Fruits
The Fruits That Help Most During Cancer Treatment
Choosing fruit to suit the side effects of chemotherapy or radiotherapy can make cancer treatment easier, though no single fruit cures cancer.
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Vegetables
Manikganj's Singair Could Sell Tk 90 Crore Worth of Carrots This Season
Carrots on 905 hectares in Singair upazila could sell for around Tk 90 crore this season, though farmers say a lack of cold storage denies them a fair price.
EnvironmentStarving African penguins: stones found in the stomachs of rescued chicks
Staff at SANCCOB, South Africa's seabird rescue centre, told CNN in February 2026 that they have found stones in the stomachs of starving cormorant and penguin chicks, as a study links the collapse of sardine stocks to the deaths of about 62,000 breeding African penguins.
VegetablesClass 12 college student farms three acres in Joypurhat after facing early taunts
A class 12 college student in Khetlal, Joypurhat, was growing potatoes, cucumber and bitter gourd on three acres in February 2026, Jagonews24 reported, and neighbours who once mocked him had come to praise him.
CookingCarrot rasmalai: a Shab-e-Barat dessert of carrot, semolina and milk
On 3 February 2026, the day of Shab-e-Barat, Jagonews24 published a carrot rasmalai recipe: balls of boiled carrot, ghee, semolina and milk powder, simmered in sweetened milk with chopped nuts.
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Beetroot Halwa Recipe
Beetroot halwa, made with coconut, ghee and cashews, offers a colourful change from traditional halwa for Shab-e-Barat.
Vegetables
How to Remove Pesticides from Fruit and Vegetables
On National Safe Food Day, Bangladesh Food Safety Authority guidance shows how washing and preparing produce correctly can cut much of the pesticide risk.
Fisheries
Jatka Worth Tk 9 Lakh Seized in Sitakunda, Given to Orphanage
Two and a half tonnes of jatka, young hilsa, worth about Tk 9 lakh were seized from a refrigerated covered van on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway and given to an orphanage.
CookingDate halwa recipe: how to make khejur halwa at home for Shab-e-Barat
Ahead of Shab-e-Barat on 3 February 2026, Jagonews24's lifestyle desk shared a home recipe for soft date halwa made from boiled, blended dates cooked with ghee, a spoon of sugar, raisins, nuts and rose water.
Crops
Why Drying Boro Rice Fields Matters: The Alternate Wetting and Drying Method
Letting Boro rice fields dry periodically using the Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) method boosts tillers and yields, saves 20 to 30 percent of irrigation water and cuts methane.
Environment
Spotted Deer Rescued from Village in Mongla
A spotted deer rescued from a village in Mongla was released back into the Sundarbans, as the forest department investigates whether poachers brought it there.
VegetablesRecord German potato harvest leads to mass free giveaway in Berlin
In January 2026 a campaign by a Berlin newspaper and the search engine Ecosia gave away surplus potatoes from a farm near Leipzig at points across Berlin, after Germany's biggest potato harvest in 25 years.
Crops
SAU's Medicinal Garden Is Full of Healing Plants
A medicinal garden at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in Dhaka holds some 41 species of healing plants for teaching and research.