Vegetables
Chicken Prices Up, Green Chillies Tk 250 a Kg
Broiler and Sonali chicken prices rose over the week in Dhaka while green chillies touched Tk 250 a kg, as most vegetable and fish prices held steady.
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Livestock
Digital Payments to Be Introduced at Gabtoli Cattle Market
Dhaka North City Corporation mayor Atiqul Islam said the Gabtoli cattle market will be made a 'digital haat' after digital payments worked at six markets during Eid-ul-Azha.
Environment
Rare White Elephant Born in Myanmar
A rare white elephant has been born in western Myanmar, state media reported, in a country where white elephants were considered a symbol of good fortune.
Crops
Signs That Your Chickens Have Gumboro Disease
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Crops
What to Do When Yardlong Bean Leaves Turn Yellow and Spotted
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Agrotech
PUST Vice-Chancellor Gives '70,000-Year-Old' Dinosaur Fossils to National Museum
The National Museum has accepted four rare dinosaur fossils, described as 70,000 years old, from PUST Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Hafiza Khatun.
Crops
Tourist Police Launch Nationwide Tree-Planting and Vegetable Programme
Tourist Police have begun a month-long programme to grow vegetables and plant trees on fallow land at their offices across the country.
Environment
Tigers Now Seen at Sundarbans Tourist Spots, Raising Hopes of a Rising Count
Royal Bengal tigers are appearing at Sundarbans tourist spots and tiger killings have fallen, but officials say only a new camera-trap survey can show whether numbers have grown.
Environment
Black-Faced Langur Roams Residential Areas of Bogura
A black-faced langur has been seen for a week in several parts of Bogura town, and no one can say where it came from.
Crops
Why Chickens Cut Back on Feed, and What to Do
A drop in feed intake worries poultry farmers as an early warning of disease, and it has several common causes that can be managed.
Crops
Elephant Foot Yam Cultivation Rises in Bandarban
Elephant foot yam farming has been expanding in Bandarban for several years because the hill soil suits the crop and it gives high yields at low cost.
Livestock
Cow Drags Crocodile to the Bank; Rescued With Forest Department's Help
A cow that went to drink from the Shela river in the Sundarbans at Mongla was attacked by a crocodile and later rescued by the Forest Department.
Vegetables
A Rooftop Garden With 250 Kinds of Plants
Nurun Nahar Begum has turned the 1,500 sq ft roof of her six-storey home in Siddhirganj into a garden of more than 250 fruit, flower, vegetable and medicinal plants.