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CropsAbout 20 processed jackfruit products at the Department of Agricultural Marketing stall drew strong interest at the three-day National Fruit Fair that opened in Dhaka on 18 June 2026, with 67 stalls taking part.
LivestockThe carton date, the float test and the look of a cracked egg give a guide to its age, but US food-safety officials say a floating egg is old, not necessarily bad: the smell decides.
AgribusinessThe hilsa season had begun in June 2026, yet little hilsa reached Barishal's Port Road wholesale fish landing centre: on 2 June about 60 maunds arrived where some 1,000 were expected, and prices were high.
EnvironmentThe World Bank-backed Second Irrigation and Drainage Improvement Project (IDIP-2) rehabilitated canals and hydraulic structures in four southern regions, improving irrigation and drainage on more than 100,000 hectares and bringing remote pump control.
EnvironmentUSDA's Economic Research Service reported in June 2026 that 36 percent of US corn, soybean, cotton and wheat acres with water-driven erosion received technical assistance, more than for any other field problem.
EnvironmentAmid criticism over soil removed from beneath Padma rail bridge pillars in Fatullah, Narayanganj, minister Sheikh Rabiul Alam said on 16 June 2026 that the cutting had been stopped and trees would be planted there.
AgribusinessA World Bank report released in Dhaka on 15 June 2026 found that Bangladesh spends about a tenth of its public budget on agriculture but concentrates it on fertilizer subsidies and rice, leaving research, advice, irrigation and market access underfunded.
FruitsLatkan, Bangladesh's sweet-and-sour rainy-season fruit, offers calcium, phosphorus, potassium and some vitamin C. In June 2026 Jagonews24 listed points to know before eating it; here they are checked against nutrition research and health agencies.
EnvironmentOn 12 June 2026 the World Bank approved $95.75 million for the Kyrgyz Republic National Irrigation Investment Program, which was expected to improve irrigation services on about 82,000 hectares and benefit more than 450,000 people.
CropsThe rain and humidity of Ashar make it a good time to plant new seedlings, Jagonews24 reported on 12 June 2026, naming beli, jui, gandharaj, dolonchampa, hasnahena, rain lily, balsam, sthalpadma and allamanda for gardens and pots.
EnvironmentShifa Akter, a 16-year-old madrasa student, died on 9 June 2026 after a cobra bit her beside the fridge at home in Phulbaria, Mymensingh. She first took little notice of the bite and was taken to hospital only when her condition worsened that afternoon.
EnvironmentOn 8 June 2026, Animal Lovers of Patuakhali rescued a second pair of kalnagini, or golden tree snakes, from the office of the Barishal Range DIG, bringing the total found there in two days to four.
AgrotechAn analysis published on 9 June 2026 by USDA's Economic Research Service found that American dairies using robotic milking earned net returns $3.15 per hundredweight of milk higher, on average, than dairies that had not adopted it.
