FruitsA Farm Becomes a Police Officer's Source of Peace
Deputy Inspector General of Police Manzur Kader Khan has turned two residential plots in Dhaka's 300 Feet and Purbachal areas into productive fruit gardens.
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Shykh Seraj
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Fruits
Rooftop farmingA Retired Army Officer's Exemplary Rooftop Farm
Retired Brigadier Azizul Haque has turned a 2,300 sq ft roof in Mohakhali DOHS into an orchard of common and rare fruits since 2013.
CropsWho Is Responsible for the Fall in Paddy Prices?
Shykh Seraj examines why paddy prices collapsed in 2019, pointing to excessive rice imports after the 2017 floods, idle mills and too little government storage.
VideoFarmers' Despair Over Paddy Prices
In 2019, Tangail farmer Abdul Malek Sikder set fire to his paddy field in protest when a maund of paddy fetched 500 taka but harvesting labour cost 1,000 taka.
Rooftop farmingA College Teacher's Rooftop Farm Gives Meaning to Retirement
In Mirpur, retired college teacher Professor Azizur Rahman has spent two and a half years building a productive 1,300 sq ft rooftop farm.
CropsThe Fire in the Paddy Has Reached Our Hearts
After a farmer burned his crop over low paddy prices, Shykh Seraj gathers farmers' figures from across the country and calls for earlier government procurement and fairer markets.
VideoNurul Hasan's Rooftop Farm in Mirpur
In Mirpur, software engineer Nurul Hasan has used architectural planning and drip irrigation to build a technology-based 2,600 sq ft rooftop farm.
VideoThe Vast Potential of the Blue Economy
The ocean economy is worth trillions worldwide, but in Bangladesh marine fish species are declining, Shykh Seraj reports after visiting Cox's Bazar fish markets.
VideoA Campaign to Protect the Soil
In Arani, Bagha, Rajshahi, educated youth Kamrul Hasan Ripon and his friends are encouraging farmers to test their soil and use eco-friendly fuel.
FisheriesCox's Bazar's Sea Fishers Face Many Crises
Sea fishers in Cox's Bazar face pirates at sea and an unusable landing centre ashore, with no clear date for a new facility.
CropsMarine Fish Species Are Disappearing Day by Day
Visits to Cox's Bazar fish landing centres show fine-mesh nets catching fish of every size, driving the decline of Bangladesh's marine fish species.
OrganicOrganic Farming Is Changing the Farm Calculation in Bagha
A group of educated young entrepreneurs in Arani, Bagha, Rajshahi, is taking farm information and organic fertiliser to villagers' doors to restore soil health.
AgribusinessHard Times for the Country's Salt Farmers
Salt farmers in Cox's Bazar are selling below production cost, putting about five million people who depend on salt farming in difficulty.