VegetablesKoshari, Egypt's national dish of rice, lentils, pasta, chickpeas and crispy onions under a tangy tomato sauce, can be made at home with simple ingredients; UNESCO added it to its intangible heritage list in December 2025.
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.
FruitsIn Gopalpur, Tangail, a trader invited one friend to a mango and jackfruit feast in late June 2026, but the friend turned up with around 100 guests; the delighted host fed them all.
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.
CropsThe Bengali calendar behind Pohela Boishakh grew out of a Mughal-era 'crop year' meant to time land taxes to the harvest, Banglapedia records. Halkhata, Baishakhi fairs and the Dhaka celebrations still carry the mark of that farming life.
FisheriesBangladesh produced about 5 lakh tonnes of hilsa in 2024-25, the lowest in eight years, the fisheries minister said on 6 April 2026. In a Jago News column on 11 April, the paper's deputy editor argued that the assurance now had to be matched by action.
The kolu community's wooden ghani, an oil mill turned by oxen or horses, is disappearing as cheaper machine-pressed and adulterated mustard oil takes over.
Soft banana pancakes make a light, healthy start to Eid morning before the heavier meals of the day, or an afternoon snack.
Tractors, harvesters, deep tube wells and solar pumps have transformed farming since the 1980s, raising output while changing rural customs, costs and community life.
CropsAs winter set in early in December 2025, gachhis (sap collectors) in Chandpur's Matlab Uttar upazila were tapping date palms; the upazila agriculture office counted about 2,177 trees, most of them being tapped.
CropsIn November 2025 sap collectors in Magura began trimming and scraping date palms for the winter season. The district had about 1.05 lakh date palms, the Department of Agricultural Extension said, but rising costs left the gachhis fearing thin profits.
Farming households in Magura are busy harvesting new paddy and making rice flour for Nabanna, the harvest festival many say is slipping into the past.
With date palm trees and tappers dwindling in Narail's Kalia upazila, a local journalist has brought tappers from Rajshahi and officials promise to train local gachhis.
