Fruits such as guava, dates, banana, jackfruit and orange supply a little protein along with vitamins, minerals and fibre, though they cannot replace eggs, fish, meat or pulses.
EnvironmentOn 20 July 2026 the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre said floods could develop or worsen within 24 to 48 hours in low-lying riverside areas of the Rangpur, Sylhet, Mymensingh and Rajshahi regions, with flash floods possible in places.
EnvironmentSocial media posts claimed a Mithapukur man died after ignoring a snakebite to watch Argentina play; the local UP member told Jagonews24 he was under treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital during the match.
Heavy to very heavy rain may cause floods in eight districts in the next 24 to 72 hours, with rivers flowing at warning level and low-lying areas at risk of inundation.
FruitsAbout 250 judges, lawyers and law reporters tasted mango, jackfruit, latkan and other local seasonal fruits at the Law Reporters' Forum's annual fruit festival in the Supreme Court Bar Association building on 19 July 2026.
Imran Hossain, the snake charmer bitten by a cobra in Bheramara, Kushtia, has left hospital before completing treatment, saying he was ashamed.
EnvironmentOn 19 July 2026 Gono Bishwabidyalay student Tahmid Hasan described in Jagonews24 a family of white-breasted waterhens (dahuk) raising chicks in an abandoned pond behind his house; the bird is a common resident whose village ponds are disappearing.
With a little planning, one vegetable dish can become breakfast, lunch and dinner, saving time, fuel and food waste.
The Bangladesh Army's Dighinala zone distributed 26,000 fruit and timber saplings in one day in Khagrachhari, and gave saplings and dry food to students of a madrasa and orphanage.
EnvironmentA 'One Child, One Tree' programme, which aims to put a sapling in every child's hand, was launched at Nabagram Government Primary School in Manikganj Sadar on 19 July 2026. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Afroza Khanam inaugurated it at an event organised by the upazila administration.
AgribusinessOn 19 July 2026 traders at Barishal's Port Road landing centre said only 100 to 150 maunds of hilsa were arriving a day, against an expected thousand, and fish of about one kilogram sold for Tk 2,800 to Tk 3,000, sending many buyers to pangas.
CropsAl Amin of Basail in Tangail planted pomegranates in drums on his roof in 2023 to give his cancer-stricken mother safe fruit; by July 2026 he kept 26 varieties and said grafted saplings earned him Tk 60,000-80,000 a month.
A snake charmer, Imran Hossain, 38, was bitten while catching a cobra at a home in Bheramara, Kushtia, and is being treated at Kushtia General Hospital.
