Livestock
Healthy Papaya and Beef for the Sehri Table
Beef cooked with fresh papaya is a nutritious, light and easily digested dish suited to the sehri table in Ramadan.
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Crops
Chapainawabganj Fragrant With Mango Blossom
Mango trees across Chapainawabganj are covered in blossom and farmers are busy tending orchards in hope of a good harvest.
Fruits
Which Fruits to Choose If You Want Fibre
Guava and pear lead familiar fruits for fibre, apple sits in the middle, and banana and orange trail slightly behind.
Fisheries
Recipe: Fish Patora with Taro Stolons
River fish and taro stolons come together in this homely patora, cooked down into a thick gravy to eat with rice.
Fruits
Fruit Prices Stay High as Buyers Struggle in Madaripur
Nearly halfway through Ramadan, fruit prices in Madaripur remain high and buyers are struggling to afford them.
Fruits
Duties and Syndicates Push Up Fruit Prices in Lalmonirhat During Ramadan
Apples, grapes and malta have moved beyond ordinary buyers' reach in Lalmonirhat since Ramadan began, as traders cite high duties and a wholesale syndicate.
Vegetables
Export Hurdles Leave Bholahat's Sweet Pumpkin Farmers in Trouble
Complications in exporting have cut prices for sweet pumpkin farmers in Bholahat, where growers once prospered by selling abroad.
Crops
Try a New Twist at Iftar: French Fry Peyaju
Crispy potato fries wrapped in spicy peyaju batter make a new version of a familiar iftar favourite.
Crops
Low Turmeric Prices Leave Rangamati Growers Disheartened
Poor yields and dried turmeric prices well below last year's have left hill farmers in Rangamati disheartened, with some warning growers may give up the crop.
EnvironmentWorld Wildlife Day 2026: how households can protect the wildlife around them
On World Wildlife Day, 3 March 2026, the birds, squirrels, bats and small reptiles living around Bangladeshi homes were losing trees, water and nesting places to concrete; native trees, clean water, fewer pesticides, free birds and calls to the Forest Department in place of home rescue help protect them.
Livestock
Does Lemon Water or Milk Reduce Acidity During Ramadan?
Lemon water and milk may give some fasting people temporary relief from acidity but can make symptoms worse for others, a gastroenterologist says.
Crops
Stevia, a Sugar Substitute, Opens a New Horizon as a Profitable Crop
Commercial stevia farming has begun in Lalmonirhat, where a Dahagram farmer earns about Tk 50,000 a month from 12 decimals of land.
Vegetables
Yam Shaped Like Human Hands and Feet Draws Curiosity in Gaibandha
A yam weighing about 20 kg and resembling human hands and feet has been dug up in a farmer's yard in Sundarganj, Gaibandha.