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Formalin Does Not Work on Fruit, Eat More Fruit, Seminar Told
Speakers at a Bangladesh Food Safety Authority seminar said formalin, being highly volatile, has no role in preserving or ripening fruit.
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Sweet Grapes Hang in a Rooftop Garden Grown for Pleasure
A hobby rooftop grape garden in Sitakunda with 55 varieties has produced sweet fruit, delighting its owner and the local agriculture office.
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Litchis Cracking on the Trees, Dashing Growers' Hopes
Sudden rain after a prolonged heatwave is ruining litchis on the trees in Rajshahi, turning them dark and splitting them open.
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Rajbari Litchi Farmers Happy with Good Prices
Favourable weather has given Rajbari a bumper litchi crop this year, and growers are happy to sell pest-free fruit wholesale straight from their orchards.
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Markets Full of Seasonal Fruit, Demand for Imported Fruit Falls
The arrival of mangoes, litchis and jackfruit has cut demand for imported fruit in Dhaka, bringing down the prices of apples, malta and oranges.
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Kaliganj's Sohan Succeeds With Year-Round Lemons
An electrician from Kaliganj in Gazipur who took lemon saplings instead of unpaid wages has built a profitable year-round lemon orchard that is inspiring young people nearby.
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Fazle Rabbi Succeeds With Grape Farming in Faridpur
A young entrepreneur in Faridpur has harvested a strong first crop from an experimental grape garden and plans to farm commercially next year.
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Lychee Growers Downcast as Yields Collapse in Kishoreganj
A prolonged heatwave and hailstorms have slashed the lychee harvest in Mongolbaria, Kishoreganj's famous lychee village.
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Nursery Worker Nur Islam Is Now a Successful Mango Grower
A former nursery labourer in Sharsha, Jashore, has turned BARI-11 mangoes into a thriving business, selling fruit and saplings across the country.
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15 Injured as Two Villages Clash in Kuliarchar
At least 15 people were hurt when two villages in Kuliarchar, Kishoreganj, clashed with spears over a banana theft and a longstanding feud.
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Hard Labour, Low Pay
More than 2,000 porters at Old Dhaka's Badamtoli and Wiseghat fruit wholesale markets work around the clock but say their pay falls far short.
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Mango and Litchi Fruitlets Drop in Meherpur's Intense Heat
Extreme heat in Meherpur is making mango and litchi fruitlets drop, threatening this season's crop and leaving orchard owners and leaseholders in trouble.
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Passion Fruit Hangs From a Restaurant Wall in Zajira
Passion fruit vines planted to decorate a restaurant in Shariatpur's Zajira are now bearing fruit that staff used to throw away as wild berries.