Environment
JU's Thousand-Crore Buildings Also Risk Standing Empty
An IMED report on Jahangirnagar University's development project found about 1,000 trees felled, birds losing habitat, and a risk that new residential buildings stay empty.
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Crops
New Date Palm Molasses, Winter's Sweet Gift
A personal essay on how new date palm molasses is made each winter and the place it holds in Bangladesh's food and culture.
Fisheries
One Trawler Lands Hilsa Worth Tk 40 Lakh in Kalapara
Seventeen fishermen on the trawler FB Bismillah-1 caught 195 maunds of hilsa in four days, selling the catch for Tk 40.14 lakh.
Fruits
Mango Donated to Kishoreganj Mosque Sells for Tk 1,600; Imam Buys It
A mango donated to a mosque in Itna upazila of Kishoreganj was sold for Tk 1,600 at an open auction, with the imam as buyer.
Crops
Rajbari's Rubel Becomes Self-Reliant Rearing Guinea Fowl
Starting with 13 guinea fowl as a hobby, Rajbari's Raju Ahmmed Rubel now keeps about 900 birds and sells thousands of chicks each month.
Livestock
'Quail Has Kept Me Alive'
Faridpur's Chunnu Mia turned Tk 16,000 into a quail, turkey and guinea fowl business worth Tk 23 lakh, inspiring other young people in the district.
Crops
Changing Four Hands, Tk 2 Cauliflower Becomes Tk 15 in Naogaon
A cauliflower that leaves the farmer at Tk 2 in Naogaon reaches shoppers at Tk 15 after changing hands, as farmers accuse a syndicate and officials deny one exists.
Crops
Bhabodah Waterlogging Leaves Nearly 2,000 Hectares Uncultivated in Abhaynagar
Long-standing waterlogging in the Bhabodah area has left boro cultivation uncertain on nearly 2,000 hectares in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore.
Vegetables
Vegetable Prices Crash in Jhalakathi as Home Growing Rises
Growing interest in household vegetable plots after last year's disasters has cut demand in Jhalakathi, leaving commercial growers unable to cover costs.
Environment
Two Wildlife Traffickers Arrested With Eight Langurs in Jatrabari
Detective Branch police in Dhaka rescued eight endangered mukhpora langurs and arrested two members of a wildlife trafficking ring at Kajla Bridge in Jatrabari.
Crops
Meherpur Farmers Allege Demonstration Plot Funds Going to Agriculture Officer
Farmers in Meherpur Sadar accuse the upazila agriculture officer of siphoning off money allocated for their demonstration plots, handing over only a small share as inputs.
Crops
What Farmers Should Do to Stop Potato Late Blight
Potato late blight, a fungal disease, can spread through a field within days in cold, foggy weather, and farmers can curb it with clean seed, careful irrigation and timely fungicide sprays.
Crops
Mirsarai Farmers Earn Up to a Lakh Taka Selling Straw
Rising demand from cattle farmers has turned aman straw in Mirsarai, Chattogram, into a cash crop worth up to Tk 1 lakh for some growers.