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The ethnic people of the Chattogram Hill Tracts use banana leaves to wrap vegetables as their traditional alternative to polythene, a process they say is not only eco-friendly but also healthy. PHOTO: TBS

Bangladesh

An eco-friendly way to keep vegetables fresh

Patenga Sea Beach was crowded with tourists during the Eid holidays. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS

Bangladesh

Tourism spots thrive with Eid holidaymakers

Greed for land burns hills to ashes

Bangladesh

Greed for land burns hills to ashes

Coffee fruits have ripened at a garden of Chimbuk hill in Bandarban, 20km away from the district headquarters on the Bandarban-Thanchi road. According to the Department of Agricultural Extension, two varieties of coffee are cultivated in the hills — Arabica and Robusta. Photo: TBS

Economy

Coffee cultivation rises in the hills

These days, tourists visiting Bandarban prefer to travel to the hamlets where the indigenous people live instead of the artificially made tourism centre in the heart of the city. Photo: TBS

Industry

Community tourism flourishes as hills attract more tourists

A jhum farmer dries his crops on a bamboo platform in front of a hut atop a hill. Despite a good harvest this season, hill farmers are moving towards commercial fruit farming. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Kamol Das

Economy

Jhum cultivation takes a hit as farmers turn to commercial fruit farming

Tuiyas are water pots made from bottle gourds, believed to have originated around 90AD. These pots are widely used by indigenous Mro and Khumi people. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh

Tale of ‘Tuiya’: Water pots made from bottle gourd

Cashew nut farmers in Bandarban this year are not happy with the yield as the quality of most of the nuts are not satisfactory due to the lack of rain. Photo: TBS

Economy

Cashew nut farming in Bandarban: Farmers frustrated with yield, price