Mango Special Train Makes Losses Over Four Years While Couriers Profit
The Mango Special Train returns on 10 June despite four years of losses, while courier services that carry Rajshahi's mangoes door to door keep profiting.
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The Mango Special Train returns on 10 June despite four years of losses, while courier services that carry Rajshahi's mangoes door to door keep profiting.
Rajshahi's district administration has fixed this season's mango picking dates, allowing growers and traders to start bringing down mangoes from 15 May.
A writer argues that the disappearance of the village paddy granary leaves farmers selling cheap, buying dear and exposed in any crisis.
A young Dinajpur beekeeper has succeeded in harvesting honey from cucumber flowers after the main season, and others in the district are following him.
The drying of hill streams and continuing deforestation in Ukhiya and Teknaf have left wildlife in a severe water and habitat crisis.
After a long heatwave, traders and orchard owners in Meherpur are selling immature litchis at high prices, while agriculture officials warn of action.
Railway Minister Zillul Hakim says work is under way on the prime minister's instructions to revive an ailing railway, including better arrangements for carrying mangoes.
Mushrooms can be grown easily in Bangladesh without farmland or expensive cooling equipment, and demand is growing in cities and markets.
The railways ministry will run the Mango Special Train from 10 June and wants rail to become an alternative to couriers for carrying mangoes.
Hilsa weighing 900 grams is selling at Tk 1 lakh a maund at Harina ferry ghat in Chandpur because catches in the Meghna are thin.
BGB recovered two and a half kilograms of snake venom abandoned near the Ghasuria border in Birampur, Dinajpur, late on 9 May.
Harvesting at the right time, removing off-type plants and drying seed below 12 per cent moisture are the keys to storing good rice seed.
Satkhira opened its mango harvest on 9 May in line with the district administration's calendar, with Gopalbhog and other early varieties first to reach the market.