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Which Vitamin Deficiency Leaves You Falling Ill Often?
Frequent illness is not a good sign, and people who often catch fevers and colds should check whether they are meeting their daily vitamin C needs.
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How to Plant Grape Seedlings at Home
Grapes can be grown at home with the right position, soil and care; here is how to plant and look after grape seedlings.
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Coffee Farming Beckons Success in Sherpur
A local entrepreneur's commercial coffee success in Nalitabari has drawn more than a hundred farmers into the crop, with support from the agriculture office.
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Khorshed Alam Succeeds with Dragon Fruit
What began as a hobby with 30 plants has grown into a 2,000-plant dragon fruit garden in Kurigram that sells fruit worth lakhs of taka a year.
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Jhalakathi's Amra Now Going Abroad
Farmers in Jhalakathi say their amra, prized for its sweetness, now meets demand across Bangladesh and is also being sent abroad.
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Former Soldier in West Bengal Locks Up His Banana Trees to Stop Thieves
A former Indian Army soldier in West Bengal has fenced and padlocked his roadside banana trees after years of losing every bunch to thieves.
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800 Mango Trees Cut in Bid to Seize Trader's Orchard in Naogaon
A Dhaka-based fruit trader has accused influential locals of cutting 800 mango trees in his Naogaon orchard, while the accused say the land is legally theirs.
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Sakila's Enchanting Rooftop Garden in Kalyanpur
Sakila Parvin has recreated the greenery of her native Naogaon on a rooftop garden in Dhaka's Kalyanpur.
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Demand for Water Chestnut Grows in Satkhira Markets
Early water chestnut has reached Satkhira's markets, and growers in Debhata expect profits as demand for the fruit rises.
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Commercial Grape Farming Begins in Chandpur for the First Time
Chandpur entrepreneur Kamruzzaman Pradhania has succeeded in growing grapes, a foreign fruit, and has begun commercial cultivation on 20 decimals of land.
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What to Eat and What to Avoid When You Have Diarrhoea
With many people falling ill with diarrhoea in the sudden heat, here is what to do quickly if you get it.
Crops
Returnee Migrant Selim Finds Success With a Nursery
Selim Uddin of Mirsharai, who came home ill from the Gulf, started a fruit sapling nursery with Tk 3,000 of borrowed money and now earns more than he did abroad.
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Worker Electrocuted by Wire Set Up to Stop Theft in Orchard
A 50-year-old labourer was electrocuted when he went to drink water in a dragon fruit orchard in Alamdanga, Chuadanga, whose owner had electrified the fence to stop theft.