Daily lifeBangladesh's state trading agency TCB plans to trim this year's subsidy by Tk 500 to 600 crore through lower interest and running costs and more commercial sales, and to become self-reliant in four to five years, while keeping subsidised prices unchanged.
CookingNo dosa rice needed: soak red lentils overnight, blend them into a thin batter and fill the dosa with potatoes tempered with mustard seeds and curry leaves.
CropsNew Canadian Grain Commission grading factors for durum, wheat and lentils took effect on 1 August 2026, treating darkened durum kernels as smudge rather than severe midge and raising tolerances, after research showed the discolouration does little harm to pasta quality.
Commerce minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir says market surveillance will be tightened year-round, as lentil and edible oil imports rise sharply.
The purchase committee cleared a Tk 76.79 crore deal with Jaitun Auto Rice and Dal Mills, the lowest bidder in a local open tender; TCB's target for the year is 220,000 tonnes.
CookingA recipe published by Jagonews24's lifestyle desk on 27 May 2026: masoor or mung dal pressure-cooked with green mango, turmeric and salt, then finished with a tempering of ghee, cumin and dried chillies and served with hot rice.
CookingJagonews24's lifestyle desk published a recipe on 17 May 2026 for thin masoor dal cooked with ridge gourd, a light hot-season dish made with one tablespoon of oil and a few everyday spices, served with rice.
CookingA lifestyle recipe published by Jagonews24 on 1 March 2026 suggested lau dal, red lentils or black gram cooked with bottle gourd and finished with a cumin, fennel and bay leaf tempering, as a light dish for the pre-dawn sehri meal.
CookingCooking prawns into red lentil dal is a quick way to vary everyday dal and rice. This is the recipe Jagonews24's lifestyle desk published in January 2026, with its ingredients and steps.
CropsGrow more lentils with BARI's advice: nine BARI Masur varieties, the late-October sowing window, seed and fertiliser rates, and how to control Stemphylium blight, foot rot and rust.
