Daily life
What to Do When Food Won't Digest
An ENT specialist explains reflux and throat reflux, their symptoms, and how diet, medicine and occasionally surgery can treat them.
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Environment
Safe Food: Agriculture Minister's Advice to Eat Less Rice Draws Criticism
The agriculture minister's advice to eat less rice to cut demand has drawn jokes and criticism on social media.
Agribusiness
Prices of Nine Food Items Rise by up to 40 Per Cent in a Month
TCB figures show sharp rises in the prices of rice, lentils, oil, sugar, flour, onions, potatoes, eggs and broiler chicken, squeezing low-income families.
Daily life
Foods That Keep the Body Hydrated Besides Water
Several everyday foods and drinks can help make up the body's water deficit for people who do not drink enough water.
Daily life
Foods That Reduce Mental Stress
Six foods, from eggs and sea fish to blueberries and chamomile tea, can help ease mental stress at home.
Bangladesh
BRRI's Five Decades of Contribution to Food Security
Marking its 50th anniversary, the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute describes how its varieties and technologies helped Bangladesh become the world's third-largest rice producer.
Daily life
Foods That Will Make Up a Calcium Deficiency
Sesame, almonds, leafy greens, okra, dates, eggs and soybean are among the foods that can help make up a calcium shortfall.
Daily life
Don't Waste Food
The writer urges readers not to waste food but to give what they cannot eat to the hungry, remembering neighbours and the homeless.
Daily life
Bhasan Char Can Store Three Months' Food for 100,000 People
Four huge warehouses built on Bhasan Char can store three months' food for more than 100,000 Rohingya, part of a project that also includes solar power, fuel tanks and a lighthouse.
Crops
Pulao Leaf Plant Adds Flavour to Food
The pulao leaf plant's fragrant leaves enhance and perfume food, and it needs little care to grow.
Daily life
The Foods That Make You Age Faster
Some tasty foods and habits bring on the signs of age early, from cream cakes and chips to excess salt, alcohol, smoking and energy drinks.
Bangladesh
"Women in the Fight for Food": They Must Be Given State Honour and Recognition
Women working in agriculture must get state recognition as farmers, and every government programme to help farmers must include a quota for women.
Agrotech
Would You Eat Meat Made by a Robot?
If you wear a hearing aid, you are already part of the global 3D printing revolution that is transforming manufacturing.