Environment
Pizza Hut Launches Snake Pizza
Pizza Hut has brought out a snake meat pizza in Hong Kong in partnership with the century-old restaurant Ser Wong Fun.
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Environment
Birdsong Fills Nalchity's Dead River
Locals in Nalchity want a bird-filled dead branch of the Sugandha river, known as Morgangi, turned into a tourist spot.
Crops
Mirsarai Farmers Profit From Early Cucumbers
Farmers in Mirsarai are earning good prices from early cucumbers, and the area under the crop is growing each year.
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Farmer Survives by Biting Crocodile Back
An Australian cattle farmer escaped a crocodile that seized his leg by biting the animal's eyelid.
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Butterfly Fair at Jahangirnagar University on 24 November
Jahangirnagar University will hold its day-long butterfly fair on 24 November to promote butterfly conservation and public awareness.
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Papaya Worth Crores Rotting in Khagrachhari Orchards
Papaya growers in the hill district of Khagrachhari are selling at half price or watching fruit rot because a continuous blockade has halted transport.
Environment
Child Killed in Circus Elephant Attack
A 12-year-old boy was killed by a circus elephant in Nachole, Chapainawabganj.
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Lakshmidigha Rice: When and How to Grow It
A lead agriculturist describes how Lakshmidigha, a nearly lost native red rice that grows with rising floodwater, is sown, revived and valued for its nutrition.
Environment
Five-Day Photo Exhibition to Protect Nature Opens in Khagrachhari
An exhibition titled 'Save the Biodiversity of Hill Tracts', featuring 51 photographs by two photographers, opened in Khagrachhari on 4 November to raise awareness of the region's forests and wildlife.
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What to Eat to Avoid Illness in Winter
As the weather cools and colds and fevers spread, four foods can help the body build resistance to winter illness.
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Winter Vegetables Turn Around Fortunes of Jajira Farmers
Good soil and favourable weather have made winter vegetable farming profitable in Jajira upazila of Shariatpur, with produce now sold in Dhaka and other districts.
Bangladesh
Cancer-Stricken Giraffe Dies at Bangabandhu Safari Park
A giraffe suffering from uterine cancer died at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur on 20 October, leaving the park with only two giraffes, both of them female.
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How to Store Aman Rice Seed in Late Autumn
With Aman paddy ripening in the month of Kartik, farmers who keep their own seed should select, dry, clean and store it carefully to get a good crop next season.