Farmers Busy Growing Winter Vegetables After Flood Losses
Farmers in Mirsharai upazila of Chattogram, hit hard by severe floods, are busy planting early winter vegetables in the hope of reaching the market at the start of the season.
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Farmers in Mirsharai upazila of Chattogram, hit hard by severe floods, are busy planting early winter vegetables in the hope of reaching the market at the start of the season.
Kartik, where monsoon meets winter, is the time to raise winter vegetable seedlings and plant potatoes and sweet potatoes.
The Navy and Coast Guard detained 48 Indian fishermen with three fishing trawlers for fishing inside Bangladesh's waters in the Bay of Bengal.
Border Guard Bangladesh found three glass bottles holding 300 grams of snake venom in an abandoned bag on the Mahananda Express at Darshana.
Shakil, 18, the son of a snake charmer, died after being bitten by a venomous snake while trying to catch snakes on the bank of the Jamuna river in Dinajpur.
Nine fishermen detained for catching hilsa in Companiganj, Noakhali, were fined Tk 27,000 in total and released on bond.
A mobile court in Mirsarai fined two traders for selling hilsa in breach of government orders and seized 60 kg of the fish.
Of 26 fishermen detained for hilsa fishing on the Padma and Meghna in Chandpur, 17 were jailed for a month and nine minors were released on bond.
Patuakhali's deputy commissioner said government employees cannot afford hilsa and urged fishermen to respect the 22-day breeding-season ban.
Early fruit drop in lemon and other citrus trees can largely be stopped with balanced feeding, hormone sprays and timely disease and pest control.
Ten fishermen caught hilsa in the Meghna and Tetulia during the ban in Bhola were fined Tk 50,000 in total.
Bogura, the north's trading district, keeps adding products to its export list, most recently tomato and cucumber seeds.
As floodwater recedes in three Mymensingh upazilas, farmers count losses of Tk 322.46 crore to Aman rice and vegetables.