AgribusinessIn Chuadanga's Alamdanga upazila, locals intercepted a truck moving TSP fertiliser allocated from a BADC godown without valid papers; police have taken the fertiliser, the truck and a grocery trader into custody.
AgribusinessChittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited has been receiving gas to demand for about a week and resumed ammonia production on 9 September; once mechanical faults are fixed the plant expects to turn out 1,000 tonnes of urea a day.
AgribusinessRoe-laden hilsa landed at Bharuch is going to Bangladesh as a trial run, says Howrah Fish Importers' Association secretary Syed Anwar Maksud, whose association is meanwhile lobbying Dhaka for Padma hilsa before the Pujas.
EnvironmentSeven of nine radio-collared lorises released in the park died within a short time; deforestation is pushing the endangered nocturnal primate into villages, where roads, railway lines and power lines kill it.
AgribusinessThe Fish Importers' Association of Kolkata has written to Khandaker Abdul Muktadir seeking a permanent end to the ban in place since July 2012, saying the limited Durga Puja permits since 2019 are not enough.
FruitsMore than 150 litchi trees in an orchard planted with 137 trees in 1960 have died with their roots under water, while five neighbourhoods of the municipality spend seven to eight months of the year waterlogged.
VegetablesHaji Saral Mia of Mymensingh planted okra, greens and fruit trees on the one-acre bank of his 5.5-acre fish pond; 180 maunds are sold, 200-250 more are coming, and the crop needs no fertiliser and hardly any pesticide.
AgribusinessUnder Bangladesh Bank's revolving scheme, farmers and agribusinesses in Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions can borrow at no more than 7 percent for four stages of the supply chain, from production and storage to export.
EnvironmentHomes, fields, schools and mosques face the rivers in Alfadanga, Sadar, Sadarpur, Charbhadrasan and Bhanga; the Water Development Board promises geo-bags within two days while residents demand a permanent embankment.
AgribusinessSpeaking at Fulgazi in Feni, Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid said stocks are sufficient, blamed a racket for trying to engineer a shortage, and announced 110,000 farmer cards in a first phase.
EnvironmentAt SAWEN's first general assembly, member countries committed to intelligence-led and financial investigations and cross-border cooperation; Environment Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo said no single country can fight wildlife crime alone.
EnvironmentA month-long drive across ten char unions in three upazilas, funded by the district council and run with the Faridpur Environment Development Forum, plants palmyra palms as natural lightning arresters.
AgribusinessThe administration in Dinajpur's Khansama upazila seized about 1,600 sacks of illegally stocked chemical fertiliser, fined two dealers a total of Tk 90,000 and ordered a case against a third trader.
