CookingOn 18 January 2026, Jagonews24's lifestyle desk published a village-style recipe for pumpkin flower bhorta: cleaned flowers boiled in lightly salted water, then mashed with onion, green chilli, coriander leaves and mustard oil, and finished with a tempering of black cumin or panch phoron.
FruitsA January 2026 Jagonews24 report found real benefits in the habit of eating soaked raisins in the morning but urged caution for people with diabetes, kidney disease or IBS; USDA data, NHS and NIH guidance and clinical studies show where it stands.
CookingJagonews24 published a home-style recipe on 17 January 2026 for chicken cooked with lal shak (red amaranth). Here are its ingredients and steps, with what health and food-safety authorities say about the greens, iron and raw chicken.
CookingJagonews24's recipe of 14 January 2026 cooks beef or goat slowly in one covered pot with ghee, tomatoes, ginger, green chillies and black pepper, leaving out garam masala and ground spices so the meat's own flavour leads.
Made with cabbage, egg and rice flour, this light and nutritious winter pitha is easy to cook with everyday ingredients.
CookingA recipe from Jagonews24's lifestyle desk, published on 12 January 2026, turns sweet potatoes into crisp fries: the strips are parboiled with salt and vinegar, dried on a cloth and fried golden on a medium flame.
With less time spent in the sun, vitamin D deficiency has become common in towns and villages alike, and a few symptoms can give early warning.
Lightly processed amla pickle keeps some vitamin C, but boiling, long cooking and long storage can strip away much of it.
FruitsA Jagonews24 report on 7 January 2026 advised eating dates on an empty stomach on winter mornings. Research shows dates are rich in sugar and fibre, but no evidence was found for an extra empty-stomach benefit, and people with diabetes should ask a doctor first.
CookingDry rice flour soaked for half an hour in lukewarm water, mixed with gur, plain flour and salt and fried at medium heat makes poa pitha without soaking rice, in a recipe Jagonews24 published on 6 January 2026.
CookingCooking prawns into red lentil dal is a quick way to vary everyday dal and rice. This is the recipe Jagonews24's lifestyle desk published in January 2026, with its ingredients and steps.
AgribusinessIn a Jagonews24 column of 4 January 2026, former Jahangirnagar University vice-chancellor Abdul Bayes reviewed Professor Mohammad Mozahidul Islam's book, which argues that millions in Bangladesh go hungry not for lack of resources but because of the nature of the state.
A recipe for grilling marinated winter vegetables as a light, healthy alternative to fish or meat barbecue.
