date juice

date juice

A gachhi secures a container on a date palm in Palashbari. Every winter, these skilled sap collectors travel nearly 100 miles from Bagha in Rajshahi, setting up temporary shelters for four months to harvest sap and produce jaggery, which is sent across Bangladesh and abroad. Photo: Junayet Rashel

Winter’s 100-mile trek: Palashbari’s date sap collectors and their timeless craft

Fresh sap sells fast – Tk70 per litre in the morning and evening

Photo: Collected

Nipah virus fatality rate hits 100% with 5 cases reported this year: IEDCR

Harvesting of raw juice from a date palm by a juice collector. Photo: TBS

Nipah virus: DGHS urges halt on raw date juice sale

IEDCR advises against drinking date juice

IEDCR advises against drinking date juice