VegetablesSeed potato trade picks up in Ullapara, Romana at Tk 28-30 a kg
The potato season has begun in Ullapara, Sirajganj, with a target of 1,038 hectares this year; at the market, Romana seed potatoes are in greatest demand.
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Vegetables
EnvironmentA Sirajganj tailor has planted 11,500 palm seeds in 24 years
After seeing lightning strike a palm tree in 2002, Abul Kalam Azad of Sayadhangara, Sirajganj, began sowing palm seeds; thousands of his palms now line embankments, roads and school grounds.
Crops
Chamber court lifts status quo on fertiliser dealership policy that bars two dealers from one family
The Appellate Division chamber court has stayed a High Court order that put a status quo on the integrated policy for appointing fertiliser dealers and distributing fertiliser, under which more than one member of a family may not hold a dealership.
Health
Front-of-pack warnings for sugar, salt and fat: draft rules await food ministry
The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority's draft labelling regulations propose mandatory black-octagon warnings on ultra-processed foods high in sugar, salt or saturated fat.
Fisheries
With hilsa at Tk 2,600-3,000 a kg, lawyer serves notice to stop exports to India
Citing a one-kilogram hilsa price of Tk 2,600 to Tk 3,000 at home and alleged re-export via India, a Supreme Court lawyer has sent a legal notice to the cabinet secretary and four others demanding an end to hilsa exports to India.
CropsUS maize returns to Bangladesh after eight years with 6% of imports
USDA's Grain and Feed Update shows Bangladesh imported over 1.74 million tonnes of maize in marketing year 2026, about 111,000 tonnes of it from the United States; Brazil supplied 68 percent and India 24 percent.
Crops
Bumper early Aman, but Tk 500-600 a maund leaves Nilphamari farmers at a loss
Early Aman is yielding 14-18 maunds a bigha in Kishoreganj, Nilphamari, but with paddy at Tk 500-600 a maund against costs of Tk 14,000-15,000 a bigha, farmers are losing up to Tk 5,000-6,000 a bigha.
Vegetables
Plastic mulch puts 40-45 maunds of cucumber on a bigha in Sirajganj
Sixty per cent of Sirajganj's 130 hectares of cucumber has been grown on plastic mulch as demonstration plots this season, and extension officers put the yield at 40 to 45 maunds a bigha.
Market Management
Hybrid solar mini cold store opens for farmers in remote Chauddagram village
A hybrid solar-powered mini cold storage built under a government incentive programme has opened at Hilalnagar in Chauddagram, Cumilla, so marginal farmers can store produce and hold out for a fair price.
Market Management
Dhaka kitchen basket costs more as green chilli climbs back above Tk 150
Green chilli is back above Tk 150 in Dhaka markets, with flour, oil, garlic and bay leaf also dearer, though rice and pulses remain comparatively steady.
Crops
Dredged river sand has kept Kamarkhanda farmland out of cultivation for two years
Sand dredged from the Fuljor river and dumped on farmland in Kamarkhanda, Sirajganj, has kept 15-20 bigha belonging to ten farmers out of production for nearly two years, with its removal stalled by a legal dispute.
Agrotech
Cocopeat from coconut husk: a Manirampur Ansar member turns waste into a soilless seedling medium and a livelihood
Md Robiul Islam of Kultia union in Jashore's Manirampur processes the pith left after fibre is stripped from coconut husks into cocopeat, the growing medium used in pro-tray nurseries for tomato, chilli, brinjal, capsicum and cabbage seedlings; district and upazila extension officers have visited an