Load-Shedding Hits Rajshahi at Start of Boro Season, Farmers Suffer
Daily power cuts of three to four hours in Rajshahi at the start of the Boro season have raised fears for irrigation.
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Daily power cuts of three to four hours in Rajshahi at the start of the Boro season have raised fears for irrigation.
Carrying last year's losses, Naogaon farmers have thrown themselves into Iri-Boro planting despite biting cold and higher production costs.
A couple in Barguna town grow chemical-free winter vegetables, fruit and flowers on their 1,680 sq ft roof to feed their family.
Mymensingh farmers are planting Boro amid biting cold and higher costs, while labourers say wage rises have not kept pace with prices.
With the Bengali month of Magh under way, the Agriculture Information Service has advised farmers on Boro, wheat, maize, potato, cotton, fruit trees and other crops.
A pet bird keeper sets out how to protect cage and colony birds from cold, draughts and disease during winter.
The "logo" method, which leaves an empty row after every 10 rows of rice, cuts pest attacks, eases care and can raise yields by 4 to 5 maunds a bigha, says the Agriculture Information Service.
Growing vegetables and local fruit on pond banks has changed the fortunes of fish farmers in Ishwardi, Pabna.
An injured Himalayan griffon vulture held by villagers in Sonagazi, Feni, has been rescued and handed to a local wildlife group for treatment.
A Hakimpur farmer says someone destroyed his Boro seedbeds, raised for 40 bighas of land, by applying pesticide at night over a past enmity.
Kamalganj farmers are planting Boro despite the cold, but rising fuel costs and poor irrigation are weighing on them.
The cone shell, a venomous snail of tropical seas, can kill a person, yet its toxin is now being turned into medicine.
Researchers from Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University collected environmental DNA in the Sundarbans as part of a UNESCO study of 25 marine World Heritage sites.