Daily life
How to Make Malai Cha
A step-by-step recipe for malai cha, the cream-topped milk tea, made with tea leaves, egg yolk or biscuit crumbs, cream and optional saffron and cardamom.
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Islam
Eid-e-Miladunnabi: What Scholars and Historians Say About the Prophet's Birth Date
Eid-e-Miladunnabi is marked on 12 Rabiul Awal, but the classical sources give several different dates for the Prophet Muhammad's birth.
Islam
What Is Akheri Chahar Shombo?
Akheri Chahar Shombo, the last Wednesday of Safar, recalls the day the Prophet Muhammad briefly recovered during his final illness, though scholars differ on how it should be observed.
Islam
Satan's Challenge and the Vastness of Allah's Forgiveness
Against Satan's vow to mislead humanity, Allah has promised to keep forgiving those who repent, and the hadith describes a door of repentance that stays open until the sun rises in the west.
Crops
BINA Dhan16 Brings Smiles to Gopalganj Farmers
A short-duration, high-yielding early aman rice from BINA is raising farmers' incomes in Gopalganj, where it yielded 6 tonnes a hectare.
Crops
Aman Rice Farming Rises in Adamdighi, Bumper Yield Expected
Farmers in Adamdighi, Bogura, have expanded aman rice cultivation this season and expect a bumper harvest thanks to timely rain and few pests.
Agribusiness
Import Duty Cut on Sugar and Onion
The National Board of Revenue has cut the import duty on onion and the regulatory duty on sugar to control their prices.
Islam
Which Hour on Friday Is Set for Prayers to Be Answered?
The hadith says there is an hour on Friday when Allah grants whatever a Muslim asks, and several narrations place it after the Asr prayer.
Islam
Ways to Find Peace of Mind
Alongside treatment by a specialist doctor, Islam offers guidance for easing depression, anxiety and stress, from prayer and remembrance of Allah to patience, halal food and family support.
Islam
Deeds and Supplications to Stay Steadfast in Faith
Islam teaches that holding to the Quran and Sunnah, keeping company with the truthful, remembering Allah and making certain supplications help a believer stay firm in faith.
Islam
What Did the Prophet Say About the Prayer of Repentance?
The hadith establishes Salatut Tawbah, in which a person who has sinned performs ablution, prays two rakats and asks Allah's forgiveness, with the promise that Allah forgives him.
Agribusiness
Vegetable Prices Rise, Green Chilli Falls
Prices of edible oil, vegetables and chicken rose over the week in Dhaka's Mirpur markets, while onion and green chilli became somewhat cheaper.
Daily life
Friday Special: Morog Polao
A simple weekend recipe for morog polao, chicken cooked in yoghurt and spices and layered with fragrant polao rice, loved by young and old alike.
Environment
Aman Exceeds Target in Kushtia, but Pests Raise Fears
Transplanted Aman rice in Kushtia has been grown on more land than the target this year, but farmers fear stem borer attacks could cut yields.
Islam
The Prophet's Sunnah Prayers Before and After the Obligatory Prayers
The hadith gives clear guidance on the Sunnah prayers the Prophet offered before and after the obligatory prayers, and promises a house in Paradise for twelve rakats a day.
Islam
The Prophet Muhammad's Example in Protecting Communal Harmony
The Quran and the Prophet's words and conduct, including the Charter of Madinah, set out the rights of non-Muslims and the duty of Muslims to keep communal harmony.
Islam
Simple Ways to Recognise a Hypocrite
The Quran and hadith set out plain signs of a hypocrite, from lazy, hurried prayer to lying and breaking promises, and warn of the harshest punishment for hypocrisy.
Agribusiness
55 Fishermen Detained While Catching Hilsa in the Padma
Fifty-five fishermen were detained for catching hilsa in the Padma at Louhajang in Munshiganj in defiance of the ban, and a mobile court jailed 37 of them for 15 days each.
Environment
83 Egrets Spread Their Wings in the Open Sky
The Cox's Bazar South Forest Division rescued 83 egrets from hunters in Ukhia upazila and released them.
Environment
Eagle Returns to the Open Sky
The forest department released a sick eagle into a keora forest in Char Fasson, Bhola, after giving it first aid.