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FisheriesFor the 8-29 October ban, Chandpur will set up five temporary police camps in its 70 km sanctuary, block canal mouths and shut ice factories; 41,390 fishers in the district will get 25 kg of food aid each.
HealthSandor's 10-year PPP contract with the health directorate, which provides cheap dialysis on 59 machines at the national kidney institute and 31 at Chattogram Medical College Hospital, ends on 29 November with no decision yet on renewal or an alternative.
CookingDon't wash mushrooms too much, turn up the heat when they release water, add spices only once it has dried and salt at the very end: five simple ways to cook mushrooms well.
CropsFarmers from the Chalan Beel area bring jute by boat, van and truck to Chatmohar's weekly markets, where fibre length and colour set the price; lower prices and demand than before are cutting cultivation.
HealthPhysical medicine specialist Sakib Al Nahiyan explains how a medically supervised cardiopulmonary rehabilitation programme breaks the cycle of fear and weakness after a heart attack, a stent or bypass surgery.
The cabinet purchase committee approved six proposals to buy 110,000 tonnes of urea from KAFCO, Saudi Arabia and the UAE and 80,000 tonnes of DAP and 70,000 tonnes of TSP from Morocco.
LivestockFarmers and traders from neighbouring districts come to Bhangura's Sharatnagar market on Saturdays and Wednesdays for local cattle, buffalo, goats and sheep; cattle once came by boat on the Baral, now by minitruck and pickup.
EnvironmentThe Met Office monthly review: rain above normal in Khulna division, normal in Barishal and below normal elsewhere; two of three lows over the Bay of Bengal became depressions.
EnvironmentThe Met Office's long-range forecast: more short spells of rain in Chattogram, Barishal, Dhaka, Sylhet and Mymensingh from 1 to 10 October, mostly clear weather from 11 to 20 October, and a slight chance of a low over the Bay between 15 and 20 October.
On International Coffee Day, FAO describes how washing stations in Rwanda and a reformed cooperative in Kenya's Baringo County are raising the quality of smallholder coffee and the earnings that come with it.
WorldEnset, the 'false banana', survives drought and has fed Ethiopian farmers for centuries as kocho, but strict laws, laborious processing and an unfamiliar taste have kept it inside the country.
IslamCouples living under one roof are drifting apart; Muhammad Muhsin Mashkur draws on Surah Ar-Rum, An-Nisa and Al-Baqarah and the sayings of the Prophet (peace be upon him) for five ways to strengthen a marriage.
FisheriesPuti, shing, magur and taki caught overnight in Kuruliya beel are sold at dawn in Chatmohar and carried by traders to city markets, but blocked canals, water hyacinth and pesticide run-off are cutting the beel's fish.
OpinionWriting in Kolkata's Sangbad Pratidin, essayist Aditya Ghosh says about 444 million people in India were exposed to others' tobacco smoke in 2023, and smoking in public places can no longer be shrugged off as a petty offence.
A consumer rights directorate drive around Chattogram Medical College Hospital fined two eateries, a supershop and two pharmacies; cooked food was found stored with raw fish and meat.
EnvironmentThe Copernicus Ocean State Report published on 30 September says the rate of ocean warming has doubled in two decades and ocean heat set a record for the ninth year running, with rising seas and dying coral.
FruitsThe plant-derived product triggers grapevines' own defences against Botrytis, leaves no residue and needs no pre-harvest interval; it goes on sale from October 2026.
HealthHalf a million dengue NS1 rapid tests from the US-funded STRIDES programme will go through the Central Medical Stores Depot to every district and upazila hospital; talks on a dengue vaccine are under way with WHO, UNICEF and Gavi, the minister said.
Market ManagementTur, moong, soybean and sunflower will be bought at minimum support price under the Price Support Scheme in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana for kharif 2026-27.
CropsAbout 25 million households, most of them smallholders in developing countries, grow around 80 per cent of the world's coffee; the value chain from picking the cherries to green coffee, export and roasting.
CropsDepartment of Agricultural Extension figures show coffee imports rising from 264 tonnes in 2012 to 1,745 tonnes in 2025, while commercial coffee farming has spread from the three hill districts to Tangail, Rangpur and Nilphamari.
FlowersThe shiuli, or night-flowering jasmine, with white petals and an orange stem, opens at night and drops before dawn; from September to November its fallen flowers and soft scent mark autumn, though cities are losing the big trees and open ground it needs.
FisheriesDaily hilsa arrivals at Barishal's Port Road landing rose from 75 to 160 maunds in a week and prices fell by Tk 14,000 to Tk 30,000 a maund; fishers and traders want the 8-29 October ban pushed back by at least 10 days.
LivestockThe livestock office in Bagatipara, Natore, has six people in post against 11 sanctioned positions and two of them are on deputation, hampering vaccination, courtyard meetings and home visits.
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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.
VideoAfter leaving a garment job, H M Forwardi Palash planted an acre of year-round guava in Bhaluka, Mymensingh, and is working towards GAP certification to supply supershops.
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GalleryMalta prices climb in Chattogram as dengue lifts demand, imported fruit up to Tk 5001 photos
GalleryBangladesh in pictures, 1 October: jute prices, pomelo boats, cauliflower under bananas1 photos
GalleryAutumn rain brings out balsam, allamanda and crepe jasmine in Rangamati1 photos
GalleryKites cool off in a Suhrawardy Udyan pond as heat grips Dhaka1 photos
GalleryA day in Bangladesh: fishing on Kaptai Lake, cauliflower fields and lotus1 photos
GalleryIn pictures: Bogura's bananas, from Shibganj orchards to markets nationwide1 photos
GalleryIn pictures: a white-throated kingfisher on the hunt in PabnaSection
EnvironmentMonths of rain have overflowed the beels of Abhaynagar, Manirampur and Keshabpur in Jessore and low parts of Dumuria and Phultala in Khulna; a campaign committee wants tidal river management started before Maghi Purnima and the Amdanga canal dug.
Riverbank erosion in Sirajganj, Shariatpur, Sherpur and Faridpur is taking homes, schools, mosques and cropland; locals in one Shahjadpur union say about 3,000 bighas of farmland have gone into the Jamuna.
EnvironmentKolkata received 557.4 mm of rain this September, the fourth highest since 1900, and late monsoon rain cut India's seasonal deficit to 12.6 per cent.
EnvironmentCouncillors chose to keep trucking more than 20,000 cubic metres of Cromwell sludge to a Southland landfill after the projected saving shrank and doubts grew over the Lauder site, a decision Federated Farmers welcomed.
