
Environment
Rain Trees 'Killed' by a Novel Method
Vandals have stripped the bark from eight rain trees planted by the Roads and Highways Department on the Khagrachhari-Panchhari road, slowly killing them.
Crops
Woman Dies After Sari Caught in Fan While Winnowing Paddy
A 55-year-old woman died in Jibannagar, Chuadanga, after her sari became entangled in a fan she was using to winnow paddy.
Crops
Farmers' Hopes Drowning in Rainwater
Continuous rain has waterlogged hundreds of hectares of early-variety bean fields in Muladuli union of Ishwardi, Pabna, threatening heavy losses.
Crops
Jibonkrishna Succeeds in Growing Stevia, a Sugar Substitute
A government engineer in Kaliganj, Lalmonirhat, has turned 17 stevia seedlings into a 200-plant garden in eight months and plans to grow the sugar substitute commercially.