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Fisheries and Livestock Minister Sh M Rezaul Karim said at the opening of a tree fair in Pirojpur that tree felling is upsetting the natural balance and people must plant more trees.
The National Press Club has organised a tree-planting programme, opened by Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud.
Knowing the signs of heat stroke in chickens, and a few steps to take in hot weather, can reduce deaths on poultry farms.
The Forest Department will appoint 89 people to the post of forest guard, with applications open until 30 September.
Farmers in Jibannagar, Chuadanga, say BCIC, BADC and retail fertiliser dealers are ignoring the government price and selling urea and potash at far higher rates.
Vegetable farmers in Ishwardi, Pabna, have begun early winter crops under the weight of higher prices for seed, fertiliser, pesticide and labour.
Heavy load-shedding and repeated feed price rises have closed many poultry farms in Kushtia, with estimates of the share shut ranging from a fifth to 70 per cent.
A syndicate of transport contractors is accused of adulterating subsidised TSP fertiliser on its way from the TSP Complex in Chattogram to buffer godowns, with cases filed in Bogura and Jashore.
Flies spread disease on poultry farms, and good litter management, hygiene and approved treatments are the way to keep them down.
Moniur Rana has fed mynas outside his shop in Jibannagar, Chuadanga, every day for three years, and the flock that comes to him has grown to about 200.
When a pigeon falls ill, keepers should give it saline and rice saline at once and make sure it keeps eating and does not become dehydrated.
A half-decomposed whale about 30 feet long, thought to be a baleen species, washed ashore on Kuakata beach on 3 September.
Agriculture secretary Md Sayedul Islam says farmers will get seed, fertiliser and all other support needed to expand summer tomato farming.
