CropsStanding water starves soil of oxygen, strips out nitrogen and builds up toxic compounds. Amid the floods and heavy rain of July 2026, an SRDI soil scientist set out drainage, organic matter and soil-test-based fertiliser as the remedies.
CookingShaking garlic cloves hard for 20 to 30 seconds in a lidded container, or between two matching steel bowls, loosens the skins without a knife, a method America's Test Kitchen also describes.
Hilsa roe is selling for Tk 5,500 to Tk 6,000 a kg at Chandpur's Boro Station fish landing, nearly double last year's price, because few roe-bearing fish are being caught.
Water resources minister Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee said rivers and canals cannot be protected without coordinated work by all ministries and agencies.
FruitsAt Atghar Kuriana in Pirojpur's Nesarabad upazila, farmers sold guava from small dinghies in late July 2026; the DAE put the district's crop at 710 hectares and 7,210 tonnes and the market's trade at more than Tk 20 crore a season.
CropsIn Shraban, farmers cut, ret and strip mature jute, but deshi and tossa jute can also be sown for good-quality seed, and in flood-prone areas stem cuttings planted on high ground can produce seed.
Bangladesh has quadrupled rice output, but SOFI 2026 shows millions cannot afford a healthy diet, and the writer argues food security must now be measured on the plate.
A delegation from the US Department of Agriculture visited a farmers' mini cold storage run by DAE in Savar and praised the technology.
Taro leaves and prawns come together in a quick, nutritious Bengali dish that is best served with hot rice.
A 10-month-old girl was killed in Sadarpur, Faridpur, when a battery-run autorickshaw struck an elephant being used to collect money on the road and overturned.
EnvironmentOn 28 July 2026 two large pythons were rescued from the Jagchhara and Phulbari tea gardens in Moulvibazar. Jagonews24 reported one at about 16 feet and the other at 17 feet; both were handed to the forest department.
Floods from a week of continuous rain and hill runoff damaged 3,675 hectares of farmland in Rangamati, causing Tk 61.45 crore in losses.
EnvironmentOn the morning of 28 July 2026 the forest department rescued a python nearly 10 feet long beside a settlement at Char Phulbari in Ulipur, Kurigram, and said it would go to Rangpur Zoo after health checks.
