A factory in Debiganj, Panchagarh, will process sweet potatoes into chips, powder and paste for export, with annual exports of about Tk 200 crore hoped for.
Several hadiths say that reciting ten verses of Surah Kahf, one of the Friday practices, protects a believer from the trial of Dajjal.
The Teesta has flooded low-lying areas of Pirgachha in Rangpur after all the gates of India's Gajoldoba barrage were opened upstream, and it is still rising at Kaunia point.
A young man who returned from Malaysia has sold Tk 17 lakh worth of pabda and carp in a single day from a leased government pond in Dumuria, Khulna.
A rainbow salad made from a few everyday vegetables and yoghurt is as tasty as it is good to look at.
The juicy Fazli mango and the Bagda shrimp are set to become Bangladesh's latest geographical indication products.
LivestockA poultry farmers' association asked feed millers on 23 October 2021 to cut Tk 350 from a 50 kg sack of feed, saying soybean meal and maize had become cheaper after the soybean meal export ban.
Continuous rain and gusty winds from a Bay of Bengal low have flattened aman paddy in Ranisankail, and farmers fear losses, though the agriculture department sees little danger.
With 123 more dengue patients admitted in 24 hours, the number of people hospitalised with dengue this year has reached 22,131, the health directorate says.
More than 80 of 199 countries officially favour a religion, and Islam is the state religion in 27 of the 43 that have one, Pew Research says.
After Chapainawabganj's Khirsapat mango, the Fazli mango and the bagda shrimp are soon to receive geographical indication certificates, with the gazette already published.
Hemanta, the late-autumn season of Kartik and Agrahayan that heralds winter, has begun, bringing dewy mornings and the Nabanna festival of new rice.
FruitsA practical guide to recognising and preventing fruit and leaf rot, Phytophthora stem rot and mealybug wilt in pineapple, drawn from BARI and extension advice: healthy suckers, good drainage and careful harvesting are the best protection.
Rain or thundershowers with gusty wind may occur at one or two places in the Panchagarh region and Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions, the Met Office says.
Three days of rain and gusty wind have flattened nearly ripe Aman paddy across Thakurgaon, leaving farmers facing heavy losses.
FruitsWhite, cotton-like patches on pomegranate leaves, twigs and fruit mean mealybugs are sucking the tree's sap. Here is how to recognise them and control them with pruning, trunk bands, natural enemies and neem, keeping chemical sprays as a last resort.
The Quran and hadith place good character at the heart of the faith, calling it one of the things that most leads people to Paradise.
Farm loan disbursement rose 11 per cent to Tk 5,210 crore in July-September, with bankers saying agriculture is now a safer bet than industry.
Onion prices have fallen in Chattogram's wholesale market, but retail prices remain far higher and shoppers are still struggling.
Winter vegetables are reaching Dhaka's markets but prices remain high, while broiler chicken has risen another Tk 10 a kg in a week.
