VideoFarmers' Lives on the Meghna Chars
On the chars of the Meghna in Kishoreganj, hundreds of farmers grow vegetables against poor communications, input problems and weak markets.
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CropsAgriculture needs more attention for food and nutrition security, student writer argues
In a column of 19 December 2025, Rajshahi College student Sushree Sarkar argued that rising farm output had not yet brought safe, nutritious and balanced diets within reach of many Bangladeshis, and called for food and nutrition security to be made a national priority.
VegetablesA hobby rooftop garden in Dhaka's Bashundhara meets a family's vegetable needs
A rooftop garden that Nazmun Nahan began as a hobby about five years earlier was giving her family in Dhaka's Bashundhara fresh vegetables almost every day, Jagonews24 reported in December 2025.
Daily lifeHow to Identify Pure Ghee: Adulteration Tests, Standards and Health Advice
Melting ghee on your palm or heating it in a pan cannot prove it is pure; BSTI standards, food-safety screening tests and laboratory analysis can, and ghee is best eaten in moderation.
FisheriesChitosan from Shrimp Shells: BAEC Research on a Safer Alternative to Formalin
BAEC scientist Dr Mubarak Ahmad Khan reported that chitosan made from discarded shrimp shells kept mangoes, litchi, pineapple and tomatoes fresh for up to three weeks, offering a safer alternative to formalin.
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Safe Food: Lead Chromate in Turmeric Behind High Lead in Pregnant Mothers' Blood
Bangladesh's food safety authority has warned that turmeric used in cooking contains harmful lead chromate and promised mobile courts.