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Once You Try It, You Won't Want Any Other Pitha: The Recipe
Made with cabbage, egg and rice flour, this light and nutritious winter pitha is easy to cook with everyday ingredients.
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CookingHow to make street-style sweet potato fries at home, with safe frying tips
A recipe from Jagonews24's lifestyle desk, published on 12 January 2026, turns sweet potatoes into crisp fries: the strips are parboiled with salt and vinegar, dried on a cloth and fried golden on a medium flame.
Crops
'India's Rice Bowl' Is Emptying: Who Is to Blame?
Chhattisgarh, known as India's rice bowl, faces allegations of major irregularities as thousands of quintals of government-procured paddy are written off each year as natural losses.
CropsKumra bori making brings extra income to village families in Pabna
In January 2026 village families across Pabna were busy every winter morning making kumra bori, sun-dried dumplings of ground lentils and ripe ash gourd; makers told Jagonews24 they sold them wholesale at Tk 90-110 a kilogram and that the work gave them extra income.
Fruits
Signs That Show Your Body Lacks Vitamin D
With less time spent in the sun, vitamin D deficiency has become common in towns and villages alike, and a few symptoms can give early warning.
VegetablesNew Potato Prices Rise by Tk 10-25 a kg in Dinajpur as Old Potatoes Stay at Tk 12
New potatoes sold at Tk 30 to Tk 45 a kg in Dinajpur's markets on 11 January 2026, up Tk 10 to Tk 25 by variety. Farmers and traders blamed bitter cold and fog that kept labourers from the fields; old potatoes stayed at Tk 12.
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A Hobby Turned Bird Business Selling Tk 3 Lakh a Month
Young entrepreneur Mehedi Hasan Shuvo has turned a childhood love of birds into a shop in Old Dhaka that sells Tk 2-3 lakh worth of birds a month.
LivestockMadhya Pradesh inquiry questions spending on cow dung and urine cancer research project
An inquiry committee in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, alleged in January 2026 that a state-funded project to develop cancer treatments from cow dung and urine paid far above market rates and spent on travel and a car outside its approved estimate; the veterinary university denied every allegation.
Fruits
Does Amla Pickle Still Give You Vitamin C?
Lightly processed amla pickle keeps some vitamin C, but boiling, long cooking and long storage can strip away much of it.
Fruits
What to Know Before Eating Guava With the Skin
Eating guava with its skin adds extra nutrients, but nutritionists say people with diabetes or high cholesterol may be better off peeling it.
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Father and Son Succeed With Honey Farming in Magura
Al Amin and his father Sabu Molla are collecting honey from mustard flowers with bee boxes set in fields at Defulia village in Magura Sadar.
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Unchecked Pond Digging Destroys Paddy Land, Leaving Thousands of Farmers Waterlogged
Ponds are being dug unchecked on triple-crop paddy land across Tarash in Sirajganj, blocking drainage and leaving thousands of bighas permanently under water.
Vegetables
Spring Onion Paratha Can Bring a Different Taste
A simple recipe for spring onion paratha, a warm winter breakfast or afternoon snack made with fresh seasonal spring onions.