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Satkhira Farmers Turn to Early Boro Rice to Beat Salinity
Satkhira's coastal farmers are sowing boro early and using salt-tolerant varieties to beat rising salinity, but higher input costs have them worried.
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Serve Chana Dal Halwa to Guests on Shab-e-Barat
Halwa made from protein-rich chana dal is a tasty, homely sweet to serve guests on Shab-e-Barat.
EnvironmentRajshahi University bird fair puts preserved 'mummy' birds on display
Rajshahi University's Bird Conservation Club held a day-long bird fair on 31 January 2026 with taxidermy-preserved "mummy" birds, bird photographs, an awareness rally and a children's drawing contest.
CropsJaggery makers drive demand for latakasturi plants in Chapainawabganj
In January 2026 latakasturi (musk mallow) plants sold for Tk 200 to Tk 250 a kg at the Kansat jaggery market in Chapainawabganj, bought by sugarcane growers who use them to clear dirt and froth from boiling cane juice.
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Pabda Fish in a Sour and Hot Jujube Curry: The Recipe
Pabda fish cooked with sour-sweet jujube in a lightly spiced gravy brings something new to the kitchen in jujube season.
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What Farmers Can Do to Protect Birds in Crop Fields
With pesticides, wetland traps and habitat loss pushing birds into crisis, farmers can help through organic farming, pest management and protecting wetlands and trees.
FruitsEarly Blossoms Cover Dinajpur Mango Orchards as Fog Worries Growers
Mango trees in parts of Dinajpur blossomed early in the Magh cold of late January 2026; growers hoped for a good crop but feared that lasting fog would bring disease to the blossoms.
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Sudden Dense Fog Blankets Dinajpur, Boro and Potato Farmers Worried
After a few warmer days, dense fog and a biting wind returned to Dinajpur, worrying farmers about boro seedbeds and potato fields.
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Plants Will Grow from Leaflets: Here Is How
Seed-paper leaflets used in BNP's election campaign can grow into vegetable seedlings when planted in soil.
CookingSpicy Duck Bhuna With Coconut Milk: A Recipe for a Holiday Lunch
Jagonews24's Friday recipe of 30 January 2026 cooked 1 kg of duck in mustard oil with ground spices, coconut milk and fried onion into a spicy, thick-gravied bhuna for a family holiday lunch.
CookingChingri polao: a prawn and aromatic rice recipe for the day off
On 30 January 2026 Jagonews24 published a holiday recipe for chingri polao: half a kilogram each of prawns and basmati or polao rice, a yoghurt masala, and a finish of kewra and rose water.
CropsSugarcane Farming Returns to Narayanganj's Araihazar and Rupganj for Jaggery
Farmers in Araihazar and Rupganj upazilas of Narayanganj went back to sugarcane and field-made jaggery, and the district's agriculture office put the 2025-26 crop at 136 hectares, up on the year before, Jagonews24 reported on 30 January 2026.
CropsWinter vegetables grown on Dhaka-Rangpur highway divider in Gobindaganj
In January 2026 residents of Gobindaganj, Gaibandha, were growing beans, gourds, brinjal, red amaranth and other winter vegetables on about 4 km of the Dhaka-Rangpur highway divider, with advice from the upazila agriculture office.