Crops
How to Preserve Farmers' Hard-Grown Cauliflower
A step-by-step guide to blanching and freezing winter cauliflower at home so it can be cooked almost all year round.
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Winter
Crops
Severe Cold Is Damaging Boro Seedbeds
Farmers in Sharsha, Jashore, are covering boro seedbeds with polythene as severe cold and fog threaten the seedlings.
Environment
Migratory Birds at Ramrai Dighi Delight Visitors
Migratory birds have again flocked to Ramrai Dighi in Ranisankail upazila of Thakurgaon, drawing visitors who urged the authorities to keep them safe.
Crops
New Date Palm Molasses, Winter's Sweet Gift
A personal essay on how new date palm molasses is made each winter and the place it holds in Bangladesh's food and culture.
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Date Palms Come Into Their Own in Winter on the Patuakhali Coast
With the cold season under way, sap collectors on the Patuakhali coast have begun tapping date palms for the juice, molasses and pitha that define a Bengal winter.
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Shwapno Brings Smiles to Meherpur Farmers Frustrated by Low Vegetable Prices
Supermarket chain Shwapno bought 10,000 cauliflowers from Meherpur farmers who could not recover transport and labour costs as prices fell.
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Mustard and Honey Bring Profits to Manikganj Farmers
Integrated mustard and honey farming in Manikganj is paying off for both farmers and beekeepers, with 120 beekeepers placing about 12,000 hives this year.
Fruits
What Happens to Your Body When You Eat Orange Peel
Most people throw away orange peel, but it is packed with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants and can be eaten grated, powdered or as jelly.
Environment
Zoo Animals Huddle in the Cold as Tigers and Bears Delight Children
Many animals at Mirpur's National Zoo are huddled against the cold, but visitor numbers have risen after annual school exams, with children crowding the tiger cages.
Vegetables
What Farmers Should Do in Winter Cold and Fog
Low temperatures, dense fog, drizzle and cloudy weather harm Boro seedbeds and many winter crops, and farmers have been advised to take a set of protective steps.
Fruits
Why Eat an Orange Every Day in Winter?
An orange a day in winter supplies vitamin C and antioxidants that support immunity, blood pressure control and haemoglobin levels.
Crops
Farmers Can't Break Even While Middlemen Make Tk 20 a Kg
Vegetables rise by Tk 30-40 a kg between Tarakandi wholesale market and Kishoreganj town, leaving farmers short-changed while middlemen profit.
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Chuadanga Expects 2,700 Tonnes of Date Palm Molasses This Winter
Sap tappers across Chuadanga are preparing date palms for the winter season, with the district setting a target of 2,700 tonnes of molasses from nearly 272,000 trees.