Vegetables
Make a Prawn Curry With Tender Ash Gourd
Tender ash gourd, now easy to find in the markets, makes a rich curry with prawns and coconut milk.
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Environment
Boy Dies After Snakebite While Asleep in Chuadanga
A 12-year-old boy died after being bitten by a snake in his sleep in Alamdanga, Chuadanga, and his family says taking him to faith healers first delayed his arrival at hospital.
Fisheries
Cobra's Severed Head Bites Elderly Man Five Minutes After Beheading
A 72-year-old man in China who cut off a cobra's head with a spade was bitten by the severed head five minutes later and spent two months in treatment before recovering.
Crops
Watermelons Existed 4,000 Years Ago, With Evidence Found in Pharaohs' Tombs
Watermelon was grown in ancient Egypt some 4,000 years ago, and centuries of cultivation and selection turned a pale, watery fruit from Africa into today's sweet red melon and even Japan's square watermelons.
Environment
From Concrete City to Green City: How New York Is Changing
New York City has set a target of tree cover over about 30 per cent of its area by 2040 to cope with rising heat, building on the MillionTreesNYC programme that planted its millionth tree in 2015.
Fruits
From the Heart to Married Life: The Health Benefits of Watermelon
Watermelon does more than quench thirst: it helps keep the body hydrated and supports heart health, immunity and blood circulation, though it is no substitute for medicine.
Crops
55 Lakh Beneficiaries Get 30 kg of Rice a Month at Tk 15 a Kg
The food ministry has begun distributing rice under the Food Friendly Programme, giving 55 lakh cardholders 30 kg a month at Tk 15 a kg for six months.
Crops
Rajshahi's Fields Busy With Aman Planting
After weeks of drought, monsoon rain has brought Rajshahi's farmland back to life, and farmers across the district are racing to transplant Aman rice seedlings.
Environment
Relief Distributed Among 300 Flood-Hit Families in Khagrachhari
Food has been distributed among 300 families affected by the recent flood in Dighinala upazila of Khagrachhari.
Environment
Short-Term Flood Risk in August, One Depression Possible
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department says heavy monsoon rain may cause short-term floods in parts of the north, north-east and south-east in August, and a depression may form in the Bay of Bengal.
Crops
Three More Closed Jute Mills Going to the Private Sector
Three closed state-owned jute mills are to be leased to PRAN-RFL Group and Hamko Group on 11 August, bringing the number of leased BJMC mills to 17.
Fisheries
Six-Foot Python Caught in Fisherman's Net
Police have rescued a python about six feet long that was caught in fishermen's net in Paikerchhara beel in Bhurungamari, Kurigram.
Crops
Returnee Migrant Earns Tk 10 Lakh From Longan in Dinajpur
A returnee migrant in Dinajpur's Chirirbandar has sold Tk 10 lakh worth of longan this year from 100 trees on two acres and hopes to earn as much again from saplings.