Vegetables
Safe Vegetable Farming Changes Sunamganj Farmer Ashraful's Fortunes
Ashraful Islam of Jagannathpur in Sunamganj turned to pesticide-free vegetable farming after repeated flood losses and has become a model for his village.
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Livestock
Honey Farming Costs Little and Brings Extra Income
Beekeeping is catching on in Panchhari's Ultachhari union, where more than 40 families in four villages now earn extra money from honey.
Fisheries
Koral Fry Produced Through Artificial Breeding
Bangladeshi fisheries scientists have for the first time produced koral fry through artificial breeding and identified the fish's breeding ground off Cox's Bazar.
Fisheries
The Rare 'Bacha' Fish
The bacha, a silvery river fish once plentiful in the Padma, Brahmaputra and Chalan Beel, is now critically endangered and close to extinction in Bangladesh.
Fisheries
'Pankhiraj' at the Fish Market
A 35 kg sailfish that traders have named "Pankhiraj" after its huge fin drew crowds at Sylhet's Lalbazar fish market.
Fisheries
Sons-in-Law Crowd the Fish Fair
At Binirail's traditional fish fair, known as the "jamai mela", sons-in-law compete to carry the biggest fish home to their in-laws.
Fisheries
Shing, Koi and Boal Are Being Exported
Bangladesh exports fish and fish products to more than 50 countries, but both the volume and the earnings of those exports have fallen over five years.
Fisheries
So Much Fish at Lalbazar!
A three-day Poush Sankranti fish fair at Lalbazar in Sylhet city is drawing crowds with river, haor and sea fish, including a 31 kg boal priced at Tk 45,000.
Fruits
Tasty Jackfruit Will Now Be Available All Year
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute scientists have released three jackfruit varieties that together can supply the national fruit through most of the year.
Agribusiness
Kuchia Eels Bring In Foreign Currency
Wild-caught kuchia eels from Rupganj are exported to China, Hong Kong and Japan, earning about Tk 6 crore in foreign currency a year, but habitat loss threatens the trade.
Vegetables
Vegetables Turn Rangpur's Chakla Village Green
Farmers in Chakla village of Taraganj, Rangpur, have turned from loss-making rice and potato to year-round commercial vegetable growing, and many have prospered.
Organic
Earthworms Changed His Fortune
A returnee from Singapore in Dohar, Dhaka, who lost his savings in business, rebuilt his life by producing earthworm compost for local farmers.
Daily life
Chattogram's Pitha: Modhu Bhat
How to make modhu bhat, a Chattogram sweet rice dish set with sprouted rice powder and served with coconut and milk.