Salt

Salt

A farmer tends an Artemia cultivation pond at the trial site in Cox’s Bazar’s Battola, where integrated Artemia–salt farming is being tested. The fieldwork supports a new method developed by Chittagong University researchers to enable dual production on the same land. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh develops first integrated method to farm Artemia, salt on same land

Researchers say the dual-farming method can boost the blue economy by producing local Artemia, better salt, and export income

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Is a low-salt diet as unhealthy as having too much?

Salt producers in Maheshkhali, Cox’s Bazar, stage a protest rally on 13 October 2025. Photo: TBS

Salt producers protest govt's nod to imports, demand fair prices for local produce

Excess salt in processed foods fuelling rise in non-communicable diseases: Experts

Excess salt in processed foods fuelling rise in non-communicable diseases: Experts

Ctg man’s pink salt venture paves new business path

Ctg man’s pink salt venture paves new business path

Industries Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan speaks to journalists after visiting a salt field and proposed site for the Salt Research Institute in Cox’s Bazar’s Chowfaldandi union on 17 January 2025. Photo: TBS

Govt to set up 'Salt Board' to ensure fair prices to farmers

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Which countries produced the most salt in 2023?

Salt industry thrives in heatwave

Salt industry thrives in heatwave

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Excessive salt intake causes heart disease, high blood pressure: experts

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds an oversize tea pot as he goes to pour a cup as he sits next to US First Lady Jill Biden as they attend the Big Lunch party at Downing Street in London Sunday, 7 May 2023. Reuters

Storm in a teacup: US, Britain banter over the perfect 'cuppa'

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Rawhide businesses worry as salt price rises by Tk450 in a year

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Locally produced packaged salt lacks iodine: Study

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Locally produced packaged salt lacks iodine: Study