CookingA layered chilled dessert of ripe mango, soaked basil seeds, sago, noodles, jelly and thickened sweet milk, made at home with everyday ingredients, as Jagonews24 published it on 1 June 2026.
LivestockIn Pabna villages the big deshi rooster was once saved for the son-in-law. By June 2026 such birds were scarce, selling at Tk 740-750 a kg in town.
FruitsOn 1 June 2026, trade in Madrazi, Bedana, Bombai and China-3 lychees picked up at Dinajpur's New Market; with freight halted over the Eid holiday, 100 lychees sold for Tk 250 to Tk 800, less than a year earlier.
FruitsOn Sunday 31 May 2026 a brother and sister, Asif and Sathi Akter, drowned in a pond next to their home at Kekupara in Chaklahat union of Panchagarh Sadar upazila. Locals believed they fell in while picking mangoes from a tree on the bank.
VegetablesOn 31 May 2026, the last day of the Eid-ul-Azha holiday, trade at Dhaka's Jatrabari kitchen market and fish depot had not picked up; vegetables were a little cheaper, fish was dear because of short supply, and fruit shops saw some buyers.
Adding coconut milk to bhuri bhuna, a popular Bengali tripe dish, makes it richer and creamier, and a hot coal adds a smoky flavour.
When nobody came to collect sacrificial animal hides in Moulvibazar after a daylong wait, people were forced to throw them in the river or bury them.
CropsRoses can keep flowering in hot weather while their leaf edges turn brown and scorched; harsh sun, wrong watering and too much fertiliser are the usual causes, and each can be managed.
Despite flash-flood losses in the haor region, officials say overall boro output is satisfactory and the government has taken a series of steps to meet its 18 lakh tonne procurement target.
A 12-foot Burmese python was rescued from a house in Chattogram's Boalkhali upazila and released into a hill forest.
Beef menda, cooked with spices and thickened with rice flour, offers a change from the same everyday dishes.
LivestockFor Eid ul-Adha 2026, Jagonews24 published a recipe for haleem made with beef skin, mixed lentils, polao rice and spices; here it is with the World Health Organization's advice on cooking and storing meat safely.
Dhaka North City Corporation says 18,344 tonnes of Qurbani waste were taken to landfill by the third day of its 72-hour action plan.
