Ripon's Unusual Initiative Brings Vegetable Success at Barishal Launch Terminal
A journalist's effort to keep Barishal river port workers away from drugs and gambling has turned idle land at the launch terminal into vegetable and flower beds.
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A journalist's effort to keep Barishal river port workers away from drugs and gambling has turned idle land at the launch terminal into vegetable and flower beds.
The Arctic fox, also called the white, polar or snow fox, is described as the only fox whose coat changes colour with the seasons.
Dulal Mia of Bhairab, Kishoreganj, has built a flower nursery and two shops over 37 years and says he is proud of his profession.
Commercial bean farming in Ishwardi, Pabna, relies mostly on women, who do nearly all the crop care from sowing to harvest, farmers and officials say.
A former local representative in Matiranga, Khagrachhari, who gave up tobacco for jujubes expects to sell about Tk 12 lakh worth of fruit this year.
As the world marks Valentine's Day on 14 February, Bangladesh also observes Sundarbans Day to build love and care for the mangrove forest.
Low prices mean Shariatpur farmers cannot even cover transport costs, leaving bottle gourd, tomatoes and cabbages rotting in the fields.
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The Forest Department recovered the carcass of a wild elephant from the edge of a tobacco field at the foot of the hills in Chakaria, Cox's Bazar, on 12 February.
Commercial buffalo farming has changed the fortunes of Rasel Bepari and dozens of other farmers in Pabna, where buffalo numbers have soared.
Four nesting sea turtles have been fitted with satellite tags and released on Teknaf beach in Cox's Bazar for research.
More than two and a half months into the current Aman season, the Cumilla district food department has not been able to procure a single grain of paddy for its 14 food godowns in 17 upazilas.
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