Fruits
Three Friends Find Success Making Jackfruit and Banana Chips in the Hills
Three friends in Rangamati have set up Hills Bazar, a small factory using BARI's low-cost vacuum frying technology to make chips from hill jackfruit and bananas.
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Fruits
Want Lychees for Six Months? Make a Sweet, Sour and Spicy Lychee Pickle
Lychees do not keep long, but turned into a sweet, sour and spicy pickle they can be stored for six months to a year.
Fruits
Benefits and Drawbacks of Eating Mangoes
Mangoes are packed with nutrients, but eating too many can bring problems, from weight gain and blood sugar to stomach upsets.
Fruits
Eating Superfood Jamun Protects the Heart
Jamun, the black plum available briefly each summer, is among the most nutritious seasonal fruits, with benefits from heart to skin.
Crops
How to Get Chemical-Free Seasonal Fruit
A student writer argues that awareness, home-grown fruit, stricter enforcement and training for farmers can free seasonal fruit from harmful chemicals.
Crops
Safe Food Must Be Ensured for All People: Farida Akhter
Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter called for an end to a two-tier food system in which the poor get unsafe food.
Crops
Kishoreganj's Paneer and Rata Boro Paddy Get GI Recognition
Kishoreganj's tasty rata boro paddy and Austagram's paneer cheese have been registered as geographical indication (GI) products.
Fruits
Try Vegetable Cheese Toast for an Evening Snack
Vegetable cheese toast is a quick evening snack made in minutes from everyday ingredients.
FruitsFruit custard at home: an easy chilled dessert for hot afternoons
Milk, powdered milk, custard powder and your choice of fruit make a chilled fruit custard at home; it sets after 30 minutes in the fridge.
Daily life
Does Eating Food Cooked in Mustard Oil Help You Lose Weight?
Nutritionists are recommending unrefined mustard oil for cooking, saying it is good for the heart and digestion and can help keep weight in check.
Fruits
How to Make Aamsatta
Rokeya Sultana explains how to turn any mangoes knocked down by the Baishakh storms into sweet, sour and spicy aamsatta.
Crops
No Imports Needed if Paddy and Rice Procurement Targets Are Met
The food secretary says Bangladesh will not need to import food if this year's paddy and rice procurement targets are met.
FisheriesSAU researchers make balanced animal feed from invasive sucker fish
A Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University team said it had turned the banned, invasive sucker fish into a balanced feed for cats and other animals after about a year of research, with cat trials giving the hoped-for results; the IAAS World-funded project placed fourth in the association's 2024 global competition.