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Favourable weather and ample rain have carried Aman transplanting almost to completion across northern Bangladesh; the Department of Agricultural Extension's Rangpur office targets 663,714 hectares in the division's eight districts, with the rest to be planted within 10-15 days, while farmers who sa
More than 300 farmers across Cumilla now grow green malta, selling fresh fruit to local buyers.
Bhola's fishermen are busy mending nets and repairing boats as hilsa fishing resumes on the Meghna and Tetulia after the 22-day ban.
Barguna's fishing villages came back to life as the 22-day government ban on catching hilsa in the sea and rivers ended at midnight.
Ten combine harvesters were distributed to farmers in Bhola Sadar at a 70 percent subsidy under the integrated farm mechanisation project.
Good prices from the start of the season and a strong yield have left Cumilla's jute farmers with roughly double the profit of recent years.
An expatriate hobby farmer in Cumilla Sadar Dakshin has harvested one and a half maunds of ridge gourd in a month from wooden boxes on his rooftop.
A fish cutter at Cumilla's Rajganj bazar has built a 12-year business collecting and drying fish scales, which are used in medicines, cosmetics, food supplements and collagen.
Sugarcane farmers in Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur have reaped a bumper yield and are getting fair prices, fuelling growing interest in the crop.
Farmers in Thakurgaon have planted far more early winter vegetables than last year and expect a bumper harvest if the weather holds.
A river police drive in hilsa sanctuaries on the Padma and Meghna in Chandpur detained 31 fishermen with 75 kg of mother hilsa and about 55 lakh metres of current net.
