CropsEight companies told to pull adulterated fertiliser off the market
Laboratory tests on 16 samples collected at Saturia in Manikganj found products from eight companies to be adulterated; the upazila has more than 37,000 farmers.
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EnvironmentPadma and Jamuna rise, swallowing cropland across three districts
The Padma is running 74cm below danger level at Pabna, while 206 hectares of crops are under water in Chapainawabganj and 1,050 hectares in Daulatpur, Kushtia.
CropsUrea stocks will cover demand to November, BCIC chairman says
After inspecting buffer godowns in Nilphamari, Mahendranagar and Kurigram, the BCIC chairman said three domestic plants are producing about 5,000 tonnes of urea a day.
CropsFertiliser dealers get Tk3 a kilo; the farmer's price stays where it was
Dealer-level prices for urea, TSP, DAP and MOP have each been cut by one taka a kilogram, lifting the dealer margin for the first time since 2009.
HealthPuffer fish meal kills a shopkeeper in Satkhira, four of his family in hospital
Five members of one household at Bardal village in Ashashuni fell ill after eating a cooked puffer fish bought at a local market.
CropsForty sacks, six hundred farmers: fertiliser protests hit three Nageshwari unions
Farmers blocked roads at Nageshwari in Kurigram after waiting all morning for fertiliser; one dealer said he had 40 sacks in store against about 600 farmers.
FisheriesIndian traders ship hilsa into Bangladesh — and ask for Padma hilsa back
Roe-heavy hilsa from Gujarat is moving into Bangladesh while the Fish Importers' Association of India seeks permission to buy Padma-Meghna hilsa before Durga Puja.
FisheriesFive and a half months on, nine fishermen are still held in Myanmar
Sixteen fishermen were detained by the Myanmar army after their trawler lost its way in a storm in March; nine of them, from Lakshmipur, have yet to come home.
FlowersThe peace lily: a quiet plant that cleans the air indoors
Easy to keep in low light, the peace lily has become a favourite of indoor gardeners; NASA's clean air research found it removes benzene and formaldehyde from indoor air.
AgrotechSatellite tool could cut nitrogen fertiliser use by 22pc, JnU researchers say
N-FertiSmart uses remote sensing to recommend nitrogen field by field, bringing the rate down from about 174kg to 135.7kg a hectare.
CropsIn Ghatail, a sack of TSP costs Tk450 more than the official price
The government rate for a 50kg sack of TSP is Tk1,350, but dealers in this Tangail upazila are quoting Tk1,800, farmers say.
CropsAgriculture ministry opens a fertiliser control room with 27 teams
The control room runs two shifts from 11 to 24 September and will act immediately on reports of artificial shortage, illegal storage or overcharging.
Crops1.2m tonnes in the godowns, and farmers still queue for nothing
At least 15 farmer protests in a month, 204 mobile courts and 1,700 sacks recovered: why fertiliser in store is not reaching the field.