VegetablesOn 27 November 2025 Jagonews24's lifestyle desk urged readers to eat more radish in winter. Bangladesh's food composition table puts 100 grams at 18 kilocalories and 94.3 grams of water, with fibre and vitamin C, but the liver, heart and diabetes claims rest mostly on animal and laboratory studies.
VegetablesTomato, aubergine, chilli, bottle gourd, water spinach, Malabar spinach, lettuce and broccoli can all be grown in pots on a city roof or balcony, given loose soil, drainage holes, steady watering and organic rather than banned chemical pest control.
Excessive rain in Nilphamari has damaged aman rice and winter vegetables, leaving farmers unsure how much of their crop they will harvest.
After early losses to heavy rain and fog, Narsingdi's farmers have raised winter vegetable output, boosting supply and bringing prices down.
AgribusinessSeveral hundred farmers in Sujanagar, Pabna, changed their fortunes by growing winter tomatoes on Padma chars for the first time. The upazila agriculture office said they would earn about Tk 2 crore from tomato sales in the 2019-20 season.
Early winter beans are the most profitable crop for Meherpur farmers, earning up to 80,000 taka a bigha, but pesticide use remains dangerous.
Shykh Seraj documents how months of hartals and blockades destroyed vegetables, flowers, milk and paddy prices, and threatened the Boro season.
