Low-grade tea mixed with sawdust and toxic chemicals is being sold as Sreemangal's famous tea, cheating tourists and hurting genuine traders, and BGB has seized a large quantity.
Natural ingredients work better than chemical cosmetics for oily skin, and these homemade packs help cut shine and reduce acne.
Onion prices in Kolkata have risen to as much as Rs 52 a kg in the puja season, and traders expect them to climb further through October.
As the International Day of Rural Women is marked, women who take part in almost every stage of farming in Bangladesh say their work still goes unrecognised.
Worshippers at Makkah's Masjid al-Haram prayed shoulder to shoulder again after Saudi authorities lifted the social distancing rules imposed during the pandemic.
Hill roots look so like ginger that shoppers can be fooled, but smell, peel and soil can reveal the real thing.
This year's World Food Day comes amid a UN warning of an unprecedented food security crisis and fears of steep rises in global food prices.
A few daily habits, from lemon water to a weekly detox bath and exercise, are suggested for clearing toxins from the body.
Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque told a BARI workshop that onion prices will fall within 15 to 20 days and that Bangladesh has no food shortage.
With hot days and cold, foggy nights heralding winter in Nilphamari, doctors report a rise in colds, fever and diarrhoea among children.
Nutritionists say a daily egg, eaten the right way, can help with a range of health problems, from anaemia to weak bones.
Potatoes produce the toxin solanine once they sprout, so eating them can cause anything from stomach upsets to, in large doses, coma or death.
Onion prices at Hili land port fell by Tk 12 a kg after imports from India resumed following the six-day Durga Puja closure.
Prices of rice, lentils, vegetables, fish, meat and other essentials have risen, driving middle-class shoppers into long queues at TCB's subsidised truck sales.
NASA has sent the Lucy spacecraft to study the asteroids around Jupiter, a mission billed as a search for the solar system's 'fossils'.
The Quran calls believers to sincere repentance and teaches a prayer asking Allah to perfect their light and forgive them.
The government plans a Tk 49.73 crore project to expand silk farming and industry in 42 upazilas across 30 districts to revive the sector.
Worshippers at the Kaaba in Mecca prayed shoulder to shoulder again after Saudi authorities lifted the social distancing rule imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Onion prices at Hili land port have dropped Tk 8 a kg in a week as Indian imports resume and buyers stay away.
The right diet, sensible use of cooking oil and regular exercise can keep cholesterol under control, even for those with a family history.
