CookingOn 4 July 2026, at the height of the jackfruit season, Jagonews24 published a simple recipe for jackfruit payesh, a rice and milk pudding sweetened and scented with chopped ripe jackfruit, cardamom and cinnamon.
FruitsOn Jackfruit Day, 4 July 2026, a look at Bangladesh's national fruit: the largest fruit borne on any tree, with up to 500 seeds in one fruit, and unripe flesh now used abroad as a meat substitute.
CookingFeijoada, a slow-cooked stew of beans, meat and sausage, is a popular dish of the West African island nation of Cape Verde. Here is the recipe Jagonews24 published in July 2026.
A new outdoor school, Prokritipath Pathshala, opened with a morning nature camp in Ramna Park to introduce children aged 5 to 14 to trees.
State Minister Mir Shahe Alam said Bogura had been neglected for 20 years as he opened tree planting along the re-excavated Barail-Bakson canal in Shibganj.
CropsIn early July 2026, growers in Madhupur, Tangail, said good prices for the GI-recognised jaldugi pineapple were bringing them profits, as the DAE put the district's crop at 7,773 hectares and farmers called for processing and exports.
EnvironmentIn early July 2026 Bangladesh's Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) warned that heavy rain upstream could bring floods to the Brahmaputra and Meghna basins in July and August.
The foreign ministry has sent mangoes through Benapole as a goodwill gift, including 100 kg for West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.
EnvironmentAt a special meeting on 2 July 2026, Dhaka South City Corporation decided to form a high-level committee to draw up a tree-planting master plan for its 10 zones, and to coordinate with RAJUK and the fire service on earthquake risk.
BRAC held a tree-planting programme on the Pasur river bank in Mongla to build coastal people's climate resilience and protection from disasters.
Small-fish chorchori in mustard oil is a nutritious, quick home-style dish to eat with hot rice at lunch.
AgrotechA Tree Monitoring App using GPS and GIS was being built to track whether saplings planted under the One Child, One Tree programme and the National Green Mission survive, budget documents showed in early July 2026.
EnvironmentNijhum Dwip in Noakhali had 22,000 spotted deer in 1996, but habitat loss, poaching, predators and food shortages cut the herd below 2,000 by 2015; a Jagonews24 article in July 2026 called for action to save them.
