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FruitsAt the district's biggest dragon fruit orchard, in Bajitpur, Rajbari Sadar, each plant has borne 10-12 kg; at the peak of the season about 2,000 kg are picked daily and sold wholesale at Tk 150 a kilogram.
CropsTauhidul Islam Shaheen of Sadullapur, Gaibandha, has planted 11 rice varieties, including Kanthali, hybrid Chinigura, Jamuna and long basmati, on six acres this Aman season, aiming to produce quality seed for himself and neighbouring farmers.
IslamThe 31st National Hifzul Quran Competition 2026 was held at Jamia Siddiquia Qawmia Madrasah in Bagerhat Sadar under the auspices of Huffazul Quran Foundation Bangladesh.
With no drainage in Chandshi village in Ghatail municipality, Tangail, hundreds of families are marooned and farmers cannot cultivate flooded land; the upazila chief says drainage will be arranged soon.
FisheriesFounded in 1962, the government fish seed production farm in Shayestaganj, Habiganj, still raises fry in 12 ponds, but five of its eight posts are empty, there is no night guard and farmer training has stopped for lack of funds.
HealthVisiting Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, State Minister for Health Dr M A Muhit called hospital touts a national disease and said rules are also coming on clinics near government hospitals and on government doctors working in them.
HealthOn Global Handwashing Day, hospitals, schools, colleges and slums in Mymensingh lack soap or handwash, or have too little; the medical college hospital says soap left out is stolen.
CropsAs they prepare land for potato, mustard and onion, farmers in Kalikapur union of Manda, Naogaon, received an October allocation of 200 bags of DAP against demand for 2,500, and blocked the Naogaon-Rajshahi highway.
IslamOn a visit to Dhaka, Zakat Foundation of America global president Halil Demir said the charity is looking at small businesses for single mothers and skills training for young people in slums, alongside orphan sponsorship, health and education.
IslamThe Ministry of Religious Affairs has signed a contract with Saudi service provider Al-Bait Guests for housing, food, transport and services at Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah for Bangladeshi pilgrims travelling under government management for Hajj 2027.
HealthIn a Facebook video, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman asked every family to spend 30 minutes to an hour at least twice a week cleaning their homes, surroundings and paths of places where Aedes mosquitoes can breed.
IslamIn verse 35 of Surah An-Nur, God describes His light through a lamp in a niche, a glass like a shining star and oil from a blessed olive tree; writing in Desh Rupantor, Maimuna Jannat Maisara explains it as the source of faith and guidance.
Daily lifeIn the 21 districts served by WZPDCL, Wednesday evening's peak demand of 694 MW met only 578 MW of supply, a 116 MW shortfall against 79 MW the day before; some Khulna neighbourhoods say they are without power 13-14 hours a day.
CropsYoung entrepreneur Enamul Haque has grown black rice on a trial 12 decimals in Panchhari, Khagrachhari, with seed bought in Bogura for Tk 500 a kilogram; the dark ears are now emerging.
EnvironmentAt an International E-Waste Day conference, TIB executive director Dr Iftekharuzzaman said Bangladesh needs a plan now to collect, recycle and dispose of solar panels at the end of their life; some 150,000 unusable voting machines sit in 41 districts.
LivestockCommerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir said the whole chain behind fake and adulterated milk in the Pabna-Sirajganj dairy belt must be broken, not just fined, with a zero-tolerance drive to start from Pabna soon.
IslamFor those who struggle to say what they mean, the prayer of Prophet Musa in Surah Taha, verses 25-28, asks God to open the chest, ease the task and loosen the knot in the tongue so listeners understand.
HealthWomen at average risk should have a screening mammogram every two years from age 40 to 74, and those at high risk earlier and more often, writes Evercare Hospital oncologist Dr Arman Reza Chowdhury.
GalleryBetel growers in Sukhpara, Abhaynagar, Jashore, pick fresh leaves every month but Poush and earn about Tk 1.5 lakh a bigha after costs, photographed by Prothom Alo's Saddam Hossain.
CropsSixty farmers in Charbhadrasan, Faridpur, were trained in off-season watermelon, polyhouse vegetables, vermicompost and pest control under a project to spread modern farm technology on Bangladesh's char lands.
AgrotechA farm mechanisation workshop in Sylhet discussed climate-resilient farming in the haor wetlands, public-private partnerships for machinery and distributing equipment to farmers at a 70 percent subsidy.
FisheriesAbnormal salinity in coastal rivers and a shortage of disease-free fry have cut the share of stocked bagda shrimp farmers manage to harvest from 70-80 percent to about 10 percent, farmers say.
CropsStoneX's Josh Linville says disruption in the Strait of Hormuz threatens urea, ammonia, phosphate and sulfur supplies, while about 90% of US potash imports depend on trade with Canada.
VegetablesPurdue horticulture scientist Stephen Meyers says pumpkin fields are prepared in the fall on cover crops, and growers then face months of weeds, powdery mildew, bacterial spot and insects before harvest.
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VideoIn 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.
VideoAt 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.
VideoShykh Seraj examines the government's first 180 days in agriculture, from farm loan waivers and farmer cards to crop insurance and canal excavation.
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GalleryIn pictures: Sukhpara's betel vines yield leaves 11 months a year1 photos
GalleryA desert elephant carried a dead calf for hours, but it was not her own1 photos
GalleryDucks at play in Bogura's 'lotus pond', where the lotuses are long gone1 photos
GalleryGlimpse, 14 October: nets on Kaptai Lake, a bee on sponge gourd, a barbet on moringa1 photos
GalleryBefore winter, Rajshahi's sap tappers start shaving date palms1 photos
GalleryLate-autumn mist settles over Sylhet's haor in the afternoons1 photos
GalleryFrom a sack to a campus lake: 14 lesser whistling ducks freed in PabnaSection
EnvironmentA free event in Oliver, British Columbia, on 7 November will show farmers how bats eat insects that damage crops and pester livestock, and how to attract them with old buildings, trees and bat boxes.
HealthTests found hexavalent chromium at about 1,000 times the drinking water limit in borewells in Nashik's Dattanagar, where 109 of 248 residents screened have skin conditions; 17 electroplating units have been ordered shut.
EnvironmentA report by the African Tech Futures Lab urges a selective, location-specific approach to carbon dioxide removal in Africa, naming biochar and enhanced rock weathering as low-infrastructure options with possible farm benefits.
LivestockMontana's Livestock Loss Board has about $400,000 for fencing, carcass removal, guard dogs and range riders in its 2027 grant cycle; applications close on 4 November.
OpinionKhulna University economics PhD researcher Rakib Hossain writes that Bangladesh, like Nepal, keeps paying for disasters it did little to cause, and needs grant-based rather than loan-based climate finance.
