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Diabetes Patients Should Be Careful With These 5 Fruits
Mango, grapes, bananas, pineapple and cherries are high in sugar, so people with diabetes should choose fruit carefully and favour low-glycaemic options.
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Hill Lotkon Growers Dream of Earning Lakhs
Once a neglected wild fruit, lotkon is now in demand in Khagrachhari's hills and beyond, and growers hope to earn lakhs of taka from it.
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A Dhaka University Professor's Rooftop Garden Full of Fruit and Vegetables
Dhaka University maths professor Dr Shahidul Islam and his wife have turned the roof of their Fuller Road residence into a garden of fruit, vegetables and herbs.
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You Can Make Kabab With Green Bananas Too
A recipe for kabab made with green bananas and chana dal, coated in egg and breadcrumbs and deep-fried.
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The Nutrition You Get From Eating Jamrul
Jamrul looks attractive but is not very sweet and is seldom sold, yet the fruit is rich in water, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and fibre.
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How to Plant Guava Trees
Guava is best planted between May and September, in pits prepared with manure, TSP and potash and left for 10 to 15 days before planting.
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Guava Yield Down in Jhalakathi, Farmers Hope for a Fair Price
Heat and a lack of rain have cut the guava crop in Jhalakathi, and farmers are pinning their hopes on a fair price when the fruit reaches market in 15 days.
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How to Grow Pineapple in a Pot
The leafy top you throw away from a pineapple can grow into a new plant that bears fruit, with little care.
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Rashed Profits From 30 Local and Foreign Mango Varieties
A Sitakunda farmer who planted 30 mango varieties on abandoned land at the foot of the hills is making good money this season.
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Foreign fruit prices stay high in peak local season, none below Tk 250
Imported fruits such as apples, oranges and malta still cost at least Tk 250 a kg in Dhaka, even in the peak season for local fruit.
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Jhalakathi's fragrant lemons in demand across the country
Fragrant kagzi lemons grown commercially on 92 hectares in 22 villages of Jhalakathi are drawing buyers from across Bangladesh, with prices up on last year.
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The fruits that help clear toxins built up in the liver
A handful of fruits and foods eaten regularly can help flush toxins from the liver, according to a report citing ABP News.
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Three friends succeed with a mixed fruit orchard in Mirsarai
Three friends in Chattogram's Mirsarai have built a mixed fruit orchard on fallow land and expect to sell about Tk 12 lakh of guavas this year.