Vegetables
Safe, Nutritious Food Through Good Agricultural Practices
Safe food cannot be guaranteed by processing alone, the writer argues, so Good Agricultural Practices must be followed at every stage of the food chain.
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Fruits
Crowds Turn to Half-Rotten Fruit Markets
Priced out of fruit shops, shoppers in Dhaka are crowding roadside stalls near Sadarghat that sell sorted and half-rotten fruit at far lower prices.
Environment
Three Endangered Langurs Rescued From Private Car, Two Arrested
For the second time in a week, police in Feni have seized endangered langurs from a vehicle on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway and arrested two men.
Bangladesh
Two Young Men Held With 30 Kg of Deer Meat
Forest officials detained two young men with 30 kg of deer meat at Datinakhali, near the Sundarbans in Shyamnagar, Satkhira.
Crops
Returnee Mostafa Dreams of Success in Banana Farming
Nurul Mostafa, who came home to Mirsarai ill after years abroad, started a banana garden with 50 seedlings and now pays for his sons' college from it.
Crops
8-Foot Python Found in Paddy Field
A python 8 feet long, found by a farmer in a paddy field near the Indian border in Aditmari, Lalmonirhat, has been released in the Hatibandha Sal forest.
Crops
Winter Vegetable Farming in Full Swing in Ishwardi
With autumn giving way to late autumn, farmers across Ishwardi in Pabna are busy planting winter vegetables, some of them early.
Environment
Over a Thousand Children Get to Know Trees
A children's tree fair organised by the Singair upazila administration in Manikganj introduced over a thousand primary pupils to hundreds of plants.
Fruits
Wild Elephant Found Dead in Kaptai Forest
The carcass of an aged wild elephant was found in Kaptai upazila, Rangamati, and forest officials believe it may have died of a stroke.
Environment
Snakebite Patient Arrives at Hospital With the Cobra
A man bitten by a cobra in Chatkhil, Noakhali, took the snake to hospital in a sack before releasing it at the hospital's request and being admitted.
Environment
Sleeping Schoolgirl Dies of Snakebite
A 14-year-old schoolgirl in Kaliganj, Lalmonirhat, died on the way to hospital after a snake bit her in her sleep and her family first turned to a faith healer.
Crops
Barguna Teacher Ujjal Succeeds in Dragon Fruit Farming
A schoolteacher in Barguna who spent Tk 20 lakh planting dragon fruit on two acres has sold Tk 7.5 lakh worth of fruit so far.
Bangladesh
Langur in Village Takes Food From People's Hands
A black-faced langur has spent two days roaming Char Sonamukhi in Shariatpur, where villagers are feeding it by hand.
Fruits
Housewife Dies of Snakebite in Jhalakathi
A 45-year-old housewife in Kathalia, Jhalakathi, died after a snake from a hole under her bed bit her foot early on 9 October.
Crops
Jhalakathi Farmers Busy With Winter Vegetables
Men and women farmers in Jhalakathi are busy planting and tending winter vegetables, grown commercially and sent to Dhaka and Barishal.
Crops
Aman: Government to Buy Rice at Tk 44, Paddy at Tk 30
The government will buy seven lakh tonnes of paddy and rice from the local market this Aman season, starting in late November.
Crops
Drizzle Rots Cauliflower and Cabbage in the Fields
Days of steady rain have brought fungal disease to cauliflower and cabbage in Birampur, Dinajpur, worrying farmers.
Environment
Two Palli Bidyut Staff Caught With 8kg of Deer Meat in Koyra
Two employees of the rural electricity service were detained in Koyra, Khulna, with eight kilograms of deer meat during a joint Forest Department and Coast Guard operation.
Fruits
Palm Gorgora Pitha
A recipe for gorgora pitha, a steamed cake made with palm pulp, coconut, milk and rice flour dough.
Crops
Banana Farming Brings Prosperity to the Hills
Year-round banana farming is lifting growers in the Khagrachhari hills, though poor communications keep them from fetching the right price.