Fisheries
22-day hilsa fishing ban to begin on 8 October
Catching hilsa will be banned across Bangladesh for 22 days from 8 to 29 October to protect the fish in its main breeding season, the national hilsa task force has decided.
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Crops
Rajshahi eyes Tk 450 crore jute trade on bumper yield and good prices
Favourable weather and good prices have brought Rajshahi a bumper jute crop, and the agriculture department expects about Tk 450 crore of jute to be sold across the district's nine upazilas this season.
Environment
Playing in soil may boost children's immunity, research suggests
Finnish studies suggest regular contact with soil and plants increases the diversity of microbes on children's skin and in their gut, though researchers say more work is needed before concluding it strengthens immunity.
Crops
Rice Solution App Leads Bangladesh's Push to Use Artificial Intelligence in Farming
Artificial intelligence can raise quality and output while cutting costs, labour and pesticide use, and Bangladesh has begun using it through tools such as BRRI's Rice Solution app.
Agribusiness
Why tonnes of hilsa are being imported into Bangladesh from India
In two months 19 importers brought more than 350 tonnes of hilsa worth about Tk 7 crore from India through Benapole, most of it from Gujarat, as Bangladesh's own hilsa production keeps falling.
Crops
Government buys more rice "under pressure" despite record stocks in its warehouses
Although government grain stocks are at a record high and Boro procurement beat its target, the government has decided to buy about two lakh tonnes more rice from mills, allegedly under pressure from millers and politicians.
Agribusiness
Why snake wine is so popular in South-East Asian countries
Snake wine, spirit with a whole snake steeped in the bottle, began as a traditional Chinese medicine more than 2,000 years ago and is now a popular drink and status symbol across South-East Asia.
Livestock
How soon should boiled eggs be eaten?
Leftover boiled eggs are safe if cooled quickly, refrigerated within two hours below 4C and eaten within seven days, but they should not be left out like raw eggs or frozen.
Agribusiness
Two traders fined for keeping rotten hilsa for sale at Chandpur fish landing
The National Consumer Rights Protection Directorate fined two traders at Chandpur's Boro Station fish landing Tk 6,000 for keeping rotten hilsa for sale, and two hotels Tk 4,000 for having no price lists.
Environment
New antivenom for cobra bites could be a breakthrough in snakebite treatment
Scientists in India and Denmark have developed an antivenom made of five nanobodies that proved highly effective against the venom of several Indian cobra species in tests on mice.
Crops
Zahir Raihan plants palm seeds along Jhenaidah roads to guard against lightning
Palm seeds have been planted along both sides of rural roads in Jhenaidah, at the initiative of award-winning environmental activist Zahir Raihan, to protect nature and farmers from lightning.
Environment
Are the deaths of whales and dolphins a silent warning of greater danger?
A dead whale washed up at Patharghata in Barguna, only about 45 km from the Swatch of No Ground, soon after dolphin carcasses appeared at Kuakata, raising fears about the health of the Bay of Bengal.
Crops
Lockdown hours on Facebook and YouTube lead Ibrahim to dragon fruit success in Magura
Md Ibrahim of Magura, who discovered dragon fruit farming through Facebook and YouTube videos during the Covid lockdown, now has a profitable 75-decimal orchard that is inspiring local young people.