Fisheries
Anglers pay Tk 26,000 a seat for a catla contest at a Sarail pond
Twenty-four anglers cast at Biresh Dighi in Brahmanbaria for five prizes worth Tk 435,000 in a contest run by a local fish farming society.
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Environment
Why sparrows crowd Dhaka's roadside trees at dusk despite lights and horns
Bird experts say communal roosting outside the breeding season is normal for house sparrows and protects them from predators and cold.
Environment
A former garbage dump in Banani becomes a city forest of 220 tree species
Dhaka's forest department and the north city corporation are due to open a one-kilometre urban forest of about 12,000 square metres this November.
EnvironmentTwenty-two caged wild birds freed after raid on a Saidpur market
Wildlife officers rescued parakeets, whistling ducks, doves and a swamphen at Dhelapir Haat in Nilphamari and released them into the wild.
Fisheries
Six lakh rohu and catla fry released into the Ganges at Howrah
Under India's Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, 200,000 fry went in at each of three Howrah ghats to rebuild fish numbers for fishers.
AgribusinessRajshahi Sugar Mill to restart crushing with Tk 1,064 crore in accumulated losses
Facing cane shortages and a cost of about Tk 300 a kilogram against a Tk 125 sale price, the mill starts a 60-day season on 13 November.
Opinion
Cooperation and national unity are one Islamic idea, a columnist argues
In a Prothom Alo column, Shaikh Muhammad Usman Gani writes that cooperatives are about self-reliance and saving as much as income. The views are the writer's own.
Livestock
Kushtia farmers travel for animal care as subcentre stays shut for 20 years
A government veterinary subcentre at Poronkhali Bazar in Bheramara has stood idle for about two decades without doctors, staff or equipment.
EnvironmentInjured Himalayan vulture rescued in Rajarhat, sent to Rangpur for care
An injured Himalayan griffon found in Rajarhat, Kurigram, has been sent to the Rangpur divisional forest office for treatment.
Organic
Netrokona graduate builds organic-minded farm on mulch film and sticky traps
History graduate Mohidul Hasan Munna runs vegetables, fruit, cows and fish with mulch film, pheromone traps and biogas, and sells organic inputs online.
Environment
Met office forecasts four to six cold waves in a winter that may run warm
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department expects four to six cold waves from November to January, though El Nino may keep average temperatures above normal.
Fisheries
Twenty illegal dams pulled out of the Padma after fishers complain
Authorities in Charbhadrasan, Faridpur, removed 20 illegal dams built inside the Padma and burned seized current nets and China duari traps.
CropsHill turmeric dries at Ichhakhali before reaching markets across Bangladesh
Turmeric from the three hill districts is dried and sorted at Ichhakhali in Rangunia and sent to Dhaka, Cumilla and Khatunganj, with growers reporting a good crop and price.
CropsSatkhira aman farmers spend Tk 24,000 a bigha, earn Tk 21,600 at best
Growing a bigha of aman rice costs Tk 23,000 to 24,000 in Satkhira, while a 60 kg sack of paddy is selling at Tk 1,600 to 1,800.
HealthFour one-minute workouts a day aid glucose control in type 2 diabetes: study
A study in Diabetologia found short bodyweight "exercise snacks" can help limit after-meal sugar spikes, but they do not replace regular exercise or medicine.
EnvironmentCOP31 sets a 60 percent meat-free catering target for Antalya climate talks
The host presidency has set the goal and added fully plant-based cafe space and two local vegan businesses, according to the Food and Climate Action Group, a coalition of non-profits.
CropsFarmers near Abuja say the rains stopped weeks early, leaving rice and beans drying
Households in Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory report the last rain in the second week of October, when it normally continues to month's end. Late-planted beans and upland rice are suffering.
CropsOdisha paddy still under water as a second cyclone arrives, and the state offers subsidies
Odisha had estimated about 90,000 hectares of crop damage from Cyclone Arnab, mostly paddy, when rain from Cyclone Murasu arrived. Farmers fear for milk-stage rice, and the state has announced input subsidies.
LivestockIndia rehearses for foreign foot-and-mouth strain its current vaccines do not cover
A two-day national exercise simulated an outbreak of the exotic SAT1 serotype. Officials promised stronger regional laboratories, and vaccine makers asked for virus strains to develop a local vaccine.
CropsUSDA backs biochar trials on 35 demonstration farms across 14 US states
American Farmland Trust gets nearly $5 million over five years to test biochar alongside cover crops, compost and reduced tillage in real farm conditions.
LivestockBird flu reaches a commercial poultry farm in Washington for the first time this year
A Pierce County facility is under quarantine after the first detection in commercial poultry in Washington this year. No human cases have been found among workers so far.
Environment
Victorian grazing family earns 18,864 carbon credits from its soil
Chatsworth House is now the highest-earning soil carbon project in Victoria, after a five-year increase of 10,127 tonnes of measured soil carbon and a technical review of its baseline.
CropsUK report tracks 1.2 billion pounds of farm research against what growers want
The State of Agricultural Research and Innovation 2026 finds farmers rank profitability first, and that cross-cutting projects get only about 7 percent of the public funding analysed.
Daily lifeKarnataka tests find ethanol above the E20 limit in 11 of 14 petrol samples
State officials found up to 31.2 percent ethanol in petrol samples and estimate a yearly burden on motorists of Rs 1.01 lakh crore. They want disclosure at pumps and a compensation fund.
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VideoVideo: Cork's Troy family farm wins Ireland's top quality milk award
Robert and Mary Troy, the fifth generation milking at Newtownshandrum, won the 2026 NDC and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards with 425 cows, an SCC of 89,000 cells/ml and a herd in the national top 1% for breeding.
VideoVideo: can BRICS deliver export markets for South African farmers?
In the latest AgriView episode, agricultural economist Wandile Sihlobo asks whether the enlarged BRICS bloc is opening real markets for South African produce, or mostly producing talk.
VideoBlack Baby watermelon on trellises pays off for Joypurhat farmers
At Bindhara in Panchbibi, Joypurhat, small dark-skinned Black Baby watermelons hang from bamboo trellises. The 60-day crop needs 50 grams of seed a bigha, yields 1,200 to 1,500 fruits or 4 to 4.5 tonnes, and at Tk 30 a kilo earns far more than other field crops.
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GalleryChina nets dim Chalan Beel's market for bamboo fish traps1 photos
GalleryDevil tree blossoms scent the autumn evenings in Chattogram's Jamal Khan1 photos
GalleryA glimpse of 4 November: okra fields, canna flowers and water lilies1 photos
GalleryPhoto story: Aman rice ripens under the hills of Sylhet as Nabanna nears1 photos
GalleryA blood-red sun through fog and dust, and a fisherman on the river1 photos
GalleryGlimpse, 3 November: fields, haors and nature in pictures1 photosGalleryBangladesh on 1 November: paddy cut in the mist, hilsa back, whistling ducks
GalleryChina nets dim Chalan Beel's market for bamboo fish traps1 photosGalleryDevil tree blossoms scent the autumn evenings in Chattogram's Jamal Khan1 photosGalleryA glimpse of 4 November: okra fields, canna flowers and water lilies1 photosGalleryPhoto story: Aman rice ripens under the hills of Sylhet as Nabanna nears1 photosGalleryA blood-red sun through fog and dust, and a fisherman on the river1 photosGalleryGlimpse, 3 November: fields, haors and nature in pictures1 photosGalleryBangladesh on 1 November: paddy cut in the mist, hilsa back, whistling ducks