LivestockAustralia shipped 46,765 live cattle in September, down from 71,711 in August, but Darwin feeder steers still fetch about 450c/kg as Indonesian feedlots prepare to fill pens for Ramadan in February 2027.
IslamBy astronomical calculation, Ramadan 2027 may start on 8 February and Eid al-Fitr fall on 10 March, Gulf News reports, though the final dates depend on moon sighting.
IslamBy the reckoning of Saudi astronomer Dr Abdullah Al-Misnad, 2039 will hold two Eid al-Adha festivals, one Eid al-Fitr and two Hajj seasons, and in 2030 Ramadan will begin twice in the same year.
CookingOn 18 March 2026 Jagonews24 published a Ramadan recipe for banana lassi: two ripe bananas, 150 grams of sweet yoghurt, two spoons of honey and a pinch of cardamom, blended and thinned with cold water.
In Ramadan the pace slows at Sylhet's Malinichhara tea garden, where Muslim workers and staff find time for prayers and iftar with family or at the mosque.
Fruit of all kinds is selling at high prices in Mymensingh's markets during Ramadan, with buyers blaming weak monitoring for rises of Tk 50-250 a kg.
CookingA cold iftar drink of milk, milk powder, condensed milk, cornflour, watermelon and Rooh Afza, from a recipe Jagonews24's lifestyle desk published during Ramadan on 11 March 2026.
CookingOn 10 March 2026, during Ramadan, Jagonews24 published a recipe for an omelette of two eggs, a cup of oats and chopped onion, tomato, coriander and chilli as a lighter iftar dish; here it is with health authorities' advice on eggs, safe cooking and eating well while fasting.
A date smoothie, made by soaking dates and blending them, can be a nutritious drink full of energy.
Shahi reshmi beef stroganoff biryani, layering creamy beef gravy with basmati rice, is a regal restaurant-style dish that can easily be made at home.
CookingRooh Afza, the rose-scented sharbat that grew out of the Unani physician Hakim Hafiz Abdul Majeed's Hamdard Dawakhana in old Delhi, founded in 1906, survived Partition to become a Ramadan staple in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. A March 2026 look at its history, a supply crisis and its court cases.
CookingA short Jagonews24 recipe of 8 March 2026 set out fruit chaat as a quick Ramadan dish: fresh fruit cut into cubes and mixed in a bowl with lemon juice, chaat masala and a little spice.
CookingA coarse-rice khichuri named after Charsadda in Pakistan had gone viral on social media and was sold across Dhaka during Ramadan in March 2026; Jagonews24 published a beef, rice and lentil recipe for making it at home on 8 March.
